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Lessons Learned from Microsoft 365 Deployment with ConfigMgr: Part 4 – ConfigMgr Baseline
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Lessons Learned from Microsoft 365 Deployment with ConfigMgr: Part 4 – ConfigMgr Baseline

In this post I'm going to cover how we are using a ConfigMgr Baseline to control the user experience. I'm not suggesting everyone do it this way, but for us, we wanted to provide a good user experience, even to those on slow links, and make it look pretty while still looking legit, and native.

Lessons Learned from Microsoft 365 Deployment with ConfigMgr: Part 3 – Self Service Deployments
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Lessons Learned from Microsoft 365 Deployment with ConfigMgr: Part 3 – Self Service Deployments

In this post I'm going to cover how we're doing our Self Service Deployments for the Microsoft 365 Apps. We're controlling it via Active Directory Group Membership.

Lessons Learned from Microsoft 365 Deployment with ConfigMgr: Part 2 – Changing Channels
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Lessons Learned from Microsoft 365 Deployment with ConfigMgr: Part 2 – Changing Channels

We have setup 2 methods for channeling the Office Channel on devices. One that allows self-service via an application in the software center, and one that is forced via a baseline set on a collection.

Lessons Learned from Microsoft 365 Deployment with ConfigMgr: Part 1
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Lessons Learned from Microsoft 365 Deployment with ConfigMgr: Part 1

Hey Team, thanks for reading through the Office 365 posts, hopefully at this point you've got a good grasp on the Office Setup Process, the Deployment Methods and the user experience. I happen to know a guy who has setup Office 365 Deployments in a rather large enterprise, and was faced with a few "opportunities".

Office 365 Deployment Series with ConfigMgr: Post 6 – Channel Info
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Office 365 Deployment Series with ConfigMgr: Post 6 – Channel Info

Hey Team, Gary Blok here, I'm coming back after a few weeks and am now adding Channel Query Collections.

Office 365 Deployment Series with ConfigMgr: Post 5 – Office Updates and Automatic Deployment Rules (ADR)
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Office 365 Deployment Series with ConfigMgr: Post 5 – Office Updates and Automatic Deployment Rules (ADR)

In this post, I'm going to do a simple "How-to" on creating an ADR and deploying it to your devices. I'm not going to go into the depth that those other 2 posts do.. because I'm not a huge fan of reinventing the wheel. I'll have a little overlap, but will keep it simple.

Office 365 Deployment Series with ConfigMgr: Post 4 – Deployment Methods
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Office 365 Deployment Series with ConfigMgr: Post 4 – Deployment Methods

Thanks for making it this far in our Deployment and Maintenance of Office 365 using Microsoft's Endpoint Manager, Configuration Manager (MEMCM / SCCM) series, now that we have our Office application setup, it's time to get it deployed, and look into how we can change the channel [Channel on Docs]. Based on how you deploy it, and a setting in the XML file, you'll see different behavior.

Office 365 Deployment with ConfigMgr: Post 3 – Creating the Office Installer (advanced)
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Office 365 Deployment with ConfigMgr: Post 3 – Creating the Office Installer (advanced)

In this post, we're going to go over the magic of PowerShell and creating an XML file on the fly.

Office 365 Deployment Series with ConfigMgr: Post 2 – Creating the Office Installer (simple)
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Office 365 Deployment Series with ConfigMgr: Post 2 – Creating the Office Installer (simple)

In this Deployment and Maintenance of Office 365 using Microsoft's Endpoint Manager, Configuration Manager (MEMCM / SCCM) post, we're going to get familiar with the Office 365 App Creation process that comes built into Configuration Manager.

Office 365 Deployment Series with ConfigMgr: Post 1 – Intro & PreReqs
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Office 365 Deployment Series with ConfigMgr: Post 1 – Intro & PreReqs

This post will go over the Deployment and Maintenance of Office 365 using Microsoft's Endpoint Manager, Configuration Manager (MEMCM / SCCM).