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Simple Setup Checklist for Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a lot of things. It’s a video conferencing tool, a team messaging channel, and a tool for in-app co-authoring, just to name a few. During the pandemic, the popularity of Teams skyrocketed. User numbers for MS Teams jumped from 20 million in November 2019 to 75 million in April 2020. As of…
Read MoreIssues With MS Teams
Microsoft Teams is, as usual, part of Microsoft’s comprehensive suite of tools. Microsoft makes a point of interlocking their offerings in such a way as users can’t mix and match the tools those end users like the best. If one has Windows, one is stuck with Microsoft Edge and it cannot be removed. In a…
Read MoreWhat Does Microsoft Viva Sales Offer?
Data entry often feels like shackles on salespeople’s feet. The time they spend on data organization is time they’re not spending with customers. However, the collection and collation of sales data represents vital operating information for the company as a whole. The business as a whole must capture customer orders, quotes, needs, and more. Lead…
Read MoreOverview: Microsoft Productivity Score
Productivity is much harder to track than activity, regardless of where employees are working. You spend good money on giving them tools, how can you know that they’re using those tools as effectively as possible? Can you empower them to adopt best practices? These are just a few of the questions that managers often ask.…
Read MoreInternet Explorer’s End: What To Know
As of June 15th, 2022, Microsoft has ended all support for Internet Explorer (IE). This marks the end of a nearly 20 year period in which IE was the main entry to the World Wide Web. IE ushered in the age of connection in 1995 and maintained possession of a majority of the browser market…
Read MoreMicrosoft Defender For Individuals
Microsoft often adds the business version of security apps to M365. However, the pandemic fundamentally changed the way we see the workplace. The business environment shifted to a hybrid world, made up of multiple connected miniature offices within employee homes. Increases in outsourcing also contributed to massive change within company networks. Freelancers now often work the…
Read More7 Pro Tips for Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 represents the most popular large scale office productivity software. It currently serves 48.8% of the global market share, barely edging out Google’s apps by a couple of percentage points. MS365 gets used by individuals, small & mid-sized businesses, all the way up to larger enterprise organizations. The program does everything a modern office…
Read MoreMicrosoft 365 And The Hybrid Office
“Hybrid office” recently arrived as the new buzzword used constantly in business discussions. Hybridization, in this sense, is the mix of employees both working at the office and working from home on different days and perhaps in different roles. Hybrid offices have become more than a buzzword. Due to wide demand and pandemic pressures, it’s…
Read MoreUsing the Windows 365 Cloud PC
Companies race to move their workflows to the cloud in today’s changing economy. Still, employee computers present a bottleneck within that urge to move. The vast majority of businesses out there still rely on desktops and laptops provided as workstations to employees for critical software and data access. Add in pandemic-driven work from home and…
Read MoreWhy Microsoft Edge Might Be Worth Your Time
Approximately 90% of computer activity these days consists of Internet browsing. People love their favorite browsers, and often show no interest in changing whatsoever. (Disclaimer, I’m a Google Chrome girl myself. I’m trying to be fair to Edge here.) Furthermore, plenty of web and cloud applications open through a browser these days, so they also…
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