THERE ARE
200M
MICROSOFT 365
ACTIVE USERS
MONTHLY
FORTUNE 500
COMAPNIES USE
MCIROSOFT 365
75%
15 STEPS TO
BECOME OFFICE 365
CHAMPION
WRITTEN BY SZYMON BOCHNIAK
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CONTENTS
05
GET MICROSOFT 365
FOR FREE - ONLINE COURSE
15
BUILD PROCESS
AUTOMATION
04
From author
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12
Get free Microsoft Teams
07
Microsoft 365 test tenant
14
Develop business Power Apps
15
Build process automation
Start with something simple. Get
Microsoft Teams for free
Setup SharePoint pages
16
Deploy custom app for Teams
Measure usage of Office 365
Deploy Power BI reports and
monitor users activity,
Implement your first SharePoint
site using ready teamplates
11
Develop your first low-code
application.
Use Power Automate to build
workflows.
Setup sandbox for your learning
purpose.
09
Integrate Office 365 apps
Office 365 applications work better
together. Connect them.
Few words from author
06
DEVELOP BUSINESS POWER
APPS
17
Engage Office business users
Learn how to engage office
business users.
Learn how to rapidly build apps for
Microsoft Teams.
19
BONUS
Additional free training resources
04
15 STEPS TO BECOME OFFICE 365 CHAMPION
FROM AUTHOR
Start to learn now
My name is Szymon Bochniak. For the last few
years, I’m working as the Office 365 Delivery
Manager helping organizations in digital
transformations using Microsoft 365 platform.
Office 365 has become the main daily
collaboration tool for more than 75% of Fortune
500 companies. Since 2020 almost every
company using solutions supporting remote work,
like Microsoft Teams
You will need to become Microsoft 365
champion to succeed in your job. In this book, I
would like to share with you the first steps in
gaining crucial skills connected with Office 365.
From reading this ebook you will learn how to set
up and configure your personal Office 365 tenant
for learning sandbox.
In the next steps, I will share with you the most
important elements worth training on Microsoft
365 environment.
I hope you will enjoy your learning journey ;)
Szymon Bochniak
Microsoft365 atWork
15 STEPS TO BECOME OFFICE 365 CHAMPION
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GET MICROSOFT
365 FOR FREE
FREE ONLINE COURSE
4.9
"Awesome content for
a newbie! :-)"
TONY
A free course that will help you to create
Microsoft 365 tenant sandbox for free
for unlimited time. This is the first step in
learning Office 365.
During the training you will:
setup Microsoft 365 sandbox
environment
get 25 users with E5 licenses
deploy dummy data on O365 tenant
learn how to us it for unlimited period
of time
"The course provides
very clear step by step
info on how to create
the new Area of 365."
AMI
FREE ONLINE COURSE: http://academy.office365atwork.com
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GET FREE
MICROSOFT TEAMS
You can start with something simple,
available immediately, and free.
Microsoft Teams become globally the
most popular chat-based collaboration
application. Start to use it with your
colleagues
Download your Microsoft Teams version
for free.
Microsoft Teams free version is a limited version of
Microsoft Team paid version. Because it is not a part of
Office 365 you don't have access to other applications
like Stream, Planner or Exchange which work really
great in the collaboration environment.
At the same time, you get access to "almost full Teams
functionality" for free. You will be able to organize
chat-based collaboration, arrange online meetings and
video calls with screen sharing. You will also have the
possibility to store files and collaborate on them with
team members. If you looking for a solution for a quick
start this is a really great collaboration app. You have
also access to all no-Microsoft apps that extending the
functionality of Teams.
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step0/
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MICROSOFT 365
TEST TENANT
You need your own Office 365 tenant if
you would like to become Microsoft 365
Champion. This has to be an environment
that you can play with, change, or even
broke.
I want to encourage you to create your
own Office 365 sandbox and use it
heavily.
Microsoft offers the possibility to create a dedicated
Office 365 tenant for development
purposes. Microsoft 365 Developer program gives you
the possibility to get access to Office 365 for free for
learning purposes. You will be able to use it for 90 days
or more.
Apps included into Microsoft 365 Developer
subscription:
SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook/Exchange, Teams,
Planner, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more
Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection
Advanced analytics with Power BI
Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) for compliance
and information protection
ACTION
ACTION PLAN:
PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step1/
https://office365atwork.com/step1/
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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
On your newly created Office 365 I recommend doing additional configuration
activities.
SET TARGET RELEASE PREFERENCES
1
Microsoft in Office 365 platform offers products that are in the constant
improvement process. New features and fixes of the bugs are delivered
monthly. It is a neverending change process.
Get access to newst features.
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step1a/
SET MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
2
Office 365 application could be your main system used on a daily basis.
Making this platform as secure as possible should one of your main goals.
Make your environment safer.
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step1b/
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SETUP SHAREPOINT
PAGES
SharePoint is the heart of the Office
365 collaboration. Using it daily is
crucial for improving productivity
across organizations.
I want to teach you how to extend
possibilities of SharePoint sites by
utilization of ready-to-use templates
provided by Microsoft LookBook.
You can deploy them into your tenant in just a few
clicks. Building a successful intranet portal or team site
becomes a very fast and simple process.
Microsoft sharing additional 17 examples of SharePoint
Modern site templates which you can automatically
deploy.
