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TIP!Tuesday – Automate Creating Planner Tasks from Microsoft Teams

Do you struggle with keeping track of commons tasks for your Team? Did you know you can use keywords in a Teams Channel to automatically create tasks in Microsoft Planner? Yes you can! The best news is that it’s quick and easy using a Power Automate Template.

In this tip you will learn to:

  • Create a Flow in Power Automate
  • Trigger the Flow by posting in Microsoft Teams
  • Confirm the task was created in Planner

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TIP!Tuesday – Sync Your Microsoft Project files to SharePoint

Need to gather updates from your project teams? How about allowing them to make their updates in SharePoint…and those updates synchronize back to your Microsoft Project file!
In this TIP! you will learn how to:

  • Publish a Project File to a SharePoint Site
  • Update project tasks in SharePoint
  • Sync updates between Project and SharePoint

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TIP!Tuesday – Synchronizing SharePoint Lists with Outlook

Do you manage your tasks from within Outlook? If you manage your task within Outlook, did you know that you can synchronize your SharePoint tasks lists in Outlook? Centralize your tasks an ensure you don’t miss your due dates and deadlines for your collaborative task lists.
In this TIP! you will learn how to:

  • Synchronize SharePoint to Outlook Tasks
  • Customize a view in Microsoft Outlook
  • Update Tasks in Outlook
  • View Synchronized changes in Outlook.

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TIP!Tuesday – Using SharePoint Lists to Track Tasks

SharePoint Lists are very helpful for tracking tasks with your co-workers. Using the Classic version of a SharePoint list provides some functionality that the Modern lists don’t yet have.
In this TIP! you will learn how to:

  • Navigate views in SharePoint Lists
  • Create a hierarchy of summary tasks and subtasks
  • Add milestones to the timeline
  • Customize a view

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It’s Official! I’m Now an Author for LinkedIN Learning…

Authoring online content is a fun and exciting challenge…and working with the LinkedIn Learning /Lynda.com team is amazing!  Check out the preview of my first course, SharePoint Online:  Managing Project Sites, at Lynda.com or LinkedIn Learning. And many thanks to Ed Liberman and Heather Severino for your guidance and support.  Looking forward to sharing many more courses!

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