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Updated Microsoft Azure Certifications Emphasize IT Roles
Updated Microsoft Azure Certifications As Microsoft tailors its cloud credentials to specific roles and skill levels, Azure certifications are also being modified. Microsoft made most of the changes in late 2018 but also made a few changes to its exams and requirements in the early part of 2019. Let’s review
Microsoft Market Cap Hits $1 Trillion After Earnings
Microsoft Market Cap Hits $1 Trillion After Earnings For about a year, Microsoft has been approaching a $1 trillion market capitalization. The company crossed the big business milestone in after-hours trading on Wednesday, 4/24/19, after outperforming Wall Street expectations with its third quarter earnings. Last year, Microsoft was in a tight
Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Third Quarter Results
Microsoft Corp. announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year: Revenue was $30.6 billion and increased 14% Operating income was $10.3 billion and increased 25% Net income was $8.8 billion and increased 19% Diluted earnings per share
How To Assign Team Owners and Members in Microsoft Teams
Within Microsoft Teams there are two user roles: Owner and Team Members. Keep in mind, a user who creates a new team is granted the Owner status. If a team is created from an existing Office 365 Group, permissions are inherited. Note: Owners can make other members owners in the View teams option.
How to Manage Compliance in Office 365
How to Manage Compliance in Office 365 Is your organization appropriately managing compliance? Office 365 has a number of tools that are designed to aid with legal and regulatory compliance requirements, including SOX, HIPPA, and PCI, but they may not cover enough. Any transition to Office 365 should be planned
G Suite for Business Adds Enterprise Voice, IT Controls
Google launched a business phone system and also released, in beta, several enhancements to its products for collaboration, messaging and web conferencing in G Suite for business. The introduction of Google Voice for G Suite at this week’s Google Cloud Next conference covers a gap in the vendor’s enterprise portfolio.
7 Management Tips for Making the Most of Office 365 for Enterprise
When your enterprise adopts Microsoft Office 365, it takes a powerful step towards better productivity, efficiency and collaboration. Yet to properly leverage the robust features of Office 365, you need to first understand all of its capabilities. A migration towards Office 365 begins with a solid understanding of its most
Is your Active Directory security relying on a single check-box?
Don’t trust your Active Directory Security to a single check-box! Trusting the disable check box in Active Directory is risky if additional steps are not taken to ensure the the user account will not be re-enabled with unintended (possibly disastrous) consequences. Often the best practice steps are overlooked or not
Microsoft to Support Cloud Meetings with On-Prem Skype for Business
Microsoft will now let Skype for Business customers use the Teams collaboration service exclusively for online meetings. This move is likely to please enterprises that want to keep their on-premises calling and messaging. Microsoft unveiled a preview of the new setup this week at Enterprise Connect. The product is designed
Massive Attacks Bypass MFA on Office 365 and G Suite Accounts via IMAP Protocol
Multi-factor authentication can prevent accounts from being accessed if passwords are stolen or obtained using brute force tactics; however, Proofpoint has discovered that multi-factor authentication is being bypassed on Office 365 and G Suite accounts using the legacy IMAP protocol. Massive IMAP-based password-spraying attacks successfully breached Microsoft Office 365 and
Are You Still Manually Provisioning New Users in Hybrid Active Directory/Office 365?
Are You Still Manually Provisioning New Users in Hybrid Active Directory/Office 365? Microsoft estimates that 70% of organizations will run a hybrid environment of AD/Office 365 for at least some period of time. Many of these hybrid organizations will move to hybrid mode with the thought that they will manually provision new users. In Hybrid environments, this strategy deserves a
Top 5 Office 365 Security Features
Microsoft Office 365 offers a range of productivity and collaboration benefits for information workers. When managed correctly the Office 365 platform also helps reduce IT department expenses and capital expenses (CAPEX) The service does present a number of security challenges, however. With the right security practices, Office 365 user data,
Major Update: Live events in Microsoft 365
Major Update: Live events in Microsoft 365 Live events in Microsoft 365 is a new capability that has been in preview and will become generally available in the next few weeks. Live events enables users to broadcast video from Microsoft Stream, Teams and Yammer, and can be used for a
Come Meet Us at the 5th Annual Innovation Hop!
Come Meet Us! We’ll be attending the 5th Annual Innovation Hop! The buzz about Columbus’ startup scene continues to grow. More tech-enabled, high-growth companies are being built here than ever before! On April 4, you have an opportunity to meet 50 startups, spinouts, and corporate innovation teams. Plus, the food
Microsoft Teams — Features and Benefits for Your Business Collaboration
Designed to improve teamwork and boost collaboration, Teams is now used by over 120,000 worldwide. Teams provides a comprehensive, collaborative solution that boosts productivity and efficiency. With a cloud-based architecture, Teams can be accessed anywhere—and is supported on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. Office 365 comes in a free version and