Author Archives: kerrystratvert

With Live Presentations in PowerPoint, audience members can see a presentation on their devices and read live subtitles in their preferred language while you speak. They can use “pinch to zoom” to see the slides more clearly on mobile devices, give feedback, send live reactions to the presenter, and navigate back to review previous slides.Continue reading “How to use Live Presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint”

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to stop distractions in Outlook. In this video, I cover how to enable and disable sounds, alerts, and notifications when new messages arrive. Need focus time? Turn Outlook offline mode on to prevent new messages from arriving. Lastly, regain control of your inbox by creating simple rules to triageContinue reading “How to Reduce Distractions in Microsoft Outlook”

I’ve been at Microsoft for 14 years in a variety of roles and disciplines. I share my journey of how I landed a job at Microsoft, from my interview in school, to my internship at Microsoft, and to becoming a full-time employee. What the Microsoft interview is like: https://youtu.be/NJsANA8bB7w

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to invite clients, vendors, and people from outside your organization to participate in a team. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 1:01 Check if guest access is enabled 2:05 Access admin center 2:43 Enable Guest Access in admin center 4:41 Add a guest to a Team 5:10 Welcome email that guest receivesContinue reading “How to invite Guests to Microsoft Teams”

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to use the best shortcut keys while in slideshow mode in Microsoft PowerPoint. Access the slides that I used here if you would like to follow along: https://1drv.ms/p/s!AmxrofZZlZ-whJMCN… Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 1:30 W to set the screen to white 2:45 B to set the screen to black 3:09 NumberContinue reading “PowerPoint Slideshow Shortcut Keys”

Learn how to effectively negotiate your starting salary to get the value that you deserve. I’ve successfully negotiated increased salaries and packages with companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Accenture, and have advised others with companies like Google and Facebook. Not only have I negotiated packages, I’ve also served on the other side where I’ve deliveredContinue reading “How to Negotiate Starting Salary (as a Microsoft employee)”

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to get started with Microsoft Sway. Sway is an easy-to-use digital storytelling app for creating interactive reports, presentations, personal stories and more. Its built-in design engine helps you create professional designs in minutes. With Sway, your images, text, videos, and other multimedia all flow together in a way thatContinue reading “How to use Microsoft Sway – tutorial for beginners”

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to use voting buttons in Microsoft Outlook. Voting buttons are a great way to poll people, especially large groups. A Microsoft Exchange Server account is required to send and respond to voting buttons. Additionally, recipients need to be within the same organization as the sender. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 1:32Continue reading “How to use Voting Buttons in Microsoft Outlook”

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn all about how to use tags in Microsoft Teams. Tags in Microsoft Teams let users communicate with a subset of people on a team. Tags can be added to one or multiple team members to easily connect with the right subset of people. Team owners and members (if the featureContinue reading “How to use Tags in Microsoft Teams”

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to set up a shared calendar in Microsoft Teams using SharePoint. With a shared calendar, you can create, edit, and view calendar events with others. Additionally, I also show you how to connect the shared calendar with your Outlook. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 0:59 Check who will have access toContinue reading “How to create Shared Calendar in Microsoft Teams”