It took me a while to find the answer to this one for a client this morning so I thought I would write it up quickly and how it's of help to someone else. To enable in region recordings in and alternate region, you need to perform the following steps:...
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...
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...
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. On the Shoulders of Giants The primary philosophy behind...
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".
I passed the AZ-203: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure exam this week and gained the Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification.
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. See...
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...
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. News Sites https://www.bbc.com/news/coronavirushttps://www.theguardian.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak https://time.com/tag/covid-19/ https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest Maps https://infographics.channelnewsasia.com/covid-19/map.htmlhttps://google.com/covid19-maphttps://www.accuweather.com/en/za/national/covid-19 https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard https://www.bing.com/covid Graphs and Visualisations https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirushttps://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615414/the-covid-19-pandemic-in-two-animated-charts/ https://pandemic.internationalsos.com/2019-ncov/covid-19-data-visualisation...
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...
Be the first to experience new Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform capabilities on 2 April 2020 #MSBizAppsVirtualEvent
Filmmaker Gary Hustwit is streaming his documentaries free during the global Conronavirus crisis - this week (until March 22) you can stream Helvetica for free.
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 – DStv180 – People’s Weather238 – SuperSport Play313 – PBS Kids320 – Channel O343 – TBN400 – BBC World News401 – CNN402 – Sky News403...
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...
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...
