This guide gives you a comprehensive overview of Microsoft 365. It shows which applications are available in your M365 account, what you use them for and how individual topics can be covered with the available solutions.
Which topic with which M365 app
A mapping of topics to applications:
- Analysis: Power BI, Excel
- Tasks: Planner, To Do
- Meetings: Loop, OneNote, Outlook, Teams
- Brainstorming: Whiteboard
- Co-creation: Loop
- File storage: OneDrive, SharePoint
- Communication: Outlook, Teams
- Artificial intelligence: Copilot
- Project management: Loop, OneNote, Planner, Project, Teams
Which M365 app for which topic
All applications in alphabetical order with their functions:
- Admin: system administration portal
- Bookings: appointment booking
- Clipchamp: video editing
- Excel: spreadsheets
- Forms: surveys and quizzes
- Loop: co-creation
- OneNote: digital notes
- Outlook: email
- Teams: collaboration and communication
- Word: word processing
How to get to your M365 apps
Step 1: sign in and set your start page
Sign in at microsoft365.com and make this page your new start page. The page acts as your personal dashboard with your current content.
Step 2: open the app overview
Go to microsoft365.com/apps and select «All apps». That view shows every application available to you based on your organisation's permissions.
Step 3: explore
Go through the applications thoroughly and pay particular attention to newer tools such as Loop, which may have gone unused so far.
