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Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Guide

By : Gustavo Moraes, Douglas Romao
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Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Guide

By: Gustavo Moraes, Douglas Romao

Overview of this book

With its extensive set of tools and features for improving productivity and collaboration, Microsoft 365 is being widely adopted by organizations worldwide. This book will help not only developers but also business people and those working with information to discover tips and tricks for making the most of the apps in the Microsoft 365 suite. The Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Guide is a compendium of best practices and tips to leverage M365 apps for effective collaboration and productivity. You'll find all that you need to work efficiently with the apps in the Microsoft 365 family in this complete, quick-start guide that takes you through the Microsoft 365 apps that you can use for your everyday activities. You'll learn how to boost your personal productivity with Microsoft Delve, MyAnalytics, Outlook, and OneNote. To enhance your communication and collaboration with teams, this book shows you how to make the best use of Microsoft OneDrive, Whiteboard, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. You'll also be able to be on top of your tasks and your team's activities, automating routines, forms, and apps with Microsoft Planner, To-Do, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Microsoft Forms. By the end of this book, you'll have understood the purpose of each Microsoft 365 app, when and how to use it, and learned tips and tricks to achieve more with M365.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

The front door for external users

If you are an experienced user of 365, you may think that Forms is unnecessary, especially if you use Power Apps. You can build list forms with SharePoint lists, and if you need more advanced customizations, you can use Power Apps along with them. SharePoint has been increasingly enhanced with list functions that allow you to have a form with rules and easy-to-fill-in visuals, and Power Apps can build all kinds of tools for your company, including a collection of responses. One feature they all have in common is user authentication!

To use both tools, you need to be logged in to 365, and this implies that, in addition to being part of the organization, you have a 365 license and permissions on the site where this list or app lives. With Microsoft Forms, this scenario is different; it is the only response collection tool in 365 that allows anyone to answer surveys.

By simply clicking on the Share option and selecting Anyone can respond, you will...