Office 365 Groups is a service developed with collaboration in mind. It works with the Office 365 tools you use already such as Exchange, SharePoint, Outlook, Yammer etc. so you can collaborate with your teammates when writing documents, creating spreadsheets, working on project plans, scheduling meetings, or sending email. See how Yammer strengthens team collaboration through integration with Office 365 Groups.
Additionally, Office 365 Groups are the new and improved experience for Distribution Lists. If you haven’t yet moved traditional Distribution Lists over to Office 365 Groups, there are many advantages of making the move.
- Every Office 365 Group has a shared mailbox with a searchable history of email conversations within the group, so new members have access to all of the content and context that predates their membership
- With a Distribution Group, new members only see discussions starting from when they joined
- By default, Office 365 Groups are ‘public,’ i.e., discoverable for users within your Office 365 tenant. That makes it easy for people in your organization to search for a topic name and/or description and join any related groups.
- Distribution Groups are often searchable by name only
- Office 365 Groups provide a convenient self-service option for an organization’s users to create new groups, as well as join or depart groups
- Creating Distribution Groups, as well as adding and removing members, is usually done by the organization’s Exchange administrators on behalf of the users.
- Group members also have access to a shared calendar, document library, OneNote notebook, etc. for collaboration needs beyond email
- Distribution Groups are designed for collaborating via email. Separate sets of manual steps are required to set up and use addition collaboration tools such as a shared calendar or a OneNote notebook.
Office 365 Groups is the tool to use if your organization does not need a full-fledged social network experience. Office 365 Groups add collaborative capabilities that are not found in Distribution Lists. If you want to learn more information about Office 365 Groups or want help with the migration process, please contact Vorsite at sales@vorsite.com or (206) 781-1797.