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3 Ways to Increase Collaboration through Office 365

By Soma Choudhuri  |  Published on November 2, 2016

3 Ways to Increase Collaboration through Office 365

Productivity is a key attribute of a successful business. With the rise of technology and cloud computing, we’ve made collaboration not only easier but essential. The IBM Global CIO Study, found that 49 percent of an individuals’ work is the result of “network contribution” by fellow employees and partners. Yet 80 percent of employees are ineffective at collaboration, according to a CEB survey. There are many technology solutions available but Microsoft’s Office 365 is one tool that can help improve productivity and engagement in your business through employee collaboration.

1. Real-Time co-authoring inside Word

With Office 365, shared document workspaces help teams build files collaboratively, thus eliminating multiple copies of files on individual computers. Users can simultaneously edit documents with their colleagues and can “see” each other in the document and see the changes made real-time to avoid conflict. Some of the features include:

– Users can chat directly inside the document.

– Users get notification when new users make an edit/join the document.

– Users can reply to comments/edits.

2. Social integration with Yammer enhances cross-department communication

Yammer is a private social network for you and your department that can help your team brainstorm, chat and share ideas and thoughts on a common platform. Using Yammer, you can crowdsource answers or draw on the knowledge of the whole team—thus improving speed and accuracy with which you can respond to a customer or complete a proposal. 

3. Cloud Based File Storage

OneDrive for Business is a personal, enterprise trade, file storage and sync solution for collaboration. OneDrive for Business is a personal document storage unit within Sharepoint that can easily be taken offline and mobile using a whole host of official apps. Office 365 subscription come with a full terabyte of OneDrive storage, where users can store and share individual files as large as 10 gigabytes. 

Microsoft is changing the way people connect through its Office 365 products. Through integration across Word, CRM, Skype, OneDrive, Yammer and email, Microsoft is encouraging employees to work collaboratively to increase efficiency and productivity. 

By Soma Choudhuri

Soma Choudhuri is the Sr. Technical Architect at Netwoven Inc. focused on Enterprise Content Management (ECM). In her 19 years of career, her primary area of expertise has been developing and implementing SharePoint collaboration portals and .NET web applications. Soma has been a leading Microsoft technologies expert for clients across USA and India. Prior to joining Netwoven, she held many organizational leadership roles across manufacturing and financial services industries.

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