Automating with PowerShell: Joining teams meetings with a code

Kelvin Tegelaar | 06 Dec, 2020 | 2 Mins Read

In one of the MSP communities I’m in recently the following question was asked;

Is it possible to join Microsoft Teams meeting in the same way as Webex and Zoom meetings; with just a code?

Question asked in https://msp.zone

I was actually surprised this wasn’t possible; you can join the meetings via phone with an access code but there’s no website to enter a meeting ID and just join it. I’ve decided to make this an option. For this I’ve made TeamsCodeJoiner. TeamsCodeJoiner is a Azure hosted function which allows you to create and join meetings simply by using a code.

So far; the functionality is pretty basic and more akin to a URL shortening tool, but I’m working on more functionality such as creating a code for each meeting created and letting the user known their unique access code. You can even customize the function with a custom domain; users could go to Join.yourcompanyname.com and enter the code, making joining meetings a lot easier from any device instead of having to have the URL.

Deploying the Azure Function is straight-forward, either press the Deploy with Azure button below or check the code yourself on Github and create the function by hand. In regards to costs; this will be a couple of cents a month, or a dollar if used a lot. :).

So how does this look in production? below are some screenshots;

I hope you’ll enjoy this and as always, Happy PowerShelling!

CyberDrain CTF returns! (and so do I!)

It’s been since september that I actually picked up a digital pen equivalent and wrote anything down. This was due to me being busy with life but also my side projects like CIPP. I’m trying to get back into the game of scripting and blogging about these scripts. There’s still so much to automate and so little time, right? ;)

Intro

This is a monitoring script requested via Reddit, One of the reddit r/msp users wondered how they can monitor Acronis a little bit easier. I jumped on this because it happened pretty much at the same time that I was asked to speak at the Acronis CyberSummit so it kinda made sense to script this so I have something to demonstrate at my session there.

Intro

Wow! It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. I’ve just been so swamped with CIPP that I’ve just let the blogging go entirely. It’s a shame because I think out of all my hobbies it’s one I enjoy the most. It’s always nice helping others achieve their scripting target. I even got a couple of LinkedIn questions asking if I was done with blogging but I’m not. Writing always gives me some more piece of mind so I’ll try to catch up again. I know I’ve said that before but this time I’ll follow through. I’m sitting down right now and scheduling the release of 5 blogs in one go. No more whining and no more waiting.