Improve Workforce Productivity with Office 365

With so much on our plates, finding ways to improve workforce productivity is consistently top of mind for most business professionals. Microsoft Office 365 has built-in productivity enhancements that you can use starting today.

Here are 7 time-saving productivity aspects you may or may not be aware of:

Less typing: Save time by using the dictation feature available inside all the applications. Most people can speak faster than they can type. Therefore, starting your rough draft with dictation can help speed up your creation process.

Timesaving To-Do lists: Integrate your to-do list with your Outlook calendar and reminders to keep on track with projects and tasks for your week. Set up recurring tasks and appointments so you won’t miss due dates. You can even link to supporting documents you need to complete the project.

Faster collaboration: MS Teams provides secure, instant messaging and video calling with your co-workers without cluttering email inboxes. Share files instantly and collaborate in real-time with screen sharing.

Block distractions: Set up “busy work blocks” in Outlook. Your status in Teams will be shown as busy/unavailable to your co-workers and will help minimize interruptions in your workday.

Secure permissions: Easily create permission groups using Team Groups – collaborate on team documents in real-time. Enable additional security with permission-based file/folder access. Know who checked out or made changes to the files at any time.

Multi-device access:  With secure cloud-based file storage with OneDrive, your files are always available on any device – desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone – no matter where you are. Mark specific files/folders to download locally, and you can work on those files offline. Once you are connected to the internet again, all changes to your files will sync back to the cloud.

Continuously updated apps: No worries about using outdated software or waiting for someone to upgrade your applications.

Would you like to learn more about getting your organization set up with Office 365? Reach out to our team today – 508-205-1114