Over the past few months, I’ve started to notice a trend around Microsoft’s announcements and for me, they all lead to a single path. From changes in the new Outlook for Windows, Planner and the new Microsoft Team client built in WebView2, they are all now Progressive Web Applications……but does this mean Microsoft are built … Continue reading Are Microsoft Building a Teams OS!?! (PWA + Microsoft = !?TeamsOS?!)
Everyone has a luckly number – well mine is 15. Saturday league football and I was always on the bench so I could pick the number 15 shirt, I was born on the 15th and I have the number 15 on my car registration plate. I’m now a 15 time MVP having been awarded the … Continue reading Awarded Microsoft MVP <-- Number 15
Is Microsoft Loop the new OneNote Education At Microsoft Ignite, a new collaboration tool was announced that will be embedded into the Microsoft 365 productivity stack including Microsoft Teams and comes with its own application. Out to compete against Notion and Coda, Loop will enable better real time collaboration through flexible canvas’s that can be integrated across the Microsoft platform with … Continue reading Is Microsoft Loop the new OneNote Education
Not everyone gets access to the Admin Portal in Microsoft 365 as they are part of a managed service or not been given the elevanted rights to be able to view settings or access any data. A new pop up has appeared in the Message Centre in EDU tenants around Class Insights for Microsoft Teams. … Continue reading Class Insights in Microsoft Teams coming January 2020
There’s a great virtual event on the horizon for us that work in the education sector. Microsoft are putting on a set of free webinar all about Microsoft Teams and other technologies around these which will help you to get more out of the Microsoft cloud platform (all the free options). If you can’t make … Continue reading Microsoft Virtual Edu Event: 22nd August 2019
Its that time of year again where we are looking at the end of year processes for IT which includes archiving user data, moving those users, upgrading system and taking a little break from staff knocking at the door for help <– never an issue but it is nice to have a break ;-). Microsoft … Continue reading Microsoft School Data Sync End of Year Process
It was a pleasure to speak at the Microsoft Showcase School event at Downe House School. Having worked with the school on their migration from file shares to using SharePoint Online in Office 365 Education we were both keen to pass this information onto schools and how it was done, the opportunities of using just … Continue reading Slidedeck: Office 365 Edu as your file storage
This one did come as a surprise but was delighted to see that I was awarded Office Apps and Services Microsoft MVP 2019-2020. What a massive honour and thank you to all those who help me to achieve this. Like many others have said already, there are so many people in this great community that … Continue reading Awarded Office Apps and Services MVP 2019-2020
Microsoft Azure for Students is back! This is a great opportunity for students to be able to play with the cloud resources Microsoft offer and for them to build and host their ideas for free. What I will say now, these do not require a credit card so it’s perfect for students to just play … Continue reading Azure for Students
Thanks to all those who turned up to the first of many webinars I am planning with the next one later in March around Microsoft 365 Education. If you missed this session and would like to listen to it. You can now do so on YouTube. Any questions please get in touch on twitter … Continue reading Understanding Office 365 Education Consent and GDPR for Schools,Academies, MATS and Colleges
