Microsoft Teams Planning

The following – aspects are key to consider and utilize when planning for Microsoft Teams which is a chat-based workspace included with several Office 365 plans:

1) Get the right people together - have the right mix of IT and business users

2) Prioritize your business scenarios - Know and plan what are the best business scenarios to be utilized

3) Complete technical planning - know how the environment should be architected as well as how to provision users

4) Conduct pilots and deploy teams - utilize what is believed to be the needed set-up and functionality with a targeted group of users

5) Measure usage, manage satisfaction, and drive adoption - review usage reports and see and understand what and why users are utilizing and then encourage use of needed functionality

Mutual Information Details for SharePoint

The following are mutual information details that vice-presidents and directors are interested in:

• Customer feedback - issue status & troubleshooting
• Active incidents - ongoing issues -  trends
• Upcoming activities - events requiring resources, space modifications or office moves, etc.
•  Respective office organization changes
• Feedback via communications:
• o    service desk notifications
• o    project notifications and updates
• o    additional or modified communication requests  

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Communication Details for SharePoint

The following are some points which vice-presidents and directors are interested in:

• Regular updates
• Issue trends – office-specific and firm-wide
• Budget alerts – related costs that will be charged
• Firm-wide projects having impact to daily operations
• One-off efforts, where applicable, having an impact to daily operations

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9:00A.M. Meeting Agenda for SharePoint

Purpose: The purpose of the 9a.m. update meeting is to share functional updates that will increase the overall effectiveness of the department.

Action Items: Be prepared to discuss the following items at 9:00am meetings.

a. Items that occurred in the last 24 hours that have impact.

b. A 2-3 minute daily update from a project management perspective from each invited individual.

c. What are the trends in the last 24-hours?

d. What issues are still outstanding?

e. What is happening in the next 24-48 hours?

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Managing SharePoint Top 12 Items

The following are some key traits to utilize when managing SharePoint:
1) Building a Team
2) Utilize a Project Methodology
3) Budgeting
4) Technical Architecture
5) Governance
6) Training
7) Change Control
8) Technical Roadmap – Yearly
9) Intake for Requests
10) On-going On-Boarding
11) On-going Changes
12) Handling Overall Growth

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Office 365 - SharePoint Online Instructor Guide

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Office 365 (O365) - SharePoint Online usage has exploded in the past few years as it’s utilized by many end users across many industries. One item that often is lacking in many organizations is formal training. Therefore, this guide is meant to be utilized by an individual whom will be reviewing via a demonstration format the core aspects that a general user who will be adding content to a site – will need to utilize. The guide can also be utilized by any individual interested in self-study learning the core and key aspects of Office 365 - SharePoint Online that will be of value to them.

SharePoint Values Decisions

The following are some items to be mindful of in regard to value decision making in regard to SharePoint:

1)      Does the decision made – embrace the right mindful and framework in regard to SharePoint?

2)      When did you make the needed decision?

3)      What is the full extent of the decision that was made?

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