Microsoft Teams is the digital hub that brings conversations, content, assignments, and apps together in one place. Taking time to plan both technical and user success factors will position your institution to thrive with Teams. Get it right the first time with guidance from Microsoft’s 4-time Intelligent Communications Partner of the Year Winner, Enabling Technologies.
Microsoft Teams Quickstart for Educators
This 7-day engagement covers the necessary technical, organizational, and governance challenges facing educational institutions using Teams. We’ll provide education, design guidance, POC configurations, and user training content for up to five Teams and 100 users.
Plan
- Intelligent communications vision
- Adoption & Change Management Services»
- Adoption and Change Management Planning Workshop◦ Discussion of Success Factors◦ Assessment of cultural/org readiness for change◦ Identification of personas within the pilot group◦ Potential roadblocks to adoption
- Technical Assessment» Environmental assessment» Network readiness assessment» Bandwidth calculator»M365 A3/A5 Security Workshop» Skype for Business to Teams roadmap and feature comparison
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Design
- Governance discussion» Team ownership, naming conventions, guest access controls»O365 Groups, SharePoint, OneDrive, and DLP/compliance review
- School data sync Conferencing and collaboration features (PSTN calling out of scope)
- Audio conference room devices
- Third-party video interop
- Sideloaded apps and add-ins
- Security and governance controls
- Migration / deployment phases
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Deployment & Support
- Teams tenant configuration for up to five Teams (one of which is for the pilot group)
- Up to 100 user pilot
- Essential security / governance controls
- Adoption and success materials for deployment
- Deployment hand off documentation
- Organizational Change Management» Pilot User Activity Documentation (Task List to Promote Engagement and Usage while in Pilot)»(2) Pilot Communication Emails◦(1) Pilot Invitation Email◦(1) Pilot Message to Introduce the Pilot Kick Off and Use of the Pilot Team in MS Teams»(1) Train the Trainer Remote Webinar Training Sessions (max 10 users)»(1) PPT Training Deck
- Project Management throughout
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“Teams is a way for students to interact, gather information, and share it right when they need it. I think Teams really embodies the way this generation uses technology.”
Amy Welsh, Chair of the Mathematics Department at the Davidson Academy
