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Why should I use Microsoft Teams for External calling?
The telephony capabilities in Microsoft 365 provides a 100% cloud-based PBX system so you can use Microsoft Teams exactly like you use your normal phone—and do it from any device running Teams from anywhere in the world – provided you have internet access. Even better, if you have a [...]
How do I use Microsoft Teams to make external calls?
Thanks in part to the global pandemic Microsoft Teams has exploded in popularity. Even if you or your organisation have not actively chosen to deploy Teams, it's likely that you will have been invited to use it for a video conference call, or some form of collaborative working. Other [...]
Is cybersecurity part of your decision making?
V12’s Covid-19 Business Impact Survey* (May 2020) showed that over half the respondents considered IT security as one of the most important concerns: indeed 38% cited it as very important with regard to their IT systems. With a dispersed workforce which was predominantly using residential broadband and domestic routers, [...]
Comms Dealer: IT budgets set to increase in coming months
We’re delighted to be featured in Comms Dealer talking about how the Coronavirus will impact IT budgets. The article reads: The coronavirus pandemic has prompted nearly a quarter (22%) of IT budgets to increase over the next year, with 20% of ICT buyers forecasting a rise of more than [...]
Homeworking Technology: How many struggled to adapt to remote working?
In V12’s Covid-19 Business Impact Survey* (May 2020) we looked at how organisations sourced homeworking technology and about how new processes have developed and the impact of remote working. How businesses responded to the immediate dispersal of their workforce, will likely impact their future competitive capability. While 43% managed [...]
The way forward for collaborative communications platforms
In V12’s Covid-19 Business Impact Survey* (May 2020) we looked at the collaborative communications platforms companies were using before lockdown, and about which ones would be used over the longer term. We found that the majority of respondents used more than one collaborative communication tool. Microsoft Teams, Zoom and [...]