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Case study how to use same master page in Office 365 and on-premises

This is not a tutorial how to customize the master page in Office 365. Microsoft doesn’t recommend to create your own master page because they will constantly evolve the user interface and this might break your branding.

The reason I created this case study is to show that it is yet possible to use the same master page in Office 365 and on-premises. This master page also takes into account that the Ribbon and Suite Bar are completely different in both environments.

Another important thing is to show how the master page might evolve in future so that it provides two things. Enables Microsoft to implement and add new features and allows custom branding as we currently do it on-premises.

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