---
title: "Microsoft 365: Everyday Skills: Free Self-Paced Training | StartCloud"
description: "Most businesses use a fraction of what they pay for. This is the practical stuff nobody explains: where files actually live, how to share without the chaos, and how to get your day back from Teams and Outlook."
lang: en
json-ld: |
  [
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": [
        "LocalBusiness",
        "ProfessionalService"
      ],
      "@id": "https://startcloud.au/#business",
      "name": "StartCloud",
      "legalName": "Start Technologies Pty Ltd",
      "alternateName": "StartCloud Australia",
      "identifier": {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "propertyID": "ABN",
        "value": "17 676 121 449"
      },
      "slogan": "Go Beyond",
      "description": "StartCloud is Perth's cybersecurity-first AI MSP: managed IT, Essential Eight security, Microsoft 365 and cloud, networking, and practical AI for Australian businesses with 5 to 50 staff.",
      "url": "https://startcloud.au",
      "logo": "https://startcloud.au/og-image.png",
      "image": "https://startcloud.au/og-image.png",
      "telephone": "+61862850001",
      "email": "web@startcloud.com.au",
      "priceRange": "$$",
      "currenciesAccepted": "AUD",
      "paymentAccepted": "Invoice",
      "foundingDate": "2023",
      "contactPoint": {
        "@type": "ContactPoint",
        "telephone": "+61862850001",
        "contactType": "customer service",
        "areaServed": "AU",
        "availableLanguage": "English"
      },
      "address": {
        "@type": "PostalAddress",
        "streetAddress": "Ground Floor West, 6 Gibberd Road",
        "addressLocality": "Balcatta",
        "addressRegion": "WA",
        "postalCode": "6021",
        "addressCountry": "AU"
      },
      "geo": {
        "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
        "latitude": -31.8648813,
        "longitude": 115.8095638
      },
      "openingHoursSpecification": [
        {
          "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
          "dayOfWeek": [
            "Monday",
            "Tuesday",
            "Wednesday",
            "Thursday",
            "Friday"
          ],
          "opens": "07:00",
          "closes": "16:30",
          "description": "General support hours"
        },
        {
          "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
          "dayOfWeek": [
            "Monday",
            "Tuesday",
            "Wednesday",
            "Thursday",
            "Friday",
            "Saturday",
            "Sunday"
          ],
          "opens": "00:00",
          "closes": "23:59",
          "description": "Security Operations Centre (SOC) with 24/7/365 threat monitoring"
        }
      ],
      "areaServed": [
        {
          "@type": "City",
          "name": "Perth"
        },
        {
          "@type": "State",
          "name": "Western Australia"
        },
        {
          "@type": "Country",
          "name": "Australia"
        }
      ],
      "serviceArea": {
        "@type": "GeoCircle",
        "geoMidpoint": {
          "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
          "latitude": -31.8648813,
          "longitude": 115.8095638
        },
        "geoRadius": "50000"
      },
      "knowsAbout": [
        "Cybersecurity",
        "Managed Security Services",
        "Essential Eight",
        "Microsoft 365",
        "Microsoft Azure",
        "IT Support",
        "Network Security",
        "Disaster Recovery",
        "Compliance Management",
        "Microsoft Copilot",
        "AI Readiness",
        "AI Governance",
        "AI Agent Development"
      ],
      "hasOfferCatalog": {
        "@type": "OfferCatalog",
        "name": "IT and Cybersecurity Services",
        "itemListElement": [
          {
            "@type": "Offer",
            "itemOffered": {
              "@type": "Service",
              "name": "Cybersecurity Services",
              "url": "https://startcloud.au/cybersecurity"
            }
          },
          {
            "@type": "Offer",
            "itemOffered": {
              "@type": "Service",
              "name": "Managed IT Services and Support",
              "url": "https://startcloud.au/technology"
            }
          },
          {
            "@type": "Offer",
            "itemOffered": {
              "@type": "Service",
              "name": "Microsoft 365 and Cloud Solutions",
              "url": "https://startcloud.au/cloud"
            }
          },
          {
            "@type": "Offer",
            "itemOffered": {
              "@type": "Service",
              "name": "Managed Networking",
              "url": "https://startcloud.au/networking"
            }
          },
          {
            "@type": "Offer",
            "itemOffered": {
              "@type": "Service",
              "name": "AI and Automation",
              "url": "https://startcloud.au/ai"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "sameAs": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/startcloudau",
        "https://www.facebook.com/startcloudaus/",
        "https://www.cloudtango.net/providers/12375/startcloud",
        "https://clutch.co/profile/startcloud",
        "https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=17676121449",
        "https://www.yellowpages.com.au/balcatta-wa/bpp/startcloud-581735301",
        "https://www.truelocal.com.au/balcatta-wa/tlp/startcloud-581735301",
        "https://www.google.com/maps/place/StartCloud/@-31.8648767,115.8069889,739m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x2a32a5b5d9e864b5:0x9f02690968f0e50c!8m2!3d-31.8648813!4d115.8095638!16s%2Fg%2F11vzbgtytj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "@context": "https://schema.org",
      "@type": "Course",
      "name": "Microsoft 365: Everyday Skills",
      "description": "Most businesses use a fraction of what they pay for. This is the practical stuff nobody explains: where files actually live, how to share without the chaos, and how to get your day back from Teams and Outlook.",
      "provider": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "StartCloud",
        "url": "https://startcloud.au"
      },
      "url": "https://startcloud.au/learn/microsoft-365-everyday-skills",
      "isAccessibleForFree": true,
      "hasPart": [
        {
          "@type": "LearningResource",
          "name": "Where Your Stuff Actually Lives",
          "url": "https://startcloud.au/learn/where-your-stuff-actually-lives"
        },
        {
          "@type": "LearningResource",
          "name": "Stop Emailing Attachments",
          "url": "https://startcloud.au/learn/stop-emailing-attachments"
        },
        {
          "@type": "LearningResource",
          "name": "Teams Without the Noise",
          "url": "https://startcloud.au/learn/teams-without-the-noise"
        },
        {
          "@type": "LearningResource",
          "name": "Meetings Worth Attending",
          "url": "https://startcloud.au/learn/meetings-worth-attending"
        },
        {
          "@type": "LearningResource",
          "name": "Making Outlook Work for You",
          "url": "https://startcloud.au/learn/making-outlook-work-for-you"
        },
        {
          "@type": "LearningResource",
          "name": "Finding It Again",
          "url": "https://startcloud.au/learn/finding-it-again"
        },
        {
          "@type": "LearningResource",
          "name": "Working From Anywhere",
          "url": "https://startcloud.au/learn/working-from-anywhere-microsoft-365"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
---

