Microsoft 365: Key Tools for Personal Productivity and Collaboration

This Microsoft Office 365 productivity training course focuses on the collaborative benefits of Microsoft Office 365 – a cloud-based service providing access to desktop applications, mobile apps, and browser-based versions of Microsoft Outlook, Office, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams – available anywhere you have an internet connection.

Learn how to easily connect and carry out real-time document editing, file sharing, and video conferencing with remote employees from anywhere, using your browser, your phone, or your computer.

Microsoft 365: Key Tools for Personal Productivity and Collaboration Benefits

• In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Increase your productivity by applying best practice configurations with Microsoft Outlook.
  • Easily and efficiently manage large quantities of emails, appointments and shared calendars.
  • Use OneDrive to securely store and access any files, images, or presentations anywhere you have Internet access.
  • Use a digital notebook to collate text, images, video and handwritten notes in OneNote.
  • Apply SharePoint to collaborate with your colleagues, taking advantage of real-time updating to the same document, spreadsheet, or presentation version.
  • Enable mobile access to business data and automate processes using Power Apps and Power Automate.
  • Collaborate inside and outside your organization via chat and voice or video calls using Yammer and Microsoft Teams.

• Prerequisites

  None.

Key Tools for Personal Productivity Course Outline

Module 1: Office 365: What, Why, Where, When and How?

In this Module, you will learn about:

• Desktop, web, and mobile access
• Core applications and services
• Make the best use of Office 365 Plans
• Office 365 administration

Module 2: Personal Information Management

In this Module, you will learn about:

• Outlook Everywhere
• Desktop, Web, or Mobile. Which to use?
• Manage your time and focus effectively with Outlook
• Calendar: Plan out your day
• Tasks: Review and prioritize
• Mail: Tips to manage the overwhelm

Module 3: OneDrive: Personal Document Management

In this Module, you will learn about:

• Accessing your documents from anywhere, anytime! Automatically synchronize your files
• Office applications: Desktop, web, and mobile
• Create and update documents in OneDrive
• Collate digital notes in OneNote

Module 4: SharePoint: Document and Information Management

In this Module, you will learn about:

• SharePoint structure and management
• Building a modern intranet with hub sites
• When to use Team sites v Communication sites
• Creating custom lists v list templates

Module 5: Build Mobile and Web Business Apps with Power Apps

In this Module, you will learn about:

• What kind of apps can you build?
• Who can build them?
• What do you need?

Module 6: Automating Business Processes with Power Automate

In this Module, you will learn about:

• Building blocks of a Flow
• Events
• Actions
• Conditions

Module 7: Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Collaboration and Communication

In this Module, you will learn about:

• What is Microsoft Teams?
• Scheduling and managing video meetings
• Creating a Team
• Adding members to a team
• Adding channels and tabs
• Using @mentions, notifications, and checking activity
• Teams best practices