Talking Drupal #513 - Back To The Office

Today we are talking about Working from home, heading back to the office, and the current state of remote work with guest Kaleem Clarkson. We'll also cover Microsoft 365 Connector as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/513

Topics

• Exploring Remote Work with Kaleem Clarkson
• Trust Issues in Management
• Employee Red Flags and Data-Driven Decisions
• Managerial Concerns with Return to Office Policies
• Respectful Implementation of Return to Office
• Challenges of Enforcing Office Mandates
• Benefits of In-Person Work
• Hybrid Work Models and Their Challenges
• Variations in Hybrid Work Policies
• Impact of Seniority on Office Policies
• Cutting DEI Initiatives: Fear and Legal Risks
• Employer Brand and Social Contracts

Resources

Blend Me Inc

Guests

Kaleem Clarkson - kclarkson

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Rich Lawson - richlawson.co rklawson

MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

• Brief description:
  • Have you ever wanted your Drupal site to integrate with Microsoft 365, so users can log in with their Azure AD credentials, and then have direct access to shared files, see recent emails, and more? There's a module for that.
• Module name/project name:
  • Microsoft 365 Connector
• Brief history
  • How old: created in July 2019 by immoreel, though the most recent release is by Boris Doesborg (batigolix), both of Finalist, a Dutch Drupal shop
  • Versions available: 5.0.22 and 5.1.0-beta1, the latter of which supports Drupal 9.4, 10, and 11
• Maintainership
  • Actively maintained
  • Security coverage
  • Test coverage
  • Two documentation guide available
  • Number of open issues: 18 open issues, 1 of which is a bug, though it is postponed waiting for more info
• Usage stats:
  • 365 sites
• Module features and usage
  • This module integrates your Drupal site with the Microsoft Graph API, a unified API that provides a single endpoint for accessing data and intelligence from Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and more
  • Microsoft 365 Connector includes more than a dozen submodules, each of which provide specific capabilities like Single Sign-On, syncing data to Drupal user accounts, sending Teams messages from within Drupal, and more
  • You can also use this module to do things like automatically add an event node to your Outlook calendar, and invite other people at the same time
  • It's worth noting that in the documentation guide the submodules are named "Office 365", which is probably what the module was named until around 5 years ago when Microsoft retired the Office 365 name
  • Finally, setting up this module requires registering an app in Azure AD, so it's not for the casual user. But if you're working on an intranet or similar collaboration platform for an organization that is heavily invested in the Microsoft 365 suite, this could make for a compelling integration