SharePoint 2016 & Office 365: A Look Ahead To What’s Coming
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With SharePoint 2016 around the corner and Office 365 constantly releasing new functionality it can be hard to feel ready for what will come over the next few years. Where should we invest in learning? What other technologies should we understand? Why are some things changing? Join Richard Harbridge as he explores Technology roadmaps and industry trends and how Microsoft and many customers are planning for the challenges ahead.
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- 1. @RHARBRIDGE
- 2. RICHARD HARBRIDGE My twitter is @RHarbridge, my blog is at http://RHarbridge.com, and I work at SPEAKER| AUTHOR| SUPERFRIENDLY
- 3. @RHARBRIDGE WARNING: IT MAY BE HARD TO KEEP UP Slides are on http://www.SlidesShare.net/RHarbridge {It’s okay!}
- 4. THE DRIVEN ORGANIZATION “A business, like an automobile, has to be driven in order to get results.” - B. C. Forbes
- 5. THE PACE OF BUSINESS IS ACCELERATING… The business has increasing expectations and wants results faster.
- 6. WHERE WE WANT TO BE ISN’T WHERE WE ARE TODAY… We all aspire help our organizations achieve more meaningful results.
- 7. IF WE DON’T KEEP DRIVING… We will never get to be where we want & need to be.
- 8. THE ROAD AHEAD… Looks different for all of us - filled with challenges, road blocks and detours.
- 9. BREAK THROUGH… Organizations are embracing change to break through & drive results.
- 10. WE WANT TO BE BETTER THAN AVERAGE… Many orgs are successful, but what about those really successful cases?
- 13. THE PREPARED ORGANISATION “Before everything else, getting ready is the secret to success.” - Henry Ford
- 14. ARE YOU READY FOR TODAY’S DEMANDS? What about tomorrows demands? Are you ready for those?
- 15. USERS WORK ANYWHERE… By 2016 40% of the workforce will be mobile - Gartner
- 16. Flexible work is prevalent – rethink your definition of a mobile worker. USERS WORK ANYTIME…
- 17. USERS WORK ONANY DEVICE… By 2015 at least 60% of informationworkers will interact with content applications via a mobile device - Gartner
- 18. USERS WORK WITH MORE PEOPLE… We work with more people on a day-to-day basis today than ever before. 60% of employees report working with 10 or more people on a day-to-day basis. Half of these employees work with more than 20.
- 19. USERS WORK INSIDE & OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION… We also work with contractors, customers or partners more…
- 20. DON’T FALL BEHIND… It is more challenging to meet expectations on legacy technology.
- 21. CONSIDER SHAREPOINT ONLINE… An excellent way to provide easier sharing & anywhere, anytime access.
- 22. CONSIDER UPGRADING TO SHAREPOINT 2016 (OR AT LEAST 2013)… Public Preview Available, RTM Q2 of 2016.
- 23. THE MODERN ORGANISATION Being prepared really means meeting modern Enterprise needs.
- 26. THE INFORMED ORGANISATION “If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.” - Jack Welch
- 27. HOW DO WE REDUCE UNCERTAINTY? We look for signs and to be informed on what route is best.
- 28. HOW DO WE REDUCE UNCERTAINTY? We look for signs and to be informed on what route is best.
- 29. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Abundance Of Helpful Data 1. Area Map 2. Our Direction 3. Our Route 4. Points Of Interest 5. Our Route Risks 6. Upcoming Action 7. Distance/Time To Goal 8. Estimated Duration 9. Current Speed/Limit 10. Current Road I AM GOING TO BE YOUR GPS TODAY… Imagine you change your GPS voice settings to Richard Harbridge…
- 30. ROUTE 1: SHAREPOINT ONLINE The first route forward involves leveraging Office 365 and SharePoint Online.
- 31. Codename Infopedia ROUTE 1: SHAREPOINT ONLINE The first route forward involves leveraging Office 365 and SharePoint Online. Articles Microsites Sway TheOfficeGraph
- 32. NEXT COMES OFFICE 365… If you are using SharePoint Online then it makes sense to leverage Office 365…
- 33. Codename Infopedia ROUTE 1: SHAREPOINT ONLINE The first route forward involves leveraging Office 365 and SharePoint Online. Articles Microsites Sway TheOfficeGraph
- 34. HOW DOES DELVE FIT IN? Delve is an experience that presents Office Graph data to the user.
