Microsoft® Office 365 For Dummies®

Chapter 23

Ten Tips for Increasing Productivity and Efficiency with Office 365

In This Chapter

Unlimiting your productivity with Microsoft’s three-screen strategy

Applying Lync’s powerful features to work smarter, not harder

Enjoying the Backstage view

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”

— Bill Gates, former CEO and current Chairman of the Board, Microsoft

Office 365 as a cloud technology affords any organization the benefits of a sophisticated data center without the hassle and the cost of maintaining one. For as low as $6 per month per user, storing files in the cloud that are backed up in redundant servers relieves businesses from the burden of constantly backing up and archiving critical business data.

In this chapter, you find “ready-to-apply” tips and tricks for increasing productivity and efficiency in your organization or your practice. Think of this chapter as your shortcut to knowing how you can, as Bill Gates puts it, “magnify the efficiency” gains from a much-streamlined operation ...