After working over 10 years remotely, we share best practices of keeping productive during this time of forced 'work from home'. Utilizing chat and video conference it is possible to keep the same culture and work levels as before.
best practices for managing working from home and how to leverage the power of Microsoft 365 to improve business continuity, productivity and security during a crisis.
Times are certainly changing thanks to COVID-19, putting a serious strain on businesses and how they operate. Now more than ever, giving your employees the ability to efficiently and effectively work remotely is crucial. You need systems and tools in place to not just provide the flexibility and make communication and collaboration effective but to also not undermine security or stability.
During the webinar we will share how Microsoft 365 can contribute to successful remote work when it comes to people, data and content:
People – Feeling connected, reducing distraction when working from home
Data – Making it available wherever you are
Content – Sharing the right way so it doesn’t live on everyone’s computers
People, content and data are key element of every enterprise
M365 enables to securely seamlessly connect People , Data And Content
What tools are you using to support work from home? (Choose all that apply)- Microsoft Teams- Skype- WebEx- Zoom- Other
Prioritize focus time (for many of us we are more distracted at home
Schedule your time and block your calendar
Leverage MyAnalytics to automatically block time in your calendar
What is your biggest concern about employees working from home?- Continuing Corporate Culture- Staff Coherence- Ongoing productivity- Security
Video really amps up collaboration in meetings (but if you’ve got limited bandwidth, turn off video to maintain high-quality audio). Make sure you know how to join a meeting in Teams before the meeting starts.
If someone’s audio is too low, or if their device is causing problems, deal with it at the start of the meeting so that person won’t be excluded.
Watch for back to back meetings
We get it, everyone is working from home. There may be noise. Take a break, don’t apologize
Are you already on Microsoft / Office 365? (choose one)- No- Planning in the (6-12 Months)- Yes – Limited services: Email, etc.- Yes – Email, Teams, etc.
Microsoft 365 empowers individuals, teams, and organizations to share and work together with files
Let’s look at how three of Microsoft’s best-of-class applications are optimized for file collaboration scenarios, while sharing intelligent file experiences, content management, security & compliance
OneDrive is where you can work with all your files—your individual work files and the files shared with you across Microsoft 365—on any device.
Teams is a hub for teamwork where you and your team can collaborate on files, communicate, and streamline processes.
SharePoint is the intelligent intranet with sites that let you communicate broadly and manage content across the organization.
You can work seamlessly across applications and devices with coherent and powerful files experiences, turbocharged by AI. And you can work confidently, knowing that your files are protected with industry-leading security and compliance
If you are using Teams, share your digital whiteboard
Microsoft investments here are guided by the four strategies for success with infrastructure based on Azure security to secure your data in the cloud. Let’s talk about Infrastructure Security first as this is woven throughout all of our 4 key areas and foundational to security.
Microsoft investments here are guided by the four strategies for success with infrastructure based on Azure security to secure your data in the cloud. Let’s talk about Infrastructure Security first as this is woven throughout all of our 4 key areas and foundational to security.
Do not relax your policies. For remote access that includes remote access services, remember that ransomware attackers look and scan for open RDP servers, targeting anything responding on port 3389. Don’t move RDP to another port as TSgrinder scans for an RDP response on any port.
Do not blindly open remote access ports without thinking of the risks and consequences accordingly. If you must open remote access, ensure that the firewall is configured to only respond to certain static IP addresses from which your IT administrators will be remotely accessing.
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How many passwords do you use to work from home daily?- 1- 2-4- 5-7- too many
Would you benefit from a free consultation to learn how Microsoft 365 can improve productivity of your remote work force?- Yes- No