Category : Office 365

Recent discussions among Microsoft MVP’s resulted in a blog published last week by MVP Stacy Deere-Strole, “Keeping Up with Microsoft: Realistic or Not?”. In this article, Stacy states that “every Tuesday, there is a new change to Office 365” and that makes it “harder and harder” to keep up. Stacy talks about the frustration [...]

Virtual Machines are used extensively in the IT world. They are easily brought up and taken down, allowing quick deployment and reconfiguration, while saving on resources. Virtual Machines, or “VMs”, are especially useful when testing hardware and software in different environments. One of our clients builds virtual machine “laboratories” for the US Military. Our [...]

The Crow Canyon Request Manager for SharePoint transformed the way a U.S. government agency worked, empowering it to move away from outdated manual processes and embrace digitized and automated solutions that integrate seamlessly with its existing IT framework. Two challenges: Regulations and Outdated Methods When it comes to regulations, few sectors are as stringent [...]

Office 365 has taken the business world by storm. Way back in 2015, Office 365 surpassed Google Apps in terms of cloud usage. Why? It’s mostly been due to Microsoft’s determination to move everyone to its cloud platform – Office 365 -- by providing a rich set of features at reasonable costs. SharePoint Online [...]

May 2016 and May 2017 saw major announcements from Microsoft on the Future of SharePoint. This May will be no different, only louder with a major SharePoint conference happening in Las Vegas. Planning and preparation for the SharePoint Conference North America in Las Vegas is well underway, with over 50 sponsors and over 100 [...]

In the first half of 2018, Office 365 First Release customers will be able to make use of a new feature from Microsoft called "Hub Sites". A hub site is an intranet-type interface that is populated by content published in team sites and communication sites, which are two types of SharePoint sites. In essence, [...]

As more and more IT companies transition to a cloud or hybrid architecture, there is an increasing concern over data security and compliance. Constantly evolving international data protection laws mandate how organizations manage their customer's data. But, more often than not, the question is not what is stored... but where it is stored. Regulations [...]