Technology Archives - Simon Angling

Presenter Coach in PowerPoint

Published by Simon Angling on June 28, 2020

I tried out PowerPoint Presenter Coach for the first time this morning and I’m super impressed. Presenter Coach evaluates your pacing, pitch, your use of filler words like umm, informal speech, euphemisms, and culturally sensitive terms, and it detects when you’re being overly wordy or are simply reading the text on a…

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Teams Meetings and Bypassing the Lobby

Published by Simon Angling on June 27, 2020

I was asked on Friday if we can set up a meeting whereby at a certain point of the meeting, certain members of the meeting would be asked to leave, as the second half was confidential. The obvious answer is two meetings, but the preference of the meeting organiser was…

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GTD and InBox Zero with Microsoft Outlook

GTD and InBox Zero with Microsoft Outlook

Published by Simon Angling on May 3, 2020

Recently I was asked to assist a colleague with her email management and took her through my system and helped her with her own set-up. I subsequently decided to document my personal system as it may be of help to others.

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Understanding the Recent Security Changes in Zoom

Published by Simon Angling on April 7, 2020

There has been a lot of media in the last week about the security of Zoom meeting and whilst my advice is to migrate to Microsoft Teams I promised a colleague that I would send her the basics of security against what is been termed “Zoom Bombing”.

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AZ-203 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Exam

Published by Simon Angling on April 2, 2020

I passed the AZ-203: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure exam this week and gained the Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification.

I don’t profess to be a developer but I have managed development teams in the past and find a deeper knowledge of development and coding helps a great deal. As an Azure Solutions Architect Expert I wanted to gain a deeper understanding of the Azure building blocks for modern application architecture as this will allow me to better serve my employers and colleagues in the future.

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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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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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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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