Office 365 is so chock-full of apps, it’s sometimes difficult to keep track of them all. Sure, you have the most popular tools like Word and Skype for Business, but there are three tools in the lineup that seem like they could be used the same way: Outlook Groups, Yammer, and Microsoft Teams.
As of last week Microsoft has announced the release of it’s latest productivity suite, Office 2019. Currently the new edition of Office is only available in commercial markets, however it will be landing for consumers and Office 365 subscribers within the next several weeks.
Check the email address, not display name
A common technique used in phishing or to spoof real email is display name imitation. A malicious sender will create or modify their account so the display name shows as someone recognizable. This is often used to imitate a company executive or financial controller, obtained by social engineering a company website, LinkedIn page or otherwise.
Many of you may be familiar with other group chat software’s like Slack or Skype for business. Microsoft has released its own version called “Microsoft Teams”. Microsoft Teams is integrated with Office 365 and comes with most packages. It allows the users to be part of multiple teams or different groups where the chat is backed up.
To begin the New Year in 2018 we will be expanding our offices to include a new branch location in the Greater Waterloo Region. The Syscomm Group grew tremendously in 2017 and will now be offering our services and expertise to businesses in Cambridge, Kitchener, Guelph, Waterloo and beyond!
Our new branch office is located at:
240 Holiday Inn Drive, Unit T
Cambridge, Ontario N3C 3X4
If you are a business owner or manager in the area and would like to get in touch with us please give us a call at 416-463-8118 or send us an email to sales@syscomm.
A wireless security flaw has been discovered in most wireless network devices which affects the WPA2 protocol. When within range, it allows attackers to exploit this weakness and potentially read data that was previously assumed to be encrypted.
Ever since the inception of wireless networking light and power users alike have always considered a wired connection the ultimate link for productivity. Despite being tied down to a certain location by wires it still made more sense in a user’s workflow because of the enormous speed advantage offered by a gigabit Ethernet connection.
Yesterday, Microsoft held their Windows 10 Devices event in New York City to showcase their upcoming lineup of hardware built from the ground up for Windows 10. Terry Myerson of Microsoft revealed that since its launch at the end of July, Windows 10 has already been installed on over 110 million devices around the world.
Beginning tomorrow, Microsoft will begin rolling out the latest version of it’s productivity suite, Office 2016. The latest edition of Office will bring many new features to the suite, including the ability to collaborate on documents in real time, sync files to OneDrive in the cloud, and more.
This fall Apple will be releasing a new iteration of OS X: El Capitan. As the name suggests, El Capitan will be an incremental upgrade from it’s predecessor, Yosemite, and will build on the features and design changes introduced with it.