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How to Video – Microsoft PowerPoint

If you want to create a PowerPoint presentation that will impress, consider adding sound. Music, sound effects and audio files can make your presentation stand out. It’s a lot simpler than you think.

How To Videos – Microsoft Teams

Got a video call but your room isn’t appropriate for work? Did you know you can blur your background or change it entirely in Teams? Here’s how to make your backdrop look professional, without having to do any tidying.

How To Videos – Microsoft Word

Sometimes when you’re writing an important Word document, it’s too easy to be distracted by all the menus and buttons. Did you know you can remove the clutter from Word and put it into Focus mode... with just one click? Here’s how.   

How strong is your firewall?

Yet in our experience, most business managers and owners never think about their firewall. Here’s why it’s so important and why you must get an expert to set it up for you

OneDrive saves the day as your portable scanner

You’ve got a printer, so that’s OK. But no scanner. That’s annoying. How can you get this done today? Microsoft 365 to the rescue! There’s a scanner built into an app you may already be using. Here’s everything you need to know.

June’s Technology Insider Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the latest June edition of our monthly Technology Insider newsletter. We start this month looking at why you should ensure your team can only access the data and files they need to do their jobs. Scarily, researchers found that more than half of...

These are the threats to worry about

All businesses are being targeted by malware, all the time. And it’s estimated there are now one billion pieces of it out there. What is malware? It’s malicious software that’s been designed to do damage to your IT systems, or steal your data. Malware terrifies most...

Have your emails been compromised?

And that’s why it’s so popular with hackers. A large majority of cyber-attacks start in your email. Here are some ways to protect your business from your own inbox.

The data security equivalent of leaving your windows open

Yet some business owners and managers don’t have the same attitude towards their business’s data security. Which is crazy. Because there are a lot more people trying to access your business’s data, than hoping to steal your TV. Here are four key ways to improve your...

May’s Tech newsletter – Is working from home working?

Hello and welcome to the latest May edition of our monthly Technology Insider newsletter. We’re looking at working from home again this month. Because it looks likely that it’s going to stay as a big thing once the pandemic is over. There are 5 things we recommend you...

Crisis: Your office is on fire

There’s a small fire in your office. No-one is hurt and everyone is safe. But the damage to your workplace is unbelievable.  The flames. The heat. The smoke. And of course, the huge amounts of water used to put out the fire. Here’s a good question – if there had been...

Security Awareness Training

Engaging training programs that in still a security-focused culture wherein employees actively participate and make fundamental changes to the security process. Cyberattacks are getting more sophisticated by the minute. With human errors inevitable and data breaches...

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