- 35. New profiles for users are rolling out in Office 365 Delve. NEWPROFILES…
- 36. Codename Infopedia ROUTE 1: SHAREPOINT ONLINE The first route forward involves leveraging Office 365 and SharePoint Online. Articles Microsites Sway TheOfficeGraph
- 37. SHARE MEETING RECORDINGS ON YOUR OFFICE VIDEO PORTAL… Consider PowerPoint recording with Office MIX https://mix.office.com/
- 38. Codename Infopedia ROUTE 1: SHAREPOINT ONLINE The first route forward involves leveraging Office 365 and SharePoint Online. Articles Microsites Sway TheOfficeGraph
- 39. With messaging, calendaring, file sharing, and more. CONNECT EXPERIENCES WITH OFFICE 365 GROUPS…
- 40. CONNECT EXPERIENCES ACROSS OFFICE 365 WITH DELVE… Based on what the user does put the best technology together to improve that.
- 41. One membership to rule them all? GROUPS BEHIND THE SCENES…
- 43. Codename Infopedia ROUTE 1: SHAREPOINT ONLINE The first route forward involves leveraging Office 365 and SharePoint Online. Articles Microsites Sway TheOfficeGraph Codename Infopedia Articles Microsites
- 44. Auto-saved as you work Friendly URLs Looks great across your devices (phone, tablet and PC) Connected to social (Yammer) Fast and fluid navigation Compliant and secure Natively embed Office 365 documents and video Will be used to create pages in Blog, Office 365 Groups, Codename “InfoPedia” and more ARTICLES… It all starts with easy to author articles. Then Microsites and codename Infopedia.
- 45. Basic site hierarchy allows sections and organization Includes both explicit, curated content and dynamic related content Absolutely the best way in the world to talk about a set of Office documents Badging denotes authoritativ e content Modern, on rails authoring canvas MICROSITES… Going beyond Delve Boards and providing greatcontent experiences.
- 46. INFOPEDIA… Sections, TOCs, & Entire “Infopedia”collections of articles/microsites.
- 47. Codename Infopedia ROUTE 1: SHAREPOINT ONLINE The first route forward involves leveraging Office 365 and SharePoint Online. Articles Microsites Sway TheOfficeGraph Codename Infopedia Articles Microsites
- 48. Currently Rolling Out… 1. Mobile sharing UX 2. DLP policy tips 3. New PDF experience for iOS, Android 4. Send a link from Outlook Mobile on iOS, Android 5. Save to OneDrive for Business from OWA 6. Expiration of anonymous shares What’s coming from a product experience perspective? Later This Year (Q3/4)… 1. Next-gen sync client (PC & Mac) 2. Unified web UX 3. Mobile Offline files (read- only) for iOS, Android 4. Stop/revoke sharing control 5. Company-shareable links 6. Windows 10 Universal app (including read-only offline files) Planned… 1. Offline mobile editing 2. Offline mobile folders 3. Mobile PDF annotation support for iOS, Android 4. Modern attachments for Outlook 5. Expiration of all external shares ONEDRIVE FOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE ROADMAP…
- 49. Currently Rolling Out… 1. Currently rolling out 2. Auditing & Reporting (preview) 3. Disable sync on unmanaged PC’s 4. DLP Phase 2 (preview) 5. Unified OneDrive API 6. Migration API SDK 7. Office 365 Management Activity API (Auditing) 8. Storage quota control What’s coming from a Security, Compliance, and Developer perspective? Later This Year (Q3/4)… 1. Allowlist/Denylist external sharing domains 2. Archive of external sharing emails 3. Intune support for personal/business accounts 4. DLP Phase 3 5. Disable external sharing for specific users 6. Remove 20,000 file limit 7. Large file support (10Gb) Planned… 1. Unlimited Storage 2. DLP support for mobile apps 3. Cross-tenant sharing control 4. OneDrive usage reporting ONEDRIVE FOR BUSINESS ADMIN/DEV ROADMAP…
- 50. Codename Infopedia ROUTE 1: SHAREPOINT ONLINE The first route forward involves leveraging Office 365 and SharePoint Online. Articles Microsites Sway TheOfficeGraph
- 51. HOWWEMAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER HAS CHANGED… No longer combing through excel work sheets to get an update on status.
