18 May 2021
Microsoft Teams Background Effects
Jig shows you how to change your background in Microsoft Teams meetings to ensure privacy and security in this #2MinuteTutorial. Watch now to find out if Jig can beat the clock.
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17 May 2021
?We are on the shortlist! ?
We are proud to announce that Select Technology has been shortlisted for the CRN Sales and Marketing Awards' "Best New Business Win" category. The new business win in question was Locate in Kent who we now provide Prestige IT support to, and we also migrated them to Microsoft 365.
28 Apr 2021
Microsoft Dynamics 365: Add some magic to your marketing
The technology revolution that has taken place over the past year means customers are interacting with businesses online more than ever. Therefore, it is vital to ensure you have an edge over your competitors when it comes to customer experience.
11 Jul 2020
IT support that only gets better
As you would expect, our Technical Alignment and Insights teams work in the background to ensure your systems are up to scratch. We consistently assess against 100s of best practices to maintain your IT environment and keep you running without any blips.
14 Apr 2021
It’s time to get serious about Cybersecurity
We always talk about the technical elements of cybersecurity, what tools, software, and processes that you should use to protect your business. Cybersecurity and data protection (or the failure to truly consider this as an essential forethought) rather than an afterthought is by far of significance importance today.
15 Mar 2021
Microsoft email server hack. Is your business at risk?
We’re all aware that we need to be vigilant of our own cyber security and it goes without saying that this should be of paramount importance to any business. The news of the recent Microsoft hack is a stark reminder of just how vital it is to have cyber security monitoring in place.
4 Mar 2021
Microsoft Teams: PowerPoint just went live
The shift towards remote working, has meant we spend a huge amount of time in either Microsoft Teams meeting or Zoom calls etc. One of the things that we all do, is present! PowerPoint has become an application that really makes it easy to share compelling stories. However, sharing a presentation has been “not easy”.
17 Feb 2021
You make me breakout (rooms)
Microsoft Teams is an application that has significantly been developed over the last year, this is a trend that is going to continue. Some of the updates include customisable praise badges, together mode, presenter spotlighting, and updates coming soon include Dynamic view, SharePoint home app, increased meeting sizes, out of office scheduling in Teams and a branded lobby.
26 Jan 2021
Select Technology partners with Locate in Kent to support their business recovery initiative
We are excited to announce our partnership with Locate in Kent on their Future Forward initiative. We will be working with SMEs across Kent and Medway to align their strategies with technology and to help enable them to plan for the future through digital transformation.
25 Jan 2021
More talk, less (Teams) chat
There is an issue that has become apparent to me recently, one that I previously did not realise existed and is probably affecting us more than ever before:
7 Jan 2021
Better, faster, stronger: optimising business processes
To understand where our customers are with their processes we use a six stage maturity model. Before we can start to assess anything, we need to be clear what a business process actually is.
21 Dec 2020
Connect less to connect more
I realise this is an odd thing for a Digital Transformation Consultant to say. It's also an odd thing to say in a pandemic when many people - myself included - have bemoaned the lack of human interaction. In fact, I have promoted some forms, in particular the digital lunch.
