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Charles Haber
Brass Contributor
Nov 18, 2016

Microsoft Product Naming Conversion Madness

So first there was sharepoint, with their Team Sites.  Then there was Office 365 Groups, which are also known as Outlook Groups.  These create hidden sharepoint sites.  Now there is Microsoft Teams w...
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cfiessinger
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Nov 18, 2016

Charles these two diagrams might help:

  • there is Office 365 Groups the service (Azure AD objects providing a single identity)
  • there are apps that are leveraging the new Groups service: Outlook, SharePoint, Planner, Yammer, Teams, etc.
  • whether you create a group in Outlook, Planner or Teams or soon Yammer each one will have ONE team site

 

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Clausjuhl
Iron Contributor
Nov 19, 2016

Nice illustration,gives a good understanding of the group concept -    I would like to use this in a presentation, if it is an Powerpoint, could you please share it - thx

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