3. Let’s set expectations
Groups are at the heart of how things get done in Office 365 –
they connect to Teams, StaffHub, SharePoint, and Yammer.
Navigating Office 365 Groups can be challenging when it comes
to allowing users to create their own, managing how they get
created in the first place, and trying to control the chaos that
Groups can bring.
In this session, attendees will learn how to successfully
implement Office 365 Groups in your organisation – ensuring
compliance, security, and successful user adoption.
4. A tale of three organisations
Local
council
Multi-
national
insurance
firm
IT
company
17. Office 365
Designed for the unique workstyle of every group
SharePoint
Teams
Office 365 ProPlus
Yammer
Outlook
Skype
Sites & Content Management
Chat-based Workspace
Co-Authoring Content
Enterprise Social
Mail & Calendar
Voice, Video & Meetings
Complete Collaboration Solution
Office 365 addresses the breadth of collaboration
needs across your company
Integrated Experiences
Office 365 Groups and Graph enable integrated
experiences that facilitate effective collaboration
Security and Compliance
Office 365 delivers the security, compliance and
manageability required in today’s workplace
Office 365 Groups
18. What is an
Office 365
Group?
Membership
(Azure Active
Directory)
SharePoint
site
Document
library
OneNote
Planner
Shared
mailbox
Yammer
group
33. Loryan’s Top Tips for Office 365 Success
IT does not own Office 365
Top down and bottom up approach
Educate all users
Office 365 is not a project, it’s a journey
Invest in business resources and tools
Local council – wants to change. Challenges of mergers and rate capping. Wants to be innovative. Leadership talk about it, but doesn’t push it. Some management and staff want it but others are resistant.
Multi-national insurance firm – invests two hundred million dollars in a transformation program around its line of business applications and front end experience, has licensed Office 365 but doesn’t use a single component – not even email.
IT company – lives and breaths technology, implements O365, still stuck in old ways because they are techs at heart and doesn’t care for things like Yammer, Teams, or even SharePoint
Office 365 has the power to be transformational to any organisation
Gardener example
File Manager in Windows 3.1 – 1992 to current
Outlook 97 – 1996 to current
Users confused – investment in Sonos
First experience – what’s the point
Bottom up – daughter can now interact with it, leading to…
Different ways to cut things using the same tool: has at least 4-5 sharp elements
Each have their own special purposes
Same with O365 – many different ways to do the same things
People can provision themselves – don’t need IT involvement
Simple to use – users can DIY, all the pieces are included
More services than required
Duplication by different apps
Several different was to do the same thing
No one right way
Different per organisation, per department, per team, per user
It’s not just about moving to the cloud
You don’t become a property owner overnight.
Start with money
Purchase property
Learn lessons
Buy houses, upgrade houses to hotels
IT speaks a different language than users
Product names mean nothing to them
What users hear
It’s not a race, there is no endpoint – only outcomes and benefits
Go at a pace that people are comfortable with
Otherwise you will lose your marbles, content will be everywhere
Use a combination of external consultants and internal resources
Engage with the business at every level
Give energy to the champions, but also to the laggards