[![StartCloud](/assets/StartCloud-Logo-ByZE1kzP.svg "StartCloud: Cybersecurity-First Managed IT Services Perth")](/ "StartCloud | Managed IT Services Perth")

-   Cybersecurity
-   AI Solutions
-   Cloud
-   Technology
-   Networking
-   Explore

[Contact Us](/contact "Contact StartCloud, Perth IT Support")

Open menu 

The Microsoft 365: Everyday Skills learning pathway: 7 self-paced modules with knowledge checks and browser-saved progress.

[Home](/)[Learn](/learn)Microsoft 365: Everyday Skills 

0% 

Microsoft 365

# Microsoft 365: Everyday Skills

Most businesses use a fraction of what they pay for. This is the practical stuff nobody explains: where files actually live, how to share without the chaos, and how to get your day back from Teams and Outlook.

7 modules (7 ready now)  about 54 min all up  0 of 7 complete 

[Start pathway](/learn/where-your-stuff-actually-lives)

Getting your bearings 2 modules · 16 min 

1.  [
    
    1 
    
    Where Your Stuff Actually Lives Start here 8 min 
    
    OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams explained once, properly. Why every Teams file is really a SharePoint file, and the one question that tells you where anything belongs.
    
    Start 
    
    
    
    ](/learn/where-your-stuff-actually-lives)
2.  [
    
    2 
    
    Stop Emailing Attachments Sharing 8 min 
    
    Five copies of the same spreadsheet is a business risk, not just untidiness. Sharing a link instead, working on a document at the same time, and getting an earlier version back.
    
    Start 
    
    
    
    ](/learn/stop-emailing-attachments)

Working with others 2 modules · 16 min 

1.  [
    
    3 
    
    Teams Without the Noise Teams 8 min 
    
    Channel or chat, when to post where, notifications you can actually live with, and why a team where everyone has muted everything has stopped working.
    
    Start 
    
    
    
    ](/learn/teams-without-the-noise)
2.  [
    
    4 
    
    Meetings Worth Attending Meetings 8 min 
    
    An agenda in the invite, recordings and who can actually see them, notes and actions that survive the hour, and knowing when it should have been a message.
    
