Mastering Microsoft 365 (2022) (was Mastering Office 365)

Learn the basics of Microsoft 365 email, including searching, filters, folders, categories, mentions, focused inbox, sweep rules, and archiving, plus composing with formatting and cloud sharing in Outlook.

Master Outlook web app basics: reply and schedule meetings using calendar availability, manage messages with junk and phishing marks, pin emails, use immersive reader, and draft new messages.

Learn to use email search and filters in Office 365 to locate messages, refine results with advanced queries, attachments, participants, dates, and sorting options.

Organize your Outlook inbox by creating subfolders under inbox, such as training, receipts, and chip, and use move, copy, and drag-and-drop to file messages.

Explore Outlook categories like labels and mentions, including multiple categories per email, web vs desktop differences, and how mentions highlight recipients and trigger notifications.

Learn to manage your Microsoft 365 inbox with junk mail controls, mark as not junk or report, and use focused inbox and clutter to prioritize messages.

Learn how Outlook sweep moves emails from a sender to a folder and how sweep rules differ from inbox rules in timing and scope.

Learn to use Outlook's archive features to declutter your inbox with the archive button, in-place/online archives, and auto archive, including rules, search, and policy basics.

Create professional email signatures in Outlook on the web and desktop, combining text, logos, and branding, with automatic inclusion options and Word-based design, plus HubSpot's free signature generator.

Set up automatic replies in Outlook desktop or web, configure date ranges and separate messages for internal and external contacts, and add rules to forward urgent emails.

Explore how Microsoft To Do unifies Outlook tasks, flagged emails, and Planner items into a single web and app experience, with due dates, notes, attachments, and sharing.

Explore Outlook on the web calendar basics: navigate between personal and other calendars, switch views like week, month, and agenda, add events, and manage colors and categories across calendars.

Explore calendar search in Outlook on the web with a contextual search box that searches calendars, not all calendars, and print selected calendars in week or month view.

Sign in to Microsoft 365 and use sticky notes on Windows 10/11. Create, format, and resize notes, add images, change colors, and sync across Windows and Outlook notes.

Explore calendar board view in Outlook on the web, a flexible tool that combines calendars, tasks, and notes for enhanced scheduling.

Explore how to use the Outlook calendar board view to add notes, links, files, locations, and goals with due dates, and see items appear on the calendar or task list.

Explore how Outlook's people feature uses three address books—contacts, global address list, and autocomplete—to manage, edit, and organize contact records, with LinkedIn integration and favorites.

Learn to share your personal calendar in outlook on the web, set permissions for busy, titles and locations, and mark items private.

Explore group calendars and shared mailboxes for collaborative scheduling in Microsoft 365. Learn to create groups, edit events, invite attendees, and compare group calendars with shared mailboxes.

Publish your personal calendar publicly by generating HTML and ICS links, then embed or subscribe it in Teams, Google Calendar, or other apps with dynamic updates when subscribed.

Learn how to set up and manage delegate access for calendars, including who can respond to meetings, how copies are sent, and what delegates can view or modify.

Learn how to share email folders in Outlook, adjust delegate access, set folder permissions, and manage top-level vs subfolder visibility to collaborate with your team.

Explore Microsoft OneDrive for business as a cloud file storage and collaboration tool integrated with Office 365, featuring sharing, co-authoring, versioning, and optional on premises or hybrid hosting.

Navigate OneDrive for business through the web interface, sign in, and explore files, recent activity, sharing, discover, and the recycle bin, while managing shared libraries and admin options.

Explore how OneDrive online previews and opens images, PDFs, CSVs, and office documents, with editing options, version history, sharing, and drag-and-drop from PC to OneDrive—no reverse drag.

Explore how OneDrive for business integrates with Word, Excel, and other Office apps across web, desktop, and mobile, enabling cloud-based file access and changes saved back to the cloud.

Configure the OneDrive sync tool on Windows 10 to keep local copies of cloud files for offline work, and note that OneNote notebooks don’t have local copies.

Master practical OneDrive for business sharing, control permissions, share with specific people or organizations, manage access, stop sharing, expiration dates, and generate secure links for seamless collaboration.

Learn real-time co-authoring in Excel Online and desktop, using presence indicators, comments and mentions, and team chat integrated with Teams and SharePoint-powered collaboration.

Discover how OneDrive version history and backup features let you restore earlier file versions, manage major and minor versions, and safeguard against ransomware.

Master the two-stage recycle bin in OneDrive for business and SharePoint, learn how to restore files, and know the 90–93 day retention window.

Explore how Microsoft 365 groups enable collaborative email, calendars, file sharing, and conversations in Outlook, with integrated tools like OneNote, Planner, and SharePoint.

Explore how Microsoft 365 groups calendars mirror inbox conversations, letting members schedule, edit, and cancel events. Learn to invite, add Teams meetings, and manage visibility across group and personal calendars.

Explore how SharePoint underpins Microsoft 365 groups for file storage and access from Outlook or SharePoint, and sharing inside groups.

Explore how to create, join, and manage Microsoft 365 Groups in Outlook desktop and web, including privacy settings, group emails, member roles, and admin center controls.

Explore how Microsoft Teams enables chat, file sharing, meetings, and apps across web, desktop, and mobile, and learn how teams and channels organize conversations, tabs, and files.

Tag individuals or entire teams with @ to notify them when awaiting a response, and use the activity feed and read/unread indicators to manage notifications in teams.

Learn to use private chats in Teams, convert them to video or audio calls, manage history and OneDrive files, and schedule or join channel and external meetings.

Explore best practices for creating teams and channels in Microsoft Teams, including purpose, naming conventions, ownership, public versus private settings, channel management, and app integration.

Master teams best practices for conversations and meetings, including managing the general channel, using the expanded text editor, and scheduling outside or in-channel meetings with Outlook integration.

Explore how to manage files in Microsoft Teams using the Files tab, SharePoint integration, and Word online, including syncing with OneDrive and creating channel tabs.

Discover how to use Microsoft Planner for team tasks, tracking progress with board, chart, and schedule views, managing due dates, members, and plan creation within Microsoft 365 groups.

Learn to create and manage cards in a plan, assign tasks, set due and start dates, add labels and checklists, attach files or links, and track progress.

Learn how to work with cards in Microsoft Planner, covering conversations, labels customized per plan, and copying cards to create reusable templates for recurring tasks.

Learn how to organize work with buckets in Microsoft Planner, creating, renaming, and deleting buckets, moving and prioritizing task cards, and using common Kanban workflows to manage plans.

Learn how to manage plans and tasks in Microsoft Planner using filters, grouping, labels, and My Tasks view. Explore plan sharing, calendar integration, and plan lifecycle controls.

Explore how tasks by planner and to do in microsoft teams unifies planner tasks and to-do items, enabling task publishing across a team hierarchy.

Create a team site from scratch in SharePoint and learn how it differs from a communication site for broader audiences, with document libraries, lists, and Office 365 group integration.

Explore how SharePoint communication sites differ from team sites and learn to design and publish modern pages using hero sections, news, events, documents, and quick links.

Create and publish new pages in SharePoint communication sites, customize navigation, add sections with text and images, and share updates via news, email, or Teams.

Create and customize forms in Microsoft Forms to collect information from people across offices, using text, date, and multiple choice questions, add images, apply themes, and share for responses.

Learn how to share Microsoft Forms and collect responses via link, QR code, embed, or email, with options for public or organization access and response management.

Explore the differences between forms, quizzes, and polls in Microsoft Forms and Teams; learn to create quizzes with scoring, feedback, and post scores, plus polls for meetings and real-time engagement.