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Sunsetting Basic Authentication

Basic authentication is being deprecated Microsoft announced they were deprecating Basic Authentication for Exchange Online later this year but to avoid further disruption to businesses dealing with COVID-19, they have delayed this deprecation until 2021. Microsoft still plans to disable Basic Authentication for all newly created O365 tenants this year, as well as those [...]

June 25th, 2020|

Work is an activity, not a place

    “Prior to COVID-19, people who worked outside the office remotely were the minority and were not a high priority for many companies. Well, that changed overnight and now we all understand and appreciate the challenges of working outside of a typical office.”   Mobile Mentor exists to empower people to achieve more [...]

June 19th, 2020|

Planning, reporting and time sheeting in Jira cloud

    This is part two of a three-part series on increasing efficiency with Atlassian Jira. This series explains features and steps you can take to increase efficiency, gather data for metrics and reporting, and automate mundane, repetitive tasks. The other two articles are Getting the Most from Jira: Tips to setup an easy-to-manage [...]

June 11th, 2020|

Microsoft Surface Pro X marks the spot

    3rd time’s the charm, or is it?   “I purchased Microsoft’s Surface Pro X several months ago. Here’s my take on what’s good, what isn’t, and what I’m looking forward to.”   Back in late 2019 Microsoft decided to have another crack at delivering Windows as a mobile OS vs Windows as [...]

May 26th, 2020|

Use Microsoft Whiteboard for live Teams collaboration when working remotely

    Teams Collaboration and Whiteboarding “Whiteboard has added a more human connection and better productivity to our meetings.”   Microsoft Whiteboard is a free utility from Microsoft available to Windows and iOS. We’ve recently started using Whiteboard for some of our internal meetings and have really enjoyed it. Whiteboard has added a more [...]

May 25th, 2020|

How COVID-19 has changed employee support

    “COVID-19 has changed the way we work.”   COVID-19 has changed the way we work. More than half the planet has experienced some level of social restrictions and many companies are working with an entirely remote work force for the first time. Mobile Mentor is a service company that supports mobile and [...]

May 20th, 2020|

Mobile Application Management (MAM) for Personal Smartphones

    “Companies everywhere are waking up to the reality that unmanaged data on personal smartphones is a huge security risk”   Ignoring mobile device security may come at your peril. Companies everywhere are waking up to the reality that unmanaged data on personal smartphones is a huge security risk. The Verizon Mobile Security [...]

May 13th, 2020|
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