March 2023 Webinar – Planning for Success: Using Teams to Implement Traction, Planner and Todo
Link to Video Join Edward and Daniel this month as they discuss using Microsoft Planner and To Do to improve business productivity. They pull from examples of how it’s used at Stringfellow Technology Group and how they’ve implemented Traction to become more productive.
It starts with a notification…
A notification in your pocket dings and lets you know someone is trying to log into your email. That’s weird, you think, I didn’t do that. Upon closer inspection, you notice the login request is coming from Paris, France. Something’s not right. A hacker phished You. The excel spreadsheet that your work colleague sent you […]
Five Ways Your Team Can Boost Productivity with Azure AD
Everyone wants a more productive team, but with Azure AD you can deliver a lot of time saving benefits without much additional cost or another server. You may not recognize Azure AD as something you use, but if you use Microsoft 365, you’re already in Azure and you’re already using Azure AD. Azure AD is […]
Quit setting your money on fire
The idea of people actually setting money on fire is pretty humorous. Watching it happen in real life is less satisfying, wasteful even, so let’s stop doing it with our technology spend! A proper technology roadmap will link your spending to business results on an ongoing basis. We have written extensively about this HERE, HERE, […]
Email Basics: Securing email with DNS
Do you ever wonder how that email address you type in actually gets delivered? Understanding the basics of email delivery will enhance your understanding of how phishing and spam attacks work. This is a bit technical, but worth understanding as an end-user. For all you technical folks out there this may also be a good […]
Email Basics: Be Secure
Email was not designed with security as a requirement. In fact, all “security” that involves email was bolted on after the fact. Here are four areas that were bolted on that should be part of your secure email basics. Utilize MFA, for real We have beat on this drum for over five years now, and […]
Email Basics: Common Sense
Imagine driving without lines on the road, speed limits, or the need to have a license. Now you know what using email for business communication is like…complete and utter chaos. Sure, it’s better than riding a horse to work or sending a telegram, but the value of using email as a communication tool is decreasing […]
M365 Security Basics
The question is not whether or not you are using Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), but rather, are you using it securely? Microsoft has steadily improved the default security settings, but it still requires some experience to get it 100% there. The amount of attacks on the M365 is astounding, specifically with phishing attempts to […]
Working Remote: Standardize on Teams as your collaboration app
Collaboration is the act of working with someone to produce or create something. In today’s workplace the words “in real time” need to be added to this. Sending emails back and forth is not collaboration, and it is certainly not productive! When working remotely it is critical to standardize on a collaboration application across your […]
New Edge browser better than Chrome for Microsoft 365 users
The new Microsoft Edge browser has finally caught up to Google’s Chrome browser, and the timing is great. The #wfh transition means that more personal devices are being utilized to access corporate resources. Often this is done via a web browser, which means your corporate security could depend on what browser they are using! Microsoft […]
Recalibrate your technology plan: Zero Trust Security
Get ready to hear much about the Zero Trust security model in the future. The #wfh movement has put this front and center in any technology planning discussion. This is not a fad or product to implement, it’s a mindset shift that needs to occur in our technology planning. Many security models were built on […]
Working smarter with Microsoft Stream
There are many features of Microsoft 365 that some users don’t know exists as part of their subscription. In fact, a lot of individuals with access to this plan are aware it includes all Office applications, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive, but not much else. One collaboration tool that is often overlooked is Microsoft Stream, a […]
Switching to SharePoint
Most organizations have one central place for storing a lot of sensitive information. Some offices save documents to personal or work computers, or somewhere else on their servers. Others, including myself, rely on SharePoint for information saving and sharing. If you’ve ever worked in Office 365 or Microsoft 365 you may be familiar with SharePoint […]