Many organisations were already using Office 365, or planning to move to it, before COVID-19. That will only accelerate.

There are many features within Office 365 that lawyers can use to work more efficiently and effectively. You can see this webinar below for some examples of how an in-house legal team can use SharePoint and related applications. These include:

• Managing of templates
• Storage of legal opinions
• Self-service solutions
• Guides for the business
• Managing and recording approvals
• Digital signing

We can work with you and your IT team (or an external provider if required) to help design and implement an overall solution that includes strong knowledge management and template management.

In addition to Sharepoint (and the far more commonly used productivity tools such as Microsoft Word and Excel), some of the other Office 365 tools that are particularly useful for legal teams include:

• Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft Planner
• Microsoft Forms
• Power BI
• Power Automate

Each of these can be linked together for a seamless end to end workflow, from the intake of instructions, to the generation of tasks and documents, right through to the analytics and graphical reporting of the data that has been inputted. 

By learning how to get the most out of what you are already paying for in Office 365, and then supplementing that with targeted best of breed services, you can maximise your return on investment.