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When Chicken1 Should Not Be Your Password
The Chickens are Coming Home to Roost Sorry, not sorry. Look, ransomware and supply chain disruptions are...
How to Add a 3rd Party to a Call in Teams (Video Tutorial)
Have you ever been in a Teams call with a colleague when you realized you needed input from someone else not on the...
Have You Completed Your IT Asset Inventory?
One foundational element of Zero Trust security is knowing what you have. You need an IT asset inventory. This...
Passwordless Authentication is Here! But You Knew That.
Today’s technology news stream has been abuzz with the news that you can now eliminate your password from your...
Viva Insights Rolling Out Now
Back in February I wrote about the new employee experience platform Microsoft Viva, which began rolling out this year....
HR-related Phishing Scams Are on the Rise: Stay Alert!
Phishing scams related to COVID-19 were everywhere last year. Fortunately, those have dropped off significantly in...
Get Ready as Staff Return to Work
Return to work. More accurately, return to THE work, meaning return to “the office.” It has been a topic of...
More on Remote Work
I wrote recently about ways to make remote work a success in your organization. If you missed the article, you can...
Be Aware of These Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Non-Profit Updates
Sometimes I get to write about cool topics, like CGNET alumni in the news. Other times, I need to update you on...
How to Transfer Phone Calls in Teams (Video Tutorial)
Are you a new Teams user? Or perhaps you've used it for awhile but still get a little flustered when trying to...
The Employee Experience Platform: Why You Need One Now
I’ve written several posts this year about Viva, Microsoft’s new employee experience platform. The term “employee...
Build a Help Desk Users Will Love
OK, who is kidding whom here? You cannot build a help desk users will love. But you can build a help desk that users...
Follow These Tips to Manage Teams Sprawl
I want to talk today about how to manage Teams sprawl. I will cover the options available to you to manage Teams...
Watch for These Emotional Triggers in Phishing Messages
I received a note last week from Marco Van den Berg, CIO of the International Rice Research Institute. Marco had read...
How to Pop Out Chats, Apps and Tabs in Teams (Video Tutorial)
Have you ever wanted to open another window inside Teams but didn't know how? Good news: It's very simple! I've...
Re-engage Your Employees with Viva Connections
A few months ago I introduced you to Viva Connections, the first module to be released as part of the new Microsoft...
Protect Your Organization Against These Common Phishing Attacks
Phishing. Yeah, we get it. We're supposed to educate our users on phishing attacks and how to prevent them. Today I'm...
Fluid Live Components: Coming Soon to a Team Near You
The upcoming release of Fluid live components is being heralded as the biggest change to Microsoft Office documents in...
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...