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Mirus IT, the long-standing Milton Keynes-based, managed services provider is now part of the IT Lab group. This acquisition sees Mirus IT, join Perspective Risk and Content and Code, in a business that now serves 890+ managed service clients, with a combined turnover...

Teams represents a new way of working. It’s a modern communications and collaboration platform. It’s a hub for channel and thread-based conversations. It supports live and streamed events. File-sharing and real-time instant chat. All of this surfaced in a single user...

Microsoft Managed Desktop (MMD) provides the best experience for users managed by Microsoft. MMD is a subscription-based service which can help to overcome business challenges such as coming away from complex Legacy systems which are making digital transformation too...

One way of classifying documents in SharePoint is by associating them with labels. Labels help us retain, delete or not delete/edit documents in Office 365. We can have Office 365 labels for say: Documents that need to be retained for a certain amount of time e.g....

15 July 2019, LONDON: Today IT Lab Group (Content and Code + IT Lab + Perspective Risk) announced it is now an Authorized Microsoft Managed Desktop Partner providing global end-user support services alongside the Microsoft Managed Desktop service. IT Lab Group is now...

Content and Code (an IT Lab Group Company) recognised as finalist for 2019 Microsoft Customer Experience and Modern Workplace Transformation Awards respectively. Content and Code (an IT Lab Group Company) are today delighted to announce that we have been named...

PnP Core online framework provides a fantastic class called “UnifiedGroupsUtility” which has several methods related to groups. It uses Graph Service to do all the operations. In this post we will be looking into to how to get the users in a particular group. High...

For any team that is tasked with managing the security of an organisation, making sure staff adhere to best practice can often be a challenge. If you’ve moved to the cloud, or in the process of moving to Office 365 there is one key requirement: to make sure your...

In 2019 the use of Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) is becoming more and more prevalent in the modern workspace. End-users now expect to be able to use their own devices for both business and personal use. They expect a seamless user experience as well. The question that...

It's been another busy couple of weeks in the Message Centre and on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. First up, two items that were added to the roadmap on Friday and are already rolling out, possibly even launched by the time you read this (and depending upon your Office...

It shouldn’t need to be said that the network performance is crucial when connecting to cloud services like Office 365. However, many organisations still have network infrastructure only focused on supporting user access to on-premises systems, especially those at the...

Microsoft Teams is by far one of the hottest new platforms on the market now. It’s safe to say, now that the dust has settled, that this is Microsoft’s most disruptive innovation in recent years. Teams is revolutionising the way users work with one another by giving...

Now we have the joys of Christmas out of the way and the new year, new me fad is ending once again, we can all move on. The same cannot be said for Microsoft, who by the looks of it are continuing to fix, enhance and add a whole load of new features to the Microsoft...

Today we're delighted to announce that Content and Code will be joining IT Lab. The coming together of these two great companies represents an amazing opportunity for our clients. We've always been about changing the way the world works. Helping our clients digitally...

Continuing with our top announcements from Ignite, we saw again Microsoft focus on the improvements around Modern Teamwork capabilities and a renewed effort to improve the modern SharePoint experience. We mentioned in our first Ignite announcements post that Microsoft...

We’re excited to have a dedicated team from across Content and Code in attendance at this year’s Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Florida. We were very keen to ensure that we covered all basis this time round. To ensure that we can add value to each and every one of our...

Generally, when migrating to the cloud the most appropriate way of accomplishing this is to use the Hybrid Configuration Wizard. This tool creates mail connectors, organisation relationships and prepares your Exchange On-Premises organisation for migrating to Office...

We’re incredibly proud at Content and Code to have such a wide-ranging skill set amongst both our technical and operational staff. But following the arrival of our third Microsoft MVP, Vardhaman Deshpande, who has been recognised for his tireless efforts and thought...

Shadow IT, sounds pretty harmless right? But in reality, it can pose quite a few risks to your organisation if ignored and left unmanaged. What is Shadow IT? The term Shadow IT applies to hardware or software which is used within a business without the authorisation,...

A leading Global Construction company came to us needing a new platform which would be a solution for problems they have faced with their existing document management system. Their solution needed to enable users from all geographical locations within the business, as...

Still with us? You've made it to mistakes 7 and 8, you're doing well here. We've taken you through 1-6 already, including underestimating employee resistance to change, lack of stakeholder buy-in and how to deliver ROI through change activities. Next up on our list of...

What is Enterprise Social Networking? An Enterprise Social Network is an internal social network which is used to aid communication within a business. Enterprise social networking is the way in which an organisation uses a network to cover a vast range of activities...

Continuing our series around Office 365, we are taking a look at the top 10 mistakes that we see in the field and how you can avoid them. We've already seen a couple of reasons why Office 365 change management projects often fail, notably not taking into account...

How to strengthen cloud security and compliance With the rise of the cloud, big data and the proliferation of mobile devices, IT compliance and security needs to be a priority for businesses of all sizes, across every industry. This post will provide an outline of the...

In our first post we have taken a look at the reasons why Office 365 adoption projects can fail if you do not take into account employee resistance. In this second post we'll be tacking the challenges of how to deliver ROI from an Office 365 investment and when to...