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Version: 2.50.0

Install and pin the EasyLife 365 Teams app

We recommend installing the EasyLife 365 Collaboration App in Microsoft Teams to make it available to your users. We also recommend pinning it to the Teams app bar to make it easily accessible. Teams app setup policies are used to control which apps are installed and pinned to the app bar. Teams app permission policies are used to control which apps are allowed or blocked.

Check app permission policy​

  • Go to the Microsoft Teams admin center
  • Go to Teams apps, Permission policies: admin.teams.microsoft.com/policies/app-permission
  • Make sure EasyLife 365 is allowed by your app permission policies: if a permission policy does not allow all apps, add EasyLife 365 to the list of allowed third-party apps

Install the EasyLife 365 Collaboration App for all users​

Installing the EasyLife 365 Collaboration App in the Teams environment is required for Teams notifications. We recommend installing the app by adding it to the global app setup policy. You can configure app setup policies in the Microsoft Teams admin center using an account with the Teams administrator role.

  • Go to the Microsoft Teams admin center
  • Go to Teams apps, Setup policies: admin.teams.microsoft.com/policies/app-setup
  • Open the Global (Org-wide default) policy
  • Under Installed apps, add a new app and search for EasyLife 365
  • Press Save to accept the change

create org policy

If you want to pin the EasyLife 365 Collaboration App for all users change the global app setup policy. If you want to pin the EasyLife 365 Collaboration App only for some users, don't change the global policy and create a new app setup policy instead.

Pin the EasyLife 365 Collaboration App using the global app setup policy​

  • Open the Global (Org-wide default) policy
  • Under Pinned Apps, add a new app and search for EasyLife 365
  • Once added, you can adjust the order of the apps and press Save

The app will show up for all users, including guest users, within 24 hours. You can force a refresh of the Teams client by logging off and logging back into Teams.

create org policy

Create a new app setup policy​

  • Press the Add button
  • Enter a name for your policy, such as EasyLife 365 Collaboration App Setup Policy
  • Under Pinned Apps add a new app and search for EasyLife 365
  • Once added, you can adjust the order of the apps and press Save

Assign the app setup policy to users​

  • In the Teams admin center, go to Users
  • Click on a username and then go to the Policies tab (or click View Policies in the list of all users)
  • Click Edit next to Assigned Policies
  • From the App setup policy drop-down, select the EasyLife 365 Collaboration App Setup Policy and press the Apply button

You can also use PowerShell to assign an app setup policy to a user. The following examples require the MicrosoftTeams module.

Grant-CsTeamsAppSetupPolicy -Identity <UserPrincipalName> -PolicyName 'EasyLife 365 Collaboration App Setup Policy'

The app will show up for all users within 24 hours. You can force a refresh of the Teams client by logging off and logging back into Teams.

Assign the app setup policy to security groups​

You can use PowerShell to assign an app setup policy to an Azure AD security group:

# New setup policy for an azure security group
New-CsGroupPolicyAssignment -GroupId <Group Object Id> -PolicyType TeamsAppSetupPolicy -PolicyName 'EasyLife 365 Collaboration App Setup Policy' -Rank 1

# View group policy assignments
Get-CsGroupPolicyAssignment -PolicyType TeamsAppSetupPolicy

You can find more information about how to assign a policy to a group on Microsoft Docs.