Remember that time where you could start your PC, open Microsoft Word and could start being productive without being disturbed by Microsoft Teams calls, chat messages, new emails coming in, popups from coworkers that mention you and upcoming event messages just to name a few? Well, that time is not coming back. (and Clippy 📎 isn’t either 😄)

But, what if I told you that you can get the same piece of mind to be just as productive as back in the day you started Word(Perfect) without being hooked up to the internet? With the use of focus timers you can!

Viva Insights features a focus timer to let you keep your focus (what’s in a name) on things that you have planned. Here’s how it works.

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With Microsoft Teams, you can share files with your coworkers, team(s) or your entire organization. It is even possible to share files with people outside your organization.

But where are these files stored?

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In projects I’m part of there’s often this gap between the project manager and the project architect (or technical project lead if you will) in terms of planning and milestones that have to be reached. Where the project manager wants to retain a more “zoomed out” view of the situation, the project architect wants to keep track of the consultants work that has been completed, ideally enabling the consultant to update the status of the tasks at hand at a central place.

The tool of choice of the project manager in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem? Microsoft Project Online.

The tool of choice of the project architect in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem? Microsoft Planner.

Do the two platforms connect with each other at this time in a technical sense of the word connect? Unfortunately, no. Does this keep us from using the two platforms to achieve some serious team productivity? Of course not! Following a few simple rules and a little bit administrative effort, the two platforms work perfectly together providing all project members with the information they seek.

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