15 Reasons Your Business Should be Using Office 365 

Office 365 has been around for a long time, but should your business start using it? The short answer is yes, particularly if you care about productivity! To embellish on this, here are 15 reasons your company needs to use Office 365, starting today:

Improved Planning 

With the calendar requests feature, you can schedule and plan meetings with so much ease. This dramatically enhances efficiency around the office.

Effective Collaboration 

Office 365 calls upon things like Skype and SharePoint to make collaboration easy through the cloud. You can even work on documents with employees – at the same time – while in different locations.

Constant Updates 

Using this platform means you automatically get updates for all other Microsoft packages like Word and Excel. It supercharges your productivity by saving you from having to go out and buy new versions whenever they’re released.

Excellent Cloud Service 

You get access to the Microsoft cloud service so you can securely store data online without needing to pay for or maintain a physical server.

Office 365 apps can be used to improve productivity
Office 365 provides a huge range of apps

Work On The Go 

Everyone in your business can now use Office 365 on their phones, tablets, and computers. It means they can work on the go, regardless of where they are.

A Huge Email Inbox 

Don’t worry about your business inbox running out of space, you get a whopping 50gb of storage when you use Outlook on Office 365. To learn how to use it to your advantage, our Microsoft Outlook time management training may come in handy.

All The Best Applications 

Your business will improve its performance by having access to some of the best applications around, such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and more.

Save Money 

The cost of Office 365 is pretty incomparable when you look at the alternatives. It’s a small fee per month, and you never have to spend money on servers or new office applications.

Virtually Always Running 

This platform stays up 99.9% of the time. As such, your business performance won’t suffer from frequent periods of downtime.

Excellent Scalability 

Small business can use a basic level of Office 365 that suits their needs, but you can also add new apps and tools as your business grows. So, you get excellent value for money as well.

Easy-To-Use 

All of the apps are so easy-to-use and understand. Plus, with things like our Office 365 End User Training Workshop, you can quickly hone your skills to improve business productivity.

What is Office 365? Microsoft's best productivity apps

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Improve Professional Image

By using things like Outlook and Word – and calling upon their professional templates – it improves the image of your business. Therefore, you can potentially improve your profitability by standing out from the crowd and encourage more people to choose you.

Increased Privacy

Keep all of your data secure by using Office 365. It has safeguarding features that means everything is privacy protected.

Can Be Installed Up To 5 Times 

Everyone in your business can install Office 365 up to five times on different devices. So, if their work computer crashes, they can install it on a new one free of charge!

No In-House IT Team Required 

The whole purpose of Office 365 is to provide businesses with a platform they can work from without needing an in-house IT team to manage everything. All the server management is done by Microsoft, freeing up your time to improve efficiency and run a more profitable business.

If you’re looking for something that makes your business more productive, improves your all-round performance, and can easily be scaled, then Office 365 is the perfect choice for you – find out more about our Microsoft Office 365 training courses.

5 reasons to Upgrade to Windows 10

Is it worth taking advantage of the Free Upgrade to Windows 10?

Microsoft are offering Windows 10 as a Free upgrade for Windows 7/8 users. Why should you upgrade, is it really worth it? Windows 7 users are decidedly hesitant, after all, Windows 8 removed the Start Menu, Power Button and adjusted how individual Windows closed! Is Windows 10 something to be avoided or embraced? Should you Upgrade to Windows 10?

5 reasons to Upgrade to Windows 10

We have come up with 5 reasons why you should, based on our experience from the Training Industry and as a Microsoft Partner. See our video below.

5 Reasons why you should Upgrade to Windows 10

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5 Reasons to Upgrade to Windows 10

1 The Start Menu is back

Windows 7 users were outraged about the Start Menu changes in Windows 8, including the loss of the Power Button! Windows 10 has restored the Start Menu. It now only takes up the Full screen space when Windows 10 is used on a Tablet (Mode).

2 Cortana – Digital Virtual Assistant

Search is still at the core of Windows 10, but with the added power of Cortana. A truly digital Virtual Assistant, backed by the power of the Cloud. She can help you to search, manage your schedule and she’ll even remind you to leave earlier if there’s traffic. You may not wish to talk to her on you desktop, although that feature is available. Talking to your computer will still get you odd looks from coworkers.

3 Resized Windows

The ability to click on the X and close Windows is back, a relief to many desktop users frustrated by Windows 8.

4 Control Panel vs Settings

To adjust any setting in Control Panel in Windows 7, meant venturing into a maze of Icons. Microsoft have organised everything into logical groups any simply called it “Settings”. It’s now easier to connect a Bluetooth Mouse, adding a Printer will now take minutes instead of hours!

5 Desktop/Task Views

Windows will Snap when using the Windows Key and an Arrow key shortcut, it will then offer you other open Windows to snap to the other 50% of your screen. You can have more than 2, but this only really works on larger screens. As the majority of users work on only one screen, it can be hard to switch between open Windows/Programs while multi-tasking. Task View allows you to save the Window layout and assign it to different Desktop Views. This is going to be really useful for having Outlook open with Skype for Business, the two Windows I always have open.

We hope you found those 5 points helpful in assisting with your decision to upgrade to Windows 10. If you would like to get the most out of Microsoft Office, we can also help. Please feel free to get in touch to discuss your training requirements.

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