Last month, to much fan fair across the media, GDPR became enforceable across the European Union including in the United Kingdom. As covered in a previous post, GDPR or to give it its full title without acronyms; The General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy, aimed […]
With Christmas around the corner, and the inevitable time off that involves, this month’s post covers both the setting up of automatic replies in Microsoft Office 365 (previously known as Out of Office assistant) and some tips on how to best write one. In order to setup an automatic reply, in a web browser, sign […]
In February this year, Microsoft released their Office Training Roadmaps which help organisations when it comes to tracking their staff in terms of training, and they are available to cover the six main applications within the Microsoft Office suite. The interactive training plans are currently openly available without charge, and they are downloadable as PDF […]
Microsoft have this week launched the new My Workspace Office 365 toolbar on macOS, allowing Apple users fast access to Office 365 apps, files and other information from the macOS menu bar. Named My Workspace, the toolbar was created as an experimental project by a Microsoft Garage team based in Vancouver, and is believed to […]
Rumours have existed for some time that Microsoft have been working on a competitor to Google’s cloud-based ChromeOS, dubbed by many of those speculating as Windows 10 Cloud. References to a simplified version of Windows 10 have started to appear in recent test builds, with the stripped back cloud based version expected to only run […]
Acronis Backup 12 is a complete business data protection product, supporting some 16 platforms and allowing for easy backup of your company’s valuable data to local and cloud storage. Recovery is stated by Acronis to be two times faster than its closest competitor, which together with its wide platform support make it a best in […]
In the strict sense of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software, Microsoft’s latest addition to the Office 365 suite; Outlook Customer Manager isn’t quite there, but it’s certainly takes small businesses along the CRM path. It’s designed to part way there, and with growth the business can then move to Microsoft Dynamics 365 to take advantage […]
For most business owners or managers, the prospect of a cyber-attack targeting their organisation is something of a background concern as they get on with the day-to-day running of their company, perceived as unlikely to happen to them. Last week however, came another stark reminder of how even seemingly well protected large organisations can still be […]
Microsoft have begun the rollout of a major update for Microsoft Office 365 which will among other things result in some fundamental changes to how we organise our emails going forward. For decades the Inbox has been at the centre of all of our electronic communications, however this has for many become the source of information overload, […]
It is often the case that people within a business will need to co-operate and share ideas with people from other organisations such as consultants and suppliers. Previously this has usually involved someone needing to forward over emails and documents, however a new feature introduced by Microsoft to Office 365 means that this will no longer […]
