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Office 365 User Guide

By : Nikkia Carter
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Office 365 User Guide

By: Nikkia Carter

Overview of this book

Microsoft Office 365 combines the popular Office suite with next-generation cloud computing capabilities. With this user guide, you'll be able to implement its software features for effective business communication and collaboration. This book begins by providing you with a quick introduction to the user interface (UI) and the most commonly used features of Office 365. After covering the core aspects of this suite, you'll learn how to perform various email functions via Exchange. Next, you will learn how to communicate using Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams. To boost your productivity, this book will help you learn everything from using instant messaging to conducting audio and web conferences, and even accessing business information from any location. In the final chapters, you will learn to work in a systematic style using file management and collaboration with OneDrive for Business using SharePoint. By the end of this book, you'll be equipped with the knowledge you need to take full advantage of Office 365 and level up your organization's productivity.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: Understanding Office 365
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Section 2: Managing Microsoft Exchange
10
Section 3: Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
14
Section 4: OneDrive for Business
17
Section 5: Collaboration Using SharePoint

How is OneDrive for Business different from OneDrive

As mentioned earlier in this chapter, OneDrive for Business and OneDrive are different in a few ways. Let's look at those differences in more detail.

The biggest difference is where you log in. OneDrive is a consumer product which is linked to your Microsoft account, formally known as Live, and OneDrive for Business is linked to Office 365, the Business version, not the Home version.

Logging into OneDrive for Business must be done through the Office 365 portal. Logging in to OneDrive is done through a Microsoft consumer page such as https://www.msn.com/en-in/. You can sign into your Microsoft account or choose OneDrive to sign into OneDrive faster:

The one place where you can get into either is via the OneDrive site:

The look and feel of OneDrive is also different than that of OneDrive for Business. Here is what OneDrive...