Archives January 2020

The New Edge Browser

The Internet has become a pillar of everyday life. Most of the computer-based jobs require work within the web browser. That was the main reason why Microsoft wanted to create the best browser for its users. The stable release of the Edge browser is available from today, and there are several reasons why you should get it!

New features

Edge is bringing new features focused on business users. You don’t need to use a Google account; it supports sync services directly through both Microsoft personal and work accounts.

It also has tracking prevention turned on by default, which protects user privacy, and helps mitigate malware. Edge gives you more control over your data, and it will not send any information to Google, which is mandatory if you use the Google Chrome browser.

The new Edge browser offers the best performance with more privacy and more value for your business.

For web content management, there is a feature called Collections which helps you to organize your research and allows you to export that content to Word or Excel.

Another new feature allows users to customize a new tab page layout and design, and to choose the type of news they want.

New visual identity

It is not crucially important information, but it’s good to know that instead of a well-known blue “e” logo, the new browser has a new visual identity that looks like a wave.

Start using Edge today!

It’s supported on Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, and macOS, in more than 90 languages.

You can download it directly from the Microsoft Edge site, or you can wait for the automatic release for your device via Windows Update.

For Android and iOS users, the app is available directly on the appropriate platform store.

3 PRO wholeheartedly recommends the new Edge browser because it integrates closely with the existing Microsoft infrastructure/ecosystem, and does not depend on 3rd party services, such as Google’s. All Microsoft services are natively built-in; for example, logging in with a Microsoft or Work account, Policy and Conditional Access support for Corporate users, integration with other enterprise services such as Advanced Threat Protection, etc.

As an added benefit, the new Edge browser can also utilize almost the entire base of pre-existing Google Chrome extensions!

Microsoft 365 Secure Score

As a part of the Microsoft Security Center, Secure Score automatically rates your Office 365 and Windows 10 environment. By following its recommendations, it can help protect your organization from threats. The score is calculated every 24 hours, and it takes up to 48 hours for every change to a measured action to show in the results.

Every Microsoft 365 / Office 365 admin, or a user with required permissions, can reach an organization’s score via the Microsoft Security Center. There are two types of permissions: read & write (global administrator, security administrator, exchange administrator), and read-only roles (security operator, user administrator, helpdesk administrator, etc.).

In the overview page, score points are divided into these groups:

  • Identity: Azure AD
  • Data: Information Protection
  • Device: Defender ATP
  • App: Office 365 email and applications + Cloud App Security
  • Infrastructure: Azure resources

It also shows the total score, graph with benchmark comparisons, and a list of prioritized improvement actions.

How to improve your score?

Security recommendations are located in the improvement actions tab. They show the status of each action, for example: completed, not completed, resolved through the third party, and ignored.

“Not Scored” actions are not tracked by Secure Score. If a certain action becomes tracked and if you already completed it, the secure score will reflect the change.

Multi-factor authentication action updates

For secure access, new improvement actions require registering your users or admins for multi-factor authentication.

Solutions included in Secure Score

Secure Score is available for SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business, Information Protection, etc. Other solutions that can be tracked are Intune, Azure AD, and Cloud App Security.

Also, Microsoft recently announced that tracking for Azure ATP and Microsoft Defender will be available soon.

Keep in mind that there is no online service that is 100% immune from security breaches, and increasing the Secure Score is not a guarantee against these breaches.

Schedule your meetings with FindTime

Microsoft FindTime

Are you having trouble with arranging meeting appointments? FindTime is a part of the Office family, made especially for the Outlook app, that helps find the right meeting time that suits all the participants.

Allow invitees to vote for suitable times

First, you need to create a new email or select an email to reply to. In the home tab click on Reply with meeting poll, select the dates and a duration.

When all invitees end with voting, the application will determine the most appropriate time based on the results.

Keep in mind!

Your colleagues do not need to install FindTime, they only need an email address and Internet access. Also, you can invite people who don’t use Office 365. Only organizers are required to have an Office 365 account.

The FindTime service is supported in Outlook on the web, Outlook for Windows 2016 version 2016.0.7828.100 and above, and Outlook for Mac 2016.

Also, it’s available for business and educational accounts only!

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