Coronavirus is a potent example of major disruption to business flow and continuity. Employees are unable to get to offices or need to self isolate. Offices may be shut down due to physical plant failure or lack of staff or to reduce risk of spread of infection. Consultants can’t travel to projects, supply chains are disrupted but customers still need service and support. Whatever the reason, organizations have to manage such incidents, collaboration and communication are essential to to ensure business continuity.
Microsoft Teams provides a suite of features. We have a ready template to get you started in a few days. The solution combines capabilities of Power Apps, Power Automate, Teams, and SharePoint.
Use on the web, mobile and in Teams.
The Crisis Communication app provides a user-friendly experience to connect end users with information about a crisis. Staff can quickly get updates on:
– internal company news,
– answers to frequently asked questions,
– access to important information like links – add RSS feeds of up-to-date information from reputable sources such as WHO, CDC, Airlines. or a local authority
– emergency contacts specific to different locations..
Create a crisis management team within Microsoft Teams to respond to issues.
Employees can report their work status (e.g., working from home) and make requests.
Managers can coordinate across their teams and helps central response teams to track status across an organization.
Monitor office absences with Power BI.
Once you have the app deployed, and people notify that they will be out of the office for various reasons (such as being sick or working from home) use a Power BI report to track how many. and where those people are located.
The adoption of Microsoft Teams has grown substantially in recentweeks, according to Microsoft, l because of the coronavirus outbreak that forces employees to work from home.
“Microsoft Teams is the only platform with tailored capabilities to connect everyone in your company, from the C-suite to the firstline, in one digital workspace. Our capabilities are built for your customer support staff, IT help desk, store associates, line workers and more,” Microsoft says.
Microsoft itself has not been immune to disruption and has cancelled Ignite Tour events, and to change its mixed reality plans following the cancellation of MWC, and Build 2020. Microsoft said its third quarter finances around Personal Computing will be harmed by the outbreak disrupting supplies.
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