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03/06/2016
Mario Van de VeldeThomas Vochten
Office 365 Groups
About Us
Mario Van de Velde
• SharePoint Technology Consultant
• Functional ECM
• Technical Lead
Thomas Vochten
• SharePoint Architect
• Infrastructure focus
• Introduction to Groups
• Example Business Case
• Managing Groups
• Future Investments
Agenda
Introduction to Groups
All work is now teamwork
Teamwork
• Request for information
• Request for proposal
• Launch of a new product
• Marketing campaign
• Recurring meetings
• Temporary (small / dynamic) projects
• …
Self-service creation
Internal or external users
Conversations, events, files, notes, …
Governance and management
Key FeaturesShared inbox Shared calendar
Shared files Shared notebook
Standard experiences for every Group
Skype for Business Power BI
Dynamics CRM Office 365 Planner
Additional apps & experiences
Demo
Introduction, Web Interface, Outlook Integration
Key Benefits
SELF-SERVICE
PUBLIC BY DEFAULT
SHARING TO NON-MEMBERS
CONTEXT & HISTORY
SINGLE DEFINITION
SIMPLE TO MANAGE
Azure Active Directory
Apps
Technical Building Blocks
Example business case
Demo
Example business case “Request for proposal (RFP)”
Groups vs Team Sites
Managing Groups
Managing Groups
User Interface
• Office 365 admin center
• Azure AD Admin Portal
• Office 365 Admin app
PowerShell
• Create, read, update, delete
• Manage members & owners
• Works through Exchange & SharePoint connections
• Allow users to send as Office 365 Group
• Disable groups creation
• Metrics & Statistics
Technical Governance & Policies
• Control naming conventions• Blocked words
• Prefix/Suffix based on directory attributes
• IT can override
• Control creation permissions• For specific or all users
• IT can override
• Control dynamic memberships• Based on directory group membership
Future Investments
http://roadmap.office.com
Modern Teamsites will merge with Groups
Announced May 4th 2016https://blogs.office.com/2016/05/04/the-future-of-sharepoint/
Takeways
• Very good integrated experience
• A lot of potential
• Not the silver bullet (yet)
• Positioning towards traditional SharePoint sites
• The need for governance does not go away
• Upcoming investments predicts a bright future
Q & A
