Microsoft offers up some productivity tips for making email more efficient

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Published onJuly 14, 2016

published onJuly 14, 2016

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For years now, companies have tried to do away with the seemingly antiquated form of communication that has become email. Services such as Slack, HipChat and even Microsoft’s own SharePoint have attempted to chip away at the necessity of email but most companies are ultimately augmenting their use of modern chat with support for email as well.

Perhaps the negative connotations surrounding email aren’t the fault of the medium but rather how it’s being managed, at least that is what the team behind Office believes.

The folks behind the Office Blog feel thatbuilding in analytics tracking into inboxes can help increase user efficiencywhen using email while also shedding poor performing behaviors that ultimately make navigating an inbox much less of an issue.

Most individual employees use email as an information dump and as such, managing a landfill of appointment request, attachments and carbon copy replies can often feel daunting and flat-out overwhelming. Thus the firm push for alternative forms of communication and information transfer that have created a multi-billion-dollar business whose sole purpose is to thwart the use of email.

Microsoft’s Office team would like email users to reconsider for just a moment, how they understand, control and reclaim their email inboxes.

Figuring out the best inbox

Better scheduling

Use of network insights

For some, it’s easy to throw up hands and seek out an alternative to email, but for others, simply knowing more about email may be the key to finally achieving the highly elusive, inbox-zero.

Kareem Anderson

Networking & Security Specialist

Kareem is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. His passion for technology and content creation drives are unmatched, driving him to create well-researched articles and incredible YouTube videos.

He is always on the lookout for everything new about Microsoft, focusing on making easy-to-understand content and breaking down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security.

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Kareem Anderson

Networking & Security Specialist

He is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. He breaks down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security

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