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What Really Is The Difference Between Office 365 and Microsoft 365?
We increasingly see references online to both Office 365 and Microsoft 365 – but what are they? Which one should you be using? What benefits do they deliver? And is there actually any difference between the two? Discover more in this post. What is Office 365? Office...
What is Office 365 Workspace Governance?
Here at ProvisionPoint, we use the term ‘Workspace Governance’ a lot. But what the heck does it mean? With the latest release of ProvisionPoint Enterprise now in the wild, I thought it made sense to write a post describing what we think workspace governance is, and...
Which Should I Provision? A New Channel or Team?
“I will create a new Team for that”, is perhaps the most common mistake which users make with Microsoft Teams. It may be the case that a new Team is required, but equally, it may be more appropriate to create a Channel in an existing Team. So why do users make the...
The Why, What and How of Microsoft Teams Governance Strategy – Part One
There is a perception that users will “get” Microsoft Teams, and there is no need for the governance controls associated with products like SharePoint. At ProvisionPoint, we have seen various examples where there has been little or no consideration to governance as...
Why you need two Owners for each Office 365 Group
Recently I attended the Ignite the Tour event in London, which was an excellent opportunity to learn about plans for Office 365. One particularly useful presentation for me was Microsoft talking about managing Office 365 Groups. This session introduced several...
Why Governance of Office 365 Matters for all Organisations
It has long been a frustration of mine that, when I attend conferences about Office 365, all of the governance topics are targeted at large enterprises.Now, it is undoubtedly true that the scale of the governance challenges with products like Microsoft Teams is far...
Teams is Not The Answer to Your SharePoint Adoption Problems
Teams to the Rescue! "Microsoft Teams is the solution to all your problems". Forget about all those problems you are having with SharePoint adoption, use Teams instead. It will give your users what they need. Sounds too good to be true doesn't it? It seems a pretty...
The risk of ‘Over Adoption’ with Microsoft Teams
Teams Chaos Microsoft Teams is billed as an easy to use application which users will naturally adopt, but there is a real risk of 'over adoption' that can result in information chaos and sprawl. The reality of many deployments of Teams is that users are let loose with...
Saving Money with Office 365 Automation
People Power I worked for a company many years ago where all staff, whether they had been in the organisation a few weeks or many years were given one monthly task. The task was to propose how the organisation could perform better and/or save money. It didn’t matter...
The Importance of Office 365 Ownership
Taking Responsibility What exactly is a site owner for SharePoint? Is it a group membership? a security role? a level of expertise? or a business function? In reality, a site owner is frequently all of these, and an effective approach to facilitating and managing site...
