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- Here I am in Microsoft Outlook,

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and if I look at the navigation pane,

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folder list on the left-hand side,

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below my folders, I have an expandable item called Groups,

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that lists Office 365 Groups that are accessible to me.

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There are a few that I've used more recently listed.

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If I click More it will expand to an entire list,

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and I can create new Groups right here in Microsoft Outlook.

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So what is an Office 365 Group?

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Office 365 Groups are easy to create groups

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that work with more than 22 Office applications.

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Not only are they easy to create, they're easy to use

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and they're easy to administer.

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Office 365 Groups have shared resources,

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for example, if I look at this Group,

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the Administrative Professionals Group in Outlook,

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this Group has a team site, it has a file share,

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it allows me to connect applications.

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It has an inbox, a calendar, a document library,

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it has its own SharePoint site, a OneNote notebook

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and this particular Group also has a planner.

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Not every Group has all of these resources,

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but this was a Group that was created

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in one of the applications, that I can use

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to create Office 365 Groups, that is, Microsoft Outlook.

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But I can also create Office 365 Groups in Planner,

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I can create a Group in SharePoint Online,

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I can create Office 365 Groups in Yammer.

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And I would choose to create a Group in,

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Outlook for example, if this was a Group where we spent

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a lot of time working with email, with calendar.

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If I wanted to create Group that was

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primarily going to focus on sharing documents,

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I'd probably create it in SharePoint Online.

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Office 365 Groups are easy to administer

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because we don't manage permissions independently,

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we manage the members.

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When we add someone to a Group and give them the ability

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to create items in our Office 365 Group,

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they then have access to the applications

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that that Group is resourced with.

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And I choose where to create my Group, Outlook, Yammer,

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Outlook for example, Planner, SharePoint,

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based on the intended use.

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For example, if I have a Group that's really going to be

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focused on email and calendar, I'd create it in Outlook.

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If I have a Group that's going to focus

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on creating documents together,

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that would push me a little more toward SharePoint.

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Because when I create the Group in the right place,

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most of the resources I need are added automatically for me,

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but I can add others as well.

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As with Teams and SharePoint, there are different types

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of workgroup spaces that I can create.

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In Office 365 I can create private Groups,

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available only to the members,

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or I can create public Groups.

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In Office 365 Groups,

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the default is to create Groups that are private.

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Office 365 Groups were created after Microsoft SharePoint

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and before Microsoft Teams.

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Even if your organization uses Teams and SharePoint,

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you may still have a need for easy to create,

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easy to manage, easy to use Office 365 Groups.