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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

Using OneDrive on Windows 10

Let's get familiar with OneDrive and start using it – at least for new files you create. We will also handle common concerns and objections to using cloud storage in general. Most of the things mentioned here are equally applicable to OneDrive on Mac as well.

Do I have OneDrive?

If you have Windows 10, OneDrive should already be installed. If not, install it. OneDrive for Business uses a blue icon. Personal OneDrive uses a gray icon.

Figure 5.1 – OneDrive for Business icon

The latest version of OneDrive

It is important to make sure you have the latest version of OneDrive. Right-click the OneDrive icon in the System Tray and choose Help and Settings | Settings | About. Note the version displayed on your screen. In the following screenshot, I have blurred the version number to avoid confusion. Note down your version number.

Figure 5.2 – OneDrive version

Next, use the...