Welcome to the Microsoft 365 Environment

Idaho Falls School District 91 is continuing its transition toward Microsoft 365 as the primary environment for District Office communication, collaboration, and shared content. Documents and resources created or maintained by the District Office will increasingly be stored in SharePoint.

Microsoft 365 will also be available to staff throughout our schools, giving employees another option for communication, collaboration, file storage, and productivity. However, school staff will not be required to transition their existing work from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.

Google Drive and the broader Google for Education environment will remain available as they are today. There are currently no plans to remove Google from the district’s technology environment. Schools and staff may continue using Google tools while becoming familiar with Microsoft 365 and choosing the applications that best support their work.

Microsoft 365 is much more than Teams. Teams provides a convenient place for conversations, meetings, and collaboration, but it is only one part of a larger connected environment that includes SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Forms, and other productivity tools.

Use the interactive guide below to explore how these services work together and how familiar Google Workspace tools translate into the Microsoft 365 environment. As a simple starting point, remember:

OneDrive is for my files. SharePoint is for our shared files. Teams brings our people and work together.