Webinar: Microsoft Teams is Here! Presented by Avanade, AvePoint and Microsoft.Dux Raymond Sy
Just announced, Christophe Fiessenger, Program Manager for Office 365 Groups at Microsoft and AvePoint present a new webinar on Office 365 Groups! Register now: http://avept.it/2gIdgZF
By definition, Microsoft Teams is a chat-based workspace in Office 365 designed for teams of colleagues to collaborate. By design, Microsoft Teams is poised to change the way every individual in your organization works together – from Millennials to Baby Boomers.
Our panel of subject matter experts and MVPs, from AvePoint, Avanade, and Microsoft, discussed:
What is Microsoft Teams and what can it do for my organization?
What are the benefits of introducing Microsoft Teams to my end users?
What are the considerations of introducing Microsoft Teams to my end users?
How do I provide guidance (and governance) for my end users when rolling out Microsoft Teams alongside Yammer, Office 365 Groups, and everything else in their collaboration toolkit?
By the end of our webinar, we hope to have brought clarity about he impact Microsoft Teams can have on your organization and how adopting this upcoming addition to Office 365 can ensure your multi-generational teams are collaborating and communicating effectively.
The way people connect in their personal and professional lives has changed
fundamentally in the last few years – the world has effectively formed a giant network.
People now expect to be able to get things done at work in the same way.
Office 365 is an invitation for your organization to work in that way. It allows you to
become more connected, collaborative and structured in how work gets done. But it can
only do that if you take the people in your organization on that journey with you.
The Office 365 Customer Success team have contributed our experiences of working
with customers on their journeys to working differently to this guide. We hope it inspires
you with what is possible and that you like it, use it and share it with the people in your
organization. We’d welcome feedback on it, through the Office 365 Network.
Change the way you work, because the way you work impacts the work you do
Hearing the buzz about Microsoft Teams ? Want to learn why you should get on the Microsoft Teams platform. Join us to learn more about Microsoft Teams and where it fits into with Office 365.
This chat based work space in Office 365 really helps enhance collaboration and improve productivity. A platform that is simple for anyone in your organization to use !
Our Demo will include:
Introduction to Microsoft Teams
Get desktop & mobile clients
Start with chat
Create teams
Create channel
Use and create tabs in channel
Some of the questions asked during the Demo:
Does MS Teams replace Skype for Business?- Eventually yes!
Where is the data stored and how is it kept secure?- Office 365 secure cloud.
What limitations does a Guest have in Teams?- Can basically do most tasks.
the new library is created per team or per channel? - Per Team
Is Teams available for Mac? YES
Learn about Microsoft Viva product features and the Employee Experience platform
date: February 10, 2021
#Microsoft365 #Toronto Collaboration user group
Microsoft Teams - Transform Workplace CollaborationDavid J Rosenthal
Transform Workplace collaboration
by bringing everything together into a shared workspace where you can chat, meet, create, and make decisions as a team.
And since all your content is organized by team or project, you are able to stay in the flow of your work. It takes the average person 23 minutes to regain productivity after an interruption, or being distracted.
Streamline business processes
You need ready access to business-critical data, applications, and be able to execute repeatable processes efficiently. Since Teams is a true platform, you can plug in apps and services you already use, and even integrate your existing tailor-made tools INTO Teams.
Imagine being able to seamlessly kick off a repeatable approvals process without ever having to leave Teams.
Connect across your entire organization
Teams is just as important and effective a tool for a C-level executive, as it is for somebody on a factory floor, in a retail shop, a classroom, a hospital, in a marketing role, or anyone in between.
We have thought about the unique needs of many different types of workers and provide solutions through Teams that are tailor-made for them. And Microsoft is the only collaboration solution provider who has dedicated engineering teams building functionality specifically for roles across industries.
For example, you can see here how Teams gives Firstline worker managers a tool to manage schedules and gives the workers an easy way to consume that information, or even swap a shift.
Microsoft Teams Phone
Stay connected with voice and video calling using Microsoft Teams Phone on your computer, tablet, mobile device, or desk phone.
Stay connected with a modern calling solution
Make and receive voice and video calls directly in Microsoft Teams. Stay in touch and get more done anywhere.
Calling in the flow of work
Work smarter with an all-in-one app that brings together calling, chat, meetings, and collaboration.
Business-critical calling
Use built-in, innovative, and AI-powered calling experiences and integrated partner software solutions.
Devices for any calling scenario
Benefit from a wide portfolio of devices for any business need and get flexible financing options.
Simple set up and management
Easily add, monitor, and manage voice and video calling from the Teams admin center.
Microsoft Teams Phone with Calling Plan includes:
Cloud-based phone system with advanced features including call transfer, multilevel auto attendants, and call queues.
A domestic calling plan with 3,000 minutes2 per user, per month within the US and Canada.
Call from anywhere, on any device through the Microsoft Teams app on desktop, mobile, web, and desk phones.
Around-the-clock customer support seven days a week, backed by Microsoft.
Teams Phone with Calling Plan requires a Microsoft 365 subscription that includes Microsoft Teams
Webinar: Microsoft Teams is Here! Presented by Avanade, AvePoint and Microsoft.Dux Raymond Sy
Just announced, Christophe Fiessenger, Program Manager for Office 365 Groups at Microsoft and AvePoint present a new webinar on Office 365 Groups! Register now: http://avept.it/2gIdgZF
By definition, Microsoft Teams is a chat-based workspace in Office 365 designed for teams of colleagues to collaborate. By design, Microsoft Teams is poised to change the way every individual in your organization works together – from Millennials to Baby Boomers.
