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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Bing Chat Enterprise – the new AI assistant available NOW to Microsoft 365 users

2023-11-29T11:50:44+00:00November 10th, 2023|AI, Cloud Services, Tips and Advice|

If you are using Microsoft 365 and have a license for Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard or Business Premium you may have recently noticed a new ‘button’ appearing in the bar of the Microsoft Edge web browser. This innocuous looking symbol is the gateway to ‘Bing Chat Enterprise’, Microsoft’s generative AI chat service [...]

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Can you automate admin in your business to save time and money?

2023-10-16T14:02:10+01:00October 16th, 2023|AI, Productivity, Tips and Advice|

Pro Drive IT’s Technical Director Matt Taylor shares his thoughts on how automation can benefit SME businesses: I recently attended a workshop with staff from two other technology firms about to discuss how we can leverage automation to help our client’s businesses and Pro Drive’s too. Every business big or small could benefit from [...]

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Microsoft Windows and Microsoft 365 Copilot AI will help you work faster and smarter

2023-10-16T14:00:50+01:00October 15th, 2023|AI, Productivity, Tips and Advice|

Microsoft have recently announced the release date for their Copilot artificial intelligence engine for Windows and the Microsoft 365 suite, including the Office apps.  The Windows update is already available and will gradually be deployed automatically via Windows update as long as you have Windows 11.  For Microsoft 365 and the Office apps, the [...]

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How to create a questionnaire to audit your suppliers’ cyber security in 15 minutes

2023-09-28T17:38:34+01:00September 28th, 2023|Accountants, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

We recently wrote about the increase in ‘supply chain cyber attacks’ and how the UK and EU governments are terrified about their impact on the economy. If you are a professional services firm, you may be the target of a ‘supply chain attack’ with cyber criminals looking to use data you hold to run [...]

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I’ve got a security questionnaire from my client – what next?

2023-08-25T15:38:51+01:00August 25th, 2023|Accountants, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

We recently wrote about the increase in ‘supply chain cyber attacks’ and how the UK and EU governments are terrified about their impact on the economy. This has been on the radar of larger businesses for some time, but now many firms in the SME sector are waking up to the potential threats from [...]

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The government is terrified about ‘supply chain’ cyber-attacks. And you should be too.

2023-08-25T15:37:34+01:00August 15th, 2023|Accountants, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

The UK government has identified supply chain security as being a key risk to the UK economy. As reported by the National Cyber Security Centre, cyber-attacks launched on businesses via their suppliers have significantly increased, but very few businesses still review the cyber security of their suppliers. Why are supply chain attacks growing: Large [...]

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Cloud vs SaaS vs Hosted – are you confused what the difference is?

2023-08-04T17:18:32+01:00August 4th, 2023|Accountants, Cloud Services, Law, Tips and Advice|

If you have been looking at replacing or upgrading a major software system recently, such as a practice management or case management system, you will no doubt have encountered the terms ‘Cloud’, ’SaaS’ and ‘Hosted’. You may also be rather confused by what they mean and the implications to your practice. The tech industry [...]

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6 ways IT automation can boost your business

2023-06-20T14:34:32+01:00June 20th, 2023|Productivity, Tips and Advice|

There are several reasons why your business should be embracing IT automation. ‘Working smarter’ – if you aren’t using automation to be more productive and efficient, there will be other firms who are getting ahead with it in every way – from providing better customer service to being able to attract and retain the best [...]

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Mobile phones are cyber secure right? Wrong! 

2023-05-26T12:59:41+01:00May 25th, 2023|Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

If you didn’t attend our recent mobile phone security webinar, you may wonder what all the fuss is about – surely mobile phones are protected against cyber threats you ask. Unfortunately you have to remember that your mobile phone or tablet is just another computer and, as such, is still as vulnerable to cyber threats [...]

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