Over the past few weeks Microsoft have released the ability to raise your hand during Microsoft Teams meetings. This was a much-anticipated feature that I am sure many will take advantage of. The raise hand feature allows you to notify the host and other attendees that you have something you want to say, whether that is something to add to what is being discussed or maybe a question. When the raise hand button is pressed, the person who is currently…
As some of you may be aware, Microsoft recently announced that channel moderation was coming to Microsoft Teams. Well, guess what… it’s now here! This means you can now specify who you allow to post new messages to channels, giving you the ability to create channels or even whole Teams without the worry of what messages might be posted. It will enable companies and institutions the opportunity to setup organisation-wide Teams where only a select few users can post, keeping…
Today sees the official launch of the new Microsoft Teams grid view. It gives users an overview of the Teams that they are a member of in a nice organised view. But what else does the new grid view give us? Filtering Teams One new feature that I’m really liking is the ability to filter the Teams that are displayed in your All Teams view. This is a great way to differentiate the types of Teams you are a part…
Microsoft Teams has seen quite a few updates over the past month. One that I think has gone unnoticed is the test call feature in the Teams app. How many times do we go to do a call through Teams and worry about our tech working? Sometimes we are even unaware if our tech is working correctly or not. Microsoft Teams now has an option that lets you run a test call; a feature I never knew existed until recently….
What is encryption? In computing, encryption is where data is converted from a readable form to an encoded version that can only be opened or read if it’s been decoded by a decryption key. How it works? Data, whether a single file or all your files, is encrypted using an algorithm and an encryption key. This process then codes your files into an unreadable state of random characters. The process of decrypting your files is to simply reverse the encryption,…
Well, January is nearing a close and I’ve just had my first article of 2017 featured in a magazine called University Business. This article tells the story of why we should use Office 365 in education. This is my 3rd article to be featured by Wildfire publications and this one was my most enjoyable to write as Office 365 plays a major part in my working day and is something that I feel really helps in education. To read the article…
When talking about moving over to the cloud and using cloud services I usually get ask “But WHY?” You may be sitting there thinking “the way I use IT in my school works and meets the needs for the curriculum so why should I move over to using the cloud and Office 365?” Really the question you should be asking yourself is “why am I not using Office 365 and the cloud?” There are many advantages of using Office 365 and…
Well I haven’t done a blog for a while as I’ve been busy with other things but with Windows 10 now out, I thought I should give my first opinions on it. I have been running Windows 10 on my Surface Pro since the first technical preview and have loved it. People are saying its the best operating system that Microsoft have ever released and I think they could be right. Since the early previews it has come on a long way…
I keep getting ask whether a school should go down the Office 365 route or Google Apps and which is better? There isn’t really a right answer for this as both products have their advantages. Its really down to personal preference and what you feel would work best in your school with enhancing the students learning and aid the schools teaching. Google Apps Google Apps comes with GMail, Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides. GMail is a great emailing system which…