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Mastering Office 365 Administration

By : Thomas Carpe, Nikkia Carter, Alara Rogers
Book Image

Mastering Office 365 Administration

By: Thomas Carpe, Nikkia Carter, Alara Rogers

Overview of this book

In today's world, every organization aims to migrate to the cloud in order to become more efficient by making full use of the latest technologies. Office 365 is your one-stop solution to making your organization reliable, scalable, and fast. This book will start with an overview of Office 365 components, and help you learn how to use the administration portal, and perform basic administration. It then goes on to cover common management tasks, such as managing users, admin roles, groups, securing Office 365, and enforcing compliance. In the next set of chapters, you will learn about topics including managing Skype for Business Online, Yammer, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams. In the final section of the book, you will learn how to carry out reporting and monitor Office 365 service health. By the end of this book, you will be able to implement enterprise-level services with Office 365 based on your organization's needs.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
10
Administering Yammer
Index

Creating a new Office 365 group


To get to the part of the admin center where the Office 365 Groups controls are, go to Office 365 Admin Center | Groups | Groups, as shown in the following screenshot:

Click on the +Add a group button and fill out the form as follows:

Note

By default, Office 365 Group is the type of group that is created without clicking the drop-down list and choosing the Office 365 group option. If you want a distribution list or a different kind of Security group, you need to make sure you click on the drop-down menu.

Let's walk through what's needed in the form; the fields are as follows:

  • Group Id: This is the email address for the group. You can choose a domain based on those available from your tenants.
  • Description: This is a description of your group.
  • Privacy: With this, you can choose whether a group is public, where all can see it and its content, or private, where only members can see it and its content.

Note

This setting cannot be changed once set, so consider your options...