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Are you tired of manually updating public holidays in your Microsoft Teams schedule? With the help of some PowerShell scripting, managing public holidays has never been easier.
In this blog post, we'll explore how you can automate the process of updating public holidays in your Microsoft Teams schedule using a PowerShell script.
Date: 2024-03-01
Author: Simon Jackson
The Challenge: Keeping Schedules Up-to-Date
The Challenge: Keeping Schedules Up-to-Date
Public holidays vary from country to country and are subject to change.
Manually updating schedules to reflect these changes can be time-consuming and error-prone. For years now i've been updating customer Teams Schedules with national holidays from this website https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays .. i had to do other countries with support from a bit more google-fu.
Moreover, with remote work becoming increasingly prevalent, ensuring that all team members have access to accurate schedules is essential for effective collaboration. Not to mention the benefits to a business having a reliable out-of-hours targeted voicemails/on-call service!
The Solution: A little PowerShell Scripting
The Solution: A little PowerShell Scripting
Enter PowerShell, a reliable scripting language that allows you to automate tasks in many environments, primarily Windows.
By leveraging PowerShell, we can fetch public holiday data from an external REST API endpoint, clean/sort/tidy-up the data and then update the schedule in Microsoft Teams automatically.
How It Works
How It Works
Fetching Holiday Data: The script retrieves public holiday data from an external API based on the specified country code and year. This ensures that the schedule is always up-to-date with the latest holiday information.
Updating the Schedule: Once the holiday data is fetched, the script updates the designated schedule in Microsoft Teams with the retrieved public holidays. It ensures that each holiday is added as a date-time range in the schedule, making it easy for team members to see when holidays occur.
Automation: By running the PowerShell script on a regular schedule or as needed, you can automate the process of updating public holidays in your Microsoft Teams schedule. This saves time and ensures that schedules are always accurate.
Benefits
Benefits
Time Savings: Automating the process of updating public holidays saves valuable time, allowing you to focus on more important tasks.
Accuracy: By fetching holiday data from a reliable source, you can ensure that your schedules are always accurate and up-to-date.
Consistency: All team members have access to the same schedule, promoting consistency and reducing confusion.
Example Usage
Example Usage
Output
Output
Conclusion
Conclusion
Managing public holidays in Microsoft Teams schedules doesn't have to be a tedious task. With the power of PowerShell scripting, we can now easo;y automate the process and ensure that your schedules are always accurate and up-to-date. By leveraging automation, you can save time, improve accuracy, and promote consistency across your team.
Ready to simplify public holiday management in Microsoft Teams? Download the PowerShell script from my github repo here and start automating today!
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