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Is Microsoft Teams Really Any Different to What Came Before?
What is Microsoft Teams? Microsoft Teams is the latest tool from the Office 365 family, providing organisations with a chat-based collaboration platform that gives teams the ability to work together and share information via a common space. Despite being introduced...
The 6 Top Digital Workplace Trends – Are You Ready?
A recent report from Gartner echoes our most recent blog around the impact of COVID-19 and the rise of remote working. The Gartner 2020 Digital Workplace Survey reveals that the IT leaders have finally recognised the need to rapidly scale up their digital workplace...
The Rise of Remote Working
Remote working has been on the rise for a number of years. Data from the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed that in 2015, 4.2 million people across a range of sectors worked from home out of the country’s 32.6 million workforce. And it was predicted...
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 365 now in the wild, I thought it made sense to write a post describing what we think workspace governance is, and why it...
Which Should I Provision? A New Microsoft Team or Channel?
“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
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 Office 365 Groups
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...