As we urgently dive back into another lockdown in Victoria, Australia, our schools had about an hour’s notice to pivot and plan how to enable learning to continue next week with everyone suddenly at home. The fast response was to send kids home with their pencil cases, a pile of books and a journal. One… Read More How home-schooling in a pandemic is superior to workplace learning

As Microsoft 365 professionals we engage with many organisations across the year and see many challenges for staff or IT when it comes to collaborating with external parties. These might be roles like vendors, contractors, suppliers, or consultants. Essentially sharing a document to edit together, review a final draft or to receive something more formal… Read More External Sharing – it’s not just about documents!

This year has been massive for Microsoft Teams! Millions of new users relying on the application to keep employed during a global crisis. Of particular surprise, has been the amount of change, impact and pressure to learn on people that was met with reasonably low resistance. We work with multiple organisations who were taking time… Read More Microsoft Teams – it’s time to get proactive!

Microsoft have some great things coming with the virtual commute, suggested meditations and ways to end your day, but there are features right now that many people are not aware of or using. I work with multiple organisations dealing with many kinds of people and roles across each week, and I see similar patterns, or… Read More Cortana, I Love You!

This new feature is great, but it requires some change in behaviour that many haven’t stopped to think about. What am I going on about? It isn’t a standard meeting behaviour to put your hand up. Seriously, when have you ever sat around a meeting room table and raised your hand? While there is a… Read More Microsoft Teams raise your hand feature – the issue most organisations haven’t considered