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SharePoint is one of the many apps included in Microsoft 365, and it’s one of the most powerful and complex apps in the suite. But many organizations don’t use it to its fullest. In fact, many individual users don’t even know what it is, or if they do, they don’t have a solid understanding of what it can do. We think it’s time to change that! Find out what this powerful app can do for your business in this quick explainer. What Is SharePoint, Anyway? Depending on where you look, Microsoft defines SharePoint in a few different ways. In one , it calls SharePoint “a cloud-based service that helps organizations share and manage content, knowledge and applications.” In another , Microsoft gets more to the point: “Organizations use Microsoft SharePoint to create websites.” In short, Microsoft SharePoint is an app designed to create internal intranet pages for your business. These pages can be just about as simple or as complex as you desire, as barebones or as graphically rich as you have re...

We’re back this week with another great tool from Microsoft that teams can use to improve efficiency, collaboration and even morale, all through better insights into patterns of work throughout the week. The tool is MyAnalytics, and it’s a part of Microsoft 365. If your business is already using Microsoft 365 for access to other apps (including the Microsoft Office suite), you already have access to MyAnalytics at no additional charge. Here’s what to know about this powerful tool. MyAnalytics for Employees and Teams First, let’s look at how MyAnalytics helps individuals and teams. MyAnalytics uses the power of automation to intelligently analyze how users are spending their time at work. If that sounds overly invasive, don’t worry: MyAnalytics data remains anonymous and routes only to end users, according to Microsoft’s explainer . How does this work, exactly? MyAnalytics looks at how users interact with email, chats and calls throughout the workday. It also analyzes meetings set up in...