On your Office 365 tenant you can deploy these
templates:
5 Organization landing pages
6 Department sites
4 modern Team sites
2 Community sites
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step2/
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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Moreover, it is possible to install additional SharePoint-based applications which
could help you to achieve even more.
DEPLOY OFFICE 365 E-LEARNING SITE
1
Microsoft in Office 365 platform offers products that are in the constant
improvement process. New features and fixes of the bugs are delivered
monthly. It is a neverending change process.
Get access to Office 365 business users training site.
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step2a/
DEPLOY CRISIS COMMUNICATION SITE
2
One of the most important elements of the Office 365 Change
Management & Adoption process is end-user training.
Microsoft Office 365 Learning Pathways will help you to provide online
training for your users.
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step2b/
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DEPLOY CUSTOM
APP FOR TEAMS
Microsoft Teams is one of the most
commonly used apps in Office 365.
You can use this platform to deliver
additions to applications for business
users.
Use knowledge about the deployment of
SharePoint templates to build the
Microsoft Teams App.
Microsoft Teams is a really great possibility to reach
most of your organization using the Teams App. If you
will connect Teams with existing SharePoint portals
you can easily build a really great and functional
solution.
You can build two applications which could be quickly
deployed:
Office 365 E-learning App
Crisis Communication App
You will be able to deploy them based on a few steps.
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step3/
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INTEGRATE
OFFICE 365 APPS
Office 365 Apps works the best way
together. Get knowledge on how to
achieve more thanks to the
integration between them.
You will learn how to connect Microsoft
365 Applications to extend possible
functionality.
You will learn to deeply connect:
Microsoft Teams with SharePoint
Planner with SharePoint and Microsoft Teams
Yammer with Teams and SharePoint
Building a business solution thanks to multiple
applications will give you new possibilities.
Get better understanding about improving
collaboration and communication thanks to using
multiple Office 365 apps at the same time.
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step4/
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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Moreover, it is possible to install additional SharePoint-based applications which
could help you to achieve even more.
USE MODERN SHAREPOINT WEBPARTS
1
SharePoint offers great looking and easy to use web parts for content
management, but several possible options could be overwhelming.
Learn how to use them embedded Office 365 Apps data.
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step4a/
CONNECT TEAMS WITH CLOUD
STORAGES
2
One of the most important parts of the collaboration in Teams is the
work on files. You can integrate your Teams with alternative file
storage providers.
IIntegrate Teams with Box, Dropbox, Google Drive or Citrix
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step4b/
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DEVELOP BUSINESS
POWER APPS
Power Apps is the platform that allows
developing the forms and business logic
behind it in a low code approach.
PowerApps gives you the possibility to
develop business applications. If you will
connect it with Power Automate you can
build complex applications with digitalized
business processes.
Develop your first Power App.
Microsoft Power Apps (previously called Microsoft
PowerApps) is a low-code development platform for
building digitalized business applications.
You can use this platform to deliver digitalized business
applications. Features which you can deliver using
Power Apps:
customization of the SharePoint forms
mobile application connected to Office 365
dedicated application with custom forms
complex applications with separated data structure
on CDS
Working with Power Apps examples gives you the
possibility to start working on this platform.
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step5/
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BUILD PROCESS
AUTOMATION
Automation is the simplest way to
improve productivity and save time.
Office 365 offers a great workflow
platform – Power Automate. I prepared a
list of the first five flows that you can
execute to simplify your life.
Build yout first workflow.
Power Automate is the process automation and
workflow application that automatically integrates with
all other Office 365 Apps. You can use Power
Automate flows to digitalize business processes and
get rid of manual work.
I want to share with you five ready to use Power
Automate templates. You can implement them on your
Office 365 account in a few clicks. It is a really easy
way to start to work with Power Automate and learn
how it works.
Moreover proposed flows can improve your
productivity and simplify your daily tasks. You can find
out about it just a few clicks.
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step6/
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MEASURE USAGE
OF OFFICE 365
The main goal of the Office 365 Adoption
process is to improve Office 365 usage by
business users.The only way to review
the possible success of Office 365
Adoption is to measure the Office 365
usage.
Microsft offers for free really great Office
365 / Microsoft 365 Usage & licensing
business intelligence reporting solution
based on Power BI.
Microsoft 365 Usage Analytics which was previously
named Office 365 Adoption content pack solution
delivers ready-to-use reports which allow you to
monitor almost every common element of Office 365
environment. Power BI based reports visualizing the
data from the last 12 months. It allows you to measure
the review trend in Microsoft 365 usage in the last 365
days.
Office 365 usage and licensing solution provide a
complex number of reports that allow you to monitor
and analyze the Microsoft 365 environment.
Dashboards deployed on the Power BI platforms make
possible to analyze adoption and usage of the
Microsoft 365 applications through last year.
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step7/
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ENGAGE OFFICE
BUSINESS USERS
Prepare the change and adoption process
of Office 365 applications in your
organization. Use gathered knowledge to
become an M365 Champion and to teach
your colleagues.
Use ready-to-use tools to make the
launch of Office 365 the success.
Follow the process of Office 365 Change Management
& Adoption to:
Improve awareness
Build engagement
Utilize
If you feel that the adoption process of Office 365 is
something missing in your organization, start to plan it!
ACTION PLAN: https://office365atwork.com/step8/
Thanks!
Thank you for your time spent with me in first steps with Office
365!
You are five steps closer to Become Microsoft 365 Champion.
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https://office365atwork.com/m365community
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