I present an overview of the Office 365 platform, with a special focus on SharePoint Online. I also talk about adoption of the platform and what drives employee engagement.

1. My boss bought Office 365
Now what?
Francois Pienaar
3 October 2015
Johannesburg, SA

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Francois Pienaar
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About Me

4. What to do?

5. What is Office 365?

6. Most Popular Workloads

7. Where art thou SharePoint?

8. Now what?
• Context on what Office 365 is / has / can do
• What is popular / being used, so we can
• Define what’s next
• Our friend – The Portal, which brings us too
• A dirty little word namely - MIGRATION

9. Decision Time - Approach
Big Bang
Theory
Slow &
Steady
Hybrid

10. Design Principle
“content over chrome”

11. SharePoint is NOT a solution
“SharePoint forced on companies (bundled)”
“Adoption is challenged – wasn’t my idea”
“What is the value of “SharePoint”?
“I can’t find anything”
“I prefer windows file explorer”

12. Changing the Conversation
SharePoint is not a “thing”
It enables us to solve business problems
What are our challenges?
Don’t force it, define small pockets and show value

13. Elements to Drive Engagement
Employee
Praise
Innovation /
Ideas
Relevant
and Personal
“I want to”
Group
Calendar
Staff
Directory
Carousal Community

14. Collaboration is Changing

15. Bring it Together

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17. Questions
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