Office 365 enables the
easy and flexible application of a raft of new work methods to boost
productivity, knowledge sharing and collaboration:
Management
- Virtual management tools (Kanban, project management, etc.)
- Lean meetings: tele-meetings, note sharing, etc.
- Telework.
- Collaborative work. Unified project, task, document management, etc.
- Advanced search options: profiles, conversations, groups, projects, etc.
Knowledge
- Experts search.
- Knowledge localisation tools.
- Enriched user profiles.
- KPI analysis: contributions, most frequent searches, key knowledge, etc.
- Bridge-building: interdepartmental communication (services between departments).
Feedback
- Employee feedback (department-wide online surveys).
- Employee recognition programs.
- Innovation and improvement programs (departmental and corporate).
- Employee opinion channel: suggestions, new services feedback...
Communication
- Zero emails.
- Enterprise Social Network (ESN).
- Instant Messaging.
- Multi-endpoint.
Any company that aims to improve internal communication, boost productivity and cut costs.
What drives the need to implement a collaborative solution?
- Growth.
- Internationalisation.
- Offshoring of work teams.
- Boost telework.
- Facilitate communication.
- Facilitate mobility.
SharePoint Online: Creation of business publication and collaboration sites. Also supports the creation of discussion forums, blogs and wikis.
OneDrive for Business: Synchronisation and offline management of documentation stored in SharePoint and on the user’s personal site.
Exchange Online: Corporate email in the cloud.
Skype for Business: Written and audio/video business communication tool.
Yammer: Enterprise social network.
Outlook Groups: Integration of SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and OneNote.
Microsoft Planner: Adds team task management with Kanban boards to Outlook Groups.
Microsoft Teams: Team workspaces with integrated Groups, Planner and Skype for Business functionality.
Office Delve: New personal site, access to other user profiles, most-used personal documents, favourites, document labelling, etc.
Office 365 Video: Corporate video management and streaming tool.
Skype Meeting Broadcast: Corporate meeting management and outreach tool.
Sway: Responsive web presentation generation tool.