Category: Microsoft

Tasks in Teams Now Available to Microsoft 365 Users

October 14, 2020/in Microsoft/by lg_admin

The Tasks app brings a cohesive task management experience to Microsoft Teams, integrating individual tasks powered by Microsoft To Do and team tasks powered by Planner in one place.

Microsoft Announces Designer in Word 

October 5, 2020/in Microsoft/by lg_admin

Designer in Word for the web helps you make your document look and feel consistent by understanding different document constructs and intents. In addition, by providing a variety of document styles you can quickly change the look and feel of your document.

Which Microsoft 365 Plan is Right for My Business

September 22, 2020/in Geek News, Microsoft/by lg_admin

Microsoft 365 combines a suite of online services, including business-class email, cloud file storage, and secure communication tools along with the traditional desktop applications.

How To Set Up Together Mode In Teams

September 16, 2020/in Microsoft, Tech Tips/by lg_admin

Teams Together mode is a new meeting experience that places participants in a shared digital background, making it feel like you’re sitting in the same room with everyone in your meeting.

Using Yammer and Stream for Employee Engagement

September 10, 2020/in Microsoft, Tech Tips/by lg_admin

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to force millions of employees to work remotely, collaboration across teams and departments can become challenging. If you’re an active Microsoft 365 subscriber, there are two built-in Microsoft 365 applications that can help any business overcome these challenges.

Microsoft Inspire 2020: Our Biggest Takeaways

July 27, 2020/in Microsoft/by lg_admin

A few of us here at Louisville Geek attended, so we wanted to share a few takeaways from the conference.

Unlocking the Power of Microsoft Forms for Your Business

February 20, 2020/in Managed IT Services, Microsoft/by lg_admin

Microsoft Forms is yet another Office 365 application that, for whatever reason, doesn’t get the amount of notoriety that it should. If you’ve ever wanted an easy way to create custom surveys, quizzes, polls, and questionnaires, it’s likely that Microsoft Forms has been the application you’ve been searching for the entire time.

Organize Tasks And Coordinate Your Team With Microsoft Planner

January 13, 2020/in Microsoft/by lg_admin

Microsoft Planner is a task management tool included in most Office 365 plans and is very comparable to other Project Management tools such as Trello and Asana. With its easy integration with other Microsoft applications, taking advantage of this simple application can help you coordinate your team efforts and create a more efficient workflow.

Microsoft Teams: Benefits, Challenges, and How It Enhances IT Support

December 12, 2019/in Microsoft/by lg_admin

Teams is Microsoft’s chat-based workspace recently that replaced Skype for Business. Teams is a complete chat and online meeting solution that allows users to host audio, video and web conferences, screen share, share and upload files, and chat with anyone inside or outside your organization.

Getting The Most Out of Your Office 365 Suite of Applications

November 21, 2019/in Microsoft/by lg_admin

As a Microsoft Gold partner who has provided Office 365 support to SMB’s for several years, we’ve observed that a great number of organizations don’t understand the additional value that can be realized with some of the applications that come baked into the most Office 365 business and enterprise plans. Check out this article series to learn more about how those applications can be put to good use for your business!

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