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Half year review: 2023’s best new features in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is now a key productivity tool in most organisations. That being so, here’s our regular round-up of some of the best new features added in the last few months to Microsoft Teams – as well as a few you can expect to be enjoying soon.

Should your users be using Microsoft Edge Password Manager?

In this blog, our team considers another of Microsoft’s technologies bundled with your Microsoft 365 subscription and asks: should your users be using Microsoft Edge Password Manager?

What is SharePoint? And do I need it?

In this article, the Grant McGregor team takes a look at Microsoft SharePoint. We’ll look at the uses and features for which it’s best known to help you decide whether your organisation should be using – or making more use of – Microsoft SharePoint. You’re probably familiar with SharePoint as a way...

Choosing the right Business Intelligence tools

Faced with spiralling data costs, organisations need to take a strategic approach to storing, deleting and using their data. Globally, the total amount of data created, captured, copied and consumed is expected to top 120 zettabytes in 2023(1). At the same time, more than half of UK IT...

Five 2023 business challenges – and how tech can help you respond

We are in what some analysts are calling a polycrisis: the legacy of COVID-19, a war in Europe, high inflation, energy scarcity, tightening monetary policy, slow growth and global indebtedness. With the future looking so uncertain, how can businesses prepare to meet the challenges of 2023? The...

A recent case exposes why cyber security requires multiple lines of defence

Last week, our cyber team was alerted to a problem at one of the companies we support. Our team immediately sprang into action to protect the business, its systems and its data. Our subsequent investigations exposed exactly why any cyber-security strategy must be multi-faceted. Here’s why.

Windows 12 is coming… here’s what we know so far

What should a cloud migration strategy look like in 2022?

We’ve been talking about cloud computing for the best part of two decades – so why is it that many businesses still aren’t sure whether they should be using the cloud or what the best cloud strategies might be for their business? The Grant McGregor team assesses the state of cloud migration in...

Is your team still working at 10pm?

If you have people working remotely in your business, you’re probably used to emails flying around at all hours of the day or night. Working from home has been life-changing for some. Your people are able to be more flexible with their time during the day, fitting in time for school pick-ups and...