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Almost every business that uses Microsoft 365 has Microsoft Forms included as part of their subscription - but we find very few of our customers use it - or even know about it!

Today’s threat landscape has become very sophisticated. While large enterprise companies and government organisations may have state-of-the-art technology solutions, so do large criminal cybercrime organisations.

Some of the business technology tools that organisations have turned to in efforts to improve communications and help teams connect more efficiently are Microsoft 365 and Teams.
But there were still elements that were missing, like learning and certain insights to help employees be more effective each day.
This is changing with the introduction of Microsoft Viva, an employee experience platform that is designed to operate inside Microsoft Teams and foster an empowered workplace culture.

Many industries are rethinking the way they do things as a result of the global pandemic. This includes deploying “contactless” solutions and taking advantage of newer technologies and the “nearly here” speeds of 5G connectivity.

Fifty-nine percent of surveyed organisations in Australia and five other counties  report relying on human memory to manage passwords, and 42% say they use sticky notes.

In today’s digital world, and especially this year during the pandemic, a company’s website is vital to bringing in business. There are some retailers that are completely virtual, meaning if their site is down, their business might as well be closed.

DNS security has become more critical as Domain Name Server requests have become a larger target for cyber criminals. While DNS is a vital function of how the internet works by connecting IP addresses to website URLs, it can also be manipulated and become a point of vulnerability.

Not all IT service providers stress security as much as they need to. This not only leaves their own firm at risk it can leave their customers at risk as well.

Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 (SBS 2011) was released in December 2010 and has been incredibly reliable since then. But all good things come to an end and in January 2020, SBS 2011 reached "End of Life".

Microsoft Teams and SharePoint are both applications that pack a lot of productivity and collaboration power.

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only disrupted life as we know it for months, it has changed business in its wake into a new hybrid model of office and remote working. As companies return to the workplace, they’re adjusting to this new altered reality.

An old favorite from Microsoft just received a new name change that impacts its SMB and home subscriptions. After debuting in 2011 and leading the cloud office transition, Office 365 has been renamed to Microsoft 365.