Systech was at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2016 held this year in Toronto. We heard from key personnel at Microsoft about the latest and greatest technology. Their Mission, since Satya Nadella took the reins, has been to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Their new offerings like PowerApps and flow for Office 365, machine learning and Azure Predix, Conversations-As-A-Service, Operations Management Suite, and much align to this mission of empowerment. The most notable takeaway for me was that the role of the CIO is changing from a staff function to an operational function by allowing end users to take data streams and expose intelligent actionable items.

Skype Meetings

Microsoft recently released a web based version of skype called Skype meetings. The free version allows you to have up to 10 people in the video call for the first 60 days. After the first 60 days you get up to 3 attendees per call. In addition to basic group chatting you can also present a desktop, PowerPoint presentations and IM during the video call.  This is available to anyone in the US with a business email address. Here’s the catch – you cannot already have an Office 365 subscription. After signing up  you can start sending a link for others to join.  Plus, you can invite people that don’t have a Skype account.

Overview

Systech is beginning a series of helpful tech tips and shortcuts that will enable everyone in your organization to be a power user. This will increase your productivity and save you time. We will be showing you how to be the most productive while you are computing. We are going to start with the things everyone should already know before diving into more advanced computing tips and tricks. So, without further adieu here are July’s Power User Tech Tips.

Overview

This month’s issue of Power User Tech Tips will dive into some cool advanced features of Windows 10 that everyone running this Operating System will already have. We will be discussing virtual desktops, productivity hacks and tricks, and the Chrome browser. If you haven’t already, you might want to take a peak at last month’s discussion for common keyboard shortcuts that I use daily. Let’s dive in!