Windows 365 for dummies. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rosemarie Withee, Ken Withee.
• Authors: Withee, Rosemarie; Withee, Ken
• Contents: Introduction 1 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Windows 365 Isn’t the Windows You Grew Up With 5 Chapter 1: Getting Familiar with the Future of Windows 7 Meeting the Cloud PC 7 No, really, what is Windows 365? 9 Looking at a real-world example 10 Always on, always available, and just how you left it 11 How Windows 365 Differs from Previous Windows 12 Jumping off the upgrade merry-go-round 13 Keeping your knowledge and moving to the cloud 14 Building a Mental Model of a Cloud PC 15 Freeing up Administrators and Information Technology Teams 16 Getting Comfortable with Microsoft Branding 17 Questions (and Answers) Likely on Your Mind 18 Chapter 2: Wrangling Requirements for Windows 365 21 Figuring Out the Requirements Big Picture 21 Making Sure Your Physical Device Makes the Grade 22 Plugging into the Online World 25 Windows 365 Business versus Windows 365 Enterprise Requirements 27 Understanding Subscription and Account Requirements 28 Checking Whether Your Geographic Region Is Supported (Yet) 28 Chapter 3: Getting Up and Running With Windows 365 29 Up and Running with Windows 365 in Five Minutes Flat 30 Signing up for Microsoft 365 30 Signing up for Windows 365 33 Assigning yourself a license to your new cloud PC 37 Finding the Windows 365 Administration Center 38 Signing In to Your New Cloud PC 39 Chapter 4: Do More with the Windows 365 Client App 43 Getting Familiar with the Windows 365 Remote Desktop Client Application 43 Installing the Windows 365 Client on Windows 45 Installing the Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac 51 Installing the Windows 365 Client on your iPhone or iPad 54 Installing the Windows 365 Client on Your Android Phone or Tablet 57 Chapter 5: One Desktop from Any Device 61 Performing a Reality Check on Your New Cloud PC 62 Opening Your Cloud PC from a Web Browser 62 Making your cloud PC feel like it is running locally 65 Benefits of using your web browser 67 Opening the Windows 365 Remote Desktop Client 67 Web Browser vs the Windows 365 Remote Desktop Client 70 Using Your Phone in a Pinch (pun intended) 71 Peeking under the Covers of Your Cloud PC 73 Windows Hybrid: Keeping a Foot in Each World 74 Part 2: Getting the Most Out of Windows 365 77 Chapter 6: Personalizing Your Desktop 79 Finding the Best Place to Start 79 Taking a trip around your desktop 81 Getting comfortable with the Start menu and the Taskbar 83 Staying informed with notifications 84 Making Your Desktop Your Own 86 Picking a memorable background 86 Selecting a theme to match your personality 88 Customizing the Start menu to increase your productivity 89 Security Habits Worth Adopting 91 Chapter 7: Expanding the Reach of Your Cloud PC 93 Introducing Your Cloud PC to Your Peripherals 94 How your cloud PC views peripheral devices 95 Putting type to paper with printing 98 Using a USB drive with your cloud PC, aka sneaker-net 99 Working with Your Cloud PC from Your Tablet or Phone 100 Traveling with Your Cloud PC 100 Your physical computer as a gateway to your cloud PC 101 Keeping your meetings organized across time zones 102 Chapter 8: Digging into Software Applications in Windows 365 107 Discovering Programs Already Installed on Your Cloud PC 108 Finding our dear friends, the Office apps 108 Using Media Player to view videos 110 Content-generation apps 111 Oldie but goodie apps 114 Getting Comfortable with Apps on Your Physical Computer versus Your Cloud Computer 114 Finding and Installing Software on Your Cloud PC 116 Installing apps from the store 116 Installing Apps from Other Sources 118 Cleaning Up and Uninstalling Apps 120 Part 3: Getting Work Done with Microsoft 365 123 Chapter 9: Working with Documents and Folders 125 Finding Microsoft Office 126 Creating a new Excel spreadsheet from the Office app 127 Working in full-screen mode when creating a new document 129 Saving a document 131 Copying and pasting 131 Closing a document 132 Getting Familiar with Windows in Windows 365 133 Looking at Files and Folders 133 Moving and copying files 134 Creating folders 135 Organizing files 135 Sharing documents with others 137 Deleting and recovering documents and folders 137 Getting files from your physical computer to your cloud PC 138 Getting Comfortable with Backups in the Metaverse 140 Making sure you don’t lose work 141 Keeping your cloud PC safe and backed up 141 Chapter 10: Using Microsoft Teams to Stay Connected 143 Wrapping Your Head around Microsoft Teams 144 Getting Familiar with Teams Terminology 146 Getting Started with the Teams App 147 Taking a Quick Spin around Teams 147 Activity 148 Chat 149 Teams 149 Calendar 150 Calls 151 Files 151 Instant Messaging in Teams 152 Sending Messages in Channels 154 Creating a New Channel 154 Configuring a Channel 157 Adding Moderators 161 Moving from a Channel to a Chat 162 Starting a Private Chat 162 Adding Multiple People to a Chat 163 Giving a Chat a Title 164 Pinning a Chat to the Top of the List 164 Sending More Than Text When Chatting 165 Adding a File 165 Chapter 11: Managing Content with SharePoint and OneDrive 167 Finding SharePoint in Microsoft 365 168 Exploring Your SharePoint Team Site 171 Finding your way around 172 Uploading documents 173 Sharing your team site 174 Requesting a SharePoint Site 176 Getting Your Documents into SharePoint 177 Uploading a single document 177 Uploading multiple documents 177 Sharing Your Documents 179 Recovering Deleted Documents 180 Uploading Documents into a Folder 181 Saving Stuff with OneDrive 183 Creating or Uploading Documents in Your OneDrive 184 Discovering How SharePoint and Teams Work Together 185 Chapter 12: Getting the Most Out of Microsoft 365 187 Taking a Spin around Your Microsoft 365 Subscription 188 Rediscovering an Old Friend in Microsoft Office 189 Learning about Common Microsoft 365 Apps 190 Finding Control with the Power Platform 192 Creating Apps across the Microsoft Cloud with Power Apps 193 Introducing Power Apps 193 Signing into Power Apps 193 Getting familiar with Power Apps 194 Building your first Power App 196 Sharing your PowerApp 199 Building Workflows with Power Automate 200 Understanding Workflow 200 Introducing Microsoft Power Automate 201 Signing into Microsoft Power Automate 201 Getting familiar with Power Automate 201 Building your first flow 204 Part 4: Maintaining Your System 209 &
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, NJ : For Dummies
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 005.446
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119880523
• Related ISBNs: 9781119880516
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