{"id":33227,"date":"2020-03-20T03:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T07:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=33227"},"modified":"2020-03-20T03:39:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T07:39:00","slug":"microsoft-rolls-out-crisis-communication-app-promotes-free-teams-use-amid-coronavirus-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/20\/microsoft-rolls-out-crisis-communication-app-promotes-free-teams-use-amid-coronavirus-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Rolls Out Crisis Communication App, Promotes Free Teams Use Amid Coronavirus Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redmondmag.com\/forms\/emailtoauthor.aspx?AuthorItem={E6DE4B76-AC63-4EB7-8FCB-557238F874D3}&amp;ArticleItem={7E75B719-69B2-422A-9EFC-4E253FEF3972}\">Kurt Mackie<\/a> &#8211; Microsoft on\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/powerapps.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/crisis-communication-a-power-platform-template\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday announced<\/a>\u00a0a new Crisis Communication App to help keep track of employees and their work status during emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2020\/03\/04\/15\/36\/corona-4901881__340.jpg?resize=453%2C255&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"255\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Crisis Communication App is characterized as a &#8220;template in <strong>Power Apps<\/strong>,&#8221; but organizations mostly will need to have a SharePoint Online subscription to use it. With the app, employees can report their work status, such as whether they are working from home or not. Administrators can use the app to send news and updates. It also has space for RSS-based news feeds, including &#8220;information from reputable sources such as WHO, CDC, or a local authority,&#8221; Microsoft&#8217;s announcement indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Power Apps Licensing Exception<\/strong><br><strong>Power Apps<\/strong>, Microsoft&#8217;s ad hoc application-building solution for nonprofessional developers, is used with the Crisis Communication App to send push notifications to employees. Microsoft temporarily dropped a licensing requirement to use push notifications specifically for this app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In particular, Microsoft temporarily waived a Premium <strong>Power Apps <\/strong>licensing requirement to use push notifications with the Crisis Communication App. Here&#8217;s how the announcement described it:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?rct=j&amp;sa=t&amp;url=https:\/\/redmondmag.com\/articles\/2020\/03\/05\/microsoft-coronavirus-communication-app.aspx%3Fm%3D1&amp;ct=ga&amp;cd=CAEYACoUMTIzNzA5NDQ2ODIxMTgzNDczNjYyGmU1NDQ0MDRhOTE3OTY4NzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&amp;usg=AFQjCNGCtHfVghNPFPSbSM_GHyGpTVYVkA\">Read On:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\"align=\"right\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=cyberconservi-20&#038;language=en_US&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B00WW8XPA0&#038;asins=B00WW8XPA0&#038;linkId=8983512dcd02a61dab3a737e2ee17623&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Kurt Mackie &#8211; Microsoft on\u00a0Wednesday announced\u00a0a new Crisis Communication App to help keep track of employees and their work status during emergencies. The Crisis Communication App is characterized as a &#8220;template in Power Apps,&#8221; but organizations mostly will need to <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/20\/microsoft-rolls-out-crisis-communication-app-promotes-free-teams-use-amid-coronavirus-fears\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[646],"tags":[654],"class_list":["post-33227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-powerapps","tag-powerapps"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46296,"url":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/power-apps-review-sweeter-than-honeycode\/","url_meta":{"origin":33227,"position":0},"title":"Power Apps review: Sweeter than Honeycode","author":"Rick Backus","date":"November 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Building apps in this environment gives non-coders a platform to deliver real value for clients without the overhead and protracted time frames that go along with legacy development. 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