Run effective meetings with Microsoft Teams

Even if you and your team are working from home, you still need meetings to keep the business moving. However, meetings—both in-person and virtual can too often be unproductive. As all meetings move remote, it’s more important than ever to keep them engaging and productive. Microsoft can show you how. This virtual class from a Microsoft training specialist covers tips to make the most of your Microsoft Teams meetings from beginning to end.
How to Create Content that Generates Exposure, Loyalty and Sales

If you’re working towards better relationships with your customers (and who isn’t?), share relevant content with them. They want to interact with you, and good quality content enables them to trust and want to talk with you, according to Cheryl Snapp Conner, CEO of SnappConner PR. She and Jeremy Knauff, CEO of Spartan Media, team together in “How to Create Content that Generates Exposure, Loyalty and Sales” to offer fresh perspectives on basic content marketing advice. It includes specific examples of how investing in content for your customers will produce ripple effects for your company. Check out the article!
Why Your Elevator Pitch Isn’t Working

It’s a simple question that pops up suddenly and usually from a stranger. How prepared are you when asked the question, “What do you do?” or “What’s your business?” Although we know it’s coming, too often too many responses are not on point. Elevator pitches take time and thought-process to formulate, and there are definite ways of gauging how the recipient is understanding your response. Author Anna Johansson shares unique ways of looking at your pitch—with suggestions on how to differentiate yours from the rest. Read her article, “Why Your Elevator Pitch Isn’t Working.”
Social Asset BYL B: Unify workplace collaboration

Microsoft Teams is the one-stop digital hub for teamwork—where teams can meet, call, and chat from anywhere. Subscribe here.
Get started with Microsoft Teams quick start

Microsoft Teams can help your remote employees feel more connected and be more productive regardless of department. In this guide, you’ll discover actionable tips and tricks to make the most of Teams for all your employees—marketing, sales, finance, HR, IT, engineering, and project management. Learn how now.
Unblocking Teamwork: four tools and strategies to improve collaboration

Collaboration is becoming increasingly important in workplace culture, but COVID-19 is isolating employees and collaboration could be more of a challenge. Microsoft Teams can help. This Microsoft eBook shares tips and tricks on how you can use Teams to overcome blockers to collaboration—like too many apps and tools or inefficient virtual meetings. Discover how you can drive collaboration with this tool.
Introducing Microsoft Teams: empowering remote work

Enforce social distancing and remain working from home while also keeping your business running. No matter where you and your employees work, Microsoft Teams can be your hub for all files, conversations, and meetings. See what this one-stop-shop can do for your connection, collaboration, and productivity.
Introducing Microsoft Teams: empowering remote work

Enforce social distancing and remain working from home while also keeping your business running. No matter where you and your employees work, Microsoft Teams can be your hub for all files, conversations, and meetings. See what this one-stop-shop can do for your connection, collaboration, and productivity.
5 Things to Avoid While Using a Team Messenger

Team messengers have given organizations the ability to become global and adopt more flexible work methods. On the other hand, they’ve also created new ways for people to be awkward in the office. Avoiding these faux pas is easy, however. Just read this article on the 5 basic rules of office messenger etiquette, then follow Lane Technology Solutions for more #ModernWorkplace tips.
SQL Database Engine Blog: What is Azure SQL Database Managed Instance?

Still not sure what we mean when we talk about Azure SQL Database Managed Instance? What separates it from other Azure offerings? What does “Managed Instance” mean? What would an SQL database look like from the cloud?