Using technology to work smarter, more meaningfully and more flexibly
In today’s world, we all want more flexible remote work options, and meaningful in-person collaboration. Empowering people to thrive in a more flexible work world requires rethinking everything—from how you empower people to be their best, to how you create culture, to how to ensure proper work/life balance.
It’s finally here – recurring tasks in Planner!
The feature we’ve all been waiting for is finally here! Microsoft recently released a new feature for Planner tasks to allow us to create recurring tasks straight out of the box.
What is Yammer and is it still relevant?
Unlike other tools in the 365 suite, such as Outlook and SharePoint, Yammer isn’t typically an essential tool for company collaboration. However, as an informal and social communication tool, it can still be very valuable for many organisations. This is especially true in larger organisations who may not have an informal way for staff and leadership to communicate.
Introduction to Microsoft Stream
Channels You can organise your videos by channels, just like on YouTube. E.g. you may have a channel for all your training videos, and a channel for Monthly Business Updates etc.
Microsoft Planner – What is it and why should you use it?
Productivity apps that help with planning tasks and making lists are essential for our work lives. Microsoft Planner is therefore a must-have tool in the Microsoft suite to help you plan and execute your personal and team-based tasks.
Stay in the loop with the Microsoft 365 Roadmap!
Keeping up to date with the constant changes in the Microsoft 365 world is admittedly not the easiest task. However, the Microsoft 365 Roadmap makes it simple to see all the awesome features that are coming soon or have recently been launched, and I highly recommend making this part of your weekly reading material.
Tips and tricks to help you make the most of Microsoft Teams
Over the past couple of years, I’ve come across a number of shortcuts and not-so-obvious features in Microsoft Teams that save time and help to maximise the Teams experience.
Take a look at my top tips and tricks that you can start incorporating today!
Boost your SharePoint News!
In case you missed it, SharePoint news has a new feature called “Boost”, which allows you to show important news and announcements at the top of news feeds across Microsoft 365.
Where are my files stored in Microsoft Teams?
If you’ve been working with Teams for a while, you may already be familiar with the ability to share files with your colleagues, either in a channel or in private chat.
However, you may be surprised to learn that no documents are stored within the Microsoft Teams application itself. Teams utilises document storage tools that already exist within the Microsoft 365 suite. These are OneDrive and SharePoint.
Basic workflows – sending an email when a form is submitted
Straight out of the box, Microsoft Forms allows you to receive an email notification each time a new response is submitted. However, this can only be sent to the user who created the form and cannot be sent to multiple people. So, what can you do if multiple people need to be notified each time a form is submitted?
How to make any page the homepage for your SharePoint site
Did you know you can make any page on your SharePoint site the default home page, replacing the existing home page?
Replace the root site in SharePoint Online
When setting up a Microsoft 365 subscription, the root site URL for SharePoint Online is automatically provisioned based on the Company name you provide. In this article we will walk through how to replace the root site in SharePoint Online from the Admin Center.
How to change the URL of a SharePoint Site
When creating a SharePoint site, you are prompted to decide the name and URL of your site up front. However, as organisations grow and evolve, sometimes the name and URL of an existing site needs to be changed.
Working with External Users Part 2: Teams
As covered in a previous post, Teams is a fantastic tool for chat and collaboration and a great hub for working on projects and in teams. At some point however, it’s extremely likely that you will need to invite externals into your Team.
Working with External Users Part 1: SharePoint
The external sharing features of SharePoint lets your users share content and collaborate with people outside of your organisation, which is extremely useful when working with clients, vendors or partners. You can share entire sites, document folders or individual files.
SharePoint Basics - How to import Excel Spreadsheets to a SharePoint list
Importing an Excel Spreadsheet to a SharePoint list used to be a bit of a nightmare. Recently however, Microsoft has improved this process, making the whole experience smooth, easy, and efficient. So how do you do it?
Getting to know the fastest growing business app in Microsoft History
Microsoft Teams is the fastest growing business app in Microsoft history with over 100 million daily users and has quickly become the gold standard of collaboration tools.
Modernise your intranet structure with Hub Sites
In the past, many organisations used a few top-level sites with nested sub-sites underneath as their way to organise their intranet structure and navigation.
How secure is your Microsoft 365 environment?
If you’re wondering how secure your Microsoft 365 environment really is, then it’s time to take a look at your “Microsoft Secure Score”.
The time saving possibilities of Power Automate
Previously known as Flow, Power Automate is Microsoft’s process automation tool. This can mean automating simple business processes such as leave requests and approvals or complicated processes that span multiple applications such as employee onboarding.