Each day, I think about all of the people that continue to work through the current risks with Covid-19, to ensure the sustained provision of healthcare and essential services. These are the “invisible hero’s” whom we all depend on so much and whose efforts humble us.
My small contribution to the effort is to work from home. This presents a series of challenges on a daily basis. There are many technology items that I previously took for granted – such as Power, Phone, Broadband and Wi-Fi – that I now appreciate as absolutely necessary to be able to work from home.
The next challenge comes in the form of the family battle for bandwidth. With the whole family at home, including two teenagers, the bandwidth is quickly consumed. As I look at my schedule of meetings for the day, I need to negotiate with the kids to avoid their PlayStation Network and Netflix hogging our internet connection.
After completing my negotiations I can turn my focus to work, finally!
When I do, I am relieved that my company had the foresight to invest in the right tools to enable me to work remotely – it has certainly made my life much easier over the last few weeks. One of those tools – Microsoft Teams – enables remote working to be much easier than I recall on previous experiences.
What is MS Teams?
Teams is a collaboration workspace that brings together chat, meetings, calling, and Office 365 into all-in-one application. You can use Teams for informal 1:1 or group chats – directly on your phone if you’re on the go, or you can have an open conversation in a channel. Teams also has deep collaboration with Office 365 applications that are frequently used in the workplace. All Teams are unique, and the MS Teams application can be customised to integrate with business processes, enabling your business teams to continue to perform highly, even when they are remote!
Teams enables people to share information in a transparent way to accelerate decision making.
If you would like to learn more, please listen to the webinar I recorded live where I explain how to use Teams and walk through a demo of some of the most useful functionality.
The Webinar can be accessed by clicking on this link: https://aspira.ie/webinarseries/
As a Gold Certified Microsoft partner, we want to help you to realise the full benefits of the Office 365, so we have created a selection of Enablement Solutions that leverages our broad range of skills across Office 365 to enhance your productivity.
We would like to offer you a 12 month Office 365 subscription for the price of 6. We will also assist you to be more productive with 5 Key Enablement Solutions composed of activities related to Teams and features found across Office 365 applications.
Full offer includes:
- 12-month subscription for the price of 6 In conjunction with the Microsoft Office 365 E1 Trial License offer
- 5 key Enablement Solutions at no charge
Subject to
- Existing Office 365 tenant required
- One-year minimum term
- Annual billing
For further information on this offer, please contact me at bizapps@aspira.ie
Stay Safe.
Author: Stephen McCluskey, Head of Business Applications, Aspira.
