In the past 9 months we have seen a new add-in added to all Office 365 Education tenants which has encouraged people start using OneNote as a tool in the classroom allow a teacher and their students to view and share notes between each other. The tool have moved through a few updates and is … Continue reading OneNote Class Notebook Implementation Guide
At the recent Microsoft Ignite, it was announced that Sway was coming to Office 365 and that it would be here for First Release Office 365 tenants in the next month. Well we were pleased to see it added to some of our customers with those settings today (21st May). So what does it look … Continue reading Sway now in Office 365
I always enjoy presenting and having done three presentation at the recent SharePoint Evolution Conference, it has left be buzzing and look forward to speak to more people soon. Managing Security and Permission in SharePoint: Level 100 Next Generation Portals in Office 365: Level 100 Office 365 Groups Deep Dive Continue reading Slides from SharePoint Evolution Conference
It was great for me to share with you on the “Next Generation Portals” coming out of Microsoft at the moment. Here some links regarding some of the portals and features we talked about. Office 365 Groups How to disable Office 365 Groups Office 365 Video Office Mix Office Sway Continue reading #SUGUK Manchester: Next Gen Portals: 7/4/2015
BFC Networks have been working with different customers throughout the UK to understand their needs when deploying Office 365 into their education establishment. As we see more uptake of some of the core products in Office 365 such as Exchange, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business we have seen make requests and concerns around accessing … Continue reading OneDrive Configurator: Accessing Student OneDrive for Business
There are different scenarios around how the new Office 365 free offering of Office 365 Pro Plus and it is important to know this if you are a council/district, college or IT Manager for your school. Microsoft offering Office 365 Pro Plus is great but does come with different configurations to your Office 365 tenant … Continue reading Understanding More of the Free Office 365 Benefits to Students
So the title is correct – you can now get Microsoft Office for free if you are Student and Teacher. Its known as friction free but how does it work and where do you go to get it? The solution is part of Office 365 and even if your school doesn’t have it, you can … Continue reading Get Microsoft Office for Free: Students and Teachers
In an post last night on the Microsoft in Education Blog, Anthony Salcito announced that Office 365 Pro Plus is now available to teachers as well as students. Some time ago Student Advantage was released where schools could request from the Microsoft Licensing Reseller licenses for their students and get Office 365 Pro Plus as … Continue reading How to get Office 365 ProPlus Benefit for teacher & FAQ
As Microsoft are starting to role out Groups to all Office 365 tenants we might have the need to disable the function of creating them. Groups are a great feature but you may not be ready for them, want to create training material before giving them to user or only allow certain users to create … Continue reading Prevent Users from Creating Groups in Office 365
Over the past 6 years I have been privileged to be awarded Microsoft SharePoint MVP but over the last 2 years since the release of Office 365 Education I have seen my time and community work shift from just SharePoint to Office 365. I’m really excited to announce that I’m now an Office 365 MVP … Continue reading Awarded Microsoft Office 365 MVP
