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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)

Working with a whiteboard in Microsoft Teams

As mentioned, Microsoft Whiteboard is an application included in your Microsoft 365 subscription, which means it is fully integrated with other Microsoft 365 apps, such as Microsoft Teams, for example.

It is possible to add a specific whiteboard to a channel or a meeting, making it easier to collaborate. During a meeting, you can add a whiteboard by merely clicking on the screen-sharing icon and selecting Microsoft Whiteboard (Figure 7.8):

Figure 7.8 – Adding a whiteboard to a call with Microsoft Teams

Once you add a whiteboard to a meeting, participants can collaborate. All the features we learned about in the previous sections will be available. You may use the Microsoft Whiteboard application or use it embedded in Microsoft Teams, as shown in Figure 7.9:

Figure 7.9 – Collaborating using a whiteboard during a meeting

Besides adding a whiteboard to a specific meeting, you...