Our panel of subject matter experts and MVPs, from AvePoint, Avanade, and Microsoft, discussed:
What is Microsoft Teams and what can it do for my organization?
What are the benefits of introducing Microsoft Teams to my end users?
What are the considerations of introducing Microsoft Teams to my end users?
How do I provide guidance (and governance) for my end users when rolling out Microsoft Teams alongside Yammer, Office 365 Groups, and everything else in their collaboration toolkit?
By the end of our webinar, we hope to have brought clarity about he impact Microsoft Teams can have on your organization and how adopting this upcoming addition to Office 365 can ensure your multi-generational teams are collaborating and communicating effectively.
The way people connect in their personal and professional lives has changed
fundamentally in the last few years – the world has effectively formed a giant network.
People now expect to be able to get things done at work in the same way.
Office 365 is an invitation for your organization to work in that way. It allows you to
become more connected, collaborative and structured in how work gets done. But it can
only do that if you take the people in your organization on that journey with you.
The Office 365 Customer Success team have contributed our experiences of working
with customers on their journeys to working differently to this guide. We hope it inspires
you with what is possible and that you like it, use it and share it with the people in your
organization. We’d welcome feedback on it, through the Office 365 Network.
Change the way you work, because the way you work impacts the work you do
Hearing the buzz about Microsoft Teams ? Want to learn why you should get on the Microsoft Teams platform. Join us to learn more about Microsoft Teams and where it fits into with Office 365.
This chat based work space in Office 365 really helps enhance collaboration and improve productivity. A platform that is simple for anyone in your organization to use !
Our Demo will include:
Introduction to Microsoft Teams
Get desktop & mobile clients
Start with chat
Create teams
Create channel
Use and create tabs in channel
Some of the questions asked during the Demo:
Does MS Teams replace Skype for Business?- Eventually yes!
Where is the data stored and how is it kept secure?- Office 365 secure cloud.
What limitations does a Guest have in Teams?- Can basically do most tasks.
the new library is created per team or per channel? - Per Team
Is Teams available for Mac? YES
Learn about Microsoft Viva product features and the Employee Experience platform
date: February 10, 2021
#Microsoft365 #Toronto Collaboration user group
Microsoft Teams - Transform Workplace CollaborationDavid J Rosenthal
Transform Workplace collaboration
by bringing everything together into a shared workspace where you can chat, meet, create, and make decisions as a team.
And since all your content is organized by team or project, you are able to stay in the flow of your work. It takes the average person 23 minutes to regain productivity after an interruption, or being distracted.
Streamline business processes
You need ready access to business-critical data, applications, and be able to execute repeatable processes efficiently. Since Teams is a true platform, you can plug in apps and services you already use, and even integrate your existing tailor-made tools INTO Teams.
Imagine being able to seamlessly kick off a repeatable approvals process without ever having to leave Teams.
Connect across your entire organization
Teams is just as important and effective a tool for a C-level executive, as it is for somebody on a factory floor, in a retail shop, a classroom, a hospital, in a marketing role, or anyone in between.
We have thought about the unique needs of many different types of workers and provide solutions through Teams that are tailor-made for them. And Microsoft is the only collaboration solution provider who has dedicated engineering teams building functionality specifically for roles across industries.
For example, you can see here how Teams gives Firstline worker managers a tool to manage schedules and gives the workers an easy way to consume that information, or even swap a shift.
Microsoft Teams Phone
Stay connected with voice and video calling using Microsoft Teams Phone on your computer, tablet, mobile device, or desk phone.
Stay connected with a modern calling solution
Make and receive voice and video calls directly in Microsoft Teams. Stay in touch and get more done anywhere.
Calling in the flow of work
Work smarter with an all-in-one app that brings together calling, chat, meetings, and collaboration.
Business-critical calling
Use built-in, innovative, and AI-powered calling experiences and integrated partner software solutions.
Devices for any calling scenario
Benefit from a wide portfolio of devices for any business need and get flexible financing options.
Simple set up and management
Easily add, monitor, and manage voice and video calling from the Teams admin center.
Microsoft Teams Phone with Calling Plan includes:
Cloud-based phone system with advanced features including call transfer, multilevel auto attendants, and call queues.
A domestic calling plan with 3,000 minutes2 per user, per month within the US and Canada.
Call from anywhere, on any device through the Microsoft Teams app on desktop, mobile, web, and desk phones.
Around-the-clock customer support seven days a week, backed by Microsoft.
Teams Phone with Calling Plan requires a Microsoft 365 subscription that includes Microsoft Teams
SkyeNets Technologies & Joel Oleson
A Deep dive at the different layers behind Microsoft Teams
- The Modern Workplace: From Traditional to Modern
- Teams Architecture: Doorway to the Workspace
- User adoption best practices and how to manage the risks of team sprawl
- DEMO: MS Teams – Overview Current State
- Introducing VALO Teamwork 2.0
- DEMO: Teamwork Future State
- Questions & Answers
To improve productivity in the workplace, learn more about how Microsoft Teams can help. Built on the power of Microsoft 365. Dock can build a custom SharePoint intranet portal to fit your business needs.
Request a demo: https://app.hubspot.com/meetings/joe24/dock-demo
Microsoft Viva Connections
A curated, company-branded experience that brings together relevant news, conversations, and resources in the apps and devices you use every day. Viva Connections is included in all Microsoft 365 plans with SharePoint Online.
Create connection
Encourage meaningful connections across the organization in a hybrid workplace.
