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Tune Azure MFA to Balance Security and User Experience
It is useful to remember that you can overcome objections to change if you understand how that change makes people...
Work Smarter with MyAnalytics. Or Not.
You have no doubt heard the phrase “work smarter, not harder”. (This can be especially annoying if the phrase was...
How to Respond to the Kaseya Ransomware Attack
By now you have no doubt heard about the Kaseya ransomware attack. And you want to know: does it affect my...
Enrica Porcari, Former CGNET Staffer, to Head Computing Department at CERN
Yes, she was once one of our own! We have been excited to watch Enrica Porcari, who we still consider part of the...
New Teams Meetings Features to Increase Engagement
Every couple of months we like to fill you in on the newest features being unveiled for Microsoft Teams. If you missed...
The Approvals App in Teams: Speed Up Those Projects!
Getting an approval on your work items is an essential part of almost every workflow. The approval might be a written...
How to be More Productive (Without Driving Yourself Crazy)
Someone complained to me that they could not seem to find the time to accomplish a particular task. In other words,...
How to Manage Delegated Calendar Access in Teams
You learn something new every day, isn’t that what they say? Well, I learned something about Teams recently while...
Are COVID-19 Tracking Apps on Your Mind?
Some customers have asked me about COVID-19 tracking apps. Welcome to the dawning post-pandemic world. I confess I did...
Back to the Office: 7 Return-to-Work Apps to Ease the Transition
We all knew that the time would eventually come for us to head back to our offices. Back to our dusty desks and 2020...
A Field Guide to Returning to the Office
I am hearing from organizations who are making plans for at least a limited return to the office this summer or fall....
Microsoft’s Migration Manager May Be a Game-Changer
I will admit it: I am a bit conflicted. I want to tell you about Migration Manager, a tool from Microsoft that makes...
Teams and Outlook in Sync: Top Timesaving Tips, Part II
As I discussed last week, Microsoft created a great synergy when they developed the various parts of their 365...
Teams and Outlook in Sync: Top Timesaving Tips, Part I
You might expect that all the moving parts of a comprehensive software platform be designed to work well together. But...
What is Our Role in Digital Transformation?
Bear with me, folks. If I were in a click-maximization mode I would tell you how to turn on “Together” mode in Teams....
Mobile Security is a Bigger Threat than Ever
According to the security software specialists at CheckPoint, mobile security has become a huge problem over the past...
Notes from a Teams Adoption Journey
I want to share some insights from a project I am involved with, implementing Teams in an organization. I like to...
Know Your Enemy: The State of Ransomware in 2021
I recently came across a report from the security firm Sophos, describing the state of ransomware in 2021. Here is a...
Microsoft Viva Connections is Here!
In February I introduced you to Microsoft’s latest venture, Microsoft Viva (you can read that post here). Comprising 4...
Microsoft Business Voice: What, Why and How
What is old is new again. You may have heard that expression. Well, it might apply to Microsoft Business Voice. Yes,...
Build a Solid Disaster Recovery Plan
I have been working with a customer lately, helping them put together a set of security policies. We were making good...
New Teams Meeting Features: Quick Invite Link & Meeting ID
Microsoft is always working to improve Teams meetings with new features. Late last summer they brought us the ability...
Manage Cybersecurity for What It Is: A Risk Problem
I read a Forbes article today with an interesting message: manage cybersecurity the way you would manage risk. I could...
5 Security Strategies for the New Hybrid Workplace
Businesses have had to make massive adjustments to the way they function over the past year. And the pandemic has most...
The Pandemic and Lessons Learned
The pundit class is often quick to seize on “lessons learned” from whatever event has recently taken place. The...
8 Tips to Boost Engagement in Teams Meetings
Over the past year, remote meetings have become so commonplace that they are sure to continue to some degree, even...
Five Ways to Record Your Teams Meetings
Today I want to talk about four ways to record your Teams meetings… and one brand new way to do that as well. When I...
3 New Advanced Phishing Attacks to Look Out For
My colleagues and I have written about various phishing techniques over the past couple of years, and the clues to...
Make Your Security Policies Work for You
Do your security policies work for you? Or do you have a love-hate relationship with them? As in, people love to hate...
Why and How to Use Breakout Rooms in Teams and Zoom
“Breakout room.” Does any term do more to conjure up thoughts of flipcharts, sticky notes, scented markers (you could...