Office 365 Groups Archives

28MayMay 28, 20212021

Education and Governance: your weapons to combat fear and enable modern workplaces

I had lunch with a colleague recently who expressed skepticism over my (admittedly non-conventional) methods for migrating users from a legacy file server to OneDrive, Teams, and SharePoint. "Some things work better in Theory than they do in Practice," he says.Well, that's funny because I...

Miscadoption, file server, governance, Groups, migration, Office 365 Groups, Teams6 Comments

04AugAugust 4, 20202020

A Brief History of Collaboration and Governance

I have slowly been converting people to the "modern collaboration mindset" during the past couple of years through my op-ed style of writing. I think you can appreciate that changing minds through writing is something which rarely if ever happens in areas like politics, but it turns out this can...

Opinioncollaboration, governance, Office 365 Groups, Teams8 Comments

07JulJuly 7, 20202020

Yes, you really can let go: Microsoft 365 Groups and Teams creation policy, revisited

I have to laugh because this is still such a seemingly controversial idea. "Should users be allowed to create their own Teams?" I have written about this topic many times before, but I still get the best comments about it from non-believers.The real issue is...

Opinionadoption, governance, Groups, Microsoft 365 Business, Microsoft 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Groups, Teams4 Comments

17DecDecember 17, 20192019

The many ways to prevent data leakage in Microsoft 365

Office 365 Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Windows Information Protection (aka Endpoint DLP), Conditional Access App Enforced Restrictions, Conditional Access App Control with Microsoft Cloud App security, Sensitivity labels, Retention labels--are you thoroughly confused yet?All of the above can help you to prevent the leakage of sensitive data under certain...

Productivity, TechnicalConditional access, data classification, Data Loss Prevention, DLP, Microsoft Cloud App Security, Office 365 Groups, sensitivity labels5 Comments

25NovNovember 25, 20192019

Unpopular opinion: Do not restrict users from creating Teams (Office 365 Groups)

I realize that advocating for no (or very limited) boundaries on who can create Teams puts me in the minority. When I look out across the community, I mostly see consultants in this space suggesting the opposite is a superior approach for various reasons--that the privilege should be constrained heavily....

Opinion, Philosophy, Productivityeducation, governance, Office 365, Office 365 Groups, retention, Teams, training19 Comments

Office 365 Groups

Education and Governance: your weapons to combat fear and enable modern workplaces

A Brief History of Collaboration and Governance

Yes, you really can let go: Microsoft 365 Groups and Teams creation policy, revisited

The many ways to prevent data leakage in Microsoft 365

Unpopular opinion: Do not restrict users from creating Teams (Office 365 Groups)

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