Restrict Office 365 Groups and Microsoft Teams creation in organizations

Restrict Office 365 Groups and Microsoft Teams creation in organizations

In many of my Office 365 projects customer want to limit the self-service of Office 365 groups creation. Gladly, this is possible in Office 365, with the definition that just specific users are able to create Office 365 groups. Since the launch of Microsoft Teams in March 2017 customers asked me several times if this policy also affect the creation of Microsoft teams? Well, let’s take a look. In a previous blog post, we described how to setup Office 365 Groups policies, check out Management capabilities for Office 365 Groups. Since Microsoft Teams depend on Office 365 groups, we document this scenario step-by-step. ...

March 19, 2017 · 6 min · Martina Grom
aOSDay Dublin in March 2017

aOSDay Dublin in March 2017

We enjoyed being part of aOSDay Dublin on March 15th, 2017, organized by the aOS Community. We had very interesting sessions from Securing Office 365 services, modern app development, groups, connectors to MyAnalytics and Office 365 toolsets. The agenda and speakers are available in a Sway at docs.com. Organizer Patrick Guimonet did the welcome and a session. Tony Redmond delivered a keynote and teached some basic Irish expressions. There were two tracks with 10 sessions, we of atwork had two sessions: ...

March 18, 2017 · 1 min · Toni Pohl
Webinar zu Office 365 Groups

Webinar zu Office 365 Groups

Office 365 Groups spannen sich über mehrere Office 365 Services und stellen gemeinsame Arbeitsbereiche für Teammitglieder dar. Ende Februar hat AvePoint ein Webinar mit den Experten Ragnar Heil (Microsoft), Robert Mulsow (AvePoint) und Martina Grom (atwork) produziert. Hier gehts zum Webinar “Office 365 Groups: Sie fragen, unsere Experten antworten”. Ganz nach dem Motto “Sie fragen, unsere Experten antworten” standen Ragnar Heil (Microsoft Partner Channel Lead DACH), Robert Mulsow (AvePoint Director Technical Solutions Professionals DACH, NORDICS, BeNeLux) und Martina Grom (atwork CEO, Microsoft MVP und Regional Director) Rede und Antwort. ...

March 5, 2017 · 1 min · Toni Pohl
Top 5 reasons why your organization benefits from moving to the cloud

Top 5 reasons why your organization benefits from moving to the cloud

The cloud train started some years ago. Today, it’s no longer the question “IF you will use the cloud, but WHEN you will use the cloud”. That’s the direction IT is going. See my top five reasons why your organization and your IT can benefit from using cloud services. The following reasons are my personal ones and I am focused on the Microsoft cloud services. I am working with Office 365 and Azure a lot since the beginning. So here’s my top 5 list for using PUBLIC cloud services: ...

March 2, 2017 · 4 min · Toni Pohl
Components of Delegate365

Components of Delegate365

Since the beginning, Delegate365 developed to an extensive cloud solution for Microsoft Office 365. This article delivers a short overview about the components of Delegate365 in the Microsoft Cloud. The following graphics shows the involved Azure services that are used in D365. Delegate365 is using Platform-as-a-Service components that are maintenance-free. In detail, Delegate365 consists of the following Azure services. Web App – this hosts the Delegeate365 portal website. Jobs – these are tasks that run automatically in the background, currently these are the Synchronization Job, the License Aggregator Job, the Log Sink Job and the Sync Notifications. ...

February 27, 2017 · 2 min · Toni Pohl
Delegate365 changelog version 6.1-at a glance

Delegate365 changelog version 6.1-at a glance

At the end of last year, Delegate365 version 6 was announced. We added a bunch of features and before updating all tenants, we wanted to improve some functionality. So it took some time to develop and test new features. Now it’s time to update all existing Delegate365 tenants to the latest version 6.1. See the most relevant news at a glance here! Important: Some customers are already using Delegate365 version 6. All D365 tenants will be upgraded to version 6.1 in the next days. All customers will also receive an email notification about the exact upgrade time. If you have any reservation against the D365 tenant upgrade time please contact us at support@atwork.at. ...

February 22, 2017 · 8 min · Toni Pohl
Impressions of Microsoft Tech Summit Johannesburg

Impressions of Microsoft Tech Summit Johannesburg

This week, we have been at Microsoft Tech Summit Johannesburg, South Africa. The event took place in Sandton Convention Center from 6th to 7th February 2017 and hosted over 50 technical sessions with a range of topics as Microsoft Azure, hybrid platforms, DevOps, app platform, productivity, collaboration and more. Microsoft Tech Summit is a cost free, two-day technical event touring through a bunch of cities worldwide, delivering a free technical training on the latest Microsoft technologies. See an overview and the stations here. ...

February 12, 2017 · 2 min · Toni Pohl
Arbeitswelt im Wandel - für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen Event

Arbeitswelt im Wandel - für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen Event

Wir freuen uns, am 22. Februar 2017 Teil der Microsoft Veranstaltung “Arbeitswelt im Wandel - für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen” zu sein! Erfahren Sie an diesem Business-Tag, wie die voranschreitende Digitalisierung das Arbeiten in kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen erheblich verändern wird und wie Sie als Kleinunternehmer oder mittelständischer Entscheidungsträger auf die neuen Anforderungen reagieren können. Das kostenfreie Event findet am Mittwoch, den 22. Februar, von 9:00 bis 13:00 Uhr bei Microsoft in München statt. ...

February 5, 2017 · 2 min · Toni Pohl
Arbeitswelt im Wandel für mittelständische und große Unternehmen Event

Arbeitswelt im Wandel für mittelständische und große Unternehmen Event

Wir freuen uns, am 21. Februar 2017 Teil der Microsoft Veranstaltung “Arbeitswelt im Wandel für mittelständische und große Unternehmen” zu sein! Die digitale Transformation beeinflusst die tägliche Arbeit im Unternehmen immer stärker. Die Veranstaltung informiert über den Wandel und die Herausforderungen am modernen Arbeitsplatz und wie Sie als Entscheidungsträger mit modernen Plattformen auf die neuen Anforderungen wie Datensicherheit, Compliance und gesteigerte Produktivität reagieren können. Das kostenfreie Event findet am Dienstag, den 21. Februar, von 9:00 bis 12:00 Uhr bei Microsoft in München statt. ...

February 4, 2017 · 2 min · Toni Pohl
MS Cloud Summit Paris at MVP Award Blog

MS Cloud Summit Paris at MVP Award Blog

Last week Martina and I participated in Microsoft Cloud Summit Paris. This was the biggest event ever put on by Microsoft communities in France with about 800 technology enthusiasts. We had CVP Julia White and GM for Database Systems Rohan Kumar as keynote speakers and had two great event days there, right in the center besides the Eiffel tower. And Cloud Summit Paris has been featured by the Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog! ...

February 3, 2017 · 1 min · Toni Pohl