Manage the app in the Teams admin center

Microsoft Teams administrators can make the app available in Sage People by default. This is for users in your organization using the Microsoft Teams admin center.

• You can control whether you pre-install and pin the app for your users. You're also able to set whether users can pin and rearrange apps in the Teams sidebar using an App setup policy. Use the global setup policy for all users, or create a new one to apply the setup policy to specific users or groups

• If you need to restrict the app to specific users, for example for testing purposes, use an App permission policy. Use the global permission policy for all users, or create a new one to limit the app to specific users

We've provided these steps as a worked example for guidance only. For more information, see the Microsoft Teams Administrator help: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/manage-apps

App setup policy

You can use an app setup policy to pre-install and optionally pin the app for users. It controls whether users can pin and rearrange apps in the Teams sidebar.

To create or edit an app setup policy:

1. Sign in to your Microsoft Teams admin center:

   https://admin.teams.microsoft.com/

2. Under Teams apps, select Setup policies.

3. Edit the global policy or create a new policy:

   • To apply a setup policy to all users, select the Global (Org-wide default) policy to edit it

   • To apply a policy to specific users or groups, you must create a new policy:

     • Select Add to create a policy

       

     • Give the policy a name (required) and an optional description

4. Define your chosen policy settings. In this example we have set:

   • Upload custom apps: Off

   • User pinning: On

   • Installed apps: Sage People

   • Pinned apps (app bar): Sage People

   

   Important Refer to your organization's internal policies. This configuration is an example only.

5. Select Save.

Assign the app setup policy

The Global (Org-wide default) policy on the App setup policies page applies to all users in the organization by default. If you’ve created a custom policy, you can assign it to specific users or groups.

To assign a custom policy to specific users or groups in your organization:

1. On the App setup policies page, select the row for the policy you’ve created.

2. Apply the policy to users or groups:

   • To apply the policy to specific users, on the App setup policies page, click the Manage policies tab. Select Manage users and then Assign users

     

     Search for and add the users to whom you want to apply the policy.

   • To apply the policy to user groups, on the App setup policies page select the Group policy assignment tab

     

     Select +Add, then search for the group you want to add. Select your policy from the policy dropdown list, and optionally give the group a rank.

3. Select Apply.

4. If you’re applying the policy to groups, repeat step 2 to add further group policies.

The changes can take several hours to take effect. Users will receive a notification in Teams informing them that their IT admin has added a new app.

App permission policy

You can use an app permission policy to create rules that allow or block specific apps or types of app.

• You can use the Global (Org-wide default) permission policy to allow the Sage People app for all users in your organization. You'll only need this if you have policies in place that restrict access to some apps in your organization

• Or, you can create a custom app permission policy and assign it to specific users, for example for testing purposes

To create a custom app permission policy that you can assign to specific users:

1. Sign in to your Microsoft Teams admin center:

   https://admin.teams.microsoft.com/

2. Under Teams apps, select Permission policies.

3. Select Add.

   

4. Give the policy a name (required) and optional description.

5. Define your chosen policy settings. In this example we have set:

   • Microsoft apps: Allow all apps (default)

   • Third-party apps: Allow specific apps and block all others

     • Allow: Sage People

   • Custom apps: Allow all apps (default)

   

   Important Refer to your organization's internal policies. This configuration is an example only.

6. Select Save.

Assign the app permission policy

This step assigns the policy you created to specific users in your organization.

1. On the App permission policies page, select the row for the policy you’ve created.

2. Select Manage users and then Assign users.

   Note The Microsoft Teams admin center doesn’t support assigning permission policies to groups.

   

3. Search and add the users to whom you want to apply the policy.

4. Select Apply.

The changes can take several hours to take effect.