- 52. Codename Infopedia ROUTE 1: SHAREPOINT ONLINE The first route forward involves leveraging Office 365 and SharePoint Online. Articles Microsites Sway TheOfficeGraph
- 53. Codename Infopedia ROUTE 1: SHAREPOINT ONLINE The first route forward involves leveraging Office 365 and SharePoint Online. Articles Microsites Sway TheOfficeGraph
- 54. ROUTE 2: SHAREPOINT 2016 The second route starts with SharePoint 2016 but uses Office 365…
- 55. CONSIDER SHAREPOINT 2016… Features available on SharePoint Online – If they can be backported = in 2016.
- 56. Migration Process PreparationAssessmentMigration Testing/ Validation PostMigration For Office 365 Migrations Analyze Existing Content (Location, Quantity, Solutions) Determine Migration Priority Create New Site(s) In Office 365 Validate Content Based On Content Map/Schedule Launch New Site (w/ Training) Assess Office 365 Environment Identify Source Content To Be Migrated Determine Ownership Of Content Clean Up Content/ Content Refresh Prepare Office 365 Environment Define Content Map Owner Review Of Content (Training Opportunity) Migrate Content Based On Map/ Schedule Define Migration Schedule Approved Delete Source Content That Has Been Migrated Set Source Content To Read Only Review Feedback Resolve Issues Plan Launch Efforts HOW DO I GET TO SP 2016? Upgrade “2010 Mode” Sites to “2013 Mode” and Content DB 2013 to 2016.
- 57. WHAT DO WE GET WITH 2016? Starting with the management improvements…
- 58. WHAT DO I GET WITH SHAREPOINT 2016? From 37+18 Per LangPack MSIs/MSPs to 4 MSI/MSPs +1 Per LangPack. Smaller update footprint Reduced number of MSI and MSP In-place, online, installation MSI MSP
- 59. Increased List Threshold >5000 List Threshold Content database sizing into TB’s Content Database Size MaxFile Size 10GB and removed character restrictions MaxFile Size 100,000 site collections per content database Site Collections per Content Database 2x increase in Search scale to 500 million items Indexed Items WHAT DO I GET WITH SHAREPOINT 2016? Boundaries and limits have been improved!
- 60. WHAT DO I GET WITH SHAREPOINT 2016? Durable Links: Resource ID Based URLs (Remains intact w/ rename and move). User clicks docID-based durable URL … Redirect manager: based on this docID, provide the right way to get a doc Cobalt endpoint for getting file for client URL with SiteID & DocID to WOPI GuestAccess.asp x URL for WOPI
- 61. WHAT DO I GET WITH SHAREPOINT 2016? Real Time Telemetry – provide insights around users. Services Actions Usage Engagement Diagnostics
- 62. CONSIDER SHAREPOINT 2016… Features available on SharePoint Online – If they can be backported = in 2016.
- 63. Search Service Application for Cloud Storage Unifies on-premises and cloud indexes Provides support for Office Graph/Delve experiences on-premises Supports Search as a Service / reduces search crawl footprint Audio text And search indexpropertiessignalsmetadata extraction and processing SEARCH SERVICE APPLICATION… Support Using Office Graph/Delve On-Premises – Available End Of Year (2015)
- 64. WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FOR SEARCH? Support Using Office Graph/Delve On-Premises – Available End Of Year (2015)
- 65. WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FOR DELVE? Support Using Office Graph/Delve On-Premises – Available End Of Year (2015)
- 66. COMPLIANCE ACROSS CLOUD AND ON- PREMISES… Compliance Center (Hybrid), RMS Online, DLP, eDiscovery and Hold for Both
- 67. SHAREPOINT 2016 & OFFICE 365 DISTRIBUTED SITES… Following (Sites, Documents, People), Managed Metadata, Promoted Sites…
- 68. NEW HYBRID AUTOMATION… Hybrid deployment automation (scenario selection, config of pre-req & core)
- 69. NEW HYBRID EXTRANET SCENARIO… Site Publishing for Internal to Internet (w/ 365 Identity Federation Services)
- 70. CONSIDER SHAREPOINT 2016… Features available on SharePoint Online – If they can be backported = in 2016.
- 71. THE CLOUD POWERED ORGANISATION The informed organization today is the one that is planning to, or leveraging Cloud capabilities to improve their organization.
- 74. THE ENGAGED ORGANIZATION “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” - Henry Ford
- 75. WE CAN’T DO IT ON OUR OWN… It’s a long road ahead and you need many people driving to get there.
