Auditing Office365 File Access Data with Operations Management Suite (OMS)

Microsoft recently released the preview of the Office365 solution for the Operations Management Suite (OMS).  The ability to audit much of this information has been in Office365 for some time, but the presence in OMS brings a capability to bring automation to the operational security process, as well as analytics around Office365 usage. 

by Nathan Lasnoski Jun 9, 2016

Using UI Wireframes & UX Mock-ups to Attain Group Consensus - The Art of the Dog-and-Pony-Show.

Creative Platforms are planned, scrutinized and scrapped and then reimagined from the ground up many times over.  If done correctly a creative platform can imbue a consumer with a magical sense that they themselves personify a brand.

This Holy Grail in advertising psychology… is the insubstantial brand equity that agencies strive to produce.

User Interface Design and the ability to shape a User’s Experience operates a lot like the pursuit of a perfect Customer Experience and how it builds Brand Equity. 

by Damon Sanchez May 23, 2016

SharePoint 13/2016 UI & UX, Apps & Web Services - The Continuity of User Experience in Design Language

Notice the Visual Impact of the simple change to a custom App Icon.  Where we would typically experience the UX of SharePoint out-of-the box, there is an occurrence of Micro Brand Establishment and now we have Aesthetic Value.

by Damon Sanchez May 11, 2016

Sketches, Doodles, UI Patterns or Poodles? Conditioned Responses, User Interfaces: Part 2

In Part 2 of this series we are going to get geeky and talk about UI and Cognitive Processing at greater length and how they can be expressed and worked through with communal Sketching and White boarding.

by Damon Sanchez Mar 25, 2016

Installing Azure Multi-Factor Authentication - Part 4

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by Bill Hughes Mar 8, 2016

Sketches, Doodles, UI Patterns or Poodles? Conditioned Responses & User Interfaces: Part 1

User Interfaces rely on the common knowledge of the person using the interface.  What establishes the perception of good UI, is really based on conditioning.

by Damon Sanchez Mar 2, 2016

Installing Azure Multi-Factor Authentication - Part 3

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by Bill Hughes Feb 23, 2016

Installing Azure Multi-Factor Authentication - Part 2

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by Bill Hughes Feb 4, 2016

Installing Azure Multi-Factor Authentication - Part 1

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by Bill Hughes Jan 26, 2016

Three Macro User Personas Walk into a Bar & the Art of What Makes Us the Same

There is a reason why a lot of classical jokes start out with 3 individuals walking into a bar. It isn’t because the punchline to these jokes are any better than “Why did the Chicken Cross The Road?” or “Knock-Knock… Who’s There…”

It is because by starting the joke out with 3 variations of people it drastically raises the chances that 1 of the cohorts in the joke resembles or has characteristics of someone in the audience.

by Damon Sanchez Sep 30, 2015

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