Office 2010 was built to help users to become more productive. But, as we know, software and technology development force us to adjust to the new digital era. Many organizations moved to the cloud and they already went through the digital transformations of their businesses.

So, why is Office 2010 not appropriate for your organization? Its extended support will end on October 13, 2020. And from that date, users will no longer have:

• bug fixes, security fixes, including security updates that protect your computer from malicious attacks
• software updates
• phone and chat technical support

Also, they will not be able to download Office 2010 apps from the Microsoft web site.

We recommend an upgrade to Microsoft 365 Apps.

What will happen if you don’t upgrade to Microsoft 365 Apps?

If you decide to use Office 2010 after the end of the support date, your Office applications will function, but your business will be exposed to potential risks.

Stay secure and supported: contact 3 PRO, and upgrade your Office apps today! We have highly experienced IT engineers who will help you run your IT operations without any complications.

Need a perfect device for your business? In combination with Microsoft 365 services, Surface devices provide the best working experience for remote and office work.

As a Microsoft Partner, 3 PRO can deliver the Surface devices listed below.

List of available devices

• Surface Pro 7 – a powerful 12.3″ 2-in-1 laptop that transforms into a tablet. It’s enriched with a long life fast charge battery that can last up to 10.5 hours.
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i3, i5, i7
  • RAM: 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB
  • SSD: 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
• Surface Go 2 – the smallest Surface device! Ultra-portable, with a 10.5″ screen.
  • Processor: Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor 4425Y, 8th Gen Intel® Core m3 Processor
  • RAM: 4 GB, 8 GB
  • Storage: 64 GB eMMC drive, 128 GB SSD
• Surface Laptop 3
  • Available in two sizes and two colors – Black and Platinum – with a bunch of possible accessories such as the Surface Dock, Surface Pen, Mini Display Port Adapter, USB-C Adapter, additional Power Supply, etc.
    • Processor: Intel i5-1035G7 and i7-1065G7
    • RAM: from 8 GB up to 32 GB
    • SSD: 256 GB up to 1 TB

• Surface Book 3 – an all in one computer with a touch screen.
  • 13.5″ model
    • Processor and graphics: Intel® i5-1035G7 with Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics and i7-1065G7 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 with Max-Q Design w/4GB GDDR5 graphics memory
    • SSD: 256 GB, 512 GB, and 1 TB
    • RAM: 8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB
  • 15″ model
    • Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 models: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q Design w/6GB GDDR6 graphics memory
    • SSD : 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB
    • RAM: 16 GB or 32 GB
• Surface Pro X – an ultra-thin laptop with the edge to edge 13″ screen. Available only in black color with four different configurations:
  • Microsoft SQ1 processor, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD
  • Microsoft SQ1 processor, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD
  • Microsoft SQ1 processor, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD
  • Microsoft SQ1 processor, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD
• Surface Pro 5 LTE – 4G LTE tablet/laptop for users that work remotely.
  • Processor: Intel Core 7th Generation i5
  • RAM: 4 GB, 8 GB
  • SSD: 128 GB, 256 GB
• Surface Studio 2 – available in three versions:
  • Inter Core i7, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD
  • Inter Core i7, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD
  • Inter Core i7, 32 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD

3 PRO can help you to find a perfect device that will meet your business needs. Contact us for more information about prices and warranty.

It’s convenient to have a clean and readable Power BI dashboard. You should be able to see all the important information at first glance. The question is, which steps do you need to take to accomplish that?

1. Less is more – avoid scroll bars on the dashboard, remove all non-essential data, and keep only important results.
2. Use full-screen mode – read your reports without distractions.
3. Accent the most important information – sometimes this is just a number, such as the number of opportunities, total revenue, etc.
4. Put the most important data in the top left corner. It’s natural for us to read from left to right, top to bottom.

Not sure how to customize your dashboard? 3 PRO provides consultations, education, and configuration for Power BI services!

Power BI Dashboard for Mobile Phones

It’s possible to customize your dashboard in the Power BI service for portrait mode on your mobile phone.

Natively, dashboard tiles are the same size, laid out one after another. In the edit view of the Power Bi service you can unpin, resize, and rearrange tiles to fit your phone.

Teams and Skype users can now communicate with each other through chats and calls, whether they use clients on the desktop, web, or mobile phone (Android and iOS).

It is recommended to have Skype 8.58, or a later version.

How To Start A Call?

Teams users can search for Skype users by typing their email in the search bar. Note that some Skype users choose not to appear in the search results.

Skype users also have to search for Teams users by email address. After that, the Teams user will get a notification that they need to accept before they can reply. If the Teams user accepts the conversation, both users can start to chat and call each other. But, if the Teams users selects the block option, all messages from that Skype user will be blocked.

Limitations

• @mentions, emojis and other types of rich formatting are not available
• There are no group chats; one-on-one only
• Users can not see each other’s presence
• Searching for Skype users by their ID or phone number is not supported

External Access Configuration

For new tenants, external access for this capability is turned on by default. For older tenants: if you’re unable to use this capability, 3 PRO can set the necessary parameters for you, that allow Teams users to communicate with Skype users. Contact us today!

The way we work has changed significantly in the last couple of months. The current situation in the world forced us to adopt to working from home. For a better experience, Microsoft developed a couple of new features for the Teams app: together mode, dynamic view, video filters, live reactions, and many more.

Online meetings are the new normal.

Dynamic View

Dynamic view provides a large gallery overview, through which the user can see up to 49 people simultaneously, and virtual breakout rooms which enable the splitting of meeting participants into smaller groups.

These features will be available in a month.

Together Mode

Something new, something different – thanks to AI, together mode places participants in a shared background, so you can feel more like you’re sitting in the same room with your colleagues. If you are working remotely, and your team needs to brainstorm a lot, this feature is appropriate. It will be generally available next month.

Video Filters

A great thing if you need to adjust light levels, or you want to blur your messy home office background.

Live Reactions

Reactions become a part of our lives in the world of social networks. They give us the freedom to show our emotions and attitude on others’ opinions and statements. In the Teams app, live reactions are designed to provide instant feedback to the presenter during the meeting:

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3 PRO can help you to work from anywhere. Contact us today!