• Office 365 Business Essentials -> Microsoft 365 Business Basic
• Office 365 Business Premium -> Microsoft 365 Business Standard
• Microsoft 365 Business -> Microsoft 365 Business Premium
• Office 365 Business -> Microsoft 365 Apps for business
• Office 365 ProPlus -> Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise

That’s in, Office 365 E1 -> Office 365 E1, Office 365 E3 -> Office 365 E3, and so on. However, Microsoft 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 E5 were added as new products. Unfortunately, for the last two years, a bad habit has developed of using the two terms interchangeably. The Microsoft 365 vs. Office 365 battle has raged for the last two years.

Then, at Ignite 2022…it happened again!!

“Office is becoming Microsoft 365” – https://www.microsoft365.com/

And the countless articles I’ve seen from 9to5mac to the Verge, to Twitter posts claiming Office 365 has been renamed to Microsoft 365, or Office 365 is officially dead, Office 365 is no more. You get the picture. But, go read the FAQ here, and it tells a different story – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-365-faqs 

• What is changing? “In the coming months, Office.com, the Office mobile app, and the Office app for Windows will become the Microsoft 365 app, with a new icon, a new look, and even more features.”
• Is Office going away? “No, as part of Microsoft 365, you will continue to get access to apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. We will also continue to offer one-time purchases of those apps to consumers and businesses via Office 2021 and Office LTSC plans.
  Additionally, there are no changes to Office 365 subscription plans.“

Let me say that again…”there are no changes to Office 365 subscription plans”. The Office 365 Enterprise (Education, Gov, Non-profit, Frontline worker) will stay the same, Office 365. And the Microsoft 365 Enterprise (Education, Gov, Non-profit, Frontline worker) will stay the same, Microsoft 365. So in the Microsoft 365 vs. Office 365 battle, it should be which name one, but it’s purely a comparison of what are the the various feature sets in Microsoft 365 vs. Office 365.  There is even a really good resource for comparing them at https://m365maps.com/Microsoft%20365%20Enterprise%20-%20Venn.htm

The remaining two different products, two different SKUs, and two vastly different feature sets, with the same names. The more we keep ignoring Office 365 and Microsoft 365 being two different products in those realms, the more we are confusing people that purchase and use them. If you do want to see this explained in more detail, and how/why these remain two separate products, I went so far as to record a video the other day all about the fact that Microsoft 365 is not Office 365 that you can check out below.

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1. We look at the general configuration of Windows 365 Enterprise and getting that setup. I talk about Windows 365 Business a little bit with a couple of the small difference, but the focus is on Enterprise.
2. Moving your Windows 365 environment from Windows 10 to Windows 11. There are a few things to think about here if you want to transition your users from making sure they aren’t assigned two policies to the fact that there isn’t an upgrade, it’s a destructive process to move.

So, let me know what you think, any questions you have, and what over videos you want me to make!

• Windows 365 Enterprise: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/enterprise
• What is Windows 365: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/overview
• Windows 365 Enterprise Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/enterprise/
• Windows 365 Business Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/business/
• Compare Windows 365 Business and Windows 365 Enterprise: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/business-enterprise-comparison
• Create a custom image for Windows 365: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/capture-image-resource

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So, while this blog may not be as frequently updated as it used to, I wanted to let you know where you can still find a lot of great content similar to what used to show up here.

Intellink YouTube Channel

Yup, I’ve started an Intelligink YouTube channel over the last few months. This contains a lot of demos, examples, walkthroughs of stuff I used to post here. I’m trying to get to a cadence of a weekly video there. Unfortunately, it’s only been one every 2 or 3 weeks lately. This channel has all kinds of videos about the Microsoft Cloud: Microsoft, 365, Office 365, and Azure.

You can check out all the great videos at https://www.youtube.com/c/Intelligink/

If there is a specific video you would like to see recorded. Let me know in the comments here and I’ll add it to my list of videos to create. Also, we would love for you to subscribe and sign up to be notified about new videos. It helps us get the work out to others trying to learn about the Microsoft Cloud!

Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

Many of you may already be familiar with this podcast that Scott Hoag and I do weekly, but if you aren’t? consider yourself informed. We’ve been doing it for almost 4 years now and have recorded over 200 episodes. Almost every episode is Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 related. We throw in some occasional other tech news as well. But it’s about a 30-minute show focused exclusively on the Microsoft Cloud from the perspective of a couple of IT Pros.

You can find the show in your favorite podcast app (include Spotify and Amazon Music) or by heading over to our site at https://www.msclouditpropodcast.com/

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All that’s changing!

We know have a couple of workshops we’ll be doing in January and hoping to have a couple more for February. So far, both workshops are focused on Microsoft Teams. However, we would love to know what other topics you would like a workshop on. We also have courses that will be offered in the very near future. Right now there is a list you can sign up for to be alerted whenever courses are available (and new courses are published). Our focus remains on the Microsoft Cloud, so all of these offerings will center around Microsoft 365, Office 365, and Azure.

As a result of these changes, we’ve redone our entire site at https://intelligink.com and we’ll be offering a Black Friday sale on workshops (and a chance to get a discount when courses are released)

Tell me more!

But, enough rambling by me. To get all the details and learn even more about these changes. Head over to https://intelligink.com/state-of-intelligink-2020-and-black-friday/ where we cover everything in detail!

