Written by The Office 365 Groups Gurus
Office 365 Groups automatically give your team everything they need to collaborate and work together more effectively. Don’t just take our word for it.
“As a membership service for Office 365, Groups are the glue for the whole Office 365 suite.”
Christophe Fiessinger
Program Manager
Microsoft
“With Office 365 Groups, you’re getting a lot more for your team collaboration by leveraging all of its services.”
Jeremy Thake
VP of Product Technology
Hyperfish
“We need Office 365 Groups and Microsoft Teams, if we are ever to defeat the evils of emails and boring file shares.”
Loryan Strant
Microsoft MVP and Principal Consultant
Loryan Strant Consulting
“Groups are like the all-knowing, consistent keychain that ties everything together.”
Dux Raymond Sy
Microsoft MVP & CTO
AvePoint
“Groups are the identity mechanism that stitches all of Microsoft’s best-of-breed services together.”
John Peluso
VP of Product Strategy
AvePoint
“Office 365 groups are a bundled and refined offering of the Microsoft tool set for team productivity.”
Shyam Oza
Sr. Product Marketing Manager
AvePoint
“Office 365 Groups provide an easier way for your end users to work together, connecting people and the apps they use.”
Mario Spies
Director of Support Services
AvePoint
“Groups makes it much more intuitive to work on a single project across departments and Office 365 apps.”
Hunter Willis
Technical Specialist
AvePoint
101: Office 365 Groups Fundamentals
Coming up empty after searching “Technet Office 365 Groups”, or even crazy phrases like “how to decide when to use SharePoint and Yammer and office 365 Groups and Outlook and Skype?” Try our simple 101 course; your new Office 365 Groups user manual.
201: Considerations & Best Practices When Activating Groups
You know the differences between Office 365 groups vs distribution lists, SharePoint vs Groups, Groups vs Yammer, and even Microsoft Teams vs Groups. But what about their integration points and best practices before you enable Office 365 Groups?
301: Office 365 Groups Administration
Are you tired of looking at the Office 365 Groups roadmap, hoping for native solutions so you don’t have to disable Office 365 Groups before you get started? Tired of only finding Office 365 Groups PowerShell commands for solutions? This is for you!

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Why is it important to control Office 365 Group creation?
“All Office 365 users can create Office 365 Groups by default. An admin might want tighter control of Office 365 Group creation and prefer that not everyone can create them.”
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Meet Your Groups Experts
“As a membership service for Office 365, Groups are the glue for the whole Office 365 suite.”
Christophe Fiessinger
Program Manager
Microsoft
“With Office 365 Groups, you’re getting a lot more for your team collaboration by leveraging all of its services.”
Jeremy Thake
VP of Product Technology
Hyperfish
“We need Office 365 Groups and Microsoft Teams, if we are ever to defeat the evils of emails and boring file shares.”
Loryan Strant
Microsoft MVP and Principal Consultant
Loryan Strant Consulting
“Groups are like the all-knowing, consistent keychain that ties everything together.”
Dux Raymond Sy
Microsoft MVP & CTO
AvePoint
“Groups are the identity mechanism that stitches all of Microsoft’s best-of-breed services together.”
John Peluso
VP of Product Strategy
AvePoint
“Office 365 groups are a bundled and refined offering of the Microsoft tool set for team productivity.”
Shyam Oza
Sr. Product Marketing Manager
AvePoint
“Groups makes it much more intuitive to work on a single project across departments and Office 365 apps.”
Hunter Willis
Technical Specialist
AvePoint