Drive alignment
Rally the entire organization around your vision, mission, and strategic priorities.
Empower contribution
Foster a culture of inclusion by empowering every employee to contribute ideas and share feedback.
Built on Microsoft 365
Deploy and manage Viva Connections through your existing infrastructure.
Microsoft Office 365 Power User Training - Key Business Scenarios that Drive ...David J Rosenthal
Free your teams to work anywhere
Embrace the freedom to live life and work the way that’s best for both teams and individuals. Today’s business users want more intuitive technology, uninterrupted services, and the freedom to work when and where they need to. Office 365 helps take location out of the equation so that your employees can live life on their terms.
Connected people are productive people
Office 365 keeps people connected to one another, and to documents and data. Intuitive tools for online meetings, file storage and sharing, and team collaboration make it easy to connect and collaborate with colleagues whenever, wherever.
Microsoft Teams is Here! Webinar presented by AvePoint, Avanade, and Microsoft
More blogs and webinars about Microsoft Teams: https://www.avepoint.com/blog/tag/microsoft-teams/
Presented by:
- Dux Raymond Sy, Microsoft MVP and Regional Director, AvePoint CMO, AvePoint Public Sector CTO
- Michelle Caldwell, Microsoft MVP and Regional Director, Avanade Digital Workplace Director
- Dan Stevenson, Group Product Manager for Microsoft Teams
Join us for an interactive, question-and-answer session covering:
- Introduction to Microsoft Teams
- Top use cases, business scenarios, and advice from customers
- Best practices and tips for a successful rollout from Microsoft MVPs and community members
To help teams be more productive, we need to change the way we think about meetings. Today, a meeting is typically treated as a stand-alone event, and the phone and video conferencing tools people use are designed to support that event.
What if we approached meetings in a more connected way – not as discrete events, but as a series of connected gatherings that drive collaborative progress? This approach is at the heart of how we built the meeting experience in Microsoft Teams.
We built Microsoft Teams to help people meet smarter. Stay focused. And achieve more.
Some great information on Microsoft Teams.
Worth a quick browse.
Replaces all your document storage needs with full security.
Guaranteed to improve efficiency & collaboration levels
Enhancing Microsoft Teams To Build A Better Digital WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Today, many organizations have brought the intranet, or the hub of their digital workplace, into Microsoft Teams via Viva Connections. But what else are organizations doing to further enhance, improve upon, and embrace Teams as a hub for not just teamwork, but corporate communication, social collaboration, networking, and more?
Join Microsoft MVP and 2toLead CTO Richard Harbridge as he shares the unique opportunity Teams apps and solutions provide. Be prepared to explore examples, patterns, and practices for how lines of business in any organization can leverage, extend, and integrate Teams to create business-oriented solutions.
Extending your Information Architecture to Microsoft TeamsChristian Buckley
Session from SharePointFest Seattle, Aug 22nd, 2019, presented by Microsoft RD + MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet). Content updated from previous versions of this session.
One of the collaboration strengths of Microsoft Teams is its relatively simple hierarchy, focused on improving small team (inner loop) collaboration and communication. However, organizations still need to be thoughtful about how they align their broader information architecture (IA).
This session outlines the core tenets of your SharePoint IA, how these translate across Microsoft Teams, and how Teams impacts your long-term IA strategy.
Proactive Governance & Adoption In Microsoft 365 - M365OttawaRichard Harbridge
Proactive governance of Microsoft 365 is critical as organizations continue to depend more and more on the competitive advantage and productivity it can provide. Microsoft 365’s value and impact are dependent on whether it is leveraged (adopted) and how efficiently it is leveraged (governance). However Microsoft 365 can be daunting to tackle around governance and management. Where do you start? Is Microsoft Teams governance what should be prioritized first? What part of Teams governance? The Microsoft Teams lifecycle and the Microsoft Teams lifecycle management? What do the business stakeholders lead, and what does IT lead? How do we drive adoption pro-actively while improving coordination, management, and end-user experiences with effective governance?
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he shares proven approaches to getting started with and succeeding in establishing and improving Microsoft 365 Governance. In shifting from a reactive approach to Microsoft 365 governance to a pro-active one and from a reactive approach to adoption to a pro-active approach to adoption that drives better results, accomplishes more with less, and empowers the organization to maximize the value of their digital workplace.
Vivafy your SharePoint intranet in Microsoft Teams with Viva ConnectionsJoel Oleson
“VIVAFY” Your SharePoint Intranet with Teams and Viva
Most companies are using Teams for chat, meetings, and basic collaboration. SharePoint Online has been a neglected investment who have invested in Microsoft 365 with many companies still running their Intranets in classic or even in SharePoint on premise. What is to be done?
How do you take advantage of this Viva wave? Agenda: In this session we’ll break down the tactical steps to take your SharePoint Intranets in whatever phase you are in, into your modern Teams environment for an improved experience. Some may simply be ready to create the powershell package and get Viva Connections deployed to take advantage of the app bar, search, and targeting, but others will need to prepare and should prepare. Here are some of the topics: – Get Your Intranet, Corporate Communications and Org News to Modern SharePoint Online – Design your Branding, Header/Footer, Site Design & Look Strategy – Design your Global Navigation, Information Architecture, and Hubs – Create and Deploy Powershell Package including Icons – Set your Root site and Official News – Manage your Taxonomy, M365 Groups, and Audience Targeting
Audience: Marketing, Communications, HR IT, IT Managers, Directors, Microsoft 365 Admins, and Teams Administrators Level: 100 & 200 Introduction and Assumes Basic Microsoft Teams Experience
Delivered a session for C# Corner Bangalore Chapter Meet for "Workshop on Digital Transformation and Office 365" on the following topic: "Modern Workplace with Microsoft 365"
Event Url: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/events/workshop-on-digital-transformation-and-office-365
Microsoft is a front-runner in enterprise voice. And that’s not just marketing fluff: Gartner, an independent research group, has labeled us a “Leader,” which is the highest grouping, under their renowned “Magic Quadrant” methodology in three categories: unified communications, corporate telephony, and web conferencing.