- 76. WE GO FROM THIS AT HOME… Personal lives full of rich technology experiences.
- 77. …TO THIS AT WORK Frustration in the office at promise of IT unfulfilled.
- 78. HOWWEWORKON DOCUMENTSHAS CHANGED… Now available across devices, automatically backed up, and easily shared.
- 79. We can share more easily (even externally) and can co-author in real time… INCLUDING HOWWE WORKWITHOTHER PEOPLEON DOCUMENTS…
- 80. Before Digital File Shares SharePoint EVENHOWWEFIND THINGSLATER… Versioning, centralization, metadata and more help us organize…
- 81. ESPECIALLY WHEN WEAREN’TSURE WHERETOLOOK… Office graph relevancy means we find content based on how we work...
- 82. SPEAKINGOF HOWIWORK… Social is about unlocking conversations & providing more context…
- 83. WEAVINGSOCIAL INTOTHEPLACESI WORK… Social collaboration is something I do frequently because it’s where I work…
- 84. GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY IS IMPORTANT… Often getting people to use more of the technology is just as important.
- 86. REAL WORLD ADOPTION ACTIVITIES & MORE… Find great ideas for driving adoption in our latest book http://improveit.how/book
- 87. DOWNLOAD THE WHEN TO USE WHAT IN OFFICE 365 ENTERPRISE USER GUIDANCE WHITEPAPER! It goes into much greater depth and can be found at WhenToUseWhat.com
- 88. DELVE ORGANIZATIONAL INSIGHTS… Allow collaboration groups to see patterns within their activities.
- 89. THE SMARTER ORGANISATION The engaged organization is one where adoption is successful and the organization is actively helping users improve their usage (not just drive usage).
- 92. YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN BE BETTER THAN AVERAGE… Let’s drive ourselves and our businesses to be better.
- 93. THE LEADING ORGANIZATION The leading organizations today are the ones that are modern, cloud powered and smarter.
- 94. Thank You! Organizers,SponsorsandYouformakingthispossible. 100+SharepointPresentationsAt.. Slideshare.Net/RHarbridge WhenToUseWhatWhitepaper.. WhenToUseWhat.com ImproveItBook.. ImproveIT.How/Book Office365SuccessCenter.. Success.Office.Com Message Me On LinkedIn or Email Richard@2toLead.com SPEAKER| AUTHOR| SUPERFRIENDLY My twitter is @RHarbridge, my blog is at http://RHarbridge.com, and I work at
Editor's Notes
- If we aren’t driving forward than we aren’t changing, and we certainly aren’t embracing change. The only way to continue to innovate, compete and be successful is if we change (it’s a good thing)!
- KANWAL There are lots of companies and employees that think that flexible working is already here. And in some cases this is true. In many cases, however, all people hear is “working from home”. While this is obviously a key component of what flexible working offers, this simplistic understanding actually misses the point and belittles the true potential of an authentically flexible approach. At its core, genuine flexible working just means being thoughtful about the tasks you have to achieve each day and choosing the most appropriate location from which to accomplish them. This is where the transformation happens, where work no longer is defined by a specific location, but instead is simply an activity, something you do. Flexible working is about being able to be effective regardless of your location; whether that’s at home, in the airport, on the train, in a café, or at a specially designed drop-in office. It’s also about being effective because of your location. It is about being liberated by the cloud services and devices now available, not being constrained by it. You might need to be closer to customers; or you might need space for deep thinking. Flexible working lets you accomplish either with minimal fuss. It is most definitely not an employee perk or HR arrangement made for individuals based on their personal preferences or situation. Organisations that adopt this strategic approach to flexible working will stand a greater chance of success not just because they have changed their culture and objectives to ones that unlock and reward the natural entrepreneurialism of their employees. They will also have addressed the key issue of trust. By focusing on the outcome for the organisation rather than the individual the entire trust dynamic changes, liberating employees and their creativity.
- KANWAL Our world is rapidly changing – History is the best teacher, so let’s start with this striking picture. This is the convocation of Pope Francis in 2013. [CLICK SLIDE] Here is what Pope Benedict experienced in 2005 No iPads, smartphones w/42 megapixel cameras, or HD videos. [CLICK SLIDE] There is only one cell phone being used to capture the moment – and it doesn’t look modern to us anymore.
