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Microsoft Viva Connections | What Is It?
* Viva Topics will be retired on Feb 22, 2025, and has ceased new feature developments as of February 22, 2024, due to Microsoft's focus on Copilot. * One of the more obvious challenges presented by a remote work environment is the lack of social [...]
Viva Insights | What Is It and What Are the Benefits?
* Viva Topics will be retired on Feb 22, 2025, and has ceased new feature developments as of February 22, 2024, due to Microsoft's focus on Copilot. * Every single day that you show up to work, whether virtually or in the office, you’re releasing [...]
Microsoft Ignite 2021 Recap
* Viva Topics will be retired on Feb 22, 2025, and has ceased new feature developments as of February 22, 2024, due to Microsoft's focus on Copilot. * Another year is ending, and this means that Microsoft Ignite 2021 has taken place yet again. Microsoft [...]
Microsoft 365 Office Features to Empower Your Modern Work
Let’s start by thinking back on the massive shifts that have hit the work environment in the last year and a half and forced us all into a business transformation frenzy that we call modern work, shall we? Traditional work habits were put to [...]
What is Microsoft Viva | The Viva Platforms Explained
* Viva Topics will be retired on Feb 22, 2025, and has ceased new feature developments as of February 22, 2024, due to Microsoft's focus on Copilot. * As an organization, you’re constantly looking for the best tools, processes, and applications available to better [...]
4 Non-Meeting Related Communication Tips for Microsoft Teams
When you think about Microsoft Teams, the first thing that comes to mind is probably something along the lines of hosting meetings or chatting with co-workers – but there's so much more to it. Microsoft Teams promotes efficiency and productivity within your workspace through a variety of features – no meetings required! Let’s take a [...]
Improve Your Remote Leadership with Microsoft Teams
Leadership is not always an easy skill to acquire. For some, it comes naturally but for many, it must be taught. The tricky part about leadership, however, is that remote leadership is completely different. A manager can't just walk by to get a quick update [...]
Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) Licensing Explained!
How many devices do you own? A laptop, a tablet, a phone, maybe a gaming console, a smart TV, or a family desktop computer as well? How many of those have you ever used for work? Probably at least a couple. We check our emails [...]
Team Engagement in a Remote Environment Using Microsoft Teams
We now know that we’re capable of working remotely, and I think it’s fair to say that we have gotten pretty used to it, whether we wanted to or not! It has been such a long time! Seeing so many organizations adopt remote work simultaneously surely brought a lot of questions: are you [...]
6 Practical Tips for Using Microsoft Teams to Its Full Potential
What’s one thing that we could all use a little more of (and no I’m not talking about money)? Time. It can be hard to fit in work, family, a social life, physical activity (sometimes) all into one day. That’s why most people tend to [...]
Leverage Microsoft Forms During Teams Meetings
At this point, we’re all well aware of the struggles that arise when trying to ask a question during a large remote meeting. Either someone forgets to go off mute, there’s background noise or everyone starts talking at once – we’ve all been there. Microsoft Teams presents a much simpler option of asking a [...]
What is Microsoft Bookings?
We all live hectic professional lives, and finding ways to win back precious time is essential. Booking meetings in the corporate world should be an Olympic sport. Stop wasting precious time communicating back and forth to book meetings! Microsoft Bookings allows you and your customers [...]
Why Brand Your Virtual Background in Microsoft Teams?
These days practically everyone is connecting through virtual meetings. They provide the flexibility that so many people desire, even though we were slightly forced into it. However, some may say that despite all the benefits of virtual meetings, they still fall a little flat. They [...]
5 Quick Tips to Increase Your Efficiency in Microsoft Teams
We all have a few routine tasks and features we access in Microsoft Teams, depending on how you use the app and for what purpose. Believe it or not, there are still many people only using MS Teams for the purpose of chats and online [...]
4 Overlooked Meeting Options in Microsoft Teams
Organizing and attending Microsoft Teams meetings have now become everyone's job. We all hold so many video calls each day, it'd be a bummer if we didn't know how to leverage all the right meeting options! While we are busy working in these meetings, Microsoft [...]
Microsoft Word Tips for Students | Reference Tools and Resume Assistance
To many students, Microsoft Word is just an app to type and create documents for projects or fan fiction. If you're one of those people, you're in for a treat! Whether you're looking to use it for your daily life, or for business reasons, Microsoft [...]
Cloud-Based Productivity Suites | Google Workspace vs. Microsoft 365
We're sure that you've heard of these two cloud-based productivity suites - Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365. You may not know how they are different from one another. Both have a vivacious following. Which camp do you side with? Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 (formerly Microsoft Office [...]
How to Find File Versions in Microsoft Teams?
I'm sure you've been in a situation where you accidentally click a button and all of a sudden, it's as if you're looking at a completely different document and you're wondering to yourself, what have I done? Believe it or not, you're not alone. This [...]
Five Different Types of Microsoft Power Automate Flows
Power Automate Flows may seem complicated to your average 'non-techy' person. No judgement! It's one of those things that looks scary from the outside but really doesn't take long to grasp. Let's simplify it - Power Automate can help you streamline your data processes. However, [...]
Using Microsoft Planner for Managing Project Tasks
It should come as no surprise that organizations that have a project management process are far more likely to deliver projects on time and under budget than those that don't. Despite this seemingly obvious fact, it's surprising is that only 46% of organizations actually do [...]
