Testing vs. Production

The default installation of inPoint TOA configures the hosting Azure environment to generate minimal costs related to running the Teams archiving. The default configuration is also best fit for testing purposes. In case the company decides to use inPoint TOA it is recommended to modify the software configuration according to needs.

The App Service Plan

inPoint TOA's main processing module is the Azure functions. These functions are executed by Azure in an App Service Plan. During the deployment process, inPoint TOA creates an App Service Plan with the lowest performance settings, to keep the infrastructure costs the lowest possible.

Generally, there are two categories of App Service Plans: Consumption and Function Premium. The default configuration uses the Consumption option. This setting is usually sufficient for testing purposes (even for production environments of SMB customers) and ensures low Azure costs, but it has several limitations which have to be taken into consideration. The Consumption Plan has a hard-set limit of 10 minutes of processing time. This limits the possibilities of archiving, which might fail if you would like to:

A) archive large files (above 300 MB) or

B) large channels with a large amount (more than 20000) shared documents.

In these two circumstances, it is absolutely necessary to switch to a Function Premium Plan, which ensures the successfull archiving of all Teams conversations and documents.

You can read about the differences between the Azure Service Plans here.

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The switch between App Service Plans is usually performed by the inPoint TOA Professional Services team, in cooperation with the customer.

Changing the App Service Plan

The plan type of the inPoint TOA App Service Plan can be changed in the Function setting of inPoint TOA.

  1. Navigate to the Subscription and Resource Group, in which inPoint TOA is deployed.
  2. Open the inPoint TOA Azure function settings (the function has a name starting with 'toafn').
  3. Open 'Change App Service Plan'.
  4. Choose the required plan configuration.

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