- KANWAL Sixty percent of employees report working with 10 or more people on a day-to-day basis (and one-half of these employees report needing to work with more than 20). The Corporate Executive Board, “Breakthrough Performance in the New Work Environment,” http://www.executiveboard.com/exbd-resources/pdf/executive-guidance/eg2013-annual-final.pdf
- This is just as true for operating systems, browsers, office, and supporting technologies like Lync, Exchange, CRM and so on.
- This is built from Delve Boards, Articles, Microsites, “Blogs”, Documents, and the Office Graph. Reuse building block and controls from Ready-to-Go Portals Integrated into Office365 and your Intranet Open Source of NextGen UX to get you started Industry standard tools Hosted on SharePoint in O365 Client side rendering Java script / CSS/ REST APIs
- Using the common sync engine for OneDrive and ODFB Release Updated Sync Engine in 2015 Adding Right Click Behavior Introducing Selective Sync Sync Up to 50,000 Files No More 20,000 File Limit Support Up To 10 GB Version Control Will Be Added Delve Integration Will Be Available Support Characters In URL & Longer Paths Sync Files That Are “Shared With Me” Management – Disable External Sharing With Specific Users
- Using the common sync engine for OneDrive and ODFB Release Updated Sync Engine in 2015 Adding Right Click Behavior Introducing Selective Sync Sync Up to 50,000 Files No More 20,000 File Limit Support Up To 10 GB Version Control Will Be Added Delve Integration Will Be Available Support Characters In URL & Longer Paths Sync Files That Are “Shared With Me” Management – Disable External Sharing With Specific Users
- No change to service applications. Hardware requirements same as SharePoint 2013. Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 10 Windows Management Framework 3.0 X64 SQL Server 2014 SP1 If going the migration route -
- Zero downtime patching – substantially smaller than previously done. SharePoint 2013 Updates Typically 37 MSI’s with additional language patches Cutting these down to 2 MSIs and 2 Language patches Performance for updates substantially quicker. MinRole makes this easier!
- Real-time telemetry Advanced data analysis and reporting Real user monitoring
- It is still early. No technical preview for SharePoint 2016 yet. Beta Q4 2015, RTM Q2 of 2016.
- Compliance across cloud and on-premises Identify, monitor & protect sensitive data through deep content analysis Discover and preserve with eDiscovery Investigate and prove with auditing
- Plus self service site creation…
- Plus self service site creation…
- Plus self service site creation…
- It is still early. No technical preview for SharePoint 2016 yet. Beta Q4 2015, RTM Q2 of 2016.
- The advent of the internet, then the web and the ever faster evolution of services and devices have transformed the way people live their lives. We have come an awful long way in the last 40 years. People are connected and embracing technology in incredible ways; they are communicating with friends over Skype, they are playing games online, they are on Facebook, they are streaming movies and music and sharing photos.
- But in the office people are often tearing their hair out. But over the past few years a nagging sense of doubt has entered many people’s minds about how true the utopian vision of technology as the ultimate liberator is. Some have started to wonder whether the very thing that was supposed to set us free might not have instead ensnared us without truly adding the value it so richly promised.
- Year after year voicemail use has dropped 8%, with only 14% of people bothering to listen through the entire voicemail message. 38% of video users report increase of improved retention in meetings that use video instead of just voice. 100% of video users say it helps them accelerate decision making. From Forrester TEI - Another interviewed organization described a use case that has resulted in millions of dollars in additional revenue: “Opening an office used to take three to four months. Our latest opening, using Office 365, took 18 days. When we get a grant, we can only start to invoice once we begin to perform work. That means we were losing three months of revenue.” This amounted to nearly $200,000 per month for one office, and five offices were being opened in a typical year.
- A social business is one that recognises that its greatest value is how its people are connected to each other and how in turn they are connected to the people they serve inside and outside the business. It’s one that truly recognises the value of simply bringing people together and giving them an outcome you want them to achieve. Social tools such as Yammer replicate the experience we have in our personal lives with social media and spreads it throughout work. For example, a hamburger chain in the US recently introduced social sharing within the company, empowering local store managers to create and share ideas on how to get customers to spend more at the bar to reverse flagging profits. Soon stores began to put experiments into place. Turnover noticeably improved. Even better, the stores that experimented also reported lower staff turnover. You ask your employees to help you solve a problem, you get them aligned – and it turns out they’re a lot more effective and engaged.
