Different features of Office 365

The organisation is so important in any office and business establishment. You use the help of tools like calendars, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, file sharing and live chat tools to be organised and communicate. And there is one comprehensive online suite offering all of this, which is Microsoft's Office 365.

Office 365 offers various business plans for you to choose from based on your business requisites. You have Exchange's email server, SharePoint's file sharing and collaboration tools, Skype for live chat and communication and various Office apps like Word and Excel for documentation purposes.

So instead of installing different tools from different suppliers, you have everything you need and want for the smooth functioning of your establishment in a comprehensive online suite.

However not many realise that Office 365 offers much more than these traditional apps and features. Office 365 provides much more than the usual online applications like Access, PowerPoint and Word. It has so many additional features that help improve productivity in any business. And to make things better, all you need to do is create a click, and you can upgrade and access these additional features.

Additional features Some of these features are:

There's the new Clutter tool that keeps track of all the messages you receive in your inbox. It shifts all the unimportant messages to a separate folder so that you focus only on essential messages.

Exchange Online gives organisations access to an Exchange Server's email, calendars, contracts, and other endpoint device tasks.

Microsoft Bookings gives you complete access to information pertinent to your customers, staff and calendar so that you can schedule a fresh appointment and accordingly inform customers by sending emails, making a call or sending a text message.

Microsoft Flow saves time by automating all time-consuming tasks and processes like synchronising files in applications and copying files from different services.

Microsoft Forms makes creating registration forms, surveys, and quizzes. It also lets you invite people so that they can reply to it and also have some built-in analytics tool which proves useful for evaluating the results.

Microsoft Planner helps organise teamwork by letting team members share tasks and files they work on. It also helps associate specific documents and hold conversations around tasks.

Microsoft Stream lets you upload and share your videos within your organisation so that everyone can see it. It can also share meetings, presentations, class recordings, and training sessions.

Microsoft Sway lets all your team members express ideas through an easy to use and interactive internet-based medium.

Microsoft Teams works as a teamwork hub where colleagues can connect with all chat conversations, video calls, content and Office 365 tools in a single workplace.

OneDrive is Microsoft's online Cloud storage service that lets you save, share and even sync files with members and devices connected on the web.

Yammer is a social network which can be used to let your organisation members hold threaded discussions, involve related people like your clients and vendors in discussions and conversations and also allows everyone shares their notes and knowledge about work relevant stuff.

Taking a look at the so many features offered by Microsoft's Office 365, it's no doubt it is the ultimate productivity suite every modern workplace should have and use.

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