Microsoft 365: Top 10 Features and Benefits


  1. Collaborate Anywhere Anytime Web Apps allow you to work on your cloud files on an Internet-connected computer. Office Mobile Apps will enable you to collaborate from your smartphone or tablet while on the go!
         
  2. Work offline and upload changes later—Your OneDrive storage is synced to your device so that you can work on files offline. Once you connect to the internet, the latest versions will be automatically uploaded to your storage and sent to any other connected device.
         
  3. Real-Time Co-Authoring—Team members can co-author documents for quicker and simpler collaboration. Users can see real-time edits or additions their colleagues are making.
       
  4. Easily Communicate with Others—Use Teams chat and call features to stay connected with others from your computer or on the go.
             
  5. Link to Files Instead of Attaching Them—Send links in Teams chat or Outlook, so work is being done on one version of the document. To learn more, check out File Sharing Best Practices, Tips & Tricks.
        
  6. Easy File Migration—Easily move files from Box and Google to Teams and OneDrive. To learn how, click here.
         
  7. Create Outlook tasks in OneNote—Manage tasks, deadlines, and reminders and email them to team members.  You can also send meeting minutes by email with added details (date, location, attendees, etc.). For more information, click here.
           
  8. Plan workflows and organize collaboration with Planner—You can create plans, organize, and assign tasks, share files, set due dates in visual dashboards, and provide status updates through email notifications. You can also integrate Microsoft Planner in Teams using the Task by Planner App to collaborate and have conversations with your team around tasks. To learn more, click here.
     
  9. Use your mouse as a laser pointer in PowerPoint—When presenting, press the Ctrl and P keys simultaneously.
         
  10. Reply in-line to email without opening it—Enable the Reading Pane in Outlook to preview the email content, hit Reply, and send your response without opening it in another window. If you combine this feature with the Conversations View, you will see that you have already replied to an email. To learn more, click here.
          

 For more information on Microsoft 365 tools and applications, check out ITS’s Microsoft 365 support page.