Jul 15 2016 12:13 PM
Ignite is coming in only a few months and that means another new "When To Use What In Office 365" session along with an attempt to update and rebuild some of the Whitepaper guidance.
We have our work cut out for us. Would love any community help or support we can get!
What are some great "When To Use What" or Enterprise User Guidance resources you have seen published or shared in the last year?
Once I have reviewed the ones you all share I will try and build a more comprehensive resource list by combining it with the 20 or so I found so far this past year for future reference for everyone. 🙂
Aug 03 2016 03:15 PM
Hi, Richard. I loved the session last year, and I used the Whitepaper extensively to help me understand. I'm still learning from it.
My users wanted me to emphasize what typical "features" come with each tool. So, I made a comparison "cheat sheet" (needs updating, e.g., add Planner/Sway, etc.)(highlighting is anything that was policy for us.) Others will likely find different features important. I know something is always lost when significant content gets reduced to a cheat sheet format, but it's all my users will consume sometimes!
It's hard to keep up with O365's tools/dynamics, and even harder to adapt user training materials, so I eagerly await your next iteration. Thanks so much for all the effort you and others put into this topic!
Aug 05 2016 09:33 AM
I know that @cfiessinger will be very interested in this topic and may have something to share.
Aug 05 2016 04:22 PM
I have been using your white paper to try to explain to people how the business process should drive what tool they need. But they still want to know what all the tools do. So I have been working on a PowerPoint with a slide for each feature. The slide show when to use and when not to use based on your suggestions. But one of the things I added was whether there is an offline download and if so, listing a few of the major functionality differences between the Office 2016 client and Office 365 browser apps. I am thinking of turning it into a wiki to have on our resources site when we launch. I am finding that people seem really confused about the difference.
Aug 15 2016 02:25 PM
Aug 15 2016 03:39 PM
Aug 22 2016 08:09 AM
Hi Richard,
We use internally this decision guide for deciding about file storage. (NWU means per country)
kind regards,
Manfred
Aug 22 2016 08:36 AM
Just got back from SharePoint Fest Seattle and heard that a change is coming soon to O365 groups. Instead of just the OneDrive library, creating a group will create an entire Site Collection with Team site features. Also, when creating a site collection, it will automatically create a group. It will help our staff get over the confusion between Groups and SharePoint sites, but will have to look at the admin side of Group creation!
Aug 22 2016 11:05 AM
Yes, that is consistent with the info provided at the May 4 Future of SharePoint event.
https://blogs.office.com/2016/05/04/the-future-of-sharepoint/
Did they provide any timelines?
Aug 22 2016 11:15 AM
The person doing the session estimated it would be out in a few weeks, but definitely before Ignite which is September 25th.
Aug 24 2016 05:18 AM
SolutionAttached a presentation file that we developed, thanks to original work completed by a member of the Office 365 club. Hope it's useful?
Aug 24 2016 08:02 AM
Aug 24 2016 08:54 AM
We have something similar in more of a web page/chart with Consumer Reports style circle icons ("Harvey Balls"). Thanks for sharing.
Sep 05 2016 12:14 AM
Sep 05 2016 12:20 AM
Sep 13 2016 10:47 AM
FYI - The session Community Page is now published: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Ignite-Content/BRK2046-Learn-what-to-use-when-Offic...
Working hard on finalizing a number of whitepapers and resource kits! Exciting for the event!
Oct 26 2016 05:30 AM
The PowerPoint is great. Thanks for sharing. We may model something like that and put it in our SharePoint Help Center.
Feb 01 2017 08:25 AM - edited Feb 12 2017 12:38 AM
Here is nice InfoGraphic I created on this topic...
Feb 01 2017 08:26 AM
Ooooh, that looks great!
Mar 27 2017 01:30 PM
Marcel - I love this! Mind if I share it?
P.S. You have a typo in the OneDrive for Business column. "...and share with your colleagues..."
Aug 24 2016 05:18 AM
SolutionAttached a presentation file that we developed, thanks to original work completed by a member of the Office 365 club. Hope it's useful?