introduction
Sharepoint is a web-based collaborative platform launched in 2001. It is integrated with Microsoft Office and is used as a document management and storage system. SharePoint Online is a cloud based platform created to support content management and collaborations. It helps users to manage their own as well as colleagues’ documents, data, activities and information. It also allows the users to create password protected sharing environment where one can create, store and edit documents. It offers seamless accessibility of documents from anywhere such as home, office, mobile etc.

SharePoint Online planning guide
A global or SharePoint admin can create as well as manage the site collections, can manage user profiles and their permissions, modify OneDrive settings also enable online features in SharePoint and global settings. To manage all the mentioned roles the admin should draw a proper plan. The following are the important points to be followed while planning to build a SharePoint Online environment.

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In order to set up the SharePoint online environment, below developer tools needs to be installed.

Latest Version of NodeJS - For windows users MSI installers is the easiest way to install NodeJS. Mac Users can install from Homebrow
Code Editor (Atom, Visual Studio, and Wenstorm)
Compiler Tools
Yeoman and Gulp - Use the below command in Command Prompt to install these files.
npm install -g yo gulp

Plan sites and manage users

The easiest way to have a successful site and satisfied user is to have a stable plan and good user management strategies. The sites collections should be managed in a traditional approach that has same owner who share administrative settings and permissions. It is always good to have limited trusted owners.