1. An everyday intro to Office 365 Groups
Matt Wade
1 November 2017 • COLLAB 365 Global Conference
@thatmattwade

2. Agenda
Office 365
Groups
Outlook, Yammer, Teams
Wrap-up

3. Today we’re talking about Office 365 Groups

4. Office 365

5. What IS
Office 365
anyway?

6. To put it as simply as possible, think of it as Windows in your browser

7. To put it as simply as possible, think of it as Windows in your browser

8. After all, O365 displays a menu

9. …that looks an awful lot like this

10. Content lives on magical servers somewhere else

11. Do you have a Gmail account? Do you use Google Drive?

12. It’s just like those apps: Google runs it so you don’t have to build you own email/file server

13. You may have heard of “the cloud”

14. It’s just someone else’s computer
THERE IS NO CLOUD
It’s just someone else’s computer

15. PLUS:
, files, chat, etc. are available locally and on mobile

17. Conclusion:
It’s a lot of stuff
But it’s a lot of great stuff!

18. Today we’re talking about Office 365 Groups

19. Groups

20. At its core, an Office 365 Group is simply a collection of people

21. Think of it as an upgraded distribution list
You know, like

22. But you also receive an online workspace

23. Communication method
File storage
Everyday project management

24. And this makes sense, right?

25. Every team with a goal needs:
A way to talk
A place to keep stuff
A method for tracking things
At a minimum…

26. IMPORTANT!
There are 3 types of groups
and they’re based on your communication preference

27. How do you want to communicate?
Social Feed
Chat

28. How do you want to communicate?
Outlook
Yammer
Teams

29. But why would I not use email?
I’ll get to that

30. The various Group types are called:
Outlook Group
Yammer Feed
Teams
Team

31. And remember, they all come with an online workspace
Outlook Group
Yammer Feed
Teams
Team

33. The next slides include demos Give users a taste of each product and plan to deep dive into the option they prefer later
meta

34. 1. Outlook Groups

35. Outlook brings email, calendar, files, tasks, notes, and more in one portal

36. Centralize email by always cc’ing the Group name
Don’t think of it like a shared mailbox; think of it as a shared conversation repository

37. Keep schedules aligned with a shared calendar

38. Add tabs Connectors let you bring in content from elsewhere

39. Works in Outlook in the browser, Outlook 2016 (Windows & Mac), and Outlook Groups on iOS & Android

40. 2. Yammer Feeds

41. A little history meta Started in 2008 Is Yammer “dead”? Acquired in
2012 for $1.2B
Groups integration in 2017
meta

42. Yammer is an enterprise social network

43. Think of it as LinkedIn at work

44. Fine, Facebook at work

46. Use cases Communities of practice Affinity groups User groups
Internal communications

47. Works in Yammer in the browser, and Yammer app on Windows, iOS, & Android Mac app forthcoming

48. 3. Teams… Teams

49. MS Teams acts like a portal bringing many disparate systems into one interface

50. Persistent chat replaces email

51. Most/all your apps available right in Teams

52. It’s almost the one app to rule them all

54. Tabs are key
More are on the way

55. Mix Teams and Outlook

56. - Chat for internal conversation
- for external

57. All in the same Group!

58. Volleying Microsoft Teams & Outlook in a productive way
icsh.pt/OutlookTeams
Check out my recent article:

59. Before you talk Groups, decide on how you want to work

60. Things to consider:
1. Who’s your audience?
2. How you want to communicate?
3. What are your deliverables?

61. Who’s your audience?
Internal?
External?
Both?

62. How open to change are they?
What’s the formality?
How open to change are they?

63. Ultimately your Group type depends on your preference & use case

65. This is part of a much larger infographic

68. Questions / Comments / Discussion