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Version: 5.5

Integrating Video Conferencing with Teams

Teams conferences can be easily created and linked to a BlueMind meeting.

Installation prerequisites​

A Teams subscription is required https://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/microsoft-teams/compare-microsoft-teams-options

Configuring Teams​

Declare the application in the Azure portal​

  • Connect to the Azure portal https://portal.azure.com/#home
  • Register a new application in Azure Active Directory > Application registration > New registration
  • Enter the application name (e.g. BlueMindTeams):
    New app

Generate a secret​

  • In the application overview > Add certificate or secret > New customer secret
  • Enter a description and expiration date:
    API

Recover Teams credentials​

  • In the overview, retrieve the following items:
    • Application ID (APPLICATION_ID)
    • Directory ID (TENANT)

API

Allow the application to access Teams meeting creation APIs​

  • In the Authorized API screen > Add authorization > Microsoft Graph
  • Add APIs:
    • Delegated authorizations
      • None
    • Application authorizations
      • OnlineMeetings.ReadWrite.All
      • User.Read.All
  • Accorder le consentement de l'administrateur : API

Adding an access policy​

In Powershell:

  • Install the Microsoft Teams PowerShell module if necessary:

    Install-Module -Name PowerShellGet -Force -AllowClobber
    Install-Module -Name MicrosoftTeams -Force -AllowClobber

  • Connect to Teams:

    Import-Module MicrosoftTeams
    $userCredential = Get-Credential
    Connect-MicrosoftTeams -Credential $userCredential

  • Create access policy Grant-CsApplicationAccessPolicy :

    New-CsApplicationAccessPolicy -Identity BlueMindTeams-policy -AppIds "APPLICATION_ID" -Description “bluemind teams”

  • Assign this access policy to:

    • all directory users:

      PS C:\> Grant-CsApplicationAccessPolicy -PolicyName "BlueMindTeams-policy" -Global

    • a user:

      PS C:\> Grant-CsApplicationAccessPolicy -Identity "USER_ID" -PolicyName "BlueMindTeams-policy"

Configuring BlueMind​

Installing the Teams packages​

To make the new features available to users, install the plugin by installing the following packages on the server and restarting BlueMind:

aptitude install bm-plugin-admin-console-videoconferencing-teams bm-plugin-core-videoconferencing-teams
bmctl restart

Configuring the Teams server​

  • Go to the administration console in System management > Supervised domains > choose the desired domain > Videoconferencing tab
  • Renseigner les informations récupérées depuis le portail Azure : AC_TEAMS_CONFIG
  • Click on "Save"

⇒ A resource named "Teams" is automatically created and added to the directory.

In order for users to be able to use it, they must be granted sharing rights for the resource. For further information on access rights and the use of Teams, see the section Accessing the Video Conference

Disconnecting the Teams server​

To disassociate a server Teams from the domain:

  • go to System management > Supervised domains > choose the desired domain > Videoconferencing tab
  • click the "Delete the Teams configuration" button
  • validate the confirmation request
Immediate action

There's no need to click on the "Save" button at the bottom of the page, as your request is effective as soon as you've confirmed it.

⇒ The associated resource is automatically deleted and the shares are cleared; it no longer appears in the entity management interface, and users can no longer reserve it.

Accessing the videoconference​

Giving users rights​

Access to the new functionality is via the resource created in the "Teams" section during the Server configuration:

AC_DIRECTORY

This resource is managed just like any other; it is through the sharing settings that you can grant booking permissions and, consequently, generate videoconference links. Therefore, you must grant a reservation right (a "can book this resource" sharing right or higher) to the desired users or groups so that they can create video conferences for their events.

Default access rights

By default, the resource is not shared; users cannot join a video conference.

Availability times

As a resource, it can be assigned working hours or a reservation policy. However, as the link generated is unique, this will not affect the availability of the videoconference itself: the link will still be active and available outside these times.

For further information on resource management and rights allocation, see the page Resources.

Connect user account to Teams account​

From user preferences​

It is necessary to link the BlueMind user account to the Teams account using an external account.

For further information, see Managing external accounts.

Provisioning from bm-cli​

An administrator can provision external accounts by importing a CSV file from a bm-cli command:

bm-cli user externalaccountimport --domain=DOMAINE --file=FICHIER_CSV

The CSV file must be structured as follows:

videoconferencing-teams;emailBlueMind;emailTeams
CSV file structure

To associate accounts, the first field of the CSV file must contain videoconferencing-teams.

For example:

videoconferencing-teams;david@bluemind.lan;david@teams.com

Using the resource​

As soon as users have reservation rights on the resource (see above), a button is available in the event creation interface:
AC_TEAMS_CONFIG

For further information, see: