6. Getting things done at work means sharing
information and collaborating across ad hoc
groups and project teams. But, often times the
tools we use to bring people together are
different in each app—distribution groups in
Outlook, buddy lists in Lync, groups in
Yammer. That’s why we’re introducing Groups in
Office 365, so you can easily connect with the
colleagues, information and applications you
need to do more. Blogs.office.com
What is an Office 365 Group?
8. CREATING AN OFFICE 365 GROUP
Creating and navigating through a Office 365 Group
9. Exchange distribution group
Email address
(%%GroupName%%@%%defaultdomain%%)
Emails all members
Stores the email in the group
Group Mailbox
Stores all emails and calendar items
Get-groupmailbox
Under the hood - Conversations
10. Azure AD Group
Admins and Members
Under the hood – Group
Membership
11. SharePoint Site Collection
SharePoint document library
Content is loaded from the Site Collection
into OneDrive
Under the hood – Files
12. WHERE IS MY GROUP CONTENT?
Where can I see this information in my Office 365 Tenant
13. Anyone can see Public and Private Groups
Groups set to Private, users can request
access
Group Admins Manage Requests
Visibility of a Group
14. No Content Management
Content Types
Tagging
No External Access/Contacts
No True Private Groups
Features not in a Group
15. Creates Group based on the name you give it
Alias
Email Address
Site Collection
Query in Creation
16. Everyone can create a group by default
PowerShell
Set-OwaMailboxPolicy -Identity "OwaMailboxPolicy-Default"
-GroupCreationEnabled $false
Update to OWA-Policy
Assign new Policy to users who you want to
create Groups
Preventing Creation of Groups
18. Azure AD Management
Company Administrator
Helpdesk Admins
Add themselves as Admins to Group (no
approval required for Private Groups)
Accessing Office 365 Groups
19. Default anyone can create a group
A Group Name could be someones name
A few gotchas…..
Navigation to a Group – OWA
Create a Group
Add Members
Navigation around
-Conversations
-Calendar
-Documents
-Notebook
Navigate to groups from OneDrive to finish Off
Navigation to a Group – OWA
Create a Group
Add Members
Navigation around
-Conversations
-Calendar
-Documents
-Notebook
Navigate to groups from OneDrive to finish Off
Navigation to a Group – OWA
Create a Group
Add Members
Navigation around
-Conversations
-Calendar
-Documents
-Notebook
Navigate to groups from OneDrive to finish Off