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- How to Remove Time from Date in Excel
- Can you Calculate Variance Using Excel?
- How to Calculate Age in Excel: DATEDIF Formula and Examples
- Step-by-Step Guide: Automating Teams Meeting Summaries with Copilot
- How to Password Protect Excel & Hide a Single Column
- Troubleshooting Guide: How to Fix Common Issues Preventing Copilot Access in M365 Apps
Tips & TricksPower Query: Clean Messy Data in Excel Without a Single Formula
Clean a genuinely messy Excel export with Power Query: strip junk rows, standardise text, fix data types, then refresh next month's file in one click. No formulas.
Tips & TricksBuild Your First Power BI Dashboard: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough
A step-by-step walkthrough for building your first Power BI dashboard in the browser: upload a spreadsheet, fix the data types, and build four connected visuals.
Tips & TricksSQL for Non-Developers: The 6 Queries That Answer 90% of Business Questions
You don't need to be a developer to query a database. Six SQL patterns that answer most business questions.
L&D Insights360 Feedback Questions: Question Bank, Examples and a Free Template
A 360 questionnaire needs three things: 20–28 behaviour statements on a 1–5 frequency scale grouped by competency, three to five open-ended prompts that ask for an example, and the same statements phrased for each rater — self, manager, peers and direct reports. This guide gives you the question bank by competency, the manager and leadership sets, worked examples of what good answers look like, the scoring and debrief steps, and a free .docx questionnaire template to issue as it is.
Tips & TricksHow to Calculate Age in Excel: DATEDIF Formula and Examples
Use a copy-and-paste DATEDIF formula to calculate age from a date of birth in Excel. This guide also covers fixed reporting dates, YEARFRAC and the input checks that prevent bad results.
Tips & TricksMicrosoft 365 Copilot deployment: a practical UK team-adoption plan
Microsoft 365 Copilot can super-charge Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams, but IT managers must align licensing, data governance, and clear business goals before launch. In this article, we discuss how engaging stakeholders early, piloting with a small cross-functional group, and phasing the rollout lets teams refine guidance and measure real productivity gains. Role-specific, hands-on training - prompt-engineering tips, quick-start resources, and “Copilot champions” - converts into confident daily use while resolving emerging user challenges.
Tips & TricksMicrosoft Copilot ROI for UK businesses: how to build the case
The blog explains how to evaluate Microsoft 365 Copilot (and Copilot Pro) using a clear ROI formula and data from Forrester’s Oct-2024 TEI study. It outlines three benefit areas - go-to-market (potential revenue lift up to 6%), operational efficiency (cost reduction up to 0.85%), and people/culture (attrition down up to 20% and onboarding faster up to 25%) - plus hard-to-quantify gains like compliance and security. A five-step method and example calculation (~205% three-year ROI) show how to model low/mid/high scenarios and decide whether to adopt based on workflow fit, readiness, and budget.
Tips & TricksHow to Get an Automatic Reminder Before a Deadline (Power Automate, Step by Step)
Build a Power Automate flow that checks a SharePoint list daily and emails a reminder before anything's due — no more missed deadlines, no manual chasing.
Tips & TricksHow to Route Approvals in Teams Without the Email Tennis (Power Automate, Step by Step)
Build a Power Automate flow that sends approval requests straight into Teams — one click to approve or reject, no reply-all chains, no chasing.
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