March 2020 - Simon Angling

The Microsoft Education Team is Here to Help You and Your Students

The Microsoft Education Team is Here to Help You and Your Students

Published by Simon Angling on March 28, 2020

To support remote learning in schools around the world, the Microsoft Education team has created an open global community for academic institutions to connect with each other and our Microsoft education experts, on best practices, tips & tricks, and personal learnings on how to enable distance learning for schools.

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VuWall Responds to COVID-19 With Free Visualisation Tool to Help Coordinators on the Front Lines

VuWall Responds to COVID-19 With Free Visualisation Tool to Help Coordinators on the Front Lines

Published by Simon Angling on March 28, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues VuWall is offering its VuWall2 visualisation tool as a free download, allowing organisations to create a temporary video wall solution. “In this time of crisis, coordination teams within municipalities, newsrooms, and healthcare facilities are actively monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and managing response efforts. These decision-makers…

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Resources

Published by Simon Angling on March 28, 2020

There is so much information and misinformation flying around that I started keeping a list of resources that I want to revisit and decided to share.

No endorsements – just information that I find useful.

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Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals

Published by Simon Angling on March 24, 2020

I wanted to start exposing myself to Microsoft Dynamics and as such I took the D365 Fundamentals beta exam (MB-901) back in February. As a beta exam one doesn’t get the result straight away but I’m very pleased to have received notice that I passed this exam. I will write…

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Microsoft Business Applications Virtual Launch Event this April

Published by Simon Angling on March 23, 2020

Be the first to experience new Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform capabilities on 2 April 2020 #MSBizAppsVirtualEvent

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Watch Helvetica By Gary Hustwit for Free

Published by Simon Angling on March 22, 2020

Filmmaker Gary Hustwit is streaming his documentaries free during the global Conronavirus crisis – this week (until March 22) you can stream Helvetica for free.

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DStv News Channels Streaming For Free

Published by Simon Angling on March 22, 2020

In response to the COVID-19 situation, DStv Now has added a way to get free access (no DStv subscription needed) to the following 24-hour news channels: 100 – DStv 180 – People’s Weather 238 – SuperSport Play 313 – PBS Kids 320 – Channel O 343 – TBN 400 – BBC World…

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Microsoft Teams: 3rd Anniversary Edition New Features

Published by Simon Angling on March 20, 2020

There is so much talk about Microsoft Teams this week already and yesterday a number of new features were announced. “Since we launched Teams three years ago, it has evolved to become the hub for teamwork — a place where you can meet, chat, call, and collaborate all in one…

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Microsoft Teams Demo

Published by Simon Angling on March 19, 2020

All this talk about working remotely! If you haven’t seen Microsoft Teams in action you can experience an interactive demo at https://teamsdemo.office.com. In this demo, you’ll first get a guided tour of Teams to understand the app and learn about key features. You’ll then try out some real actions and…

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COVID-19 Response Plan Templates and Resources

Published by Simon Angling on March 19, 2020

I was contacted yesterday by Info-Tech offering access to various research, tools and templates which can help IT teams with their COVID-19 response plans through their new COVID-19 Resource Center. There is a wealth of resources there, but for example, these are some of the resources I’ve been looking at this…

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Month: March 2020