Intro:
In today's digital era, cloud storage has transformed how we manage and store data. However, this shift has also altered our communication habits. We now send countless emails and messages, often without considering the environmental impact. This constant stream of communication not only overwhelms us but also adds to our carbon footprint.Each email, message, and data transfer consumes energy, contributing to carbon emissions. By becoming more mindful of our digital communication habits, we can take small steps that collectively make a big impact on our planet.
Intoducing The Emissions Impact Dashboard for Microsoft 365 can provide valuable insights into the environmental impact of using Microsoft365 services
- Exchange Online
- SharePoint
- OneDrive
- Microsoft Teams
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
Step up:
Setting up is striaght fowrard. You need to have the right privilege to enable this for your enterprise
Visualising the insights:
How to have a greener Outlook and OneDrive Experience?
Even small changes in how we use everyday tools like Outlook and OneDrive can make a significant difference. Here are some practical tips
| Product line | Tip | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Outlook | Use Shift delete to delete the email to ensure the email doesnt go to recycle bin. | |
| Outlook | Clean up the previous messages in the conversation | https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/use-conversation-clean-up-to-delete-redundant-messages-70179d54-fa57-48ce-95fd-416d72e5ccd4 |
| Outlook | Amend the autoarchive setting | https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/autoarchive-settings-explained-444bd6aa-06d0-4d8f-9d84-903163439114 |
| Outlook | Play arounf have various options to cleanup your mailbox by searching mails according to their date or their weight to delete the oldest or heaviest ones | https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/manage-my-mailbox-size-792b521c-3f4e-404e-b436-9c197bad6f45 |
| Outlook | Unsubscribe newsletters that you hardly check. | |
| Outlook | Sharing document leverage Onedrive Share link option | |
| Onedrive | Delete recycle | |
| Onedrive | Delete older version | https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/delete-a-previous-version-of-an-item-or-file-in-sharepoint-45edfb0d-8b43-4f07-ac6a-ab4ac169d5aa |
Conclusion:
From managing our emails more efficiently to leveraging cloud storage wisely, every small step counts towards a more sustainable future.
Top comments (0)