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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

OneDrive, Teams, and Stream

The primary problem (root cause) is sending files to people, which leads to more copies. So why not keep the file in one place and let people come to edit it? Yes, we are also concerned about what happens if two people edit the file at the same time. Do not worry. All this has an easy and secure solution.

Each one of us needs one place to store our files in such a way that there is always one copy. Great. That is why the solution is called OneDrive for Business. When you store a file on OneDrive, only one person can see it – you.

The business version of OneDrive has comprehensive security and compliance features to protect your data from unauthorized use or hacking.

Files come in three types. Depending upon the type, we choose the ideal place for storage.

In this chapter, we will focus on files of types 1 and 3. We will learn why OneDrive is the best place for your files and all the advantages plus security you...