Setting up of Microsoft Azure Face Scan
All CarbonateHR users may avail the face-recognition feature to monitor attendance.
There are two main things you need to do to activate this feature. One is the subscription key, and the other is an endpoint for the Face API subscription.
Before proceeding, kindly ensure that employees have their own account in Carbonate HR. Below is the user guide for your reference.
Kindly follow the steps below to implement facial recognition in Carbonate.
Only the Admin or Manager with Attendance privilege may enable this feature.
Go to Microsoft Outlook and open the app.
Create a Microsoft Outlook account using an existing email address.
If you already have an outlook account, you can log in directly with your credentials.
Create a password. Make sure that you can remember the password.
Fill in the form to complete Microsoft Azure sign up.
Please make sure you select the correct region as per your location.
Next, you will be required to verify your phone number, enter card details and accept all agreements.
Now, you are ready to start with Azure.
Go to the Microsoft Azure portal from any of the two following links.
On the portal home page, click on “Create a resource”.
Please select Face options from the drop-down list.
Click on “Create” to start the set-up.
Fill in the required details to complete the set-up.
After completing the set-up, wait for some moment for deployment to complete.
You will be redirected after completion.
From the recent resources, click on the resource you just created to access the key and endpoint.
On the detail page, you will see the endpoint generated as per your selected region.
To manage the keys, click on the link to access the keys.
Finally, copy the endpoint URL and any one of generated keys and paste it into the Carbonate face scan setting fields.
On the Carbonate dashboard, go to the Settings and click the Attendance tab.
Scroll down to the Face scan.
On the question, “Do you want to perform attendance with face scan?”, toggle the Yes button.
Click on Manage users for face scan.
Click the +Add Profile.
Select the staff from the dropdown list.
Add their image for facial detection. Then, click on Save.
- Once the image is added to the system, Carbonate HR will detect facial photos for the staff for their attendance.
You can watch the video here:
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