Category Archives: Planner

Managing GDPR with Teams, Planner, and Compliance Manager

Posted on by

Microsoft’s Compliance Manager is intended to help cloud tenants cope with regulations like ISO 27001 and GDPR. The Compliance Manager has a nice dashboard, but it is passive and offers very weak options in terms of organizing the work needed to achieve compliance. But Office 365 has Planner and Teams, and it is easy to create the necessary collaboration structure to allow people to work on GDPR controls.

The post Managing GDPR with Teams, Planner, and Compliance Manager appeared first on Petri.

Continue reading Managing GDPR with Teams, Planner, and Compliance Manager→

AAD Licensing for Groups and Teams Features Burdens Office 365 Tenants

Posted on by

Offi

Microsoft clarified what AAD features need premium licenses at Ignite. Tenants need many of those features to control Office 365 Groups and Teams, and some of the listed features are surprising. Did you know that the group creation policy is a premium feature? Or adding a default classification. The chosen set of features seems odd, but at least Microsoft is now clear about what you must license.

The post AAD Licensing for Groups and Teams Features Burdens Office 365 Tenants appeared first on Petri.

Continue reading AAD Licensing for Groups and Teams Features Burdens Office 365 Tenants→

Microsoft Launches Group Expiration Policy into Preview

Posted on by

On August 9, Microsoft launched the Office 365 Groups expiration policy into preview. It expires groups after a set period and helps keep the spread of groups under control. All sounds good, but the new feature needs an Azure Active Directory Premium license, which isn’t so welcome.

The post Microsoft Launches Group Expiration Policy into Preview appeared first on Petri.

Continue reading Microsoft Launches Group Expiration Policy into Preview→

Microsoft Launches External Access Block Policy for Groups, Teams, and Planner

Posted on by

Microsoft has launched a new external sharing policy for groups that allows tenants to set allow and block lists for domains. The new policy is due for use with Teams, Planner, and other applications that need to block external users from specific domains. It’s a set along the path to getting full external access for Office 365 apps.

The post Microsoft Launches External Access Block Policy for Groups, Teams, and Planner appeared first on Petri.

Continue reading Microsoft Launches External Access Block Policy for Groups, Teams, and Planner→

Gartner Sees Strong Position and Momentum for Office 365

Posted on by

Gartner’s recent SWOT analysis of Office 365 contains some interesting thoughts and observations. I do not agree with them all because I think some of their thinking is a little dated, but it is always interesting to read what Gartner is whispering into the ears of their customers.

The post Gartner Sees Strong Position and Momentum for Office 365 appeared first on Petri.

Continue reading Gartner Sees Strong Position and Momentum for Office 365→

Common External Access Needed for Office 365 Applications

Posted on by

The news that Teams won’t support external access when they planned is not a shock. But what is needed is a common external access mechanism that can work for all of the Office 365 applications. Let’s not reinvent the wheel!

The post Common External Access Needed for Office 365 Applications appeared first on Petri.

Continue reading Common External Access Needed for Office 365 Applications→

Still No Good Option for Office 365 Backups

Posted on by

Backup solutions for Office 365 are available from many ISVs. However, six years after the Office 365 launch, no product exists that takes a comprehensive and integrated approach to Office 365 applications.

The post Still No Good Option for Office 365 Backups appeared first on Petri.

Continue reading Still No Good Option for Office 365 Backups→

The Rebirth of Yammer Groups

Posted on by

Yammer

Microsoft has updated Yammer so that new groups use the Office 365 Groups service to manage the identity and membership of the groups. There are far too many “groups” in that last sentence, which kind of illustrates how a surplus of groups might be building up within Office 365.

The post The Rebirth of Yammer Groups appeared first on Petri.

Continue reading The Rebirth of Yammer Groups→