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With the popular Groups feature added to Office 365 Government recently, the internal tools available are extremely practical. As a whole, Groups opens new doors to superior communication and collaboration with fellow government employees. Although one particular feature lets your team collaborate with people outside your organization. Known as Guest Access, you’ll want to know...
One thing you can count on with Microsoft is their focus on improving product security. While they improved their Windows 10, Office365 has had vast improvements as well. Those of you starting to use Office 365 Government may want to look into a recent feature added called Threat Intelligence, released earlier this month. It’s a...
What is Petya Ransomware? You may have heard about the latest worldwide ransomware attack called Petya. According to Microsoft, reports of the ransomware began spreading across Europe on June 27, 2017. The first infections were in the Ukraine, where more than 12,500 machines encountered the threat. Infections were then observed in another 64 countries including Belgum,...
Since early this year, Microsoft added significant new features to Office 365 Government that streamline many functions you deal with daily in your government office. One of the newest ones is an update to the software’s Project Online feature. Now you can add more projects than ever before, something you probably need as demands increase....
Latest Update (May 20, 2017) Looks like the WannaCry threat has been thwarted! According to USAToday.com the WannaCry ransomware attack was disabled over the weekend. Please see the full story here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/05/13/22-year-old-wannacry-ransomware-malwaretech-analyst-stopped/101637152/. What is WannaCry Ransomware? If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a brand new ransomware threat that is spreading very rapidly. It’s called WannaCry...
Using either Office 365 Government or Azure Government can give your governmental office a huge boost in finally obtaining top-tier cloud technology. As an example, those of you in the U.S. Government Community for Office 365 are able to enjoy new features announced this last January. If you’re just now starting to use Office 365...
For quite a while, Power BI was only available in Office 365 through a commercial edition that brought some of the best features available for organizing data. As a business intelligence cloud service, it’s already helped many commercial businesses aggregate, visualize, and share all the data they have. In government, though, data is a far...
Legacy systems for government workers are often clunky and inefficient. Fortunately, with new features and updates from Office 365 Government, personnel get access to the latest technology and software with the ease and intuitiveness of a home PC Windows system. That allows government employees to be much more productive while at the same time working...
How would you like to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2016 on your personal devices for only 10 bucks? You can do so through the Microsoft Home Use Program. The Microsoft Home Use Program (HUP) is a benefit available to Microsoft customers with active Software Assurance coverage on their Office applications. Federal government employees who use...
Some government offices remain reluctant in moving to the cloud. Understandably, their fears about security are greater than any promises of improved productivity the cloud offers. But a growing number of governments realize that Microsoft’s Office 365 Government gives them both: cloud productivity and the level of security they demand. One major concern is that...