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๐Ÿ™‚โ€โ†•๏ธ Boost Your Small Business Productivity with Microsoft Lists: A Game-Changer You Can't Ignore

Miclain Keffeler

Miclain Keffeler

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In today's fast-paced business landscape, efficiency and organization are paramount for small enterprises aiming to thrive amidst competition. Fortunately, technology has provided an array of tools to simplify tasks and streamline operations. Among these, Microsoft Lists stands out as a versatile and powerful asset. Whether you're managing tasks, tracking inventory, or collaborating on projects, Microsoft Lists offers a comprehensive solution to enhance productivity for small businesses. In this article, we'll delve into the world of Microsoft Lists, uncovering its capabilities, and demonstrating how it can revolutionize your small business operations. Prepare to unlock a new level of efficiency and organization that could make all the difference in your journey to success. ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Microsoft Lists Overview

Microsoft Lists aims to address a few key use cases:

  • Create, Share, and track lists with anyone (Integration with MS Teams!)
  • List Customization and Sortation
  • Automation with Power Platform

These key features and in particular the integration with Teams makes life simpler for all users to track and organize work, let's dive right in.

Creating a List

Unfortunately you have to initialize Microsoft Lists on a desktop, this is as easy as browsing to the channel and then adding the app (Be sure you have a license for Teams and all that before this, if you pay list price or don't have licenses email West Tennessee Consulting at microsoftlicenses@westtn.consulting to get some and save $ as well.)

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Give your list a name

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then you can create it and start customizing!


View Lists in Teams

Simply go to the add a new tab in a channel, select Lists

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Then create/choose an existing list!

You can then add to your list and start executing automations.

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Automation

Microsoft documentation has an example of doing this, you can create automations based on use cases like:

  • An item is deleted
  • A new item is created
  • A column value changes
  • A column changes

All the basics are there as you would expect with more integrations already pre-built!

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List Customization

Of course you need to be able to customize your lists! Adding new columns, sorting, filtering is all available at your fingerprints, but wait there is more!

Templates

Use a template to get a pre-built list with columns you would expect to need, super helpful for getting started fast!

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Other applications

It would not be fair to say Microsoft Lists is alone in support for this functionality. If you are in the Microsoft Ecosystem and using other Microsoft apps the support for automating and integrating will be unparalleled to other applications. With that said, many tools like monday.com build upon similar workflows and can be more cost effective even. Even simpler can be tools like Zoho Todo or Zoho Projects

Both of the above apps integrate with Teams as well!

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Mobile Friendly

The app is also mobile friendly, you can customize, add to, and edit lists all from your phone. This article focused on key features and use cases but there is a mobile demo we recorded here that you can checkout!

Summary

Microsoft Lists builds list and task organization natively into Teams and offer's integrations that other platforms may lack for those deep in the Microsoft Ecosystem. Consider trying it out or email us at microsoft@thesecuritymaven.com to get help integrating deeper!

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Miclain Keffeler

About Miclain Keffeler

With over a decade of experience in the cybersecurity and IT industry, Miclain is your go-to expert for all things digital security. Hailing from Memphis and armed with a solid foundation in Computer Science from the University of Alabama, an MBA from the University of Illinois, and a Microsoft pedigree, Miclain is a trusted authority in his field.