Retail story

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This learning path continues to focus on the story of Contoso Retail.

Contoso Retail aims to revolutionize how their employees interact with the tools and information that are vital to their roles. They want to empower their frontline workforce and admin/retail managers with digital tools and modern devices that offer the best experiences for collaboration and productivity by integrating Store operations Teams.

  • Contoso Retail wants to elevate their frontline workforce, providing them with advanced tools, such as Store operations Teams. The objective is to establish Store operations Teams seamlessly and facilitate its adoption among store managers and associates. The goal is to cultivate improved collaboration and productivity, reshaping the dynamics of teamwork within the organization.

  • Microsoft Teams Approvals enables store managers in Contoso Retail to conveniently review and respond to requests made by store associates. Within the Approvals app, store managers can easily access and manage requests originating from the Store operations Mobile or Teams application. This integration streamlines their workflow by eliminating the necessity to switch between Teams and Store operations, saving their time and enhancing efficiency.

The following diagram describes Contoso Retail's fictional personas.

Diagram of Contoso Retail's fictional personas.

In the upcoming exercises, you'll assume the roles of few fictional personas to complete the associated tasks.

  • Exercise - Set up Store operations Teams - You assume the role of Reed Smith, Microsoft Power Platform administrator/developer, and Microsoft Teams administrator in the Retail Store Operations team for Contoso Retail, with the System Administrator security role assigned in Microsoft Power Platform environment. You set up Store operations Teams and enable users to access Store operations Teams in Contoso Retail's Microsoft Teams.

  • Exercise - Use Store operations Teams - You assume the role of Monica Rodriguez, store manager for Contoso Store 101 and Riley Flores, store associate for Contoso Store 101 and use Store operations Teams to complete the assigned tasks according to the guidelines.

  • Exercise - Use Store operations with Microsoft Teams Approvals - You assume the role of Reed Smith and enable integration between the Microsoft Teams Approvals app and Store operations. You also assume the role of Monica and Riley to use the Approval app to complete the associated tasks.