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Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365: Discover ways to improve your efficiency and save time using M365 applications
A practical guide to working with Microsoft 365 apps such as Office, Teams, Excel, and Power BI for automating tasks and managing projects effectively
Key FeaturesLearn how to save time while using M365 apps from Microsoft productivity expert Dr. Nitin ParanjapeDiscover smarter ways to work with over 20 M365 apps to enhance your efficiencyUse Microsoft 365 tools to automate repetitive tasks without codingBook DescriptionEfficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365 covers the entire range of over 25 desktop and mobile applications on the Microsoft 365 platform. This book will provide simple, immediately usable, and authoritative guidance to help you save at least 20 minutes every day, advance in your career, and achieve business growth.
You'll start by covering components and tasks such as creating and storing files and then move on to data management and data analysis. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn how to manage, monitor, and execute your tasks efficiently, focusing on creating a master task list, linking notes to meetings, and more. The book also guides you through handling projects involving many people and external contractors/agencies; you'll explore effective email communication, meeting management, and open collaboration across the organization. You'll also learn how to automate different repetitive tasks quickly and easily, even if you're not a programmer, transforming the way you import, clean, and analyze data.
By the end of this Microsoft 365 book, you'll have gained the skills you need to improve efficiency with the help of expert tips and techniques for using M365 apps.
What you will learnUnderstand how different MS 365 tools, such as Office desktop, Teams, Power BI, Lists, and OneDrive, can increase work efficiencyIdentify time-consuming processes and understand how to work through them more efficientlyCreate professional documents quickly with minimal effortWork across multiple teams, meetings, and projects without email overloadAutomate mundane, repetitive, and time-consuming manual workManage work, delegation, execution, and project managementWho this book is forIf you use Microsoft 365, including MS Office 365, on a regular basis and want to learn about the features that can help improve your efficiency, this book is for you. You do not require any specialized knowledge to get started.
Table of ContentsFortunately, You're Inefficient!Components of WorkCreating Content for Effective CommunicationIntelligent Data AnalysisManaging Files EfficientlyTime and Task ManagementEfficient Teamwork and MeetingsAutomating Work without ProgrammingPutting It All TogetherMaximizing Efficiency across the Organization
Key FeaturesLearn how to save time while using M365 apps from Microsoft productivity expert Dr. Nitin ParanjapeDiscover smarter ways to work with over 20 M365 apps to enhance your efficiencyUse Microsoft 365 tools to automate repetitive tasks without codingBook DescriptionEfficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365 covers the entire range of over 25 desktop and mobile applications on the Microsoft 365 platform. This book will provide simple, immediately usable, and authoritative guidance to help you save at least 20 minutes every day, advance in your career, and achieve business growth.
You'll start by covering components and tasks such as creating and storing files and then move on to data management and data analysis. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn how to manage, monitor, and execute your tasks efficiently, focusing on creating a master task list, linking notes to meetings, and more. The book also guides you through handling projects involving many people and external contractors/agencies; you'll explore effective email communication, meeting management, and open collaboration across the organization. You'll also learn how to automate different repetitive tasks quickly and easily, even if you're not a programmer, transforming the way you import, clean, and analyze data.
By the end of this Microsoft 365 book, you'll have gained the skills you need to improve efficiency with the help of expert tips and techniques for using M365 apps.
What you will learnUnderstand how different MS 365 tools, such as Office desktop, Teams, Power BI, Lists, and OneDrive, can increase work efficiencyIdentify time-consuming processes and understand how to work through them more efficientlyCreate professional documents quickly with minimal effortWork across multiple teams, meetings, and projects without email overloadAutomate mundane, repetitive, and time-consuming manual workManage work, delegation, execution, and project managementWho this book is forIf you use Microsoft 365, including MS Office 365, on a regular basis and want to learn about the features that can help improve your efficiency, this book is for you. You do not require any specialized knowledge to get started.
Table of ContentsFortunately, You're Inefficient!Components of WorkCreating Content for Effective CommunicationIntelligent Data AnalysisManaging Files EfficientlyTime and Task ManagementEfficient Teamwork and MeetingsAutomating Work without ProgrammingPutting It All TogetherMaximizing Efficiency across the Organization
350 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 22, 2021
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June 9, 2022
Excellent book
A must for anyone that uses Microsoft products on a daily basis. The book is well structured, logical, and simple to follow. It's will make you more efficient.
A must for anyone that uses Microsoft products on a daily basis. The book is well structured, logical, and simple to follow. It's will make you more efficient.
June 30, 2024
Why (Not) to read this book (Target Audience)
The perfect guide to a practical use of Microsoft 365. Where the platform is not presented as a set of tools but as a gateway to working more efficiently.
How this book changed my daily live (Takeaways)
1. Sorting M365 tools into
a. Create
b. Store
c. Execute
d. Collaborate
e. Analyze
f. Automate
2. Create & Store with SharePoint & OneDrive
a. Auto Save
b. Auto Sync
c. Auto Version
d. Send Links
e. One Copy
f. Edit together
3. Execute with To do & Planner
a. My Work
b. Team Work
4. Collaborate with Teams
a. Files
b. Chat
c. Meet
d. Calls
5. Meetings in Teams
a. Before
i. Lobby
ii. Chat
iii. Files
b. During
i. Sharing
ii. Audio/Video
iii. Transcript/Recording
iv. Polls/Chat
v. Notes
vi. Whiteboard
c. After
i. Action Items
ii. Transcript/Recording
Spoiler Alerts (Highlights)
You cannot purchase time. But you can create time by working more efficiently: I feel sad that so many people are wasting precious time and effort every day because they do not know that there is a better, smarter, or faster way available to get the work done. The result? Without realizing it, they are wasting the most precious resource – time. This has a lot of side effects – overwork, stress, work-life imbalance, and burnout.
Find inefficiency
• Useless repetition
• Hands versus brain
• Who is helping whom?
The perfect guide to a practical use of Microsoft 365. Where the platform is not presented as a set of tools but as a gateway to working more efficiently.
How this book changed my daily live (Takeaways)
1. Sorting M365 tools into
a. Create
b. Store
c. Execute
d. Collaborate
e. Analyze
f. Automate
2. Create & Store with SharePoint & OneDrive
a. Auto Save
b. Auto Sync
c. Auto Version
d. Send Links
e. One Copy
f. Edit together
3. Execute with To do & Planner
a. My Work
b. Team Work
4. Collaborate with Teams
a. Files
b. Chat
c. Meet
d. Calls
5. Meetings in Teams
a. Before
i. Lobby
ii. Chat
iii. Files
b. During
i. Sharing
ii. Audio/Video
iii. Transcript/Recording
iv. Polls/Chat
v. Notes
vi. Whiteboard
c. After
i. Action Items
ii. Transcript/Recording
Spoiler Alerts (Highlights)
You cannot purchase time. But you can create time by working more efficiently: I feel sad that so many people are wasting precious time and effort every day because they do not know that there is a better, smarter, or faster way available to get the work done. The result? Without realizing it, they are wasting the most precious resource – time. This has a lot of side effects – overwork, stress, work-life imbalance, and burnout.
Find inefficiency
• Useless repetition
• Hands versus brain
• Who is helping whom?
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