    Start 
    
    
    
    ](/learn/meetings-worth-attending)

Your own day 3 modules · 22 min 

1.  [
    
    5 
    
    Making Outlook Work for You Outlook 8 min 
    
    Rules and categories that do the sorting for you, search that finds things first go, calendar habits that protect your day, and delegate access done properly.
    
    Start 
    
    
    
    ](/learn/making-outlook-work-for-you)
2.  [
    
    6 
    
    Finding It Again Search 7 min 
    
    Search across Microsoft 365, naming things so future you can find them, and why the folder tree you built in 2014 stopped being the answer.
    
    Start 
    
    
    
    ](/learn/finding-it-again)
3.  [
    
    7 
    
    Working From Anywhere Anywhere 7 min 
    
    The mobile apps worth having, what sync and offline actually do, and moving between a laptop, a phone and someone else's computer without losing your place.
    
    Start 
    
    
    
    ](/learn/working-from-anywhere-microsoft-365)

## Want a hand putting any of this into practice?

The pathway is here so you can do it yourself. But if you would rather we set it up properly and manage it for you, that is what we do for Perth businesses every day.

[Talk to StartCloud](/contact)

![StartCloud](/assets/StartCloud-Logo-ByZE1kzP.svg "StartCloud: Cybersecurity-First Managed IT Services Perth")

Cybersecurity-led IT for Australian businesses. We manage security, compliance, and modern IT environments, so risk is governed, not guessed.

Ground Floor West, 6 Gibberd Road, Balcatta WA 6021 

[08 6285 0001](tel:+61862850001 "Call StartCloud on 08 6285 0001")

Serving Perth businesses from Balcatta, Western Australia.

![Microsoft Solutions Partner - Modern Work](/assets/microsoft-solutions-partner-DqvNMv91.png "Microsoft Solutions Partner: Modern Work")

### Services

-   [Cybersecurity](/cybersecurity "Cybersecurity Services Perth | StartCloud")
-   [AI Solutions](/ai "AI & Automation Services Perth | StartCloud")
-   [Cloud](/cloud "Cloud Services Perth | StartCloud")
-   [Technology](/technology "IT Services and Support | StartCloud")
-   [Networking](/networking "Business Networking Perth | StartCloud")
-   [Packages](/packages "IT Support Packages Perth | StartCloud")

### Company

-   [About](/about "About StartCloud, Perth IT Support Team")
-   [Company Facts](/facts "StartCloud Company Facts | Perth Cybersecurity-First AI MSP")
-   [Resources](/resources "IT Resources & Guides | StartCloud Perth")
-   [Service Areas](/it-support-perth "IT Support Perth | StartCloud")
-   [Contact](/contact "Contact StartCloud, Perth IT Support")

### Locations

-   [All Service Areas](/locations "Perth IT Support Areas | StartCloud")
-   [IT Support Perth](/it-support-perth "IT Support Perth | StartCloud")
-   [Cybersecurity Perth](/cybersecurity-perth "Cybersecurity Perth | StartCloud")
-   [MSP Perth](/managed-service-provider-perth "Managed Service Provider Perth | StartCloud")
-   [Industries We Serve](/industries "IT Support by Industry Perth | StartCloud")

© 2026 Start Technologies Pty Ltd trading as StartCloud. All rights reserved.

ABN 17 676 121 449

[](https://www.linkedin.com/company/startcloudau "StartCloud on LinkedIn")[](https://www.facebook.com/startcloudaus/ "StartCloud on Facebook")[](https://www.google.com/maps/place/StartCloud/@-31.8648767,115.8069889,739m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x2a32a5b5d9e864b5:0x9f02690968f0e50c!8m2!3d-31.8648813!4d115.8095638!16s%2Fg%2F11vzbgtytj "StartCloud on Google")

[Terms of Service](/terms-of-service "Terms of Service | StartCloud")| [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy "Privacy Policy | StartCloud")| [Modern Slavery Policy](/modern-slavery-policy "Modern Slavery Policy | StartCloud")| [Cookie Policy](/cookie-policy "Cookie Policy | StartCloud")

StartCloud Assistant

Online

G'day! 👋 I'm the StartCloud Assistant. How can I help you today?

Tell me about your servicesBook a discovery callI need IT support

Find Your Solution