The numbers speak volumes, too. We’re No. 1 in new voice seats sold, while 79% of U.S. enterprises are either currently deploying or planning to deploy Skype for Business, including telephony.
Skype for Business is the foundation of the Microsoft unified communications strategy, providing voice, video, and meetings to our customers both on-premises and in the cloud.
Across the Skype infrastructure, which includes Skype for Business and the consumer version of Skype, organizations and consumers around the world use 3 billion calling minutes and 1 billion meeting minutes in Skype every day.
As more organizations are moving their communications to the cloud with Skype for Business, we’ve seen 200% commercial growth over the past year. Audio conferencing with Skype for Business is now available in more than 90 countries.
And Skype for Business and communications are core to Microsoft Office 365, which currently has more than 100 million monthly active users.
The Microsoft success and experience in this space is recognized by analysts, including Gartner. 2017 marks the 12th year we have been identified as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications.
1 Unified Communications Market Worth $143.49 Billion By 2024
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Microsoft Viva. Viva is an employee experience platform that empowers people and teams to be their best, from anywhere.
Viva brings together communications, insights, knowledge, and learning within the flow of everyday work and collaboration, in Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft Teams is where most remote and hybrid work happens these days. And, Teams has become a hub where we can bring all these resources together into an integrated system of engagement – what Gartner calls a new work nucleus or digital workplace hub.
Importantly, with Microsoft 365 we already have foundational capabilities in each of these areas like Yammer, SharePoint, Stream, Workplace Analytics, Microsoft Search, LinkedIn, Glint and more.
Microsoft Viva builds on this foundation by adding innovative new services and insights focused on people development and success.
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Your organization deals with many challenges presented by internal and external accountability demands. You are always looking for ways to improve operations, to anticipate and be more responsive to competitive pressures, and to define meaningful performance goals that render your work concrete in stakeholders’ eyes. Creating a dashboard or scorecard can help. A dashboard can be an excellent tool for focusing board and CEO attention on what matters most. It can help overcome asymmetry between the precision of financial and mission measures. This lesson, developed by National Arts Strategies in partnership with Peter Frumkin, Ph.D., can be used to help you build a scorecard or dashboard for your organization.
Learning and Business Impact: Making the Case through Metrics and AnalyticsHuman Capital Media
Proving the impact of a single learning investment is relatively easy. Answering the broader question of “What impact is L&D having on the business?” is hard. In this Spotlight webinar, Ericsson’s global head of learning measurement and analytics will share how he’s guiding assessment, evaluation and measurement strategies that provide data to help executives understand the impact of employee learning on business performance.
During this session, attendees will:
Identify ways that analytics is shaping learning measurement.
Describe components of a measurement map.
Identify the level of measurement maturity in their organization.
SkyeNets Technologies & Joel Oleson
A Deep dive at the different layers behind Microsoft Teams
- The Modern Workplace: From Traditional to Modern
- Teams Architecture: Doorway to the Workspace
- User adoption best practices and how to manage the risks of team sprawl
- DEMO: MS Teams – Overview Current State
- Introducing VALO Teamwork 2.0
- DEMO: Teamwork Future State
- Questions & Answers
To improve productivity in the workplace, learn more about how Microsoft Teams can help. Built on the power of Microsoft 365. Dock can build a custom SharePoint intranet portal to fit your business needs.
Request a demo: https://app.hubspot.com/meetings/joe24/dock-demo
Microsoft Viva Connections
A curated, company-branded experience that brings together relevant news, conversations, and resources in the apps and devices you use every day. Viva Connections is included in all Microsoft 365 plans with SharePoint Online.
Create connection
Encourage meaningful connections across the organization in a hybrid workplace.
Drive alignment
Rally the entire organization around your vision, mission, and strategic priorities.
Empower contribution
Foster a culture of inclusion by empowering every employee to contribute ideas and share feedback.
Built on Microsoft 365
Deploy and manage Viva Connections through your existing infrastructure.
Microsoft Office 365 Power User Training - Key Business Scenarios that Drive ...David J Rosenthal
Free your teams to work anywhere
Embrace the freedom to live life and work the way that’s best for both teams and individuals. Today’s business users want more intuitive technology, uninterrupted services, and the freedom to work when and where they need to. Office 365 helps take location out of the equation so that your employees can live life on their terms.
Connected people are productive people
Office 365 keeps people connected to one another, and to documents and data. Intuitive tools for online meetings, file storage and sharing, and team collaboration make it easy to connect and collaborate with colleagues whenever, wherever.
