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This course takes you through important basics like Outlook for your email, OneDrive for sharing documents and even how to master multiple calendars so you never miss an appointment.
Full of crucial skills if you want to run the IT for a small company, this course explains the more technical details of setting up Office 365 for users.
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MS 365 contains all of the above as well as online storage and Cloud-connected features so you can share files in real time. It is MS Office with extra features.
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