Tag: Productivity & Collaboration

Cheat Code: How To Use the Employee Ideas App in Microsoft Teams

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date January 3, 2022

Receiving valuable and consistent feedback from your team is an integral part of running your business. Sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with all of the incoming ideas. Luckily, there is a Microsoft Power App within Teams that allows you to do just that.

The Employee Ideas App allows you to effectively receive and manage any ideas that your team has. It also allows other team members to vote on the ideas, showing you a clear picture of what is considered to be a priority amongst your employees.

Check out this quick Cheat Code how-to video below to learn more! You can also continue scrolling to find a few of our previous Cheat Codes.

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Employee Anniversaries Blog

Celebrating our November Employee Anniversaries

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date November 30, 2021

As November comes to a close, especially in the season of giving thanks, we wanted to take some time to recognize a few of the folks that are celebrating their employee anniversary this month.

Not only do these team members assist our clients day-in and day-out with any technical issues that arise, they’re also amazing people who exemplify our core values in everything they do.

Join us in celebrating eight employee anniversaries this month! You can learn more about each of these team members below. We appreciate them all!

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Cybersecurity - Prevention Blog

How to Protect Your Organization’s Email from Cyberattacks

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date November 30, 2021

Email is one of the most used methods of collaboration in the workplace. Unfortunately, it’s also become one of the most popular methods for cyberattack. From phishing emails to emails with malicious attachments, email can be as vulnerable as it is essential.

That’s why teaching your employees good security habits is incredibly helpful in protecting against email-based threats. They learn how to spot potential threats, but with how much we rely on email, more can be more when it comes to cybersecurity.

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Cybersecurity - Prevention Blog

Benefits of Using Single Sign-On and Why It’s Important for Your Business

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date November 8, 2021

The use of the cloud is growing with software-as-a-service making it easy for small businesses to adopt technology without managing and maintaining any infrastructure. Plus, in the ever-changing hybrid workplace, cloud apps give your team access to what they need from anywhere.

Tags Cybersecurity, Productivity & Collaboration, Reliable Technology

Collaboration Tools Employee-friendly Content Productivity Blog

Cheat Code: How To Master Secure File Sharing

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date October 27, 2021

Secure file sharing is crucial to being able to collaborate with others – especially in the hybrid workplace. We’re not always working in the same brick and mortar space, yet we need to be working on the same project.

The process of secure file sharing through Microsoft 365 is simple, but there are a few settings you should take notice of to make sure that your files are staying secure and not getting in the wrong hands.

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Microsoft 365 Blog

How to Use Microsoft Planner for Managing Tasks

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date October 22, 2021

Managing tasks with due dates can get chaotic, especially in a team atmosphere. Juggling multiple projects with varying deadlines and dependencies can overwhelm even the most organized employees.

With multiple files, documents and notes being created by each member, a task management software is an essential tool in managing these processes.

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Collaboration Tools Cybersecurity - Prevention Blog

How to Use OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams for Secure File Storage & Sharing

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date October 7, 2021

With their focus on making it easier for people to work from anywhere, Microsoft 365 has several apps for secure file sharing and secure file storage.

Here’s our recommendation on how to use OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams for secure file storage and sharing.

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Employee-friendly Content Blog

New and Improved: Upgrade to Windows 11

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date September 7, 2021

Over the past year and a half, PCs have become more of a necessity than ever before to stay connected and get work done. Microsoft said it best with, “we went from fitting the PC in our lives, to trying to fit our whole lives into the PC.”

In developing the next generation of Windows, Microsoft focused on improved ways to create, learn, and connect with others. Raising the standard for security was also at the top of their to-do list.

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Microsoft 365

Stay On Track with Microsoft 365 Tools

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date August 26, 2021

Efficiently managing all of your tasks and projects can be extremely time-consuming. With the help of a few Microsoft 365 tools, you can simplify this process and stay on track to get more work done.

Check out this how-to video for a quick look at each of these tools. You can also follow along below with a more in-depth look at each tool.

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IT Strategy and Infrastructure

Purchasing Computers for Your Organization

Post author By Mikayla Withers
Post date July 8, 2021

PCs are trending at the moment. Hitting their highest level since 2014, PC sales surged during the pandemic. Worldwide sales increased by 32% over the course of just one year! It’s not surprising as many businesses needed to buy computers that better enabled remote work. And all the households that added computers for remote learning and entertainment.

Building on this success, Microsoft recently introduced Windows 11 (to be released later this year), which has a streamlined design similar to a smartphone. With a cleaner start menu and more ways to interact with windows, they’re making it easier for you to stay in the flow of work.

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