Microsoft Teams is Here! Webinar presented by AvePoint, Avanade, and Microsoft
More blogs and webinars about Microsoft Teams: https://www.avepoint.com/blog/tag/microsoft-teams/
Presented by:
- Dux Raymond Sy, Microsoft MVP and Regional Director, AvePoint CMO, AvePoint Public Sector CTO
- Michelle Caldwell, Microsoft MVP and Regional Director, Avanade Digital Workplace Director
- Dan Stevenson, Group Product Manager for Microsoft Teams
Join us for an interactive, question-and-answer session covering:
- Introduction to Microsoft Teams
- Top use cases, business scenarios, and advice from customers
- Best practices and tips for a successful rollout from Microsoft MVPs and community members
To help teams be more productive, we need to change the way we think about meetings. Today, a meeting is typically treated as a stand-alone event, and the phone and video conferencing tools people use are designed to support that event.
What if we approached meetings in a more connected way – not as discrete events, but as a series of connected gatherings that drive collaborative progress? This approach is at the heart of how we built the meeting experience in Microsoft Teams.
We built Microsoft Teams to help people meet smarter. Stay focused. And achieve more.
Some great information on Microsoft Teams.
Worth a quick browse.
Replaces all your document storage needs with full security.
Guaranteed to improve efficiency & collaboration levels
Enhancing Microsoft Teams To Build A Better Digital WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Today, many organizations have brought the intranet, or the hub of their digital workplace, into Microsoft Teams via Viva Connections. But what else are organizations doing to further enhance, improve upon, and embrace Teams as a hub for not just teamwork, but corporate communication, social collaboration, networking, and more?
Join Microsoft MVP and 2toLead CTO Richard Harbridge as he shares the unique opportunity Teams apps and solutions provide. Be prepared to explore examples, patterns, and practices for how lines of business in any organization can leverage, extend, and integrate Teams to create business-oriented solutions.
Extending your Information Architecture to Microsoft TeamsChristian Buckley
Session from SharePointFest Seattle, Aug 22nd, 2019, presented by Microsoft RD + MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet). Content updated from previous versions of this session.
One of the collaboration strengths of Microsoft Teams is its relatively simple hierarchy, focused on improving small team (inner loop) collaboration and communication. However, organizations still need to be thoughtful about how they align their broader information architecture (IA).
This session outlines the core tenets of your SharePoint IA, how these translate across Microsoft Teams, and how Teams impacts your long-term IA strategy.
Proactive Governance & Adoption In Microsoft 365 - M365OttawaRichard Harbridge
Proactive governance of Microsoft 365 is critical as organizations continue to depend more and more on the competitive advantage and productivity it can provide. Microsoft 365’s value and impact are dependent on whether it is leveraged (adopted) and how efficiently it is leveraged (governance). However Microsoft 365 can be daunting to tackle around governance and management. Where do you start? Is Microsoft Teams governance what should be prioritized first? What part of Teams governance? The Microsoft Teams lifecycle and the Microsoft Teams lifecycle management? What do the business stakeholders lead, and what does IT lead? How do we drive adoption pro-actively while improving coordination, management, and end-user experiences with effective governance?
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he shares proven approaches to getting started with and succeeding in establishing and improving Microsoft 365 Governance. In shifting from a reactive approach to Microsoft 365 governance to a pro-active one and from a reactive approach to adoption to a pro-active approach to adoption that drives better results, accomplishes more with less, and empowers the organization to maximize the value of their digital workplace.
Vivafy your SharePoint intranet in Microsoft Teams with Viva ConnectionsJoel Oleson
“VIVAFY” Your SharePoint Intranet with Teams and Viva
Most companies are using Teams for chat, meetings, and basic collaboration. SharePoint Online has been a neglected investment who have invested in Microsoft 365 with many companies still running their Intranets in classic or even in SharePoint on premise. What is to be done?
How do you take advantage of this Viva wave? Agenda: In this session we’ll break down the tactical steps to take your SharePoint Intranets in whatever phase you are in, into your modern Teams environment for an improved experience. Some may simply be ready to create the powershell package and get Viva Connections deployed to take advantage of the app bar, search, and targeting, but others will need to prepare and should prepare. Here are some of the topics: – Get Your Intranet, Corporate Communications and Org News to Modern SharePoint Online – Design your Branding, Header/Footer, Site Design & Look Strategy – Design your Global Navigation, Information Architecture, and Hubs – Create and Deploy Powershell Package including Icons – Set your Root site and Official News – Manage your Taxonomy, M365 Groups, and Audience Targeting
Audience: Marketing, Communications, HR IT, IT Managers, Directors, Microsoft 365 Admins, and Teams Administrators Level: 100 & 200 Introduction and Assumes Basic Microsoft Teams Experience
Delivered a session for C# Corner Bangalore Chapter Meet for "Workshop on Digital Transformation and Office 365" on the following topic: "Modern Workplace with Microsoft 365"
Event Url: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/events/workshop-on-digital-transformation-and-office-365
Microsoft is a front-runner in enterprise voice. And that’s not just marketing fluff: Gartner, an independent research group, has labeled us a “Leader,” which is the highest grouping, under their renowned “Magic Quadrant” methodology in three categories: unified communications, corporate telephony, and web conferencing.
The numbers speak volumes, too. We’re No. 1 in new voice seats sold, while 79% of U.S. enterprises are either currently deploying or planning to deploy Skype for Business, including telephony.
Skype for Business is the foundation of the Microsoft unified communications strategy, providing voice, video, and meetings to our customers both on-premises and in the cloud.
Across the Skype infrastructure, which includes Skype for Business and the consumer version of Skype, organizations and consumers around the world use 3 billion calling minutes and 1 billion meeting minutes in Skype every day.
As more organizations are moving their communications to the cloud with Skype for Business, we’ve seen 200% commercial growth over the past year. Audio conferencing with Skype for Business is now available in more than 90 countries.
