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11/9/2018 5:55 AM BRK2287 Making Microsoft Teams work without understanding Information Architecture Alistair Pugin: Tangent Solutions Loryan Strant: Loryan Strant Consulting © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

1 2 3 4 5 Information Architecture 101 The Teams Approach Teams Strategy? 4 Technical Considerations 5 Closing

1 Information Architecture

Traditional IA Model

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Metadata? We don’t need no stinkin’ metadata! 11/9/2018 5:55 AM Metadata? We don’t need no stinkin’ metadata! Where do you access your files? © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

I don’t care where about your past, just your future Existing folder structure in SharePoint is ignored once you add a Team to Office 365 Groups / team site What do you do with it: move it all to General and separate it out between newly-created channels or add a SharePoint tab?

In sickness and in health 11/9/2018 5:55 AM In sickness and in health Renaming a channel in Teams doesn’t change the folder in SharePoint © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

One folder to rule them all 11/9/2018 5:55 AM One folder to rule them all Uploading files in a channel places them at the root of the channel folder If you want to put them in a sub-folder, upload to the location and then link to it in conversation © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

11/9/2018 5:55 AM Attack of the clones How do you manage multiple files in multiple Teams file locations? How did you address this before with SharePoint? © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

11/9/2018 5:55 AM Archiving a Team… What happens to the content when you archive or delete a Team? © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

What comes first? The cart or the horse? Provision a Group and move files, or… Provision a Team and make it all about the channel/folder structure?

What about me? What about attachments stored in Planner?

2 The Approach

Where?

3 Teams Strategy

4 Technical Considerations

When you create a Team…

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