{"id":100395,"date":"2021-11-30T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-14T19:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T02:28:12","slug":"new-power-platform-return-to-the-workplace-capabilities-enable-organizations-to-meet-global-health-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/2021\/11\/30\/new-power-platform-return-to-the-workplace-capabilities-enable-organizations-to-meet-global-health-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"New Power Platform Return to the Workplace capabilities enable organizations to meet global health guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since introducing the Microsoft Power Platform Return to the Workplace solution<\/a> a year ago, the solution has helped organizations plan, coordinate, and manage processes to reopen and stay open responsibly during the pandemic. Recently, COVID-19 vaccinations and periodic testing have become critical components of public health and safety across the world. Many businesses have had to remain agile and rapidly adapt, especially in light of emerging global vaccine and testing guidelines. Yet, every organization is unique, so it\u2019s difficult for one solution to work for all customers and their tailored needs. COVID-19 health guidelines also continue to evolve over time as the pandemic remains unpredictable.<\/p>\n

With its no low-code no-code technology built on Microsoft Power Platform, the Return to the Workplace solution can help customers rapidly meet their unique needs. With the latest updates, the solution will provide experiences and workflows for managing vaccine attestations and periodic testing that can be customized to different business processes and connect to external systems. Additionally, the solution can be customized as health guidelines shift over time, making it easier for customers to quickly adapt to evolving global health trends and changing circumstances of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Today, we are announcing the preview of a new set of capabilities for the Return to the Workplace solution which will enable customers to meet these global health guidelines. These include abilities for:<\/p>\n

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  1. Workers (e.g., employee, contingent worker, contractor) to share their vaccination attestation and submit test results and stay compliant with the periodic testing plan.<\/li>\n
  2. Authorized persons (e.g., facility managers, leadership) in the organization to create and assign periodic testing plans to accommodate workers and track compliance and to manually verify and approve vaccination and test attestations, if required.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Since introducing the solution, Return to the Workplace has seen tremendous growth in usage, with over 1,400 customers, such as The Nature Conservancy, State Street, MAGNA, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, across more than 70 countries actively using the solution. Initially rolled out at its datacenters, the Return to the Workplace solution has been used by Microsoft this past year to enable data center employees to attest their daily health and vaccination statuses. Now, Microsoft workers from all around the world (about 68,000 users across more than 100 countries) can use a customized version of the Return to the workplace to safely return to work as well. For Microsoft, Return to the Workplace has been integrated with MyHub, a tool available for employees to access all internal applications. For Microsoft,\u00a0Return to the Workplace\u00a0will\u00a0also be integrated with\u00a0Viva Connections<\/a>\u00a0in the future releases.<\/p>\n

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    Over 100 Microsoft partners have also extended the solution with their own expertise, adding industry-specific capabilities. One example is the rapid screening solution built by the Creative Destruction Lab<\/a> which supports at-home rapid screening to help Canadian workers return to the workplace with safety, flexibility, and ease. The solution is used by customers such as Air Canada<\/a> and MAGNA. \u201cFrom the start, Microsoft has been our partner in developing the applications for our rapid screening program, dedicated to our employees and site administrators, to allow for a seamless experience,\u201d says Samuel Elfassy, Vice President, Safety at Air Canada.<\/p>\n

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    The solution consists of four modules, which together provide an end-to-end experience:<\/p>\n