Many people are familiar with the common Microsoft Office suite of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, but few businesses appreciate the other tools that can help companies move from the world of physical meetings to home working.
Creative meetings
If you are used to drawing up ideas onto a whiteboard with colleagues.
Microsoft Whiteboard – helps multiple people do the same thing.
Company meetings
Performing your company meetings via
Microsoft Teams is a great way to boost team morale. If you record each meeting you can then share them to anyone unable to attend via
Microsoft Stream.
Remote working
If you need to work outside the office on your laptop but need to access company data then
Microsoft OneDrive can copy files locally and manage the synchronisation when you are online. Furthermore, if you are online, Word, Excel or PowerPoint files on
Microsoft OneDrive can be shared with colleagues who can edit these at the same time as you. Collaboration has never been so easy.
Company newsletters or communications
Instead of sending out emails to all staff, use
Microsoft Sway to quickly create interactive presentations that follow specific storylines and render perfectly on desktops, tablets or mobile.
Staff surveys
Get a great understanding of what is working (and what needs improvement) using
Microsoft Forms to easily create surveys with built into reporting to analyse the results.
Progressing projects
Progressing projects while everyone is working from home can be challenging. Try using
Microsoft Planner as a simple project management platform to assign tasks, measure effort, and demonstrate progress.
One 2 Ones
Performing face to face meetings can be easily done using video over
Microsoft Teams, then using
Microsoft OneNote to capture actions and conversation topics.
Links
Read more about
Microsoft Teams Or how to get
Office 365 
