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Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Guide

By : Gustavo Moraes, Douglas Romao
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Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Guide

By: Gustavo Moraes, Douglas Romao

Overview of this book

With its extensive set of tools and features for improving productivity and collaboration, Microsoft 365 is being widely adopted by organizations worldwide. This book will help not only developers but also business people and those working with information to discover tips and tricks for making the most of the apps in the Microsoft 365 suite. The Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Guide is a compendium of best practices and tips to leverage M365 apps for effective collaboration and productivity. You'll find all that you need to work efficiently with the apps in the Microsoft 365 family in this complete, quick-start guide that takes you through the Microsoft 365 apps that you can use for your everyday activities. You'll learn how to boost your personal productivity with Microsoft Delve, MyAnalytics, Outlook, and OneNote. To enhance your communication and collaboration with teams, this book shows you how to make the best use of Microsoft OneDrive, Whiteboard, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. You'll also be able to be on top of your tasks and your team's activities, automating routines, forms, and apps with Microsoft Planner, To-Do, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Microsoft Forms. By the end of this book, you'll have understood the purpose of each Microsoft 365 app, when and how to use it, and learned tips and tricks to achieve more with M365.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

What is MyAnalytics?

If you are a Microsoft 365 user, you can access a personalized dashboard that provides information to help you boost your productivity and collaborate more effectively by logging in to your account at portal.office.com (Figure 3.2):

Figure 3.2– Accessing MyAnalytics at portal.office.com

MyAnalytics is designed to help Microsoft 365 users learn how to optimize their time and gain insights about working hours, emails, meetings, and much more, as shown in Figure 3.3:

Figure 3.3 – The MyAnalytics home page

It is important to emphasize that, according to Microsoft, only you can view personal data insights based on your work patterns. MyAnalytics is designed to protect your privacy.

The goal is to provide metrics and evidence on how you spend your time on emails, meetings, tasks, documents, and other work across Microsoft 365 applications during the day.

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