Office 365 User Guide

By : Nikkia Carter

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Office 365 User Guide

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By: Nikkia Carter

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Overview of this book

Microsoft Office 365 combines the popular Office suite with next-generation cloud computing capabilities. With this user guide, you'll be able to implement its software features for effective business communication and collaboration. This book begins by providing you with a quick introduction to the user interface (UI) and the most commonly used features of Office 365. After covering the core aspects of this suite, you'll learn how to perform various email functions via Exchange. Next, you will learn how to communicate using Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams. To boost your productivity, this book will help you learn everything from using instant messaging to conducting audio and web conferences, and even accessing business information from any location. In the final chapters, you will learn to work in a systematic style using file management and collaboration with OneDrive for Business using SharePoint. By the end of this book, you'll be equipped with the knowledge you need to take full advantage of Office 365 and level up your organization's productivity.

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Section 1: Understanding Office 365

Exploring Office 365

Technical requirements

Microsoft Office and its versions

Summary

Understanding More about Office 365

The home page

Configuring your personal settings

Licensing

Summary

Further reading

Section 2: Managing Microsoft Exchange

Understanding Exchange

Background and History of Exchange

History of Exchange

Getting into Exchange Online

Parts of Exchange Online

Summary

Sending and Receiving Email

Parts of Mail in OWA

Parts of Mail in Outlook

Summary

Using the Exchange Calendar

Parts of the calendar in OWA

Parts of the calendar in Outlook

Summary

Using Contacts in Exchange

Parts of people (contacts) in OWA

Parts of contacts in Outlook

Summary

Getting Familiar with Other Exchange Settings

Creating an email signature

Setting the out of office reply

Creating email rules

Setting a forwarding email

Summary

Section 3: Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams

Understanding Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams

History and Background of Skype for Business

History and Background of Microsoft Teams

The parts of Skype for Business

The Parts of Teams

How to get into Skype for Business

How to get into Teams

The Way Forward with Teams

Summary

Using Skype for Business

Knowing the presence settings

Working with contacts

Instant messaging

Initiating calls

Working in meetings

Sending a meeting invite

Summary

Using Microsoft Teams

Exploring presence settings

Working with contacts

Instant messaging

Initiating calls

Working in your Teams

Working in meetings

Sending a meeting invite

Summary

Section 4: OneDrive for Business

Understanding OneDrive For Business

History and background of OneDrive for Business

Getting into OneDrive for Business

Parts of OneDrive for Business

How is OneDrive for Business different from OneDrive

Summary

Working with Files in Your OneDrive for Business

Adding new files

Editing files

Deleting files

Parts of the Office Online file

Sharing files

Move to

Copy to

Summary

Section 5: Collaboration Using SharePoint

Understanding SharePoint

Background and history

Editions of SharePoint

Getting into SharePoint Online

The SharePoint home

Navigating SharePoint

The anatomy of the SharePoint page

Summary

Working with SharePoint Lists

What are Lists?

The different List types

What is a List View?

Summary

Performing Different File Operations on SharePoint

What are libraries?

The different library types

What is a library view?

Using the document library

Sharing files

Move to

Copy to

Summary

Getting Familiar with Other Exchange Settings

In this chapter, you will learn about the other settings that you can set in Exchange. You will learn how to set up an auto-forward setting in Office 365. You will also learn how to input a signature in the outline app and the web version so that it will display at the end of every email that's sent to the receiver. There are lots more options in Outlook, but we'll cover a few that you need to know about as an end user.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics: