What is NEW Microsoft Outlook and should you be using it?

2024-03-05T17:33:26+00:00March 5th, 2024|Cloud Services, Productivity, Technology News, Tips and Advice|

You may have noticed a new 'switch' has recently appeared in Microsoft Outlook, giving you the option to switch on 'New Outlook'.  The more curious amongst you may even have tried it out.  For those of you that have not, or have but are not sure on the differences, here is our guide to [...]

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What is DMARC and why is it so important to protect your business?

2024-03-04T15:17:45+00:00February 13th, 2024|Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Technology News|

In the world of email and cyber security DMARC is a hot topic.  But what exactly is it, and what does it do for your business? Pro Drive’s Technical Director Matt attempts to demystify it for you. What does DMARC do? In an industry full of acronyms, at Pro Drive we do our best [...]

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Is your business prepared for Microsoft 365 Copilot?

2024-02-02T18:01:32+00:00February 2nd, 2024|Productivity, Technology News|

With Microsoft 365 Copilot now being available for all businesses to purchase, you may be considering deploying this exciting new technology to leverage the productivity benefits that AI promises. However, failing to prepare properly before activating Copilot could mean you don’t realise the benefits, waste time and money or worse, allow staff to unintentionally [...]

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Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistance now available for all businesses

2024-01-19T17:41:20+00:00January 19th, 2024|Productivity, Technology News|

The much-anticipated release of Microsoft 365 Copilot to small businesses has now happened.  As of 16th January 2024, all businesses with a added Microsoft 365 Business, E3, E5 or Office 365 E3/E5 will be able to purchase Copilot as an add-on and there is no minimum purchase requirement.  Microsoft do require a minimum purchase [...]

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What are the Microsoft 365 price increases?

2023-01-12T16:53:51+00:00January 12th, 2023|Cloud Services, Productivity, Technology News, Tips and Advice|

Microsoft is changing its pricing structure from 1 April 2023, including Microsoft 365 price increases, taking several steps to align the cost of its Microsoft Cloud products globally. This will have an impact on all user and software licences. Obviously this is concerning as we all need to use technology to improve our businesses and [...]

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LoCASE grant funding for IT and more

2023-01-26T11:51:54+00:00January 4th, 2023|Technology News|

This is your last chance to fund your business’s carbon reduction using a LoCASE grant. Did you know, in addition to providing funding to SMEs for energy-efficiency upgrades to their operations, LoCASE grants can also fund business growth in the low carbon and environmental goods and/or services sector? This could include funding for marketing, [...]

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Renewable energy sources make business sense!

2023-01-03T15:21:16+00:00November 8th, 2022|Technology News|

With concerns being raised about how we can speed up actions to help protect our planet - and worries about energy bills this winter, we're all interested in energy saving. Some of our clients have implemented useful solutions already using renewable energy sources and we wanted to share their inspiring achievements, starting with Ashtead [...]

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Passkeys – for passwordless sign-ins

2022-11-03T09:36:01+00:00November 3rd, 2022|Cyber Security, Technology News|

Microsoft, Google and Apple’s latest iPhone, Mac and iPad devices include Passkeys, a replacement for passwords. Learn more here … If you have had enough of having to remember and use passwords you will be pleased to hear there’s an alternative out there. What is Passkeys? Passkeys comprise two digital keys instead of username [...]

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Free training courses via Teams – Viva Learning

2022-07-01T09:59:14+01:00July 1st, 2022|Productivity, Technology News, Tips and Advice|

Did you know you can get free training courses on your Microsoft apps and other business topics through Microsoft Teams? You simply add the Viva Learning app to your sidebar. As part of our cloud services offering we're always on the lookout for new and useful apps and we like the look of Viva Learning. [...]

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How Viva Insights can help your business

2022-06-23T15:23:56+01:00June 23rd, 2022|Productivity, Technology News|

We take you through Viva Insights, part of Microsoft Viva, the employee experience platform which was launched in 2021, with hybrid working particularly in focus. It’s easily accessible in Teams. To get a feel for the intention behind it, Satya Nadella, CEO at Microsoft said at the Viva launch: “Every organisation will require a [...]

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