Many businesses were already very familiar with Microsoft Teams before the global pandemic hit. Others hastily started using it when they needed a remote communication tool due to home working. However, Teams is so much more than a method of holding online meetings. It’s a comprehensive collaborative tool that helps groups of people work together,
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The management of IT security is an ever-changing landscape as cyber threats continually evolve. Since 2020, all businesses that have migrated their IT into the world of Microsoft 365, have had “Security Defaults” put in place as a matter of course. Businesses that have been using Microsoft 365 (previously Office 365) for longer than that,
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Until relatively recently, all Broadband services required an underlying phone line for the Broadband to run across. However, by December 2025, BT Openreach will have shut down the UK’s PSTN circuit (Public Switched Telephone Network) and traditional phone lines will be no more! That switch-off is happening on a gradual basis, so although December 2025
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At its online conference in November 2021, Microsoft announced the release of a new collaboration platform – Microsoft Loop. Designed specifically to fit the remote working world that has emerged due to the global pandemic, Loop is designed to help teams of people think, plan and work together easily. It also responds to a market
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When you consider the items in your business or home that might make you vulnerable to a cyber security threat, your list is likely to include computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. However, you could also be at risk through the “Internet of Things”. The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the billions of physical devices
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The global focus on COP26 over recent weeks has highlighted the need for all businesses and individuals to play their part in saving the planet. In the UK, many larger companies have had an environmental policy in place for some time, but this has been less common with smaller organisations. There may be many reasons
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A new search results experience is being launched next month in Microsoft Teams. Its aim is to simplify and enhance the process of finding messages, people, and files that are held within Teams. Currently, when users search on a word or multiple words, the results are displayed in a list in the left column of
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If you are looking for a technology company to outsource your IT support to, you’ll want an organisation that will: provide advice on the right technology solutions for your needs provide prompt service when something needs rectifying advise on and implement security measures for your systems and your data help you ensure that the people
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Microsoft has recently announced that as from March 2022 it will be introducing some changes to licence pricing, including for the Microsoft 365 suite of services. We don’t yet have full details of what this will mean in the UK market, but Microsoft has confirmed that: In the US, the monthly price of a Business
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Facebook has recently launched a test of a new virtual reality remote work app, which may set the precedent for the future of online meetings. Called “Horizon Workrooms”, the app enables users to attend meetings as avatar versions of themselves. It is accessed via a headset that has been specially designed for this purpose. Facebook
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