New Fluid Office Documents from Microsoft Coming This Summer to Teams, OneNote, and More
Fluid Components Starting to Arrive in Microsoft Platforms Soon The biggest change to Microsoft’s Office documents in decades is coming to life soon, as the company’s Fluid framework arrives in Microsoft Teams, OneNote, Outlook, and Whiteboard. The future-facing concept of Fluid’s framework, introduced last year, allows for immediate sync of content that lives independently across […]
Is it Time for your Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Renewal?
Resources to Optimize Microsoft 365 (Formerly Office 365) License Management and Reduce Costs For organizations with 500 or more users or devices, that want a more manageable volume licensing program, the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) provides the ability to buy cloud services and software licenses under one agreement. These enterprise agreements are for three-years and require the […]
Active Directory and Microsoft 365 Account Provisioning And User Lifecycle Management: Hidden Costs and Recommendations
At its core, user provisioning is a process that makes sure that user accounts are created, given the most appropriate level of permissions and managed moving forward across an enterprise. Keep in mind, however, that these days most Microsoft environments, in particular, are hybrid, meaning that they have both on-premises Active Directory components and Azure […]
Retire Skype for Business Admin Center to Start on Dec 1, 2020
Microsoft will be retiring the Skype for Business admin center starting on December 1st, 2020. Instead of Skype admin center, Microsoft recommends the utilization of Teams admin center which is where they will continue to invest development resources. Key Points: Major: Retirement Timing: December 01, 2020 Action: Transition to the Teams admin center How […]
Mednax Improves Hybrid Microsoft 365 Security and Administrative Efficiency: A Cayosoft Customer Story
After moving to a hybrid Microsoft Office 365 environment, the IT team at Mednax began looking for a management solution to help the organization securely manage the environment. “We also considered how we could empower other groups within Mednax, such as the security team and the help desk, and keep individuals from going directly into […]
Midnight tonight deadline to patch Windows Servers
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) doesn’t issue emergency directives unless there’s a serious cause for concern. There is a vulnerability that could enable an attacker with network access to gain admin status by sending a string of zeros using the Windows Netlogon protocol. A vulnerability that, CISA said, […]
Microsoft 365 apps to stop supporting Internet Explorer 11 and Windows 10 Sunsets Microsoft Edge Legacy
This week, Microsoft announced Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) by this time next year. Beginning November 30, 2020, the Microsoft Teams web app will no longer support IE 11. Beginning August 17, 2021, the remaining Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support IE 11. Note: To […]
How to Minimize Complexity in Managing Microsoft Office 365 Licenses
Prior to 2014, IT administrators could simply activate their Microsoft licenses by entering a single license key and the organization was good to go. Today, Microsoft’s platform provides dozens of license plans, which allow enterprise organizations to tailor the office 365 services to their specific requirements and budgets. This incredible flexibility requires IT teams […]
6 Tips to Optimize and Reduce Microsoft Office 365 Licensing Costs – Part Two
Welcome to part two of this blog, where we’re covering six tips to optimize Office 365 license costs. We recently introduced the first three tips in part one of the blog. Microsoft provides numerous license options and flexibility for organizations, but it’s difficult to make informed decisions on the “best” license for each user and […]
Why Office 365 changed to Microsoft 365 and How it Affects Me
New Microsoft product names went into effect on April 21, 2020. This was a change to the product name only, and there are no pricing or feature changes currently—Microsoft 365 includes everything you know in Office 365. So, why the name change? Microsoft explains, “We changed the name to be more reflective of the range […]
