Aug 18 2019 09:04 PM
We're a small nonprofit with 30 Office 365 E1/E2 users. Two of us have E3 with the Audio Conferencing licenses for dial-in capability. (Totally online, no on-premises functions.)
Need some basic clarification on our imminent move from Islands to Teams-only for meetings and calls. Everyone uses S4B now.
The staff are set up as a Team (but they don't use the Team app, they use S4B to communicate). The board and committees are all set up as Groups.
Questions:
Thanks!
Aug 18 2019 09:28 PM
Aug 19 2019 08:14 AM
Chris,
Thanks for the speedy, point-by-point response. Although I'm aware of much of what you said, you clarified and confirmed several things.
My reference to Groups was to Office 365 Groups, not distro groups.
Putting aside the transition away from S4B....as others do, I differentiate Teams from Groups primarily by the way communications and associated documents are handled; in Groups it's email and a classic SharePoint library; in Teams, it's persistent chat and channels (though SharePoint plays a role there, too).
In our case, there is a generational factor. Since all my users are over 50 years old (even an octogenarian or two), chat and channels don't come naturally, email is an old friend, and change in general is especially difficult. So, we've stuck with Groups so far. Even the only cohort inadvertently organized as a Team, our staff, uses email and SharePoint, ignoring the availability of chat and channels. I'm always on the lookout for an opportunity to expand their use of Teams' features, and they may be on the cusp of exploring chat/channels.
Thanks again.