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Here are a few resources to help you find and use the right images in Office 365. Office 365 Microsoft Office Pressroom Image Gallery Logos and Image Gallery, Office Microsoft Logo Guidelines (Legal Resources) Microsoft News Center (PR Guidelines and Resources) FastTrack Templates and Resource Center downloads. Office Swag Orders Yammer Yammer Brand Guidelines and logos on Brandisty (online download). Yammer Logos (zip file) Yammer Brand Identity Guidelines Yammer Swag Reorders Yammer Colors Pantone: 300 CMYK: C100,M50,Y0,K0 RGB: RO, G114, B198 Hex: #0072C6Solved160KViews20likes10CommentsThe quick way for users to understand O365: The Periodic Table of Office 365
I consider myself a SharePoint geek, but I play more and more in the larger Office 365 (O365) sphere these days. In doing so, I’ve noticed that O365 as a concept is difficult to explain… both to IT folks and the everyday workers who are expected to use it. So I put together a new infographic that (hopefully) provides a quick intro to O365, its apps, and how they're all related. Good for both the IT crowd and lines of business. Check out my Periodic Table of Office 365 below. [full-size version]Solved17KViews21likes13CommentsHelp your users be successful with Microsoft 365 and Office 365 with training & tips in their inbox
As a steward for your business, you’re always looking for ways to help your users get more from the technology you provide to them. We’ve heard from admins that one way to achieve this is with product tips and training content that their users can quickly use. This content often is available at the Office 365 Training Center , but users must currently seek it out themselves—and too often, they don’t. Email for product tips and training is coming The new email content from Microsoft will include only tips and training relevant to products and services you have enabled for your users. Be assured that we will not send your users sales, marketing, or advertising messages. Here is an example of a training email. Phased rollout We recognize that smaller organizations are juggling different priorities and often their IT admins wear multiple hats. That’s why we’ll start by sending the email communications to subset of customers that have Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, and subscriptions in the US and Australia. If you are an administrator for an organization that is part of this rollout, you’ll receive a notification in the Message Center, as well as an email reminder seven days before the first training tips email is sent to your users. Please note that you will be notified by the message center before the first training email is sent to your users. All training emails will only be sent from [email protected] email address. Admin is in control As the administrator for your organization, you’re in control. You have the flexibility to unsubscribe from these emails at any time on behalf of your organization by switching the ‘End User Communications’ setting to Off in the admin center. You can always subscribe later by changing the setting to On. Follow these steps to unsubscribe your organization from the training emails: 1. Sign In to the admin center 2. Click on Show all from the left navigation bar 3. Click on Settings 4. Click on Services & add-ins 5. Click on End User Communications 6. Change the setting and click on Save If you leave the email messages enabled for your organization, individual users can still unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the Unsubscribe link in the email footer. Users can also visit the Security & privacy page of their My Account Portal to unsubscribe. Preview the first training email and send it yourself Seven days before the first message is sent to users, global admins will be sent an email reminder with the opportunity to preview the content. This preview email will be sent only for the initial training content. If you prefer to send the training email yourself, just unsubscribe at the tenant level, then download a ready-to-send template from the preview email and send the first training email at your convenience. Give us feedback We’re always listening and learning from you. Please continue to provide feedback using the feedback button within the admin center.Solved15KViews8likes8CommentsMS Teams for Virtual classroom
Hi All, We are in phase 1 of Teams Only adoption/migration plan, and as we were looking at the different personas, we came across this specific need from the L&D team where they would like to leverage Teams as a Virtual Classroom tool. I have listed down the requirements of the classroom below. I am looking for ideas if someone has already used MS Teams in that capacity. Requirements Additional comments Availability in Teams Audio/visual capability (cameras and videos) Available Chat capability Available Raise Hand/Participant Status info It is essential to have this feature to avoid situations when people start to talk over each other. L&D team wants to create a comfortable environment where each attendee can speak without any interruption. Not Available Breakout Rooms Create small groups with 5 – 6 members and assign different topics to groups. Each group will join a separate breakout meeting to discuss the assigned topics. Not Available However, we can create different channels for each group/team and use the “Meet Now” capability as an alternative. Poll/Q&A capability Available only in Channel Meetings Whiteboard To brainstorm on ideas No Native app yet(in development) MS recommends using Freehand by Invision- 3rd party app Our main pain point is how to incorporate the "Hand Raise" capability in MS Teams Meeting.Solved10KViews3likes9CommentsOne Pager Office365 Quick Wins: Make Adoption Simple!
I recently did a Office365 Adoption Lunch and Learn for a client, who asked me to summarize the presentation into a one pager. It turns out the one pager was more powerful than my entire presentation! End user adoption should be distilled and simple, and a one pager with easy to follow instructions that start the adoption journey does just that. See the attached PDF one pager and share your thoughts!Solved8.7KViews5likes5Comments[infographic] Where to start a conversation for teamwork in Office 365
Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, Yammer - all places for teamwork in Office 365. GREAT apps for sure but HOW to start with your teamwork in Office 365 ? It's not about what the products can do (they can do a lot :-) ) but what you as team can do with the products. Microsoft is explaining this with the 'Inner Loop' and 'Outer Loop'. I created an infographic for this - take a look!7.9KViews4likes0CommentsCase Study #1: Adoption as a Marketing Campaign
Company Size: ~750 Employees Industry: Manufacturing The Approach This organization took a unique approach to end-user adoption and deployed new products like a marketing campaign—starting with end users’ needs. The IT organization first went to end users to identify their needs and issues. From there, they determined how Office 365 could solve those issues as well as worked to gain buy-in with executives. This needs-based approach was central to how they developed end user training. After Office 365 was deployed, the IT department went on a series of “roadshows,” meeting with individual teams to address how O365 solved their specific issues. Additionally, the company brought in external training to help drive end user adoption even further. While the company philosophy was to keep things in-house as much as possible to grow people internally, they chose to use partners for specific tasks not easily learned by watching videos or taking classes. However, adoption efforts didn’t end after the roadshows and initial trainings. The company hired a full-time training person, who was also tasked with managing SharePoint. This individual provided ongoing trainings to drive end user adoption further. The Takeaway Employing a marketing perspective encourages technology implementers to involve end users early in the process, identify ways to configure products fit user needs, and prepare the users to receive the new technology. Rather than just providing a convincing argument like a sales pitch, the marketing approach brings the end user along, identifying ways in which unique business processes will be impacted. As one IT pro in the company identified, the challenge is learning about the individual business processes in departments and teams so that deployments and trainings can be tailored for a critical mass of end users. What marketing tactics have you implemented or seen used during deployment? What are the biggest challenges with this approach?Solved7.8KViews11likes6CommentsTeams and presence capabilities... more flexibility?
One of the biggest challenges I feel we are going to face with Adopting Teams is the Presence capabilities. We currently use our phone system's Unified Presence capabilities. We have many, many options (all customizable) that our users can select as a status... On Home Visit, On Vacation, On-Site Meeting, Off-Site Meeting, On Break, Out Sick, Out of Town on Business, etc., etc. There's also the capability to add some information to the status... On Home Visit (back by 3pm), On Vacation (Back April 24th). All of these status messages can be managed by our front desk staff as well, who have the ability to update other user's Presence if necessary. Are their any plans for Teams to provide a more customized Unified Presence other than the generic, Available, Busy, Appear Away, etc.? Could their be something already added to Teams that maybe I am missing and have overlooked?Solved6.8KViews0likes1Comment