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Windows 10 and Office 365 Corporate Branding Configuration

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Let’s say you are the CEO or another important person in your organization, and you want to set up corporate branding on all your computers with the Windows 10 operating system. Your contracted technical support does not have to connect to each computer individually to set the wallpaper; it can be configured at once.

Also, to decrease the chance of a potential malware attack, it’s good to have a custom login screen for your Office 365 organizational account with a recognizable visual identity.

For corporate branding configuration – wallpapers, lock screens and the login screen – 3 PRO uses scripts and the Microsoft Intune Cloud-based service for device management.

Why is Corporate Branding important for your Business?

In case you represent your organization at an online meeting or you are speaking at the conference, at some point the attenders will see your wallpaper, and will be able to more effectively connect the business brand to the person.

The other scenario is when you need to sign-in to your portal.office.com account – the aim is that the user recognizes that he is on the correct login screen. Many phishing emails will lead to a native look-a-like portal.office.com login screen, so, just to be sure, we recommend setting up the login screen with the organization’s branding. 3 PRO can customize the background, banner logo and additional text for your Office 365 organizational sign-in page.

Three reasons why you should have a corporate logo on your wallpaper and login screen

  1. It grows confidence – corporate identity can indicate a strong commitment.
  2. It raises brand awareness – you want to achieve that customers associate positive experiences with the company’s visual identity.
  3. It shapes loyalty – a very important thing is to win the hearts of your customers.

Office365 Security

Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection

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Almost every email user is a target of malware emails. They often appear as fake documents, links (URLs), etc. To prevent unpleasant situations, we suggest the implementation of Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection, which provides an additional layer of protection to organizations against malicious attacks.

What can malware do to your computer?

  1. Email malware can steal your sensitive data, including passwords.
  2. Ransomware can delete or encrypt your files.
  3. Suspicious email attachments could include code that can download more malware onto your computer.
  4. It can enable a third party to intercept and infiltrate into your correspondence.

What is Advanced Threat Protection?

Advanced Threat Protection is a cloud-based email protection service that keeps your data safe against malware and viruses. It consists of ATP Safe Attachments, ATP Safe Links, anti-phishing policies, ATP for SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams, real-time reports, and threat trackers. The main task of the mentioned features is to safeguard an organization from harmful links that are part of a message or an Office document, and to safeguard email and documents in real-time.

In order to successfully detect malicious activities, all features use a variety of machine learning and analysis techniques.

ATP is included in the Office 365 Enterprise E5 plan; it is also possible to purchase it as an add-on to the following Office 365 plans:

  • Office 365 Business Essentials
  • Office 365 Business Premium
  • Office 365 Enterprise E1
  • Office 365 Enterprise E3
  • Office 365 Enterprise F1
  • Office 365 A1
  • Office 365 A3

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Microsoft Teams – New Features

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At the Ignite conference, Microsoft announced a bunch of new features inside the Teams application. We picked a few interesting ones to highlight.

Private Channels

A private channel is the perfect feature for those who need to work on a specific project. A group of people that are part of a team can collaborate in a focused space without spamming others, and without having to create a completely separate Team. It’s designated with a lock icon; only members of private channels can see it and participate in conversations.

Multiwindow

This feature allows users to pop out chats, meetings, calls, and documents into separate windows. It will available from the beginning of 2020.

Pinned channels

Later this year, all Teams users will be able to pin important channels to the top of their team lists.

Pinned applications

Also, It will be possible to pin frequently used apps to the left main rail.

Whiteboard

The whiteboard app is now generally available in Teams meetings. It does not matter if your colleagues are in the same room or working remotely – you can brainstorm together on the same virtual canvas.

Safe links

Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection safeguards Teams messages from harmful links. When somebody shares a URL in a private chat or channel conversations, Teams will scan the web address and alert users if there is a threat.

IBM

IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 – For a Successful Business

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Highly scalable storage for AI and big data – the newly announced IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 – gives you the speed you need. If you want a successful business, then you need a system that can efficiently manage large amounts of file data.

The simplest way to deploy fast and highly scalable file storage for AI and big data.

Flexibility

A single unit can be used as a standalone system, but if an organization requires increased system capacity, it’s possible to scale out the system by adding more units to expand storage space and bandwidth.

The ESS 3000 is compatible with all IBM Elastic Storage Server models, and it also works with IBM Power systems, x86, and other solutions such as NVIDIA DGX.

Reliability

Thanks to the renowned IBM Spectrum Scale software, your data is safe. With erasure coding data can be rebuilt in minutes, instead of hours or days.

ESS 3000 is monitored for potential issues using several techniques, including automated monitoring of key components. It is also integrated with IBM Storage Insights which monitors storage health, capacity, and performance.

IBM ESS 3000 Key Features

  • IBM Spectrum Scale
  • Erasure Coding
  • True Scale-Out capability
  • Global sharing and collaboration
  • Policy-based Tiering
  • Integrated and modular
  • Easy to manage

Lenovo

New Lenovo ThinkSystem SR655 AMD EPYC2 Server Now Available from 3 PRO

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A solution for organizations of all sizes – Lenovo ThinkSystem SR655 – offers a broad selection of drive and slot configurations enabling high-performance features. It is reliable, highly available and serviceable, which can improve your business and save operational costs. The high core-count of the latest AMD EPYC2 (Rome) generation of CPUs, coupled with DDR4-3200 and PCI Express 4.0 technologies, offers amazing performance in a 2U footprint.

ThinkSystem SR655 is a multi-GPU optimized rack server, with support for up to 6 single-wide GPUs, providing 200% more workload acceleration in AI, SDI and VDI instances.

Why should you acquire the ThinkSystem SR655?

However, long story short, the server offers the following:

  • High CPU Core count
  • Large memory capacity
  • Vast storage capacity
  • Expansive GPU capacity
  • Versatile storage configurations/AnyBay
  • Flexible I/O configurations
  • Scalable networking configurations
  • Enterprise-class RAS features
  • ThinkShield Security

Models

SR655 models are defined based on drive bays at the front:

  • ThinkSystem SR655 12×3.5″ Chassis
  • ThinkSystem SR655 24×2.5″ Chassis

A similar, 1U model, is also available: the SR635.

Check out the introduction video from the Lenovo team, below: