{"id":67171,"date":"2014-09-02T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/?p=67171"},"modified":"2024-08-13T15:39:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T22:39:30","slug":"personalize-office-365-experience-selecting-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2014\/09\/02\/personalize-office-365-experience-selecting-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"Personalize your Office 365 experience by selecting themes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Lawrence Chiu is a senior product marketing manager for the admin experience on Office 365.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Who we are has always been important to both organizations as well as individuals. As organizations, we want to reaffirm our brand and foster positive relationships with our customers. As individuals, we want to show our personalities and preferences. Office 365 will now support your ability to both customize and personalize your Office 365 experience by using themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rolling out over the next few weeks, two types of themes will become available. As an Office 365 admin, you will have the ability to create custom themes for your organization and, at the same time, your users will have the ability to personalize their experience by selecting an Office 365 theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, we recently rolled out improvements to your navigation and notification experience. The Office 365 top nav bar has been improved to provide quick access to more of your Office 365 services and to show more notifications cross-suite to help you stay connected to your email, reminders, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The goal of branding your organization is to establish a positive association with your organization and positive relationships with your organization\u2019s users. Consistent and repeated visual identity reaffirms your brand. By adding the ability to create a custom theme for your Office 365 environments, Office 365 can help you strengthen your brand visually. You can upload a custom logo and URL, so that your users are only a click away from your websites. You can also reinforce the look and feel of your organization by selecting the colors of the Office 365 nav bar, its menu labels, and the Office 365 logo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Setting your organization\u2019s custom theme is simple. Click your company hyperlink on the top right hand corner of the Office 365 admin dashboard, right under the top nav bar, and then make your logo, color, and other selections.<\/p>\n\n\n\nStrengthen your brand by creating Office 365 custom themes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n