Category: Microsoft 365

Cheat Code: How To Use the Employee Ideas App in Microsoft Teams

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date January 3, 2022

Receiving valuable and consistent feedback from your team is an integral part of running your business. Sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with all of the incoming ideas. Luckily, there is a Microsoft Power App within Teams that allows you to do just that.

The Employee Ideas App allows you to effectively receive and manage any ideas that your team has. It also allows other team members to vote on the ideas, showing you a clear picture of what is considered to be a priority amongst your employees.

Check out this quick Cheat Code how-to video below to learn more! You can also continue scrolling to find a few of our previous Cheat Codes.

Tags Productivity & Collaboration

Microsoft 365 Blog

How to Use Microsoft Planner for Managing Tasks

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date October 22, 2021

Managing tasks with due dates can get chaotic, especially in a team atmosphere. Juggling multiple projects with varying deadlines and dependencies can overwhelm even the most organized employees.

With multiple files, documents and notes being created by each member, a task management software is an essential tool in managing these processes.

Tags Productivity & Collaboration, Reliable Technology

Microsoft 365

Stay On Track with Microsoft 365 Tools

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date August 26, 2021

Efficiently managing all of your tasks and projects can be extremely time-consuming. With the help of a few Microsoft 365 tools, you can simplify this process and stay on track to get more work done.

Check out this how-to video for a quick look at each of these tools. You can also follow along below with a more in-depth look at each tool.

Tags Productivity & Collaboration

Microsoft 365

Marissa Explains IT All: Backup for Microsoft 365

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date June 28, 2021

Even if you’re using Microsoft 365, it’s still necessary to have a reliable backup. Check out the quick clip below to hear Marissa explain why in under 60 seconds!

You can also follow along with the script down below.

Tags Backup and Recovery

Microsoft 365 Blog

Stay Productive in Office Apps with Microsoft Search

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date May 25, 2021

We’re back with another quick how-to video! It’s part of our webinar series that is designed to help you ‘level up’ your business game using tools you already use.

Tags Productivity & Collaboration

Microsoft 365 Blog

Automating Approvals in Microsoft Teams

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date May 12, 2021

It’s already May, which means we’re on month two of our new webinar series where we show you easy ways to ‘Level Up’ your business game using tools you probably already have.

Tags Productivity & Collaboration

Microsoft 365 Blog

Simplify employee onboarding with Microsoft 365 (and SharePoint)

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date April 9, 2021

It’s April…which means it’s time to ‘Level Up’ with WorkSmart!

While the first live webinar of the series is not until next week, today we have a quick “cheat code” for you. It’s a short video (less than 15 minutes) designed to help simplify a process that can be time-consuming to get right.

Tags Productivity & Collaboration

Microsoft 365

Security News: Microsoft Exchange

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date March 16, 2021

WorkSmart is aware of the vulnerabilities being used to attack on-premise versions of Microsoft Exchange Server. We have confirmed that our clients using Exchange have the updated security patches already installed, and thus are protected.

WorkSmart does not use the on-premise version of Microsoft Exchange. Microsoft confirmed that Exchange Online, the hosted email service provided by Microsoft 365, is not affected.

Tags Outsourced IT, Cybersecurity

Webinars Microsoft 365

Connected, meaningful, and productive communications with Microsoft 365 Tools
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date March 3, 2021

Employees and customers want and expect your organization to have the right technology to meet their needs.

That means more effective and efficient communication channels.

In this hour-long workshop, you’ll learn how you can use Microsoft 365 to improve the employee and customer experience by fostering real interaction and limiting distractions.

What you’ll learn:

How small business are using Microsoft 365 to create virtual workspaces for their teams and clients
Tips for using Microsoft 365 apps—like SharePoint, Sway, Yammer, and Stream—to make communication more effective
Considerations for building a communications strategy

Webinars Microsoft 365

A Skill-building Class: Making Microsoft Team Meetings More Engaging
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date March 1, 2021

Cloud-based collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams help bring your team and customers together, even when apart. However, the meeting practices developed in-person may not work as well over video.
Since paying attention in a virtual meeting can be especially difficult, it’s important to find ways to keep involved and engaged.
Watch this workshop, where you’ll learn how to use the tools within Microsoft Teams to be more productive (and natural) during online meetings.

What you’ll learn:

How to make scheduling simpler
Ways to reduce potential distractions during online meetings
Tips for sharing content and collecting insights during a meeting
How to make larger meetings more effective