This isn’t a new idea and profile pictures in Exchange / Active Directory and Exchange Online have been around for more than a decade.Īs I’ve mentioned in other posts, my team and I carry out a lot of Office 365 migrations (mergers or acquisitions mostly) and I’m always looking to enhance the end user experience. This is particularly useful for new starters who have a lot of new faces to get used to. I don’t know how many times I’ve been looking for someone new in our offices and just knowing what they look like has made life a lot easier. Users can list their skills or interests on their profile and and this can be made available to the wider organization to help bring people who may never have met in person together with information about each other.Īnother useful piece of functionality is the simple profile picture. Having appropriate manager attributes, for example, can provide an out of the box org chart that can be very useful in large organizations. One of the great benefits of Office 365 is how users profiles can be customized and filled with helpful information.
