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5 Ways to Boost Collaboration in Microsoft Teams Using Power Automate

Microsoft Services and Productivity Solutions are brilliantly designed to boost your communication and collaboration capabilities. However, to maximize these capabilities, it is necessary to combine several popular Microsoft Solutions such as SharePoint, Outlook, OneDrive, and Teams. One notable tool that enables users to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks is Power Automate. Let’s discuss five ways to boost collaboration and productivity in the Microsoft Teams platform by using Power Automate templates.

How to Pop-out Chats and Apps in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a collaboration and communication platform that is revolutionizing the workplace during difficult times. This Microsoft innovation continues to impress us, as it is getting bigger and better each day. Introduced as the alternative to Skype, Teams quickly proved that it is not there just for simple meetings and chats. Understanding how the Microsoft Teams platform helped people during the UK lockdown is an excellent example. The features in Teams such as app integrations, SharePoint collaboration, and enhanced meetings and communication are what separate it from its competitors. Let’s discuss two features that made Microsoft Teams a standout for multitasking: pop-out chats and apps.   

How to Manage External Guests in Microsoft SharePoint and Teams

Businesses and organizations around the world are getting smarter and future-ready with Microsoft Solutions. Advanced collaboration, communication, and data management capabilities are highlights of Microsoft solutions. The University of Otago in New Zealand recently exploited these possibilities to enrich their student experiences and engagement systems. Your business can also make use of these possibilities if you have a Microsoft Office 365 subscription. For every organization, it is challenging to collaborate or engage with external guests. Both Microsoft SharePoint and Teams are platforms that come with outstanding external guest managing capabilities. Let us see how to manage Microsoft Teams External Guest Access and SharePoint Guest Access with good control.

Encryption:  Data in Transit vs Data at Rest

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), also known as Rijndael (AES author’s name), has been the standard level of encryption since 2001. Encryption works by a series of steps. User data is called plaintext, which is not encrypted. AES is applied to plaintext to transform plaintext into ciphertext, which is encrypted. The AES encryption process uses “keys” to transform data from plaintext to ciphertext, and from ciphertext to plaintext.

How to Search in Microsoft Teams Effectively

Ever since search engines became popular, searching online to learn is an important functionality. For all platforms and solutions, a search option is a must. People expect websites to include a search box. Search functionality using a search box is much more effective than scrolling and navigating through folders. It saves time and reduces the difficulty. Being a very popular collaboration and communication platform in modern workplaces, Microsoft Teams search is a hot topic. According to Microsoft 365 Corporate Vice President – Jeff Teper, Microsoft Teams consists of 145 Million Daily Active Users. Increased number of users means 10 times more searches. Understanding the demand and high expectations, Microsoft managed to make the search process easier and advanced in Teams. In this blog, we will explain how to search in Microsoft Teams effectively.

How to Use Tags in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams became highly popular after the Covid outbreak, growing from 20 million users in November 2019 to 75 million users in April 2020. As employees of companies all over the world started using Office 365 to boost productivity, Microsoft responded well.  In the last twelve months, Microsoft Teams introduced plenty of new features and options. Tags is one of these new features offered in Microsoft Teams.  

Best Ways to Utilize Microsoft Forms

Microsoft 365 comes with a bundle of apps and solutions. One app is called Forms.  Microsoft Forms is growing in popularity because of its visual data summary and ease of use. It has quickly become a fan favorite with our organization (Dock 365, Inc.). Perhaps some of the info in this article will help your organization also.
 
If you are not aware how to use Microsoft Forms, we can help!  This article contains the steps to build your first Form.
 

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The main purpose of Microsoft Forms is to provide templates for users to create and manage surveys, polls, quizzes. Microsoft Forms is easy to use, with an intuitive user interface (UI). Even if you have never used Forms, you can jump right in by the end of this article. Microsoft Forms can be used by educational institutions, merchants with repeat customers, and more. Let us tell you more about what is Microsoft Forms and how to use it.  Soon, you can create your first Form, like the one below.

Top Dock 365 Contract Management Blogs: 2020

The adjustment to Covid continues to change the workplace.  Software such as contract management systems have increased demand and usage in the remote work setting.  Employees working from home have participated more as a daily user of contract management software than pre-Covid.  As employees return to offices, or begin hybrid work environments, contract management systems will continue to be an important software for every company.  According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft began a hybrid work environment on March 29, 2021.

The sudden switch to remote work has forced us to find new and innovative ways to deal with our daily tasks. Countless solutions have been introduced in the market to tackle the daily organizational activities. These solutions include intranet portal, project management solution, helpdesk solution, contract management etc. Among these solutions contract management has proved to be the most useful and handy for enterprise organizations in the remote work handling.

What are Information Barriers in Microsoft 365 and How They Work

People always ask for more features and facilities to make collaboration and communication easier. Microsoft 365 has accomplished these expectations completely. It is Microsoft’s specialty to always deliver solutions that are beyond the expectations of users. Microsoft solutions also ensure that organizations have complete control over this communication and collaboration among users. In some cases, organizations might need to restrict some of their groups from communicating or collaborating.

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