The following self-guided resources cover common applications in the Microsoft 365 suite and can be accessed at any time by members of the Northeastern community.

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Outlook: 

Use business-class email through a rich and familiar Outlook experience you can access from your desktop or web browser.

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning 

Calendar: 

Schedule and share meeting and event times, and automatically get reminders.

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

People: 

Organize your contact info for all your friends, family, colleagues, and acquaintances in once place. It’s faster than ever to keep in touch. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

OneDrive: 

Store your files in one place, share them with others, and get to them from any device connected to the internet. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

Word: 

Bring out your best writing. Going from a blank page to a beautiful document is easier than ever. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

Excel: 

Do more with the tool you already know. Discover and connect to data, model and analyze it, and visualize insights. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

PowerPoint: 

Take your presentation to the next level. Design like a professional. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

OneNote: 

Capture notes by typing, drawing, or writing. OneNote lets you organize and reuse your notes across all of your devices. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

SharePoint: 

Share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and seamlessly collaborate across the organization. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

Teams: 

Bring conversations, content, and apps together in one place using Northeastern's digital hub. 

• Teams Demo
• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

Sway: 

Create and share engaging interactive reports, presentations, personal stories, and more. Sways does the design for you. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

Forms: 

Create Surveys, quizzes, and polls in minutes. Send them to anyone and easily see results in real time. 

• Microsoft Resource 
• LinkedIn Learning

Power BI: 

Create actionable, dynamic, and engaging data dashboards to share with the rest of the University. 

• Microsoft Resource 
• LinkedIn Learning

Stream: 

Share videos of classes, meetings, presentations, training sessions, or other videos with other members of the Northeastern Community. 

• Microsoft Resource 
• LinkedIn Learning

Planner: 

Create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get progress updates with Planner. 

• Microsoft Resource 
• LinkedIn Learning
• LinkedIn Learning Quick Tips

PowerApps: 

Build Mobile and web apps with the data your organization already uses. 

• Power Apps Guide
• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning
• LinkedIn Learning - Beyond the Basics

PowerAutomate (Flow): 

Create Workflows between your apps, files, and data to automate time-consuming tasks so you can focus on what’s next. 

• Microsoft Resource 
• LinkedIn Learning
• LinkedIn Learning - Beyond the Basics

Tasks: 

Create and manage tasks in Outlook. 

• Microsoft Resource 
• LinkedIn Learning

To-Do: 

Manage, prioritize, and complete the most important things you need to achieve every day. 

• Microsoft Resource 
• LinkedIn Learning
• LinkedIn Learning - First Look

Bookings: 

Online appointment scheduling for your small business. Your customers schedule appointments through bookings and automatically get confirmations, reminders, updates, and cancellation notices. 

• LinkedIn Learning

Dynamics 365: 

Breakdown the silos between your business process and applications with Microsoft Dynamics 365. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

Whiteboard: 

Ideate and collaborate on a freeform canvas designed for pen, touch, and keyboard. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning
• LinkedIn Learning

MyAnalytics: 

Create better work habits. MyAnalytics shows you how you spend your time at work with insights into your meetings, email, and focus hours. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

Communities at Northeastern: 

The online destination to connect with one another and the university community, anywhere, at any time. 

• Microsoft Resource
• LinkedIn Learning

Faculty & Staff Only 

Class Notebook: 

Organize your lesson plans and course content in your own digital notebook. Create a workspace where you can give each student personalized feedback. 

• LinkedIn Learning

Staff Notebook: 

Collaborate with faculty and staff to share notes, policies, procedures, deadlines, and calendars. 

• Microsoft Resource

Project: 

Develop project plans, assign tasks, track progress, and manage budgets while staying on schedule. 

• Microsoft Resource