- A social business is one that recognises that its greatest value is how its people are connected to each other and how in turn they are connected to the people they serve inside and outside the business. It’s one that truly recognises the value of simply bringing people together and giving them an outcome you want them to achieve. Social tools such as Yammer replicate the experience we have in our personal lives with social media and spreads it throughout work. For example, a hamburger chain in the US recently introduced social sharing within the company, empowering local store managers to create and share ideas on how to get customers to spend more at the bar to reverse flagging profits. Soon stores began to put experiments into place. Turnover noticeably improved. Even better, the stores that experimented also reported lower staff turnover. You ask your employees to help you solve a problem, you get them aligned – and it turns out they’re a lot more effective and engaged.
- As we think about the last 30 years, Communication inside and outside of the workplace has evolved. First with the phone, then email, the Internet, instant messaging, smartphones/mobile computing devices, and now social apps. The evolution of communications still continues today for both consumers and professionals. We all went from using cell phones and pagers to using email, AOL IM or MSN messenger, and now social apps like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. With the consumerization of IT, consumers and professionals still have a strong desire to communicate however tools and applications that they communicate with has changed considerably. They simply want to connect, engage, and interact with their friends, co-workers, partners, customers, and family with the tools for which they are most familiar.
- A social business is one that recognises that its greatest value is how its people are connected to each other and how in turn they are connected to the people they serve inside and outside the business. It’s one that truly recognises the value of simply bringing people together and giving them an outcome you want them to achieve. Social tools such as Yammer replicate the experience we have in our personal lives with social media and spreads it throughout work. For example, a hamburger chain in the US recently introduced social sharing within the company, empowering local store managers to create and share ideas on how to get customers to spend more at the bar to reverse flagging profits. Soon stores began to put experiments into place. Turnover noticeably improved. Even better, the stores that experimented also reported lower staff turnover. You ask your employees to help you solve a problem, you get them aligned – and it turns out they’re a lot more effective and engaged.
- A social business is one that recognises that its greatest value is how its people are connected to each other and how in turn they are connected to the people they serve inside and outside the business. It’s one that truly recognises the value of simply bringing people together and giving them an outcome you want them to achieve. Social tools such as Yammer replicate the experience we have in our personal lives with social media and spreads it throughout work. For example, a hamburger chain in the US recently introduced social sharing within the company, empowering local store managers to create and share ideas on how to get customers to spend more at the bar to reverse flagging profits. Soon stores began to put experiments into place. Turnover noticeably improved. Even better, the stores that experimented also reported lower staff turnover. You ask your employees to help you solve a problem, you get them aligned – and it turns out they’re a lot more effective and engaged.
- A social business is one that recognises that its greatest value is how its people are connected to each other and how in turn they are connected to the people they serve inside and outside the business. It’s one that truly recognises the value of simply bringing people together and giving them an outcome you want them to achieve. Social tools such as Yammer replicate the experience we have in our personal lives with social media and spreads it throughout work. For example, a hamburger chain in the US recently introduced social sharing within the company, empowering local store managers to create and share ideas on how to get customers to spend more at the bar to reverse flagging profits. Soon stores began to put experiments into place. Turnover noticeably improved. Even better, the stores that experimented also reported lower staff turnover. You ask your employees to help you solve a problem, you get them aligned – and it turns out they’re a lot more effective and engaged.
- In your organization has anyone ever suggested that you only use a percentage of the functionality or a percentage of what’s possible with Microsoft Office 365? How about just one technology like Outlook? Do you think you or your users are using most of the functionality that exists in Outlook today? What about SharePoint? Do you use more than 50% of what’s available in SharePoint? Are they using it at all? Its okay if the answer is no, we don’t use all that Office 365 can provide. No, not all of our users are actively using Office 365 yet. No, not only do I not know all of the things you can do with Outlook or SharePoint but our users definitely aren’t aware of what they could do. What’s not okay is to do nothing about it. To not have a plan for helping your users adopt, understand and leverage the full suite of Office 365 available to them. You should do something about it. That’s why white papers like this exist. To help you and your organization improve. Not all of the features and functions in Office 365 are meant for daily and frequent use, but we bet you can think of some that would make a world of difference if your whole organization adopted their use. How much more value could your organization realize if users universally used 20% more of the robust document management features SharePoint provides? Getting more people to use a technology is important. But so is and getting them to use more of the technology.
- Identify opportunities to help teams improve collaboration.
- Well Arnold, you are the only one who does so.