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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...

The great thing about Office 365 is it includes a lot of tools you can use to be more productive, but just like having a tool box with everything you need and more. However, in many instances such a move could just go down as “yet another failed IT project”, if change...

Announcement. On 27th April 2018 Microsoft announced a 20x increase in SharePoint Online storage allocations. From 1st July 2018 storage quotas will begin to be increased to 1TB plus 10GB per user licence purchased – this is up from 0.5GB per user licence purchased....

The market for enterprise productivity tools has been dramatically shaken up in recent years by the emergence of Software as a Service (SaaS) models. Many of the traditional major players in the technology world – from SAP to Microsoft to IBM – who built their empires...

Content and Code recognised as Winner for 2018 Microsoft Customer Experience Partner of the Year and Finalist for Microsoft Modern Workplace Teamwork Awards respectively. Content and Code are today delighted to announce that we have won the Microsoft Customer...

A common challenge for any sort of SharePoint migration is how to address integration with other systems. Most systems can be migrated fairly easily in isolation but finding the best ways to handle interfaces to other systems, and the data logistics around performing...

Announcement. Microsoft is changing your document libraries from early June. An urgent update has recently been announced by Microsoft around versioning settings in OneDrive for Business, Groups and Team Sites in SharePoint Online. The change is rolling out to...

Which Office 365 collaboration tool to use and when? The great thing about Office 365 is it includes a lot of tools you can use to be more productive, but just like having a tool box with everything you need and more, the key to being productive is knowing when to use...

We recently ran an event that looked at how organisation's still utilising SharePoint 2013 on-premises, or older legacy versions, can successfully migrate to SharePoint Online. So, we thought we would compile some steps to help add value to those still using dated...