The difference between Groups, Yammer, and Teams

December 10th, 2021

Yammer, Microsoft 365 Groups, and Microsoft Teams are all Microsoft 365 tools that are designed for sharing files and communicating with colleagues. So what differentiates them from one another, and when should you use which? Let’s find out.
Microsoft 365 Groups
With Microsoft 365 Groups, every member gets a shared inbox, calendar, project planner, notebook, and document library.

AI-based productivity coaching from O365

September 19th, 2018

Machine learning is all the rage nowadays, and few vendors are providing as many solutions powered by this new technology as Microsoft does. Office 365 includes “intelligent” functionality for analyzing your employees’ time and coaching them on how to use it more efficiently.

Office 365 Gains on Google Apps as Microsoft Puts Priority on Cloud

May 6th, 2014

Large companies are evenly split in their use of cloud office productivity services from Microsoft Corp.MSFT -0.59% and Google Inc.GOOGL -1.24% While Google Apps is more popular than Microsoft Office 365 among smaller businesses, it’s a dead heat among companies with more than 1,000 employees, according to a new report on cloud adoption.

Office now on the iPad

March 27th, 2014

I get this question all the time:  "Is Microsoft Office available on iPad?"

This is exciting news for sure.

Click here for more info:  Office For iPad
Announcing the Office you love, now on the iPad
"Today in San Francisco, we made some exciting announcements about our company’s mobile first, cloud first approach.

Microsoft and DocuSign announce strategic partnership to bring eSignature to Office 365 customers

February 27th, 2014

How to quickly and easily get your customers signatures is a frequent question I get as a technology advisor. There certainly are solutions out there and Microsoft is forming a powerful partnership with DocuSign to help provide streamlined solutions.  Read More Here: Office 365 eSignature

"DocuSign’s new solutions, built on the Office 365 platform, will include integration within Outlook, Word, SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server 2013. Customers can expect the following:

Easy administration and use.

You can now send encrypted emails in Microsoft Office 365 to anyone outside your company

February 20th, 2014

In November of last year, Microsoft unveiled plans to release Office 365 Message Encryption, a new service allowing you to send encrypted emails to anyone outside your company. Today, the service has become generally available.

The message encryption service means that no matter the end destination of your email being sent via Office 365, Microsoft is adding another level of protection against unauthorized access.

Meet the new CEO – Microsoft

February 6th, 2014

There is a new CEO at Microsoft.  Like it or not this affects everyone in technology.  Interested to learn more about Satya Nadella?  Here is a good article to check out:

Meet the new CEO: Satya Nadella's email to Microsoft employees

"Today is a very humbling day for me.