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Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online Cookbook

By : Gaurav Mahajan, Sudeep Ghatak
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Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online Cookbook

By: Gaurav Mahajan, Sudeep Ghatak

Overview of this book

Microsoft Office 365 provides tools for managing organizational tasks like content management, communication, report creation, and business automation processes. With this book, you'll get to grips with popular apps from Microsoft, enabling workspace collaboration and productivity using Microsoft SharePoint Online, Teams, and the Power Platform. In addition to guiding you through the implementation of Microsoft 365 apps, this practical guide helps you to learn from a Microsoft consultant's extensive experience of working with the Microsoft business suite. This cookbook covers recipes for implementing SharePoint Online for various content management tasks. You'll learn how to create sites for your organization and enhance collaboration across the business and then see how you can boost productivity with apps such as Microsoft Teams, Power Platform, Planner, Delve, and M365 Groups. You'll find out how to use the Power Platform to make the most of Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents. Finally, the book focuses on the SharePoint framework, which helps you to build custom Teams and SharePoint solutions. By the end of the book, you will be ready to use Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online to enhance business productivity using a broad set of tools.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)

Sway

Sway is a tool that lets you build stunning presentations and interactive reports without you having to worry about the design or the layout. All your presentations will be responsive and render beautifully on any device.

Sway is a free service. However, if you have a Microsoft 365 license, you can do even more with Sway. The following web page compares the free version of Sway to the one that comes with a Microsoft 365 subscription, at https://m365book.page.link/sway.

Sway lets you add text, images, and videos to a web page interface that looks pretty similar to a modern SharePoint page. As you add content, Sway will provide you with suggestions, as shown in the following screenshot:

Once your Sway content is ready, you can share it with colleagues or friends. You can build public Sways that people can view without having to sign in. At the same time, you can also create secure Sway content that can only be viewed by people...