Training and enablement

Turn a tool rollout into a habit, with Microsoft-certified training your team will actually use.

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Technology only delivers value when people use it. Most failed IT projects weren’t failed technology – they were failed adoption. Our training and enablement service is a structured programme – live sessions, self-serve materials, internal champions and follow-up – built so the habits actually stick.

What is training and enablement?

It’s a managed programme of Microsoft 365 and AI training run by Microsoft-certified trainers – tailored to your roles and workflows – plus the self-serve materials and internal support that keep the habits in place after the rollout.

Why do you need it?

The gap between a tool being ‘available’ and being ‘used well’ is where business value leaks. Copilot licences sit idle, Power Automate never gets built, SharePoint stays empty while attachments fly around in email.

We meet your team where they are, use their own workflows as examples, and follow up at the right moments – so training sticks instead of fading the week after.

For owners and managers, it means your investment in Microsoft 365 or Copilot actually translates into faster work and less time lost to the same repeated questions.

What are the benefits?

Microsoft-certified trainers

The people in front of your team hold the right certifications and know how to teach, not just how to use the tools.

Role-based content

Finance, operations, sales and leadership all need different things from the same platform, and our sessions reflect that.

Self-serve hub

A SharePoint-hosted library of short videos and quick-start guides your team can return to any time – day one, year two, new joiner.

Internal champions

We train champions inside your business so first-line questions get answered in the room, not in a ticket queue.

Measurable adoption

Usage reporting tied back to training sessions, so you can see what landed and what needs another pass.

AI enablement included

Copilot training is part of the programme – prompts, role-based use cases and data safety – not sold separately.

What does training and enablement include?

Role-based live sessions – in-person, remote or hybrid – led by Microsoft-certified trainers and tailored to your actual workflows and tooling, not a generic course deck.

What we do to help

We start with a discovery session to understand what your teams actually do day-to-day, where the friction is, and where Microsoft 365 or AI could save real time.

We then tailor the programme – live sessions, materials and champion training – around your calendar and roll it out in phases so nobody is overloaded. Adoption reporting follows the sessions so you can see what landed.

The point isn’t to make your team technology experts. It’s to take friction out of the work they already do and give Microsoft 365 a fair chance to earn its keep.

Why choose Outside Help?

We’re not just IT support. We’re a dedicated partner that’s invested in your success and growth, and we’ll get to know your business, your users, and your goals so we become an extension of your team, rather than strangers on the end of the phone.

As an accredited Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work, we know the Microsoft platform inside-out, and we know how you can extract the most value from it.

Plus, we’re Cyber Essentials certified; we understand the responsibility of data protection and can effectively guide you through the accreditation process, just as we did ourselves.

What our clients say

Outside Help brought us effortlessly back into the 21st century without any disruption.

WN Properties

Independent Estate Agent

I can now spend less time messing around with IT and more time helping clients obtain mortgages!

Steve

The Mortgage Specialists

The Outside Help team were an essential part of my new business. As well as recommending the right software package, the team were on hand whenever I had IT based queries. They also very helpfully recommended hardware as my business grew. Great service overall and reassuring to know the guys are there should any issues present themselves.

Aero Property Consultants

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Key areas we cover

Microsoft 365 essentials

Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint and the rest of the daily toolbox – taught so it sticks.

Power Platform

Power BI, Power Automate and Power Apps for teams ready to build their own tooling without a dev team.

Copilot and AI

Enterprise AI training including prompting, governance and real role-based use cases.

Security awareness

Short, regular sessions on phishing, data handling and AI safety, with optional phishing simulations.

Common questions

  • Basic onboarding is. Structured programmes – role-based training, champions, adoption reporting, Copilot enablement – are a separate service so businesses that need the full programme don’t subsidise those that don’t.

  • Yes. Most of what we train is on Microsoft 365 you already pay for. We meet teams where they are rather than pushing new tooling.

  • Usage reports (who’s using Teams, Copilot, SharePoint properly), ticket volume against the areas trained, and post-session surveys. Adoption is the metric, not attendance.

  • Yes. Short, regular sessions on phishing, password habits, data handling and AI safety. Phishing simulations available as an add-on.

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