Microsoft 365: Exploring its Most Underused Features

Published June 30, 2023

Maximizing Productivity with the Lesser-Known Tools in Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365: Exploring its Most Underused Features

In the vast digital workspace offered by Microsoft 365, there's more than meets the eye. We often find ourselves sticking to familiar applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, rarely venturing out to explore the other tools at our disposal. However, a wealth of features lie hidden, waiting to be discovered, and they have the potential to supercharge your productivity. Here, we delve into some of these underused features and show you how to leverage them effectively.

1. Microsoft Delve

This personal search and discovery tool uses machine learning to help you find the information that's most relevant to you across Microsoft 365. To access Delve, click the app launcher (the nine squares in the top left corner) and select 'Delve'. Here, you can find documents you've recently worked on, see what your colleagues are working on (provided you have access), and discover new content based on what you're working on.

2. Microsoft Planner

Planner is a project management tool designed to be simple yet powerful. You can create plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, and get updates on progress. To get started, click on the app launcher and select 'Planner'. From there, you can start creating your plans and tasks.

3. Microsoft Bookings

Microsoft Bookings is an online and mobile app for small businesses who provide services to customers on an appointment basis. It allows your customers to book appointments with you, providing a streamlined, professional booking experience. You can access Bookings from the app launcher.

4. Microsoft Forms

Microsoft Forms is a quick and easy way to create quizzes, polls, surveys, and forms for collecting customer feedback, measuring employee satisfaction, and much more. You can create a form from scratch or use one of the many templates available.

5. Microsoft Power Automate

Formerly known as Flow, Power Automate is a service that helps you create automated workflows between your favorite apps and services to synchronize files, get notifications, collect data, and more. You can use Power Automate to create workflows between Microsoft 365 apps and other popular apps and services.

TL;DR

Microsoft 365 is more than just Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Underused tools like Delve, Planner, Bookings, Forms, and Power Automate offer powerful features that can supercharge your productivity. Start exploring these tools today to get the most out of your Microsoft 365 experience.