Helping organisations and people be more productive is a passion that Avanade and Microsoft share.

Several years ago, the Microsoft retail industry team struggled to coordinate all the regular meetings needed to keep the business running and ensure everyone is on the same page. They brought their challenge to the Microsoft Productivity Studio, a partnership between Avanade and Microsoft Digital’s Employee Experience team. In our “innovation incubator,” we make people’s lives easier by developing solutions that bring the many capabilities of Microsoft together to solve everyday frustrations.

The Rhythm of Business Calendar, which users can add into a SharePoint site, creates a secure, user-friendly way to coordinate the cadence of events among executives, teams and various stakeholders. The app features customisable categories that give users the ability to filter events on the calendar. And, because it sits on SharePoint, the data stays within the tenant’s boundary and permissions are easy to set (or carry over) in a proven, secure storage environment. In addition, Microsoft Power Platform ensures it can also easily be extended for use in Power BI and even integrated into users’ Outlook calendars via Power Automate.

The app is a favorite among chiefs of staff, executive assistants and communications managers who are often at the center of coordinating multiple events.

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