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2021-06-08 14:45:27
### 8 Cool Features You Should Be Using in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams has gone from a quirky tool used – if at all – by the IT department to an essential piece of day-to-day business kit. But there are many cool features that are seriously under-used. Do you use these eight great features of Microsoft Teams? In the last year, most of us have had to...
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2021-06-01 13:06:02
### 6 Common Worries and Mistakes when Moving From IT Suppliers to an IT Partner – And How to Mitigate them!
From speaking with our clients, we know that there can be a lot of fear about making such a major and business-critical change as switching IT supplier. However, with good management, the process needn’t be at all risky. In this blog, Paul Sinclair our Service Desk Manager shares his thoughts on...
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2021-05-25 10:35:36
### Are Your Microsoft 365 Backups Sufficient?
If you read the title of this article and thought “Wait a minute! I need to back up Microsoft 365?” you wouldn’t be alone. It’s a pressing issue that is frequently overlooked by too many organisations and small businesses. It is a truth very infrequently acknowledged that an organisation in...
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2021-05-10 07:30:00
### New NCSC Research Shows Small Businesses Have Most to Gain from Cyber Essentials Scheme
Small businesses typically benefit the most from a Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certification, according to new research conducted for the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre. The NCSC commissioned BritainThinks to perform a baseline review of Cyber Essentials to look at how the scheme...
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2021-05-04 15:20:54
### Should Your Organisation Standardise on Microsoft Surface Devices?
If you’re thinking about conducting a hardware refresh ahead of staff returning to the office, what is going to be the best choice for your organisation? The Grant McGregor team considers the benefits of opting for Microsoft Surface devices. Many of our customers rolled out laptop devices in a...
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2021-04-22 10:56:54
### What Your Organisation Needs to Know about 5G
5G seems to attract a lot of hype… but what is the truth? What are the real risks and benefits? And where are the opportunities for your organisation? We talk you through what your organisation needs to know about 5G. Leading-edge technologies are often accompanied by wild claims.
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2021-04-19 07:30:00
### How Can You Streamline Your Digital Communications Channels?
Remote working has required a plethora of new solutions to be introduced to help us collaborate more effectively throughout the lockdowns. As we remerge into the next “new normal”, it’s an opportunity to review and streamline the various tools and systems in play. Digital communication has been on...
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2021-04-12 07:30:00
### What Are the COVID-19 Keepers? Four of 2020’s Changes We Plan to Continue
As we pass the year anniversary of the first lockdown, Grant McGregor asks: what are the COVID keepers? A lot has changed in the world of IT over the last twelve to eighteen months. The changes we’ve made to enable our organisations to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic have been far-reaching. And...
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2021-04-05 07:30:00
### If 2020 was about responding to COVID-19, what will 2021’s recovery look like?
2020 was a huge challenge for so many of us in so many different ways. As we approach the end of the latest lockdown and we begin to talk about the reopening of society, what is next for the worlds of work and technology? Last year, most IT managers were tasked with supporting the business in new...
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