Oct 19 2016 03:45 AM
This question of disabling Office Graph has come up, to remove Delve, as there are concerns documents are being shown that shouldn't be. Even after explaining how this works, it's do with underlying permissions etc., it's an option is that's being pursued.
My question is, what is the impact of disabling Office Graph today and going forward with the next generation Office 365 experiences. Here is what's mentioned in the admin guide
"If you don't allow access to the Office Graph, Delve will be removed from the Office 365 app launcher. When users visit a person’s page, for example by clicking on a person in OneDrive for Business, that person’s page will contain only user profile information. No documents will be shown. Users can still search for other people, but not for documents or boards. The Discover view in OneDrive for Business will also be removed."
Is it more far-reaching than that, though? What about some of the new SharePoint experiences, will they be adversely affected. Office Graph/Delve seems to be powering or linked with upcoming or new features, is that true?
Thanks for any insights or feedback.
Oct 19 2016 05:40 AM
Yes, it is more far reaching than that.
I recently asked this same question, and have yet to get a complete and comprehensive answer.
In my tests, we learned that the new SPO Home page does not show any of the Suggested sites when Delve is turned off.
My client has changed their mind and it will be left on.
Oct 19 2016 05:57 AM
Thanks for that, that's what we suspected.
So no Suggested sites, which ties in with that slide I posted. That means no recent activity in SharePoint, no Clutter perhaps, no trending videos in O365 Video, that's quite a lot! It looks like Office Graph is used with Security & Compliance Portal as well.
It would be great to get an official list, so organisations can make informed decisions.
Oct 19 2016 07:02 AM
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Oct 20 2016 12:42 AM
Thanks @Juan Carlos González Martín, that's quite the list.
A post about this would be useful. It would be good ammunition for why disabling Office Graph really is a last resort and not to be done lightly. Here, we are also looking at bulk tagging documents with the HideFromDelve attribute as a possible compromise.
Oct 20 2016 12:51 AM
Thanks @Dean Gross.
I wonder whose arm we would have to twist to get an official breakdown of functionality impaired by turning Office Graph off. I'd personally like to see a fair bit of detail, screenshots even, before and after, taking out the guesswork.
We face the prospect of having to turn off Office Graph here, just so we can observe the differences ourselves. Not ideal on a production tenant!
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