What this book covers

Chapter 1, Fortunately, You're Inefficient!, covers the concept of inefficiency and helps you identify areas of improvement.

Chapter 2, Components of Work, introduces all the apps available under Microsoft 365. It also covers some efficiency boosters that are applicable across multiple apps.

Chapter 3, Creating Content for Effective Communication, shows how to create documents, web pages, emails, flow charts, and presentations efficiently.

Chapter 4, Intelligent Data Analysis, is about data. It covers how to import and clean up data and how to analyze data in Excel and Power BI.

Chapter 5, Managing Files Efficiently, explains why it is important that we keep our files on OneDrive for Business. We explore the benefits as well as security advantages of cloud storage.

Chapter 6, Time and Task Management, highlights how to manage your task list and block time to execute work efficiently. We also cover work delegation and monitoring.

Chapter 7, Efficient Teamwork and Meetings, explains how to enhance teamwork and project management using the Teams platform. The efficient meeting life cycle is also included.

Chapter 8, Automating Work without Programming, covers how to automate workflows using Power Automate and how to create mobile apps using Power Apps.

Chapter 9, Putting It All Together, explains how to use these apps in an integrated manner. Also included is the Needs-to-Solutions library. This is a list of common needs and the most efficient solutions.

Chapter 10, Maximizing Efficiency across the Organization, shows how to expand the efficiency transformation to your entire department or organization.