And Skype for Business and communications are core to Microsoft Office 365, which currently has more than 100 million monthly active users.
The Microsoft success and experience in this space is recognized by analysts, including Gartner. 2017 marks the 12th year we have been identified as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications.
1 Unified Communications Market Worth $143.49 Billion By 2024
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
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Microsoft Teams is where most remote and hybrid work happens these days. And, Teams has become a hub where we can bring all these resources together into an integrated system of engagement – what Gartner calls a new work nucleus or digital workplace hub.
Importantly, with Microsoft 365 we already have foundational capabilities in each of these areas like Yammer, SharePoint, Stream, Workplace Analytics, Microsoft Search, LinkedIn, Glint and more.
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2. Our Adoption Planning Workbook will guide you through the
adoption planning process
Assemble
your team
Partner with your
team to clearly
outline business
strategy and key
success metrics. Align
business and
technical needs to
maximize outcomes.
Tap into the technical
and business change
agents. Recruit multi-
disciplinary teams of
executive sponsors,
technical talent, core
stakeholders, change
agents and
champions.
Plan the rollout
cadence based on
early adopter pilot
program, Champion
readiness and planned
scope of change.
Build awareness,
deployment, training
and feedback
collection into the
plan to continuously
drive engagement
and usage.
Define
strategy and
scenarios
Assess
readiness
Build plan
Onboard
employees
3. We have identified four key teams that are critical to a
successful adoption effort. Each stakeholder group has a
specific role in the implementation and should be engaged
early and often. The next few pages will outline the specific
role these stakeholders will have in your adoption process.
1) Executive Sponsors
2) Success Owner
3) Early Adopters
4) Champions
Use the following slides to identify key stakeholders and
others involved in the adoption effort.
Assemble your team
4. Fill this section out
Identify your team members
Keyroles
Role Responsibilities Department Team Member Identified for Role
Executive Sponsor
Send Microsoft Launch announcement. Help identify and prioritize top HR
needs. Connect monthly with HR and IT leaders across the organization.
Actively participate in and use the Microsoft 365 capabilities to help drive
and reinforce adoption
VP, HR Jane Doe
Success Owner
Program Manager
Champions
Training Lead
Department Leads
(Stakeholders)
IT Specialists
Communication Lead
HR Manager
Community Manager
5. Use the following slides to identify the business
scenarios you plan to enable with Microsoft 365,
then work through the prioritization exercise.
Leverage this content to develop key messaging in
your Awareness and Training engagements.
Identify and prioritize
your Scenarios
6. Fill this section out
Scenario identified
o Be productive on the road.
Explore the Productivity Library
Search by role, department, or tool to find out how other organizations have solved their business challenges.
How it applies to my organization
o Provides field sales teams ways to easily store, share, and update
files from any device during travel.
7. Fill this section out
Questions to drive the conversation
o What are some of our organization’s challenges or pain points
related to communication and collaboration?
o What are the areas in which our organization would like to
improve?
o What are our strategic initiatives or current transformation
projects that Microsoft 365 can support?
o What methods of communication and collaboration are
typically better received than others?
o What is our current process for drafting, distributing and
sharing information?
Meet with your team members
Host a workshop…
to delve deeper into current challenges, strategies and goals. Include department leads, lines of business, IT and other stakeholders
who can help brainstorm how Microsoft 365 can be used in your organization. Leverage your Productivity Library examples in the
conversation.
Feedback from key stakeholders
o Important documents and document updates are lost in email.
Unable to track versions and effectively collaborate.
8. Fill this section out
Consider using the framework below to document business scenarios for each department
Organize and document each scenario
Using…
(Specific application
of the technology)
As someone in…
(Team)
I’ll know this is
successful when….
(Solutions success
measure)
I want to….
(Description of
what I want to do)
As someone in
Sales Management
I want to
have a single version of
the sales proposal that
everyone has access to
rather than managing
multiple versions in
email.
Using
a SharePoint site to
centrally store and
share a single version of
a sales proposal that my
team can edit together
using co-authoring in
Word and PowerPoint.
I’ll know this is
successful when
my sales team creates
proposals more easily,
giving them more time
to close deals.
9. Fill this section out
Prioritize your
business scenarios
Gauge impact and difficulty
Impact
Use the graph to prioritize scenarios.
Place your scenario markers on the graph to
chart the impact and difficulty of each scenario.
Remember, this is different for every business,
so take time to consider the resources and time
required for each scenario.
Difficulty
10. Capture each expected business value of Microsoft
365 along with the KPIs and targets for each
business scenario.
Identify how you will measure and report against
KPIs to gauge adoption.
Establish KPI benchmarks
and reporting plan
11. A high-level summary for the measure. For example, the number of employees that are members of Teams.KPI Measure / Name
The cadence that reporting runs on for this metric.KPI Reporting Frequency
The details of the calculation ensuring it’s connected to the data sources and instruments below.KPI Formula
Details on exactly where the data is coming from. How many people? Which groups? Which systems?Data Sources
How is the data being pulled from the data sources? For example, is this a dynamic pull at 7 a.m. the first Monday of the
quarter, or is this an extract from a static file that is always two weeks old? If this is people, for example, are we surveying
them using a specific instrument delivered in a specific way?
