Most people use OneNote as a digital dumping ground. Meeting notes, screenshots, and random thoughts get piled into pages that are never looked at again. But if you use Tags correctly, OneNote transforms from a simple notebook into a powerful project management engine. The Problem: “Where did I write that down?” You are managing 3…
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Microsoft 365 Secure Score: Top Recommendations for Small Business
If you log into the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, you’ll see a big percentage number on your dashboard. That is your Secure Score. For many small business admins, this number sits comfortably (and dangerously) around 20%. Microsoft recommends getting it above 65%. The Secure Score isn’t just a gamified metric; it’s a prioritized list of…
Power Automate Tutorial: Save Email Attachments to SharePoint (with Conditions)
One of the most common requests in any IT department is: “Can we stop saving email attachments manually?” Whether it’s invoices from vendors, reports from automated systems, or project files from clients, manual filing is prone to error and incredibly boring. Fortunately, Power Automate makes this trivial to solve. In this guide, we will build…
Microsoft Loop: Practical Use Cases for Modern Project Management
Project management has evolved. It’s no longer just about static Gantt charts and endless email threads. In the modern hybrid workplace, collaboration needs to be fluid, real-time, and accessible across all the apps you already use. Enter Microsoft Loop, a transformative app that is changing how teams think about project co-creation. If you’ve dismissed Loop…
Excel Performance Showdown: XLOOKUP vs VLOOKUP on Large Datasets
For decades, VLOOKUP was the king of Excel functions. It was the first “advanced” formula many of us learned. But in 2019, Microsoft released XLOOKUP, promising to be the “one function to rule them all.” We know XLOOKUP is more flexible—it defaults to exact match, searches left-to-right and right-to-left, and handles errors gracefully. But is…