Reduce Communication costs with Unified Communication

 

In a modern world, our modes of Communication have multiplied. On an average work day , we use a combination of Phone, text chat , video conferencing solution , email , Online meetings , etc. Its safe to assume that Communication costs are a Big Ticket item in the Operating Costs for any Organization.

Fortunately there are some Cloud based tools which not only reduce the overall cost of Communication by upto 30% , they also do much more than simple Communication. One such tool which I love to use is Lync Online , which is part of Office 365 , the Best Productivity Suite in the World. With lync , you can do text chat , audio chat , video chat , have Online meetings with upto 250 people and lot more .

To know more about how Lync Online can help you do more streamlined Communication, please visit the following link where you will also find a video I have created on Lync:

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/uc.aspx

Using Lync gives you many other benefits . You will find some of the benefits listed here:

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/uc_benefits.aspx

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with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/user/techgyani/videos

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007

Social, Mobility , Analytics, Cloud ( SMAC) adoption by Indian SME’s

 

As a Technology Consultant and Cloud Evangelist, I work extensively with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). My definition of an SME is a company with 10 to 500 users — a user being someone who employs IT. In my opinion, Indians SMEs differ from Enterprise Customers in their approach to using technology. Indian SMEs rely heavily on their IT partners for technology adoption, unlike Enterprise Customers where CIO-led IT teams manage it.

I have recently authored an article which has appeared in “CIO Research Centre” , an online Publication for Indian CIO’s where I have laid down my thoughts on how an Indian Small and Mid sized company can adopt latest IT Technologies .

The full article appears in the following link : http://cioresearchcenter.com/2015/03/new-age-technology-for-indian-smes/

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with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/user/techgyani/videos

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007

Data Loss Prevention in Office 365

 

Office 365 Cloud Service comes bundled with many features which are focused on Compliance and Security . One of such features is Data Loss Prevention or DLP for short . The focus of this feature is to minimize loss of crucial Data which would otherwise be leaked out by internal people.

Office 365 supports various policies which can ensure that if the outgoing message does not comply with the policies, it would either be a) blocked b) warning message is given but message is not blocked c) message routed to internal auditor before being released .

To know more about DLP , please visit http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/DLP.aspx

with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/user/techgyani/videos

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007

Windows Server 2003 will soon be End Of Life.. your Options?

 

Windows Server 2003 will be End Of Life on 14th July , 2015. It means Microsoft will STOP releasing Security Patches for it. That would mean:

a) Server will be open to massive attacks

b) New release of Server Applications will not work

c) Organizations will be non- compliant . Various legislations make it mandatory for Organizations to be compliant.

In such a case , if your Organization is running a Windows Server 2003, what are your options? Clearly you need to plan to move from Windows Server 2003 at the earliest . So that part is clear . Now what are your options?

To help you take an informed decision, some of the options have been discussed here:

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/WindowsServer.aspx

with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007

Yammer … The Enterprise Social Platform

 

The usage of Social Media has in recent years skyrocketed. Almost everyone is familiar with Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Tools like Facebook make it very easy for people to collaborate with features  like tagging, sharing information, making comments, newsfeed etc. One thought which comes in mind is that would it not be great to use such tool in Business for collaboration? But many Businesses are not willing to do so because of following issues:

1) Privacy concerns of Social Media

2) Workers could easily get distracted and spend time on personal non work stuff

Yammer is a perfect Solution in this scenario. It is a Facebook like Social Network but is restricted to the Company and external stake holders like Suppliers, Consultants, etc.

It is a part of Office 365 , the Cloud Productivity Platform from Microsoft.

To know more about Business Benefits of Yammer please click on the link below :

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/Yammer.aspx

with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007

Delegate Access in Exchange Online

 

In Exchange Online , which is a part of Microsoft Cloud Service Office 365 , you can grant access to any folder which is part of your mailbox to any colleague of yours. This takes collaboration between Team members to the next level. Delegate access enables users to access some or all of the mailbox owner's folders and act on behalf of the mailbox owner. The mailbox owner can be a user, or a resource, like a conference room.

To know more about Delegate Access, please click on the link below :

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/DelegateAccess.aspx

with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007

Conference room booking using Microsoft Exchange Online

 

Meetings are an essential part of Business . In order to streamline the process of fixing a meeting , there are 2 important steps which need to be managed . The first is to find a suitable date and time when all the attendees will be available . This process can be automated using Meeting Scheduling Assistant , which is a part of Exchange Online. The second is to find which conference room is available on a particular date and time. Office 365 allows us to manage the Conference Room booking.

To know more about how you can streamline the Conference Room booking , please read the short article here:

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/Conference_roombooking.aspx

with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007