--- title: "Microsoft 365: everyday skills: Free Self-Paced Training | StartCloud" url: https://startcloud.au/learn/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." lang: en --- The Microsoft 365: everyday skills learning pathway: 7 self-paced modules with knowledge checks and browser-saved progress. 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 (https://startcloud.au/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 https://startcloud.au/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 https://startcloud.au/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 https://startcloud.au/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 https://startcloud.au/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 https://startcloud.au/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 https://startcloud.au/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 https://startcloud.au/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 (https://startcloud.au/contact) StartCloud assistant Online G'day! 👋 I'm the StartCloud assistant. 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