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Web Part Updates Coming with Hub Sites

Microsoft has started the release of the awaited feature of 'Hub' sites that was introduced last year. Hub sites will allow you to connect related Site Collections to allow easier discovery and collaboration. Along with these features, there are also changes to modern web parts coming as well.

by Drew Madelung Mar 25, 2018

Cloud Hybrid Search

Cloud Hybrid Search in SharePoint Server 2013/2016 and Office 365 allows a unified search experience of content from SharePoint online and on-premises sites. This is an important search feature to allow users to easy find their information without having to know if the site is on-premises or in the cloud.

by Hozafa Motiwala Mar 22, 2018

Tech Talk - Driving Highly Engaged Employees

In this episode of #techtalks, Nathan Lasnoski walks through how a business can adapt its practices to drive employees in becoming highly engaged within the company.

by Nathan Lasnoski Mar 15, 2018

Microsoft Flow 2 Step Approval Process

Great need to have a 2 step approval workflow to approve documents and items like Finance and Operation information to use the new features with email approval with Microsoft Flow.

by Hozafa Motiwala Feb 12, 2018

Now is a good time to switch to OneDrive for Business

OneDrive for Business is an enterprise driven personal cloud storage solution. Microsoft is offering free OneDrive for Business for the remaining term of your existing contract with Box, Dropbox, or Google but there are some important things to know about this offer.

by Drew Madelung Feb 12, 2018

Two big changes coming to SharePoint in 2018

2017 has come to an end and just like a season finale to a good TV series on Netflix, Microsoft has left us ready for more. There was a whirlwind of changes and enhancements to SharePoint, OneDrive, and the overall collaboration space in Office 365 in the past 12 months. The amount of new things in 2017 was staggering but Microsoft left off with some exciting things coming early in 2018. In this post, I picked 3 of the biggest changes coming to SharePoint Online in Q1/Q2 of 2018.

by Drew Madelung Jan 7, 2018

Focused Inbox in the Outlook Mobile App

Focused Inbox in the Outlook mobile app and how to turn the feature off.

by Tony Jagemann Dec 28, 2017

Office 365 Focused Inbox - What is it?

The following is a consolidated explanation of the Focused Inbox feature in Office 365.

by Tony Jagemann Dec 14, 2017

8 Things to Know about OneDrive Files On-Demand

Files On-Demand is a game changer for how you interact with your content within Office 365. Files On-Demand allows access to all of your files without using storage on your device. This means you can view all your files that you have synced without having them on your device. With this feature you don't need to change the work because you see your cloud files just like your regular files. You access these files right within your desktop and file explorer. You then have the option to sync files as you wish or by choosing to bring them offline or when you double click to open a cloud file, it will automatically download it for you.

by Drew Madelung Dec 13, 2017

An easy way to access your OneDrive for Business site

OneDrive for Business provides anywhere access to all of your files across Office 365. There is a handy tip I learned for accessing your OneDrive for Business site that I wanted to pass along.

by Drew Madelung Nov 5, 2017

Modernizing our approach to MFA

Traditional passwords haven’t been sufficient for protecting accounts and assets for some time now. From simple brute force attacks to spear phishing and pharming threat adversaries continue to develop novel methods for credential theft to add to their toolbox of existing tried and true approaches. Microsoft’s Group Program manager for Identity Security and protection, Alex Weinert, has previously stated that MFA, when deployed properly, can end up blocking 99.9% of automated attacks.

by Adam Clifford Feb 1, 2023

10 Ways to Do More with Less via Modern Workplace Tools

Investing in Microsoft 365 as an organization isn’t a small investment, and we love helping our customers take advantage of the hundreds, if not thousands, of features that come inside of the core services included with your subscription. Here are the 10 most popular ones that we shared with our customers in 2022 on a regular basis!

by Chris Blackburn Feb 1, 2023