Data Gathering, Transformation, & Analysis Process
Do we need to create any instruments (surveys, feedback forms) or create guides on data transformation to collect the data
we want?Data Gathering Instruments
State which person, or group of people, is assigned to each part of the data gathering, transformation, and analysis process.Data Gathering Owner
12. Fill this section out
Establish KPI benchmarks
Reduced operating costs
Increased adoption correlates to reduced third-party
conferencing usage, travel time and resource allocation
Quantitative
• Microsoft 365 reporting
• Finance/accounting reports
• Travel and phone expense reports
Comparison of pre and post Microsoft 365 reports will show cost
savings. Post rollout usage of third-party phone conferencing
should show decreasing usage of 10% per month.
Use the framework below to define your own success criteria. Remember to make them specific, measurable, attainable,
relevant and timely.
Method GoalSuccess criteria
13. Goal Measurement
Business Value Type of
Value
Business Owner KPI Measure Data Source
(leverage the
Adoption Content
Pack for M365)
KPI Formula KPI
Baseline
KPI
Target
Enabling additional customer
engagement through online meetings
Increase
sales
Alexandre Levesque Number of meetings set
up and conducted
Skype for Business Number of meetings online/number of meetings 5% 55%
Increase customer engagement and
employee satisfaction (reduced travel
time)
Reduce
costs
Alexandre Levesque Number of meetings set
up and conducted
Skype for Business and
an employee poll or
survey
Number of meetings online/number of meetings
Average stated employee satisfaction
35% 70%
Increase access to information and the
ability to share best practices and learn
from each other
Increase
sales /
Reduce
costs
Pedro Correa Reduce % time and cost
to create customer-
ready content
Yammer and
SharePoint Data
Number of engaged members/total number of
members.
IP Count
45% 80%
A safe and open collaboration approach
for easy sharing of messages and news
between employees
Increase
sales
Maison Saucer Percentage of groups
that are active
Yammer Data Number of engaged members/total number of
members
Number of new posts
Number of new executive posts
0% 65%
Provide a consistent schedule and task
management application for managers,
shift leaders and employees
Reduce
Costs
Maureen Bousquet Schedules in tool StaffHub Data Number of people who have shifts in the
tool/total number of people on shift patterns
25% 90%
Improve timeliness and effectiveness of
meetings enabling faster decision
making
Increase
sales
Alexandre Levesque Number of meetings Teams Data and an
Employee Poll or Survey
% of employees engaged; average effectiveness
stated by employees
10% 85%
14. Fill this section out
Goal Measurement
Business Value Type of
Value
Business Owner KPI Measure Data Source
(leverage the
Adoption Content
Pack for M365)
KPI Formula KPI
Baseline
KPI
Target
15. Fill this section out
KPI Measure / Name
KPI Reporting Frequency
KPI Formula
Data Sources
Data Gathering, Transformation,
& Analysis Process
Data Gathering Instruments
Data Gathering Owner
16. Fill this section out
•Microsoft 365 Steering Committee
•Monthly meetingsHow often?
In what format? •Share success scorecard during live meeting and post to Teams
channel after monthly meeting for access by all key stakeholders
•PowerPointUsing which vehicles?
Who will you report success to?
17. Key factors that will tell you how ready your team
members are for the transition to Microsoft 365
o Clear vision for the organization to adopt
o Clear vision for the individual to adopt
o Level of overall change
o Executive alignment
Use the following technical readiness checklist and
organizational readiness tools to assess the willingness
and preparedness of your users and your organization to
move to Microsoft 365.
Assess technical and
organizational readiness
18. Fill this section out
Technical Readiness is key to ensuring your organization is ready for launch. Use the checklist to identify items that
need to be completed before go-live. Need help? Review the Technical Readiness and Governance Guide.
Complete the technical readiness checklist
Readiness Item Complete? Y/N Plan to Complete
Complete legal & security review
Review service capabilities with legal & security teams
Decide guest access and provisioning policies
Whitelist Microsoft 365 URL's & IP addresses
Implement enterprise policies and Microsoft 365 group governance policies
Assign report reader roles
Complete network assessment (for Voice & Video services)
Guest access Bandwidth planning
Review minimum requirements spec and include mobile devices strategy
Review Microsoft 365 Admin reporting
Assign report reader role as needed
Prepare help desk
19. Fill this section out
• Moved file storage to the cloud two years ago using OneDrive. Employees
shared that they knew ahead of time the change was coming and were
told specifically how it would impact their role. In some cases, the impact
was minimal, which reduced anxiety.
Assess organizational factors
Think about a time when your organization adopted a
new technology. What made that adoption successful or
not successful?
Employees may not be able to focus on Microsoft 365 if
they are focused on other changes. Are there key initiatives
taking place during the Microsoft 365 rollout that should
be considered in your planning?
What type of internal resources exist within your
organization that can be leveraged for the adoption effort?
This includes communications channels, change network,
training cadence and leadership events.
What are the perceived risks and benefits of the Microsoft
365 implementation? How can you highlight benefits? How
can you mitigate risks?
20. Fill this section out
When planning for adoption, users need to understand why the change is occurring for the organization and
how Microsoft 365 will help individual employees achieve more. This includes ensuring they understand why the
change is happening, what’s in it for them, and why they’re being asked to change. Capture these reasons below
and use this content to build your communications and engagement content.
Understand your “why”
•Our company vision statement has always been
to connect and collaborate. Now our virtual
workplace will match our physical, open format
workplace. Content will be shared.
Communication will be streamlined.
Connections will be made.
How will Microsoft 365 benefit your organization? How will Microsoft 365 benefit employees?
21. Fill this section out
Identify key changes for each team
Create a list of things that will change for your team members with the implementation of Microsoft 365. This
includes the new technology as well as new ways of working and engaging. Make sure to incorporate these key
changes in your Awareness and Training plans.
