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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
1
Section 1: Understanding Office 365
4
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

Sharing files

In SharePoint, you may have the ability to share a file with others. In others words, you would be giving access to others at the level of access, view, or edit, that you choose, but you might not have the ability to remove or edit that access once set. Depending on the way your organization set up your account, you may also have the ability to give access to others outside of your organization.

File sharing is not a best practice and should be used with care. See the warning about The Danger of the Share Button in Chapter 16, More on Using SharePoint.

Giving access

You can share a file via the Share button inside or outside of the file itself:

If you are outside the file, you need to select the file first.
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