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Many administration tasks for Teams require the use of PowerShell. To connect to the Teams environment via PowerShell, do the following:

1. Launch an elevated (administrator) PowerShell console by clicking Start, typing PowerShell, right-click and select Run As Administrator
2. If this is the first time you’re doing this, you must install the Teams module: