Microsoft Devices Introduction
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VOSS-4-UC can be used to manage multiple applications within Microsoft's
Unified Communications stack including Active Directory, Skype for
Business Server, Exchange Server, Skype for Business Online, Exchange
Online, and Office 365.

Windows PowerShell is utilized for this
purpose. Because PowerShell is native to Microsoft Windows, VOSS-4-UC
requires access to at least one Windows computer that will, in turn,
execute remote PowerShell cmdlets on VOSS-4-UC's behalf. In this document
we will refer to these computers as "VOSS-4-UC PowerShell Proxies", or
simply "PS Proxies". If you are using VOSS-4-UC to manage multiple
customer domains, you need at least one PS Proxy for each customer
domain under management.

VOSS-4-UC will create, via a PS Proxy, a separate PowerShell session for
each of the Microsoft applications being managed for a specific customer
domain. All of the PowerShell sessions for a particular customer domain
may be hosted by the same PS Proxy, or you can configure a separate PS
Proxy for each session. The PS Proxies hosting these PowerShell sessions
may be dedicated for this purpose exclusively, but this is not required.

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   See the Microsoft Server PowerShell Configuration Guide for software and security requirements and configuration for the PowerShell sessions created by VOSS-4-UC.

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   <p>See the <a href="../index-ms-powershell-proxy-server-install-upgrade-ms-teams.html">Microsoft Server PowerShell Configuration Guide</a> for software and security requirements and configuration for the PowerShell sessions created by VOSS-4-UC.</p>


Sign into VOSS-4-UC as an administrator at a hierarchy level at or above
where you will be adding the Microsoft devices. You can add Microsoft
devices at the customer level, the provider level, or at any intermediate
node above customer. Open the **Device Management** menu.