The document summarizes an upcoming webinar on the evolution of Office 365 Groups to Microsoft 365 Groups. Key points include:
- Office 365 Groups will become Microsoft 365 Groups to power collaboration across Microsoft apps.
- Usage and adoption of Groups has increased significantly, with over 1,000 distribution lists upgraded per week and annual usage up 107%.
- Upcoming improvements include information barriers, expanded admin capabilities, group membership improvements, and native Yammer mode.
2. Following the Evolution of
Office 365 Groups to
Microsoft 365 Groups
Mike McLean
Principal Program Manager
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3. Enable communications in a secure
and controlled manner
Share knowledge and information using
email, calendaring, documents and more
Streamline the creation and use of
collaboration features
Leverage self-service capabilities
to reduce costs and save time
Office 365
Groups
Powering Collaboration
Across Microsoft 365
4. Groups by the numbers…
1,000Distribution Lists upgraded to
Office 365 Groups each week
21→2hrsImproved in response time using
Actionable Emails
60%Groups renewal during
Expiry Autorenewal Private Preview
9MGuests provisioned through
Office 365 Groups
107%Annual increase in usage
across Groups platform
8XReduction in group
creation latency
5. Powering collaboration Across Microsoft 365
Azure Active Directory
Centrally managed, secured, and governed
22+ Apps
Office 365 Groups
Easy to share with your team Partner ecosystem
Membership service for Microsoft 365 teamwork apps
Microsoft 365 Groups
6. Microsoft 365 Groups Rebranding!
Office 365 Groups will become Microsoft 365 Groups
here
7. Productivity
Governance Discipline
Exploration
Review Office 365 Groups concepts
Self-service
Provisioning
Policies:
Expiration,
Deletion &
Retention
Fix policy violations like
Ownerless Groups
Rationalize
redundant groups
across apps
Report Monitoring
Pilot
Controlled participation
Establish Group Governance Processes
Identify Graph APIs for custom flows
Controlled Rollout
Identify key administration configurations
Assess Data Retention & Classification policies
Identify end-user trouble spots
Build end user education
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Tenant-wide Rollout
Microsoft 365
Groups Lifecycle
Office 365 Groups lifecycle & adoption
10. Microsoft 365 Groups roadmap
Information Barrier support for Office 365 Groups
Expanded capabilities for Groups Administrator role
Additional Microsoft Admin Center enhancements
Group driven membership
Improvements to Dynamic Groups at scale
Native Mode for Yammer
Office 365 Groups classification using Microsoft Information Protection Labels (General Availability)
Share messages between Outlook and Teams
21. Groups in Microsoft Graph (con’t)
here
Example:
https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/ddc4a87c-629e-49f8-bd65-d58379119dfb
https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/servicePrincipals?$filter=appId eq '09abbdfd-ed23-44ee-a2d9-a627aa1c90f3'
23. Outlook and Teams Integrations
General Availability: Share to Outlook from Teams
• Choose recipients, edit the subject line, add attachments
• References:
What’s New in Microsoft Teams
Share to Outlook from Teams
24. Sensitivity Labels (Public Preview)
Public Preview: Sensitivity Labels to Protect Content in Microsoft 365 Groups
• Enable sensitivity label support for Azure Active Directory in PowerShell
• Create labels in the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center (can take up to 24 hours)
• Configure privacy and external user access
References
Use sensitivity labels to protect content in Microsoft Teams, Office 365 groups, and SharePoint sites (public preview)
Assign sensitivity labels to Office 365 groups in Azure Active Directory (preview)
Upcoming: General Availability
26. Next steps
Create a plan to enable self-service with governance
Engage on the Microsoft 365 Groups Tech Community
Key resources
Tech Community aka.ms/M365GroupsTC
User voice aka.ms/M365GroupsUV
Microsoft Graph aka.ms/M365GroupsGraph
Roadmap office.com/roadmap
FastTrack microsoft.com/fasttrack
Thank you!