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Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365

By : Dr. Nitin Paranjape
Book Image

Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365

By: Dr. Nitin Paranjape

Overview of this book

Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365 covers the entire range of over 25 desktop and mobile applications on the Microsoft 365 platform. This book will provide simple, immediately usable, and authoritative guidance to help you save at least 20 minutes every day, advance in your career, and achieve business growth. You'll start by covering components and tasks such as creating and storing files and then move on to data management and data analysis. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn how to manage, monitor, and execute your tasks efficiently, focusing on creating a master task list, linking notes to meetings, and more. The book also guides you through handling projects involving many people and external contractors/agencies; you'll explore effective email communication, meeting management, and open collaboration across the organization. You'll also learn how to automate different repetitive tasks quickly and easily, even if you’re not a programmer, transforming the way you import, clean, and analyze data. By the end of this Microsoft 365 book, you'll have gained the skills you need to improve efficiency with the help of expert tips and techniques for using M365 apps.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Efficient Content Creation
7
Section 2: Efficient Collaboration
10
Section 3: Integration

Why is the adoption of Microsoft 365 poor?

The short answer: Because nobody is responsible for effective adoption.

Effective adoption means a person must use the right tool (app or feature) in the right place (business context or need).

The definition is simple. But we have thousands of features and business needs. There are too many combinations.

As I said earlier, nobody is responsible for adoption. The Information Technology (IT) team is responsible for procuring, deploying, maintaining, and supporting the Microsoft 365 platform. HR will arrange some training during the launch of specific apps. Generally, most of the training covers one product at a time and is not mandatory.

Therefore, at the end of all training, we have a small subset of users who know about a subset of apps. If most users do not even know about what apps they have and what these apps do, how will they use the apps?

Nobody has a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) or a target or mandate to drive...