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As usual for the holidays, we’ll be operating a reduced support service for the Christmas break. This year that will be from 6pm GMT on December 21, 2022 until 10am GMT on January 5, 2023. If you need to contact us over the holidays, the best way to reach us is to create a support ticket. Please bear in mind that ticket responses may take a little longer over the holidays. Telephone technical support will be unavailable over the holidays, […]

After 30 years of Microsoft Office, a major rebranding will see it being renamed as Microsoft 365 as part of Microsoft’s expansion of its productivity suite. What, who, and how? Microsoft has announced that starting in November, Office.com (the Office mobile app and the Office app for Windows) will all become part of the re-branded Microsoft 365 app. These changes will apply to everyone who uses the Office app for work, school, or personal use. Office 365 subscriptions were first

In this insight, we look at several Microsoft products and apps that you may not know much about, but which could be helpful to your business. Stream This secure video sharing service allows businesses to upload and share videos e.g. meetings and training sessions. With Stream, users can comment on videos, and tag descriptions or timecodes to any point in a video that they want to discuss. Find out more here. Delve This is an app that is used to

With the news that as of 20 September 2022, the new Windows 11 update started its rollout in 190+ countries, we look at what it includes and how these elements could benefit your business. The focus Microsoft says that the new Windows 11 22H2 update takes account of the move to flexible work, and is focused on the four key areas of: Making the PC easier and safer to use. Empowering people to be more productive. Making Windows the best

A new study by 1Password has revealed that almost half of employees put their companies at risk by using risky online habits to avoid difficulties logging in and out of apps at work. Taking risks with company security The study, by passwords manager maker 1Password which surveyed 2,000 US workers, found that 44 per cent said that the hassles of trying to log in and out of work apps has a negative effect on their mood or their productivity. Also,

A year ago when I was writing the last State of the Sanctuary blog post, I had no idea what laid ahead in the months that followed. Like something out of a disaster movie’s early scenes, the news reports of the situation in China were almost just background noise, not garnering much attention. At that point I don’t think any of us truly expected the year that lay ahead of us. So much changed in such a short space of

Wish you could save time scrolling through your team’s chat and just have a quick meeting instead? Now you can turn a chat conversation into an instant remote meeting using @Microsoft Teams feature, “Meet now”. Check it out!

With COVID putting schools and businesses on hiatus, you can connect in ways never done before with @Microsoft Teams. Check out this video to see the innovative ways Imperial College London has made Teams the way to move forward, and contact File Sanctuary to learn more.

Not only is it a new year, but it’s a new decade! Once again it’s time for our annual State of the Sanctuary blog post with a roundup of what happened in 2019 and what lies ahead in 2020. Uptime matters In 2019 we continued our commitment to reliability, with uptime for our Cloud platform over the full year being a strong 99.965%. Don’t forget that our status page is the go-to place to learn about scheduled maintenance and service availabilty information. This