How to become accustomed to an alien environment

There is a really obvious problem with going to a planet we have deemed "habitable". Even if the temperature is perfect, the air composition is perfect and the terrain is perfect we still have the problem of micro-organisms. If the planet has checked the aforementioned three boxes then it is very likely (in fact almost definite considering there's oxygen) that there will be plenty of micro-organisms around.

We have evolved alongside the micro-organisms on Earth for billions of years and our bodies are naturally built to withstand them. I would hazard a guess that if we encountered alien viruses / bacteria (and possibly a vast array of other unknown types of micro-organisms) we would be royally dissolved.

Is this too big an assumption? If not, what could we do to protect ourselves in a not-too-invasive way? Let's rule out wearing space suits the whole time because that's a boring answer, let alone problematic.

What can we do to acclimatize to an alien environment so that we don't need excessive gear attached to us to live there? Assume any level of tech.

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