Welcome to Modern Networks, your new IT support provider. The training videos below are designed to help you get setup and started with your new systems and applications. If you have any further questions please contact our service desk who will be more than happy to help.
Welcome to Modern Networks
The Microsoft Office 365 portal is where you will find all the business applications you need from Outlook email and OneDrive Cloud storage to SharePoint document management platform.
- How to access the Office 365 portal
- A quick summary of the business applications available
- Most recent documents used
You will find a wealth of handy videos, fact sheets and more on the Microsoft 365 Training website.
In this short video, we will introduce you to Microsoft SharePoint file management platform.
Searching SharePoint
- Search by file name
- Search by colleague name
Access SharePoint
- Using a browser to access SharePoint from any Internet connected device
- Using the SharePoint mobile app on your smartphone
Security
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- The use of permissions to limit access to files
In this short video, we look at the different ways you can save, access and share files using SharePoint.
Accessing files
- Moving existing files from your PC to SharePoint
- Creating desktop shortcuts to SharePoint
- Opening files locally on your PC
Saving files
- How to save a file from your PC to SharePoint
- How to save a file from within a browser to SharePoint
- How to save a file to a different location within SharePoint
Sharing
- How to share files internally with colleagues and externally with partners and suppliers
- How to limit recipient access to shared files e.g. cannot edit or download
In this short video, we look at collaborating with colleagues using SharePoint. We explain the difference between the local desktop and browser-based versions of SharePoint. We also describe how to find earlier versions of a document, and restore them if required.
Collaboration
- Multiple people can edit a document together in real-time from different devices
SharePoint versions
- The local desktop version of SharePoint provides full functionality such as advanced editing and graphics
- The Internet browser-based version of SharePoint only provides limited functionality such as making simple text changes to Word documents
Finding additional document information
- You can preview a document
- You can see who has accessed or edited a document and when
- You can find all previous versions of a document using Version History
- You can restore earlier versions of a document using Version History
Microsoft OneDrive for Business provides Cloud storage for all your business files.
In this short video, you will learn:
- How to access OneDrive on your computer and through an Internet browser
- How to create a new document within OneDrive
- How OneDrive sychs your files across devices and in the Cloud making them accessible from anywhere
- How to download files and folders to your computer and work offline
- How to understand what the different file status icons mean
You will find additional OneDrive training resources on the Microsoft website.