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What can you do about it?

Teams policies are a are one aspect when it comes to getting control of your Teams environment and making sure it is properly governed. Properly configuring and assigning these policies can really help you stay in control.

As such, I’m offering a 1-day workshop on July 9, 2020 through my company Intelligink. It’s only open to the first 20 people that register. This on in particular also has a discounted rate as its’ the first one I’m doing. In the workshop you‘ll learn all about:

• Teams Policies
• Messaging Policies
• Meeting Policies
• Policy Packages
• Guest settings

This one day workshop will consist of videos, challenges, downloadable resources, and phone calls. It’s an incredible opportunity to not only learn about them and get hands on experience configuration them, but also an opportunity to get time talking about your specific scenario with me and we can work through how to best achieve your goals together!

How do you sign up?

It’s simple! Head over to the registration page at: https://intelligink.com/workshops/microsoftteams-policies to get all the details as well as get registered for the workshop. There are also links to contact me if you have any questions, or you can just leave a comment on this post. Hope to see you there!

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We had had to SharePoint Online sites, modern UI, both created without Office 365 groups. We tried to add a navigation item to each of them and had these two different options.

Option 1 – we could add a URL or a Header

Option 2 – we didn’t have have any options

So, come to find out, this is based 100% on if the site is registered as a hub site or not. For some reason. ONLY sites registered as a hub site have the option to add a header or a URL. If it’s a site registered TO a hub site or just a “standalone” site, you won’t have the header option available. Honestly, kind of annoying, but at least we know what caused the two different experiences.

One additional note, if you have an Office 365 Group connected SharePoint Online site, you also have some additional options to add links to Conversations, Calendars, Notebooks, and Planner. However, the Header still won’t show up until that Group connected site is registered as a hub site.

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Microsoft Teams Tips & Tricks w/ Q & A

This Thursday, March 26, 2020, at 1 pm EST, I’m partnering with Inspire Data Solutions how is hosting a FREE Microsoft Teams webinar and I’ll be doing the presentation. If you’re around at 1 pm on Thursday I would love for you to join us!

If the button doesn’t work, you can go directly to https://intg.ink/t26 and register. Also, this webinar is open to the public, so feel free to share it with anyone else you think might benefit from it.

Teams in Two YouTube Channel

If you saw my post a few weeks back I started doing some 10 – 15 minute YouTube videos on various aspects of Office 365. I’ve put that on hold for the time being and started a Teams in Two playlist (still under the same YouTube channel) of 2 minutes or less videos on using various features in Microsoft Teams. You can check out the playlist here.

I’m working as hard as I can to get videos up there quickly, so keep an eye out for videos to continue to pop up. Also, let me know if there are any topics/features you want me to cover sooner rather than later!

I hope everyone is staying healthy and hanging in there! These are challenging times, but we’ll get through it together!

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But, back to the task at hand. A few weeks back we the Collab365 GlobalCon1 virtual conference. A weeklong event packed with some great sessions. I did one all about using SharePoint, Power Automate, Azure Automation (PowerShell in the cloud) to help manage Sprawl within your environment. If you want to catch a preview of the session, check out the YouTube video below. This is the first few minutes of the full session I did for the conference.

In this session, I talked all about managing your Office 365 environment. Managing your Microsoft Teams lifecycle, both creating and removing Teams, managing users in Office 365, even generating reports about what’s going on your environment. It was a session designed to get the wheels spinning in your head about what’s possible as well as give you some practice ideas you can go implement today. If you want to view the whole session, it’s included in the all-access pass that you can purchase here.

GlobalCon2

Next up, GlobalCon2! It’s right around the corner and will be packed with a bunch more Microsoft Cloud sessions. I’m not sure the extent to which I’ll be involved there, but the FREE registration is live! We’re also going to be introduction cage matches, a friendly live debate/panel where we’ll weigh the pros/cons of various technologies in different situations…things Yammer vs. Teams. Or OneNote vs. Wikis (in Teams). If you’re interested in being a part of one of these panels, let me know via the contact form on my site.

If you aren’t able to make it, but still watch to watch it, you can also grab the All-Access Pass for GlobalCon2 ahead of time at a discounted rate!

OR

You can grab the Ultimate All Access Bundle that includes all the content from ALL of the past Collab365 Conferences (That’s 90 sessions and over 1,000 pages of ebooks)  for the bargain price of only $239

So, we have everything from free to the ultimate bundle. No matter which you choose, I guarantee you’ll pick up some valuable content around moving forward in whatever path you’re on with the Microsoft cloud!

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However, now I’m moving into YouTube! I have a couple of videos up already with a lot more planned. They are all being posted under my company, Intelligink, and you can find the channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEysfUUw2pTc-kh4Ig6h4UQ. Once I pick up a few more subscribers I can change it to something more friendly. (Hint: Go subscribe). This will also allow you to be notified of any new videos I’ve uploaded.

Currently, I have some older videos up there, but also a couple of new ones that I’ve uploaded in the last two weeks.

Create your own Microsoft 365 conditional access policies to replace the baseline policies

Getting started with Azure Automation and Power Automate

So, go check them out for yourself, if you like them, give them a thumbs up, subscribe, and let me know of any additional topics you want me to cover in future videos.

Thanks and looking forward to sharing more video content with you in the near future!

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