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Elevate your Brand with Exclaimer Email Signatures – the Clever Advantage

In the modern business landscape, effective communication is key to success. Every interaction with clients, partners, and colleagues is an opportunity to showcase your brand’s professionalism and uniqueness. One often-overlooked aspect of communication is the email signature. Enter Exclaimer Email Signatures, a powerful solution that can transform your email correspondence into a branded and memorable experience. In this blog post, we explore the benefits of Exclaimer Email Signatures and why obtaining them through PrettyClever Consulting is a strategic move…

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SharePoint – what else can it do?

SharePoint is an integral part of the Microsoft 365 offering that most are either not aware of, or do not appreciate its full potential. it is a versatile platform that offers a wide range a functions and capabilities beyond the mere sharing of documents. Here are a few of the things it can do Intranet Portal A central hub for news, announcements, company policies, directories and more. Team Collaboration A place where you can create collaborative workspaces where teams…

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How to access your O365 files while on the move

Accessing and using your files while in the Office or at home is easily done, but what about when going to meetings or job sites? Sometimes it is not practical to carry a Laptop. Almost everyone has a Smart Phone or a Tablet of some sort, and these can also be used to access all of your data in Office365. Regardless of whether you use an iPhone, Android, Tablet or iPad – these tools are for you. All of…

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Identifying a Phishing Email

Identifying a Phishing Email Phishing has been the number one attack vector for well over five years, and it is important that your entire workforce knows the signs of a phishing email. Everyone is a target in today’s cyberwar climate. We have heard many customers say “it will never happen to me – we are too small” – yet these are the ones most likely to be affected and we have actually seen that happen. Organizations of all sizes…

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Microsoft 365 Licensing

Licensing in Office 365 is often a confusing topic.What license(s) do you need? How do they work? What is the difference between Office 365 and Microsoft 365?If you are still not sure after reading this, then please talk to us to figure out which plans will work best for your business needs. License Types There are two different types of licenses. These are known as per seat and per device. Per Device Licenses *OEM License = Original Equipment Manufacturer….

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Audit Logs in Microsoft 365

Why you should be using Office 365 Audit Logs Office 365 Audit logs let you know who has access to your information and what they are doing with it. The Audit logs capture activities in Exchange, SharePoint, Yammer, PowerBI, Sway, and Azure Active Directory. Once it’s turned on, it records almost every major action you can think of including Office 365 logins, viewing documents, downloading documents, sharing documents, setting changes, and password resets (a full list can be found here).  In addition to recording actions, you can…

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MFA in Microsoft 365

Multi-Factor Authentication in O365 What is Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)? Sometimes known as Two Factor Authentication, MFA is a secure method of verifying that it is really you and acts as an extra security layer if your password is hacked. Examples are: SMS code to your Phone, code to your email address or a code via an APP on your phone. It’s easy to setup and free with Office 365. Why should I use it? Our accounts and IT systems…

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How to Reset One Drive Sync

Sometimes One drive has problems syncing and may be running in circles trying to sync a few hundred files, but the number never goes down. When this happens, you can try resetting the One Drive sync and it should fix it up. How to Reset the One Drive Sync First, check if One Drive is running. You should see the blue cloud icon (blue for business, white for personal) in the notification area (bottom right near the clock). You…

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Fame Video

Fame Video allows you to easily create a highlight reel from a You Tube or Vimeo streamed video. NO expensive software, cropping or re-uploading is required. Just watch the video of the game (at double speed if you want to speed things up) and press the button when something great happens. You can add tags for actions, such as “Goal”, as well as tags for people, like “Jack”. You can then create a highlight reel (FAME Video), to show…

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Moving to the Cloud?

Moving to the Cloud? There’s a lot of talk about moving computing systems to the cloud, but what does this mean? Moving components of your business to the cloud can result in large changes to processes and procedures in the way you operate. This can be good, or it can introduce risks and a lack of flexibility that you hadn’t thought about. We’ve been increasingly busy moving IT systems to the cloud, with the objective of creating a more…

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