Slides from CIAOPS August 2017 webinar that provided Office 365 news update, open Q & A as well as a focus session on Tasks in Office 365. Video recording is available at www.ciaopsacademy.com

1. Need to Know Office 365
Webinar
September 2017
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7. Agenda
- Office 365 Update
- Task management with Office 365
- Q & A

9. News
• External access for Microsoft Teams now available
• https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/09/11/expand-your-collaboration-with-guest-access-in-
microsoft-teams/
• Microsoft Forms comes to the app launcher
• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Forms-Blog/Office-365-commercial-
customers-can-access-Microsoft-Forms-via/ba-p/102240
• Slight change to SharePoint sharing options
• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/OneDrive-for-Business/Change-to-ODB-SPO-sharing-
dialog-specific-people-option/m-p/101388#M2473
• New and improved iPad Yammer app
• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Yammer-Blog/The-new-and-improved-iPad-app/ba-
p/100081

10. Managing Tasks
in Office 365

11. DEMO

12. Take aways
• Lots of ways to manage tasks in Office 365
• Start simple
• Planner is the main tool for managing tasks across a group
of users in Office 365
• Don’t forget things like Microsoft Flow integration
• Services like Microsoft Project require an advanced
understanding of project management
• SharePoint tasks are a good middle ground

13. Resources
• Get started quickly with Microsoft Planner - https://support.office.com/en-
us/article/Get-started-quickly-with-Microsoft-Planner-4a9a13c6-3adf-4a60-a6fc-15c0b15e16fc
• Get email about your tasks and plans - https://support.office.com/en-
us/article/Get-email-about-your-tasks-and-plans-cce223d6-b0ae-43cf-a080-266e2414a859
• Microsoft Planner for admins - https://support.office.com/en-US/article/Microsoft-
Planner-for-admins-9652e4c7-48e3-4dad-9e71-0c783ec3d0f8
• Create and manage a project task list - https://support.office.com/en-
us/article/Create-and-manage-a-project-task-list-466AD207-46FD-4C77-9AF1-41BC23CEC21A
• Introduction to SharePoint tasks -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SbRRTrRK5Y
• SharePoint Tasks are cool - http://blog.ciaops.com/2013/06/sharepoint-2013-tasks-
are-cool.html

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