Can I mention my product at all?
Yes, but only inside an existing discussion and only with your affiliation disclosed. Starting your own promotional thread is not allowed.
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r/microsoft365 rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/microsoft365: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 27,046
- Verified
- October 12, 2026
- Category
- IT managers and technology team leaders
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Account Age: - Your account must be 24 hours old in order to post to this subreddit. - Please use your main account to post or comment, or wait 24 hours and resubmit. If the issue is urgent, feel free to message the moderation team.
- Professionalism: - Please treat community members politely - even when you disagree. - No personal attacks - debate issues, challenge sources - but don't make or take things personally. - No posts that are entirely memes or AdviceAnimals or Kitty GIFs. - Please try to keep politically & religiously charged messages out of discussions. - Intentionally trolling is considered impolite, & will be acted against. - The acts of Software Piracy, Hardware Theft, & Cheating are considered unprofessional.
- Advertising: - Advertising: The reddit advertising system exists for this purpose. Invest in either a promoted post, or sidebar ad space. - Market Research: again, use the advertising system. - Vendors are free to discuss their product in the context of an existing discussion. - Posting articles from ones own blog is considered a product. - As always, users must disclose any affiliation with a product. - We prefer if content creators refrain from directing this community to their own content.
- Wrong Community: - There are many reddit communities that exist that may be more catered to/dedicated your topic. - Requests for assistance are expected to contain basic situational information. - They should also contain evidence of basic troubleshooting & Googling for self-help. - Keep topics/questions related to technology/people/practices/etc within a business environment. - When asking a question or requesting advice, please update your original post with any new information, or solution (if found).
- Low Quality / LLM Content: - Avoid low-quality posts. Make an effort to enrich the community where you can- provide details, context, opinions, etc. in your posts. - No GPT/LLM created content. This is a user community of professionals. Don't rely on AI to do your thinking for you
- Microsoft 365 is not your personal Microsoft account: - Your personal OneDrive, Hotmail, or Minecraft account are not relevant to Microsoft 365. Try /r/techsupport/ instead. - Similarly, personal technical support queries are not allowed on this subreddit. - Your personal Microsoft 365 account is technically relevant and allowable, but note that this community is mostly focused on managing Microsoft 365 for Business / Enterprise. You may get more help on personal tech support questions in the above subreddits.
Works well
- A detailed answer inside an existing thread about a Microsoft 365 admin problem, where you share real experience and disclose your affiliation if your product comes up.
- A help request with full business context, the exact problem, and the troubleshooting steps you already tried, updated later with the solution you found.
- A write up of a deployment or migration lesson learned, written in your own words with concrete details and opinions.
- A question about a business environment scenario, like managing devices or automation, that invites other professionals to share how they handle it.
Avoid
- Posting before your account is 24 hours old, because “Account Age” blocks new accounts from posting at all.
- Dropping a link to your own blog or product page, because “Advertising” treats your own content as a product.
- Starting a brand new thread to pitch your tool, because “Advertising” only allows vendors to discuss their product inside an existing discussion.
- Skipping disclosure of your affiliation, because “Advertising” requires users to disclose any connection to a product they mention.
- Using AI to write your post, because “Low Quality / LLM Content” bans GPT and LLM created content outright.
- Asking for help without context, because “Wrong Community” expects basic situational information and evidence of troubleshooting in every request for assistance.
What r/microsoft365 Is For
This community is for people who work with Microsoft 365 as a platform. The description calls it an all in one modern workplace platform, and the room covers everything from Windows AutoPilot to Robotic Process Automation. The people posting here are mostly professionals who manage Microsoft 365 for Business or Enterprise, because rule 6 says the community is mostly focused on that side rather than personal accounts. So think admins, IT folks, and people who deploy and run this stack at work, not someone wondering why their personal OneDrive is full.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
Four rules decide whether a marketing adjacent post survives here. “Account Age” means your account must be 24 hours old before you can post, so a fresh account created this morning gets removed. “Advertising” is the big one, it says the reddit advertising system exists for promotion, vendors are free to discuss their product in the context of an existing discussion, posting articles from your own blog is considered a product, and users must disclose any affiliation with a product. “Low Quality / LLM Content” bans GPT and LLM created content outright and tells you not to rely on AI to do your thinking for you. “Wrong Community” covers off topic posts, it expects requests for assistance to contain basic situational information and evidence of basic troubleshooting and Googling for self help. “Professionalism” matters too, it asks for politeness, no trolling, and no posts that are entirely memes.
What To Post
A good post here is a genuine contribution to a conversation that already exists. If you build something in the Microsoft 365 space, the safest path in the rules is to join an existing discussion, share what you know, and disclose your affiliation plainly. If you ask a question, include your business context, what you already tried, and what you found when you searched, because the rules expect that effort. Write it yourself, in your own words, with details and opinions, since the community explicitly asks you to enrich it and explicitly bans AI written content. Help posts should stay within a business environment.
What To Avoid
Do not post from a brand new account, the 24 hour rule will catch it. Do not start a thread just to promote your product, that is what the advertising system is for. Do not link your own blog, the rules call that a product. Do not post AI written content, it is banned outright. Do not ask for help without sharing what you already tried, because posts without situational information and troubleshooting evidence get removed as wrong community posts. And do not post about your personal Microsoft account, personal OneDrive, Hotmail, or Minecraft questions belong elsewhere.
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Common questions about r/microsoft365
Can I share a blog post I wrote about Microsoft 365?
No. “Advertising” says posting articles from your own blog is considered a product, and the moderators prefer content creators not direct the community to their own content.
What if I want to run a survey or market research?
Yes, the rules say to use the reddit advertising system for that, either a promoted post or sidebar ad space.
Do I need to say I work on the product?
Yes, the rules ask users to disclose any affiliation with a product, and the survival tips repeat it. Do it in the post itself, plainly.
Can I use AI to draft my post?
Yes. “Low Quality / LLM Content” bans GPT and LLM created content and says not to rely on AI to do your thinking for you.