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Let’s Help The Virgin Islands
To our valued clients, business partners and colleagues: The US citizens of the Virgin Islands are in urgent need of basic supplies following the devastation of hurricanes Irma and Maria. This need has been underreported and unrecognized by most Americans in the continental US. TecFac’s own Shanelle Gibbons was born and raised...
How to Fix the Microsoft MyApps Portal
In my last blog, I explained what the Microsoft MyApps Portal (aka the “access panel“) was and listed some end user and IT benefits. In this blog, I will explain what Microsoft must do to drive adoption among end users and not just IT departments. In many organizations, especially small...
What is Microsoft’s MyApps Portal?
Microsoft’s MyApps portal (a.k.a. the access panel) is a web-based portal for users of Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory account to launch applications. Think of it as a set of “visual bookmarks” that launch applications granted either by a company administrator or through self-service access: The idea is to...
Don’t Cry Over WannaCry
WannaCry shook the world on May 12th infecting more than 230,000 computers in over 150 countries in the first 24 hours. Malware attacks like this have become commonplace, unfortunately. In fact, the information taken in other cases, such as the assault on the U.S. Defense Department and Office of Personnel...
Has OneDrive for Business Improved Enough?
Microsoft’s entry into the Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS) software market has made huge improvements over the past few years. OneDrive began as a product called Microsoft Office Groove, and later became know as SkyDrive, before changing its name to OneDrive. OneDrive for Business, which is the business version,...
Microsoft Tech Summit in Washington DC
On Monday and Tuesday last week, Microsoft held their Washington DC Tech Summit. I attended 4 sessions: The Future is Closer Than You Think; Broadly Deploying Windows 10 for Business The Windows 10 session was a convincing look at how Windows 10 could be effectively deployed and managed...
Inclement Weather: Balancing Liberal Leave, Telecommuting, and Productivity
One of the hardest personal decisions a business leader makes is whether to allow telecommuting or liberal leave when snow and ice make commuting dangerous. The need to keep employees safe and in some cases able to care for children home from school is weighed against the needs of the...
The Top Five Reasons You Need Skype for Business
1. UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS Skype for Business is a Unified Communications platform that combines: Instant Messaging Phone Calls (Full Enterprise PBX functionality) Video Calls Conference Calling Screen Sharing and Collaboration Presence All methods of communication are unified into one easy-to-use application that is available on all your devices, anywhere you are. ...