Modern Work

Merrier Meetings | Pop-out Shared Content in Teams

On the 10th day of Teams, Microsoft gave to thee.  A pop-out window in a Teams meeting! Microsoft is constantly evolving the Teams platform, and one of the latest updates is truly a gift of productivity. The Pop-out feature now allows us to break free [...]

Corp Comm’s Little Helper | Viva Amplify

Disseminating crucial information to your Team is no easy feat. Virtual communication faces many challenges — messages can be lost in translation, misunderstood, or not read at all. Leadership relies on Corporate Communications teams and tools to help spread the word. However, Microsoft has a [...]

From Santa’s Workshop | Games for Work

You can keep your partridge and tree of pear  all I want for Christmas is solitaire.   This holiday, Teams gets a perk  introducing...Games for Work.  Microsoft wrapped up the gift of nostalgia and is serving it up in Teams! Solitaire and Minesweeper brought us hours [...]

More Isn’t Always Merrier | Chat With Yourself

We've got some gifts we think you'll find quite grand,  to help guide you to Teams wonderland.  12 tips & tricks delivered with glee,  we'll help you use Teams most optimally.     Our topic for today is the "chat with yourself" feature on Microsoft [...]

Spread Holiday Cheer | Teams’ Video Messaging Feature

In a remote-first world, a personal touch goes a long way in humanizing the digital employee experience. A considerable percentage of communication is non-verbal. So, spread some extra holiday cheer this year by leveraging Teams' video messaging feature to send your team a cheery video [...]

The Gift of Eloquence | Teams Speaker Coach

Congratulations! You’ve been on Santa’s list of nice organizational leaders this year, and we’re here to give you the gift you’ve been asking for! We all know how important it is for leaders to have exceptional communication skills. Great leaders can inspire their teams through [...]

Checking Your Pulse in 2023 | Viva Pulse

The holidays are a time to reconnect with loved ones and get a pulse on those we hold dear. But we could all be better at keeping in touch throughout the year. It's equally important to keep a pulse on your team. The Great Resignation [...]

Holidays Can Be Stressful | Destress with Viva Insights

We've got some gifts we think you'll find grand, to help guide you to Teams wonderland. 12 tips & tricks delivered with glee, we'll help you use Teams most optimally. To kick off our enlightening holiday series,   we’re bringing practicality to well-being theories. We [...]

Microsoft Adoption Score! What Is It?

Introducing Microsoft Adoption Score   The Microsoft Adoption Score gives you an instant glimpse into the communication and collaboration happening across an organization. Microsoft introduced the Adoption Score to help businesses understand how their digital transformation is currently doing while highlighting areas for improvement. It [...]

Everything You Need to Know About People in Viva

Our teams are full of talent, and we're all working amongst people with skills we never knew they had. Does your developer have a knack for design, or is your Graphic Designer secretly an Excel wiz? Tapping into that talent enigma is a challenge. So [...]

Power BI | What Is It?

Power BI throughout the years  In 2006, Microsoft was exploring the idea of transforming data and how it could be used to enhance insights. Having been titled “Gemini”, this code-named project used SQL Server Analysis Services to create various reporting tools, as well as relational [...]

A Guide to Microsoft Syntex | Content AI for Microsoft Cloud

Managing digital assets is one of the main obstacles that prevent organizations from reaching maximum efficiency. Our teams lose precious time reviewing content like proposals, contracts, invoices, and documents when they could spend it on high-value tasks for customers and the organization itself. So how [...]

Data Analytics | Better Understanding Cybersecurity

A few months ago, you were worrying about your home’s security and finally bought one of those front-door cameras that connect to your phone through an app. Typically, you only receive a few notifications a day, usually when you or your family enter or exit [...]

The Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Forms

Microsoft Forms empowers all users with the tools they need to gather and review important insights, no matter their level of code-savviness. Here at Creospark, we’ve been Microsoft Forms fans from day 1 of the preview. We leverage the tool in nearly all departments and have found [...]

Microsoft Ignite 2022 Modern Work Recap

Microsoft Ignite 2022 was full of exciting updates and inspiring stories, leaving us with a lot to digest! If you didn't get the chance to attend or still reeling from information overload, put your worries aside because this recap will deliver you all the essential [...]

Prevent Microsoft 365 Teams Sprawl

Microsoft Teams is an intuitive, user-friendly chat-based app within Microsoft 365 that makes digital collaboration a breeze. In fact, it’s so user-friendly that anyone can create a new Team and get a group of users working together in no time.  While creative freedom seems promising, we’ve found this [...]

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