Microsoft 365 Tip of the Week

Tip of the Week! Outlook Offline, AI Data Security, ChatGPT Reports

Written by Aaron Kreps | Aug 13, 2026, 5:00:01 PM
  • Stop email pings from breaking your focus in Outlook.
  • Why AI tools are quietly becoming a data security risk
  • How to automate weekly reports with AI.

Microsoft

Ever try to power through your inbox in the morning, only to get pulled off track by three new emails before you finish the first one? Outlook has a built-in fix for that. This tip walks through switching on offline mode, which pauses incoming mail so nothing new lands while you work through what is already there. It only takes a couple of clicks to set up, and it turns your morning email pass into an actual focused block instead of a constant game of catch up.

Title: How to Work Offline in Microsoft Outlook and Why I Do This Every Day

Viewing Time: under 2 minutes


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Cybersecurity

Endsight's own Stephen Hicks, cybersecurity practice manager, cohosted a recent Right of Boom call digging into where AI is quietly creating new security gaps, from critical infrastructure access to what employees are pasting into chatbots without thinking twice. It runs about an hour in a podcast style format, so it is a solid one to have on in the background while you knock out other work. The conversation gets specific about shadow AI, data classification, and why identity for AI agents needs its own set of rules.

Title: Mythos and the Future of AI Advisory

Viewing Time: about 1 hour

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AI

 Chasing down last week's numbers before a meeting gets old fast. This walkthrough follows a data scientist showing how ChatGPT can turn a multi hour reporting process into a scheduled AI workflow that pulls metrics, flags what changed, and drafts the summary automatically. Whatever day reporting lands on for your team, this is worth watching for how much of that manual work can be handed off. 

Title: How to Schedule a Weekly Metrics Report With ChatGPT Work

Viewing Time: under 2 minutes

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