7 Microsoft 365 Features Your Team Probably Isn’t Using—But Should Be

Most businesses use Microsoft 365 for the basics—email, documents, spreadsheets, and video meetings. But the platform offers much more than that. In fact, some of the most powerful tools are the ones most commonly overlooked.

If you’re only using Outlook, Word, Excel, and basic Teams chat, you may be missing out on features that could boost collaboration, simplify workflows, and enhance your cybersecurity posture.

Here are seven valuable Microsoft 365 tools and features that could bring big benefits to your business.

Why We Decided To Block the New Outlook Client

Right before the holiday break, Microsoft announced they would be pushing out an update to the new version of Outlook for all Microsoft 365 users, starting January 10th, 2025.

Although updating software to the most up-to-date version of your software is generally recommended, this latest Outlook release posed several significant challenges that prompted us to take the uncommon step of blocking the update for our clients.

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SharePoint Lockdown – How Can SharePoint be Secured?

More and more businesses are moving their storage to the cloud. While this helps facilitate collaboration between team members and save resources, there is still a lot of hesitation about cloud computing among IT decision-makers in companies. Many businesses worry that increasing the use of cloud services will increase their risk of a data breach.