eBook The State of Cybersecurity in 2024 With the increasing use of cloud-based solutions like Microsoft 365 and Azure the risk of cyber threats has increased significantly. In this eBook, we break down the increased cyber risk factors & look into what steps you can take to protect your organisation.
Blog Improve the usage and value of Microsoft 365 across your organisation – Part 1 of 5 Microsoft 365 is the most popular and powerful productivity suite, but it can be difficult for users to know how to use it effectively without any formal help, which leads to a loss of productivity and value against the organisation's investment. The answer to improving this situation is a training and adoption programme, a set of activities and disciplines covering communications, training and support. When considering such a programme, one of the first tasks is to identify what your users do or don't know.
Blog Improve the usage and value of Microsoft 365 across your organisation – Part 2 of 5 Microsoft 365 is the most popular and powerful productivity suite, but it can be difficult for users to know how to use it effectively without any formal help, which leads to a loss of productivity and value against the organisation's investment. The answer to improving this situation is a training and adoption programme, a set of activities and disciplines covering communications, training and support. To be successful, though, you need to understand how ready the organisation is to take on a training and adoption programme.
Blog Improve the usage and value of Microsoft 365 across your organisation – Part 3 of 5 Microsoft 365 is the most popular and powerful productivity suite, but it can be difficult for users to know how to use it effectively without any formal help, which leads to a loss of productivity and value against the organisation's investment. The old style of tell-see-do training doesn't work so well with the extensive and dynamic environment that is Microsoft 365, so new ways of learning are required. Enabling users to learn and self-help at their own pace is a great start and tools like Microsoft's Learning Pathways or Viva Learning can really help.
Blog Improve the usage and value of Microsoft 365 across your organisation – Part 4 of 5 Microsoft 365 is the most popular and powerful productivity suite, but getting real value can be difficult. Adoption champions are tech-enthusiastic employees that can help to promote, build, grow, and sustain your Microsoft 365 adoption far beyond the initial implementation.
Blog Improve the usage and value of Microsoft 365 across your organisation – Part 5 of 5 Microsoft 365 is the most popular and powerful productivity suite, but getting real value from it is not straightforward. As part of an overarching training and adoption programme, an appropriate Microsoft 365 operational managament framework is a must have.
Blog Active Directory is not as secure as you might think Active Directory is the identity and access foundation for many organisations and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. While it is a powerful identity and access platform, it's not without risks and is considered to be a high-value target for malicious actors. So what can you do to mitigate these risks?
Blog Passwords are not secure – let’s get rid of them Most people probably understand that passwords are not a great solution for protecting your data, applications and services since they can be forgotten or, more importantly, stolen or hacked. Wouldn't it be great if we we had an alternative to passwords?
Blog Manage your user identities more effectively In today's digital world, effective management of your employee identities is crucial to ensure secure and efficient access to applications and data. Silversands' broad expertise allows us to create customised and automated identity management solutions that align with your specific needs and HR platforms.