Microsoft Office 365: Web Apps (with Lync) for Office

This course is an introduction to the Microsoft Office 365 for Office in a cloud-based environment. Using Office 365, users can easily communicate with each other through Microsoft Outlook mail and Lync instant messaging and online meetings. Additionally, the Microsoft SharePoint Team Site provides a central location for accessing and modifying shared documents. The Office Web Apps enable users to perform basic tasks, such as opening, editing, printing, and saving documents without requiring an installation of the full desktop version of Microsoft Office on the local computer.

Lesson 1: Getting Started

Topic A: Sign In to Office 365
Topic B: Explore the Office 365 Environment
Topic C: Connect Desktop Apps to Office 365

Lesson 2: Collaborating with Shared Files

Topic A: Work with Shared Documents on the Team Site
Topic B: Edit Documents in Web Apps and Office Apps
Topic C: Collaborate on the SharePoint Team Site
Topic D: Work with My Site

Lesson 3: Using the Outlook Web App

Topic A: Use Email in the Outlook Web App
Topic B: Manage Contacts
Topic C: Use the Calendar
Topic D: Personalize Your Outlook Web App

Lesson 4: Communicating with Microsoft Lync

Topic A: Use Instant Messaging
Topic B: Make Phone Calls with Lync
Topic C: Participate in Lync Meetings

Lesson 5: Interacting with Mobile Devices

Topic A: Use Office 365 on Your Windows 8 Tablet
Topic B: Access Office 365 Email with Your Smartphone
Topic C: Access Office 365 Documents from a Mobile Device

Course Objectives

In this course, you will be able to use your knowledge of the Office 2010 or 2013 desktop application suite to work productively in the cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 environment.

You will:

• Sign in to and navigate in the Office 365 environment
• Create, edit, and share documents with team members using Office Web Apps and Microsoft SharePoint
• Use email and manage contacts with the Outlook Web App
• Use instant messaging and online meetings with Microsoft Lync
• Set up your mobile devices to work with Office 365

This course is intended for business users and knowledge workers in a variety of roles and fields who have competence in a desktop-based installation of the Microsoft Office productivity suite, and who are now extending Microsoft Office to a collaborative cloud-based Office 365 environment.

To ensure your success, you will need competence in at least one of the primary applications in the Microsoft Office suite (Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and/or Microsoft Excel), and also competence in using the locally installed version of Microsoft Outlook for email and calendaring. To meet this prerequisite, you can take any one or more of the following courses:

Using Microsoft Windows 8 or Microsoft Windows 8 Transition from Windows 7
Microsoft Office Word: Introduction
Microsoft Office Excel: Introduction
Microsoft Office PowerPoint: Introduction

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