A Tech Blog by David Kandie

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Crash Course in Microsoft Teams

Learn how Microsoft Teams, included as part of Microsoft 365, can enable your team to communicate and collaborate from anywhere. By integrating meetings, messaging, and calling services into a single, secure hub, Teams offers: • The familiarity and power of your favorite Office apps. • The ability to meet across mobile, desktop, browser, and a wide range of devices.  • The ability to share, edit, and co-author files, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, within the app. • The ability to record, store, and transcribe calls and voicemails for easy sharing and replay. See how you can modernize teamwork for your business with Teams.

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Monday, February 28, 2022

Microsoft Fireside Chat | The Salvation Army stays connected during COVID-19

The global COVID-19 Pandemic presented a challenge to Salvation Army locations across the world—how to continue serving people who rely on The Salvation Army while still staying safe and adhering to social distancing? Microsoft CVP Jared Spataro and The Salvation Army Commissioner Merle Heatwole discuss how Microsoft Teams is helping connect employees from The Salvation Army's international headquarters in London, helping them maintain their relationship with international chapters who rely on their support.

Day in the life of a Volunteer Manager

Experience what a day might look like in the life of a Volunteer Manager who uses #MicrosoftTeams to recruit, train, and deploy volunteers to help reach constituents and communities quickly and effectively in times of need.

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Work remotely, stay secure—guidance for CISOs

As  organizations  have had to  quickly  pivot to new working environments, cyberattacks have become an urgent concern.  In this thought leadership article, you can learn  some of the best practices using Microsoft  security  that help ensure the best protection.  Examples include  secure access to cloud applications that protect sign-ins with  security defaults,  methods to  manage and secure corporate data in approved apps on personal devices,  and  providing clear and basic information, including how to protect their devices, will help you and employees stay ahead of  threats so  they can remain productive. 

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Monday, February 21, 2022

3 ways you can ensure secure, productive remote work for your nonprofit

As remote work becomes increasingly common, organizations need to empower employees and volunteers to be productive from anywhere, while ensuring a secure, productive remote work environment.

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Securing your remote workers

Quickly pivot to remote work while turning on built-in security controls to help your workers stay secure. In our e-book, "Securing your remote workers," you'll learn how you can secure remote workers the following ways: Enable remote access to apps to successfully connect a remote workforce. Manage devices and apps to secure your remote workforce. Protect your data, apps, and endpoints against threats and security risks. Each nonprofit facing these challenges has different needs. This guide aims to show how you can use your existing investments in Microsoft 365 to secure your organization where it needs it most.

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Monday, February 14, 2022

Microsoft Threat Protection stops attack sprawl and auto-heals enterprise assets with built-in intelligence and automation

Attackers will cross multiple domains, such as email, identity, endpoints, and applications, to find the point of least resistance. Today's defense solutions have been designed to protect, detect, and block threats for each domain separately, allowing attackers to exploit the seams and threshold differences between solutions—leaving the organization vulnerable to attack.  Microsoft  Threat Protection stops attack sprawl and auto-heals enterprise assets with built in intelligence and automation. Access this article to learn more.

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