• Employees will use Teams for conference calls instead of Skype for Business
• Security requirements will change for all mobile devices accessing Microsoft 365
Team: Sales
22. Fill this section out
• Moving to cloud services has been a goal of IT and business units for the last two years. All
key leaders are on board with the decision to move to Microsoft 365.
Identify areas of alignment
Executive alignment
Executive misalignment
Key implications
To ensure that leaders demonstrate support, there must be alignment on key project goals, timelines and
objectives. Use this worksheet to capture areas of alignment and misalignment and the implications of both.
• Core business functions have shared that the IT timeline is too aggressive for teams like
Sales and Marketing, who need to focus exclusively on driving sales until the close of Q4.
There are concerns about the current plans to launch new technology during that time
period.
• Consider current change climate for each business group and plan user readiness activities
accordingly. Communicate adoption and usage risks to Program Manager.
23. Before building your Awareness Plan, take time to
understand who needs to be informed, key
messages to convey, and preferences for
communication channels.
Build your awareness strategy
24. Fill this section out
Who needs to be informed?
Groups impacted by the
Microsoft 365 Implementation
Audiences who will drive the
change forward
Support Organizations
• Sales team • Managers • IT operations
25. Fill this section out
What do they need to know?
For the Transition State In the Future State
• Plans for sunsetting old system • Big picture overview of new environment and role in it
• New process skills/knowledge
26. Fill this section out
How do they like to communicate?
Recommended Modalities
Preferred Modalities
Ideal Timing
Helpful Resources
• Email: Use company email to connect individually, through distribution lists, or company-wide
• Social: Leverage social networking sites to push out helpful project updates and engage with employees
• In-Person: Town Halls, Focus Groups and 1:1 conversations provide leadership an opportunity to answer
questions and interact with the team
• Incorporate all content into employee-preferred all-company memos,
current Yammer site and during C-Suite Town Halls.
• Include in weekly all-company memo because of high readership
• Microsoft 365 scenario videos in Productivity Library
27. Fill this section out
Which content will be helpful for your communication plan?
After exploring Microsoft resources, hyperlink and track content below.
• Office 365 Awareness templates on Resource Hub
28. Before building your training plan, take time to
understand the groups who require training, topics
to cover, and audience learning preferences.
Build your training
strategy
29. Fill this section out
Document key training considerations
•Skype for Business
•Outlook
Current productivity tools
•Employees in general are very comfortable
with technology. Exception is operations team,
which does not rely on technology to complete
day-to-day tasks.
Technology literacy
When you are putting together your training plan, you will need to take into consideration:
•Training has launched for new time-
tracking software in operations department.
Can leverage cadence to introduce Microsoft
365.
Current change programs
•Short, on-line, easily accessible training
modules
Training preferences
30. Fill this section out
Who needs to be trained?
•Sales
•Marketing
•HR
•IT
•Operations
Groups impacted by the
Microsoft 365 Implementation
•Microsoft 365 Early
Adopters
•Microsoft 365
Champions
•Exec Sponsor
•Steering Committee
Audiences who will drive the
change forward
•IT Help Desk
Support Organizations
31. Fill this section out
What do they need to learn?
For the Transition State In the Future State
• Plans for sunsetting old system • Big picture overview of new environment and role in it
• New process skills/knowledge
32. Fill this section out
How do they prefer to learn?
Recommended Modalities
Preferred Modalities
Ideal Timing
Helpful Resources
• Incorporate web-based training modules into Company Training portal for easy
navigation
• Avoid scheduling during end of month/quarter/year for sales team
• Office 365 Training Materials (see Productivity Library on Fast Track)
o Face-to-face training – Sponsors (1 hour), Ambassadors Training (1 hour), Change Champions (1 hour), Manager (1
hour)
o Web-based training – On-demand webinars, videos, Online Training (OLT) for O365 training
o Self-paced training – Review Theodore training activities incorporating personas and scenarios, Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQ) sheets
33. Fill this section out
•Microsoft Support Desk contact information
Which content will be helpful for your training plan?
Hyperlink and list the content below for future reference
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Use Microsoft’s Early Adopter Guide to build
and launch your Early Adopter Program.
The guide includes:
o Program timelines
o Communications and training samples
o Survey templates
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Find enthusiastic Champions who can commit time and
effort.
Build a Yammer group for Champions to share updates
and successes.
Provide materials ready to support their work with teams
and individuals (e.g., brown bag sessions).
Ensure a regular rhythm for discussions with the
Champions on what’s working and what’s not.
Design a program to engage and recognize their effort,
such as providing privileged access to relevant events or
speaking engagements.
Communicate to individuals about the Champions' role
and how to find them – remember, Champions are not
IT support, but business representatives.
Incorporate Microsoft Office 365 training resources and
custom learning into your own internal training site.
Create a contest (e.g. scavenger hunts and giveaways)
between departments to encourage people to interact
with Microsoft 365.
Champions Program planning checklist
Need more help? Use Microsoft's
Champions Program Guide
38. Join Driving Adoption Tech Community Microsoft Docs Transform.microsoft.com
Microsoft Support Productivity Library Product Websites
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com
Collaborate, share, and learn from experts
https://docs.microsoft.com
Technical documentation for developers and IT professionals
http://support.microsoft.com
Access FAQ and support documentation
http://aka.ms/productivitylibrary
Library of scenarios with assets and training
http://www.microsoft365.com
Product specific websites for additional details
https://transform.microsoft.com
Resources to help you plan your transformation
Bookmark Microsoft adoption resources