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Guides

A tutorial gets one task done. A guide helps you decide, plan, or set a standard, and usually spans several tasks and topics.

Use a tutorial when

  • You know what you want to do.
  • It's one task with one result.
  • You'll follow numbered steps from start to finish.

Use a guide when

  • You're choosing between options.
  • You're setting a standard for a team.
  • The work spans several Microsoft tools.
  • You want a tour of what a Microsoft app can do.

Decisions

Compare your options, and choose one.

  • Choosing a shared calendar for your team in Outlook

    Compare the ways to give a group of people one calendar they can all use from Outlook: a Microsoft 365 group calendar, a shared mailbox calendar, a SharePoint calendar, or a calendar you create yourself. See which ones keep their history when people leave, and which one suits most teams.

  • Choosing a way to generate documents

    Compare six ways to turn SharePoint or Power Apps data into Word and PDF files: where each starts, what it produces, which connectors and licenses it needs, and which tutorial builds it.

Standards

Agree on how a team names, builds, and documents its work.

Playbooks

Plan work that spans several tools.

  • Employee continuity plans in Teams and OneNote

    Keep the knowledge a role needs where the next person can find it. Use a team's shared files for working documents and a OneNote notebook in Teams for each person's continuity plan, with a simple review cycle led by the manager.

  • Tasks across Outlook, To Do and Planner

    How Outlook, Microsoft To Do and Planner fit together as one task system: turn emails into tasks, plan your day in To Do, and track team work in Planner.

Overviews

Tour an app's main features and how they fit together.