The safety of our customers has always been paramount. Our RND team continuously researches and tests tools that provide high availability, privacy, and simplicity. One of them is Microsoft Teams, which we have been using since the very beginning.

MS Teams can help your organization raise security to a higher level.

Important Security and Privacy Features in MS Teams

Meeting Options

You decide who can join your meeting and who should wait in the lobby. As a meeting organizer, you can define presenters and attendees, control who can to present content, and remove participants during the meeting if needed.

Recording Access

Only meeting attendees and those who were invited to the meeting have access to the recording of the meeting. Recordings are located on the Microsoft Stream service and can be downloaded or shared according to specified permissions.

External Access

This feature enables Teams users from other organizations to join and work within specific teams and channels. It’s an essential feature when people from multiple organizations need to collaborate with each other.

Multi-Factor Authentication

A password alone is not sufficient for account protection anymore. To protect organizational accounts from attacks, there must be an additional form of identity verification. 3 PRO recommends the Microsoft MFA mobile application, which integrates fully with Microsoft’s Cloud services.

Advanced Threat Protection

Safeguards users from malicious content. When ATP identifies harmful content, it automatically locks it, so that users are unable able to open it or share it with other people.

Encryption

Audio/video traffic and chat messages are encrypted by SRTP – the Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol.

There are also many other features like Data Loss Prevention, Channel moderation, Communication compliance, Conditional access, etc. As each organization is specific, we recommend performing an analysis and providing consultations so that we can tailor the services to fit your organization’s needs.

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In the current information technology landscape, organizations should regularly explore additional security features and functionalities. Our certified IT engineers can help you understand which steps you should take to become more secure.

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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.

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!

SharePoint is a perfect tool for document management. It’s accessible from any device through a web browser. Here are some cool features for everyday use:

Alerts

SharePoint alerts keep you updated when something on your site or in the document has been modified. They are available for your lists, libraries, folders, files, list items, and they can be delivered by email or a text message to your mobile phone. Also, you can choose their frequency – immediately after a modification, or daily/weekly notification.

Metadata

The file title, author name, file size attributes etc. are called metadata.

Sometimes, the information they contain is enough. For improved organization of files you can define your own columns, such as categories, document type, etc. This could make your life significantly easier.

Version History

The Version History feature allows you to view, restore, and delete old versions of your documents. In the version history pane, you can see the following information:

• version number
• date and time when the version was created
• name of the user who made changes
• size
• comments

Keep in mind that this feature has to be enabled in the Library or List settings.

3 PRO provides SharePoint consultations and education. Feel free to contact us!