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SharePoint Online Deployment Advice
I'm trying to keep my head above water keeping up with all the new SharePoint developments and how that could change our approach in moving to Office 365. We've been using SharePoint for over 10 year...
My recommendation is: get an independent consultant who specialises in SharePoint Online and Office 365 in general (that's what I do in Australia). As much as you know SharePoint having used it for years, the reality is that how you do things in Office 365 is quite different.
Trying to do this yourself generally doesn't lead to a good outcome as you're not armed with all the knowledge and information around the ins and outs of SharePoint Online.
As you've called out you can read tons of articles, and this thread itself may get a bunch of replies and opinions - which will help but not necessarily leave you closer to finding the right solution.
And there is no one right way - it's different for every organisation.
One thing I would say that you're right on is point 4: go and create the O365 Groups for all of the organisation-based tams in the company as that way you can control it.
Outside of that, get an Office 365 consultant to understand your current SharePoint environment and how the organisation works to then figure out what components and approach is right.
Trying to do this yourself generally doesn't lead to a good outcome as you're not armed with all the knowledge and information around the ins and outs of SharePoint Online.
As you've called out you can read tons of articles, and this thread itself may get a bunch of replies and opinions - which will help but not necessarily leave you closer to finding the right solution.
And there is no one right way - it's different for every organisation.
One thing I would say that you're right on is point 4: go and create the O365 Groups for all of the organisation-based tams in the company as that way you can control it.
Outside of that, get an Office 365 consultant to understand your current SharePoint environment and how the organisation works to then figure out what components and approach is right.