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