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Shared devices – coming soon to an MDM near you

    “Multiple users can use a device and the user experience remains personal even though the device is shared”   You’d be correct in thinking the concept of shared devices has been around a while now. Many MDM vendors offer a propriety solution to use devices across multiple employees, but we have seen [...]

May 7th, 2020|

Tips, Strategies, and Considerations for a Successful BYOD Program

        “When designing a policy for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), we seek a balance between security, usability, and privacy”   Giving your employees the freedom to bring their own mobile device into the workplace is a common discussion we have with our customers. When designing a policy for Bring Your [...]

May 7th, 2020|

Custom Backgrounds for Microsoft Teams

      Update: Add Custom Backgrounds from the User Interface Menu This article has been updated due to a feature change in Microsoft Teams Microsoft has added a button the the user interface of Teams that allows users to add their own customer images without the complexity of finding the folder location. The [...]

May 6th, 2020|

Five things you should be doing with Windows 10 devices in Microsoft Intune

    1. Setup Autopilot Windows Autopilot allows for zero-touch provisioning of Windows 10 devices, meaning that a device can be shipped to the user directly from the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and auto-configured over the air using Microsoft Intune. Autopilot removes the need of IT to physically touch the device during the provisioning [...]

May 6th, 2020|

Great Scott! How did we end up back at MDM again?

    Back in April 2011 Gartner released the first ever Mobile Device Management (MDM) quadrant as the market rush to manage smartphones inside business and government raged on.  Mobile Device Management with the focus on the ‘device’ was spot on for that time with the majority of the functions and features offered by [...]

May 1st, 2020|

MDM to EMM to UEM to Modern Management – What a Journey!

    Mobile Device Management (MDM) “Modern Management has become the standard for a cloud-first and mobile-first modern workforce.”   Over the past 10 years we have witnessed an incredible journey that tells the story of our industry through a series of rapid innovations.  I have had the good fortune of being in a [...]

April 28th, 2020|

5 tips for successfully implementing Azure Admin Consent

  Our 5 top tips for successfully implementing Azure Admin Consent The admin consent workflow in Azure Active Directory allows you to review and control what apps your employees are accessing with their work identity. It allows you to block access to apps completely or until you have reviewed the requirement and risk which [...]

April 24th, 2020|

Keeping track of comms in a world without the Inbox!

    Keeping on top of communication in Microsoft Teams can be overwhelming. More so for those of us who have lived in an email Inbox dominant world, surviving by priority flags, follow up reminders and comprehensive folder structures! From my experience with Teams, important information or tasks can end up being buried deep [...]

April 14th, 2020|

Launching our new website – clarity and price transparency

    “Going live with a new site – Why?”   We launched a new website last week, and our team worked hard to get this done to a high quality in a very short timeframe.  Sounds like any other IT project.  With around 200 million active websites (and 1.5 billion registered sites!) globally [...]

April 13th, 2020|
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