What components of Microsoft 365 are blocked ?

[fralef]

Many departments have adopted the Microsoft 365 suite of tools and online services. Typical subscriptions include a wide range of applications including Office 365 and MS Teams. If I understand well, access to the specific applications is managed at the department level. I have observed that some applications and features that are part of our subscription are blocked by my department.

For example, I note that my subscription level is Office 365 E3 and that it should include the MS Stream applications (https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/microsoft-365/enterprise/compare-office-365-plans). However, I was told that this application is not enabled for various technical reasons. This is unfortunate because I was proposing to create a private youtube-like space for our teams to share videos of internal events and presentations we organize.

Another example is that even though the subscription allows for the installation of MS Office (Word, Excel,...) on 6 different computers (including personal home computers), this functionality is blocked. I understand that this is to prevent users to install the most recent versions on top of the "official" versions currently managed by our department on the employees managed computers.

I'm not sure that this fits with the mandate of this list but I think it is similar in that it limits the ability for public servants to adopt and use new technologies to their full potential. Consequently, I think it would be interesting to track how MS 365 is deployed across departments.