Since Microsoft Teams were released after (and are built on) Office 365 Groups, Microsoft has provided a quick solution for adding Teams functionality to an existing Group. (NOTE: A Group must have less than 999 members for the conversion to be successful.) This solution can be completed in just a few simple clicks.
On March 14, 2017 Microsoft officially launched Teams for Office 365. While all users who were licensed with a qualifying Office 365 license automatically received the Teams tile in the app launcher, Microsoft provided a global way to control access. The default setting was OFF. Additionally, a note was included that the control was only temporary.
“Temporary” is subjective, and in this case (at least for Education customers), seems to Continue reading
Microsoft recently announced that beginning on April 13, 2017 an Office 365 group would automatically be created for managers with at least 20 direct reports. Office 365 administrators quickly let Microsoft know that they were unhappy with these forced group creations.
This evening, though, Microsoft released an update to the Message Center that they have changed their original stance. According to the new message below, the feature will not be released as announced. Instead, the feature is going to be rolled to a smaller group for additional testing. Stay tuned to see what the eventual rollout looks like, if it happens at all.
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