Experiences "migrating" to an O365 Group

Hi Brent,

Thanks for a really good write up. I agree with most of the points written.

because of the customization issues and the want to stay as light on customization as possible to adapt quickly to new changes I've started trying to train people to think of the App launcher as the mega menu these days. I know it isn't but it's transferrable understanding.

I say if you want to find files go to onedrive and search,

if you want to find sites go to sharepoint and search and if you want to find conversation go to mail and search.

I also find it a benefit to set up the "main" sharepoint site as a custom app in peoples launchers for ease of use.

It helps that people are heavy outlook users internally and in most of our clients as that's the easiest way to get people to "find" things in a manner most normal to them because the links to onenote and files are right there in the groups menu. It annoys me that these then can cause confusion because it opens up different browser tabs etc.

The mishmash web UI is absolutely abysmal at this time. I'd rather a client use teams than the Web UI at this time because if offers a more unified experience.

I agree the new "Group files" thing is badly implemented in the Mail app. It doesn't do a good enough job of seperating itself and showing the end user that it isn't the same as actually a proper browsable file structure. 

I'd feel more comfortable if it was just labeled "Recent Group Files" and the link to the full files area was a bit more loud and proud.

as you've mentioned there are some glaring gaps in migration elements between services.

I look forward to you updating us with your user adoption findings.