End Users are looking for ways to improve their productivity around team collaboration. Challenges such as central storage around documentation, communication and schedules can prolong team projects due to disorganization. Working like a network can empower end users to collaborate quicker and more efficiently. Learn about the connected experience that Office 365 Groups offer your end-users. We will cover trends and tips & tricks around Office 365 Groups in this session.

1. GROUPS: A WHOLE NEW WORLD
OF COLLABORATION FOR POWER USERS
Gina Montgomery, V-TSP, MCSA, MCTS, MCP

2. #CloudSatATL
@ginaMmontgomery
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5. AGENDA Introductions
Trends
O365 Groups
End User
DEMO
Admin Tips
& Tricks
Summary &
Roadmap

6. Introductions
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@ginaMMontgomery
gina.montgomery@softmart.com
b-gimon@microsoft.com
Gina Montgomery, V-TSP MCSA MCTS MCP
Softmart – Vice President, Corporate Strategy

7. Our Roots
• Founded in 1982
• Headquarters in USA:
Outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Privately Held
• Everything IT
- Products
- Cloud Services Provider
• Awarded Microsoft Operational
Excellence for 7 consecutive years
• Recipient of Microsoft Platinum Award
4 years in a row
• 30+ Sales Offices in U.S.
• Microsoft Managed Cloud Services Partner
• Microsoft Cloud Productivity Silver
• Microsoft Cloud Platform Silver
• Microsoft Messaging Silver
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Wrote the
largest Microsoft
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world for US Army
800,000

8. AGENDA IntroductionsIntroductions
TrendsTrends
O365 Groups
End User
DEMO
Admin Tips
& Tricks
Summary &
Roadmap

9. The Modern Workplace

10. • Modern Collaboration
• Social
• Reality of Dispersed Teams
• The Mobile Experience
• Intelligent Fabric
• Demand for integration and end user
experience trumps IT’s former role of
“gatekeeper”
Trends

11. AGENDA Introductions
TrendsTrends
O365 GroupsO365 Groups
End User
DEMO
Admin Tips
& Tricks
Summary &
Roadmap

12. Azure
Active Directory
Groups Building Blocks
http://bit.ly/1LhPb60
Office 365 Groups is an architectural element of Azure Active Directory—not an Office 365 app or experience

13. What Experiences Do You Get With O365 Groups?
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14. AGENDA Introductions
Trends
O365 GroupsO365 Groups
End User
DEMO
End User
DEMO
Admin Tips
& Tricks
Summary &
Roadmap

15. AGENDA Introductions
Trends
O365 Groups
End User
DEMO
End User
DEMO
Admin Tips
& Tricks
Admin Tips
& Tricks
Summary &
Roadmap

16. • Naming conventions
- Set on display name during create/change
- Blocked word list, pre-/post-fix based on AAD
attributes or fixed text
- Same policy for DL and groups
- IT admins can override
• Group creation permissions
- Control groups create UI in OWA and OLK for
certain or all users through OWA policy
- Does not prevent users from using groups
- IT can still create groups (managed scenarios)
Policy Controls
http://bit.ly/1J72uo5

17. • Full orchestration
- All cmdlets execute against Azure AD as
primary
- Synchronous notification/update in
Exchange/OneDrive
- Available to tenant admins
• *UnifiedGroup
- Create, edit, and delete
- Manage single-value properties available
on the Group object
• *UnifiedGroupLinks
- Manage members, owners, and subscriber list
CMDLETS
http://bit.ly/1J72uo5

18. AGENDA Introductions
Trends
O365 Groups
End User
DEMO
Admin Tips
& Tricks
Admin Tips
& Tricks
Summary &
Roadmap
Summary &
Roadmap

19. Now Available– http://groups.outlook.com
http://bit.ly/1LhPb60

20. Coming Soon: O365 Groups Insights in Delve
Discover
groups
Learn more
via its profile
Stay on top of
key activities
http://bit.ly/1LhPb60

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Resources for O365 Groups
• Documentation “How-to”
• Office 365 Roadmap

22. Thank You
www.ginamontgomery.com
@ginaMMontgomery
gina.montgomery@softmart.com
b-gimon@microsoft.com
Gina Montgomery, V-TSP MCSA MCTS MCP
Softmart – Vice President, Corporate Strategy