Administering Compliance Policy for Microsoft Teams Users

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Mar 03, 2023
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In order to complete the steps below, you must have a Teams Service Administrator role.

In the case of Microsoft Teams, the invitation of the Verba Microsoft Teams Bot and the recording is triggered based on the compliance policy assignment of the users.

The registration consists of the following steps:

Prerequisites

Step 1 - Download and install PowerShell 5.1.

Step 2 - Open PowerShell as administrator.

Step 3 - Install the NuGet package provider module by running the following command:

Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force

Step 4 - Install the Microsoft Teams module by running the following command:

Install-Module MicrosoftTeams

Accessing the tenant via PowerShell

Separate Azure tenants for the recording provider (bot) and for the Teams environment to record

In the case when the recorded Teams environment and the recording bot are in separate Azure tenants, the following steps have to be done in the Teams tenant.

Follow the steps below to assign a compliance policy to a user:

Step 1 - Open PowerShell as administrator.

Step 2 - Execute the following command:

Connect-MicrosoftTeams

Step 3 - A login prompt will show up. Provide the user credentials.

Assigning a Compliance Policy to a user

Step 4 - Execute the following command. Replace the <User’s UPN> part with the recorded user's UPN. Replace the <PolicyName> part with the name of the compliance policy (Whitelisting the App and Creating the Compliance Policy - Step 9)

Grant-CsTeamsComplianceRecordingPolicy -Identity '<User's UPN>' -PolicyName '<PolicyName>'

Once the compliance policy is assigned to the user, it may take some time to take effect. The policy assignment of the user can be checked with the following command. Replace the <User’s UPN> part with the recorded user's UPN.

Get-CsOnlineUser -Identity '<User's UPN>' | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'TeamsComplianceRecordingPolicy'

Removing the Compliance Policy from a user

Follow the steps below to remove the compliance policy from a user:

Step 5 - Execute the following command. Replace the <User’s UPN> part with the recorded user's UPN. Leave PolicyName empty to remove the policy.

Grant-CsTeamsComplianceRecordingPolicy -Identity '<User's UPN>' -PolicyName ''

It may take some time to take effect. The policy assignment of the user can be checked with the following command. Replace the <User’s UPN> part with the recorded user's UPN.

Get-CsOnlineUser -Identity '<User's UPN>' | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'TeamsComplianceRecordingPolicy'