Power Up Your Business with Microsoft 365

What exactly is Microsoft 365? Can it fully replace the traditional Office suite? The answer lies in both Yes and No.

Microsoft 365 is a comprehensive cloud-powered suite of productivity and collaboration tools offered by Microsoft. It seamlessly combines familiar software applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook with cloud-based services such as OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, and Exchange Online.

Microsoft 365 provides users with access to these applications and services across multiple devices, including computers, tablets, and smartphones, allowing for seamless collaboration and productivity from anywhere. It also offers features like real-time co-authoring, file sharing, email, and calendar management.

Microsoft 365 is available in different plans and subscriptions tailored to the needs of various users and organizations, including small businesses, enterprises, and educational institutions. It offers flexible licensing options and scalability, making it suitable for businesses of all sizes.

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As a small business owner, technology can be both a blessing and a potential risk. While it has the potential to enhance productivity and streamline your business operations, it also exposes you to cyber threats. Microsoft 365 is specifically designed to facilitate a smooth transition to the cloud while prioritizing security and productivity. Microsoft 365 Business Standard or Premium is an integrated solution that not only saves you up to 60% on licensing costs but also brings together connectivity and intelligence to help you innovate, build resilience, and compete more effectively.

Moreover, Microsoft 365 is now empowered by AI (Artificial Intelligence) assistant. You can now use Copilot in M365 to optimize your daily work. This AI assistant streamlines your daily tasks, making work more efficient:

  • Email Summaries: Condense lengthy email threads into bite-sized insights.
  • Data Visualization: Transform sales data queries into clear, informative charts.
  • Presentation Magic: Convert Word documents seamlessly into slide presentations.
  • Team Insights: Capture essential points from team chats effortlessly.
  • Meeting Management: Schedule follow-ups based on meeting summaries.

At AccessOrange, we are committed to helping small businesses like yours succeed. As a Microsoft Partner we can simplify license provisioning, renewal, and billing processes with our professional IT support, saving you time and effort so you can focus on your core business.

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Free Seminar: Data Security in Microsoft365 and Copilot

 

Join us at the “Security Data in the AI-driven World with Microsoft 365 and Copilot” free seminar and enhance your security knowledge.

Discover insights on M365 Security Framework, explore the power of Microsoft 365 Copilot, and learn about AccessOrange’s Managed Security Service.

Our distinguished speakers include:

  1. Roald Andersen, Founder and CEO of AccessOrange, who will delve into effective data security management for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
  2. Justin Chan, Channel Lead, Modern Work, Security and Copilot at Microsoft.
  3. Chadymae Barinan, Cloud Solution Architect – Modern Work + Security at Ingram Micro.

During this seminar, you’ll gain insights into the M365 Security Framework, explore the capabilities of Microsoft 365 Copilot, and learn about AccessOrange’s Managed Security Service.

Plus, enjoy a free lunch while networking with industry experts in the free seminar. Seats are limited, so register now!

Date: Tuesday, 30th April 2024 

 Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM 

Venue: MPR Room, 11th floor, Microsoft Office, Frasers Tower, 182 Cecil St, #13-01, Singapore 069547 

 

Agenda

09:30-10:00: Registration

10:00-10:15: Opening Remarks

10:15-11:00: M365 Security Framework

11:00-11:30: Microsoft 365 Copilot

11:30-12:00: Introducing AccessOrange Managed Security Service

12:00-13:00: Lunch and Networking

 

*Free lunch will be provided. Seats are limited, so it’s first come, first served! 

Registration:  https://forms.office.com/r/vDzwgZvgEu

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your security knowledge!

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Elevating your meetings with advanced AI capabilities

What is Microsoft Teams Premium?

Microsoft Teams Premium is an exciting addition to the existing Teams ecosystem, designed to enhance your collaboration and communication. Whether you’re a small team or a large organization, Teams Premium offers advanced features that elevate your virtual meetings, making them more personalized, intelligent, and secure. Let’s explore the key features and use cases that set Teams Premium apart.

Key Features of Microsoft Teams Premium

Personalized and Intelligent Meetings:

  • AI-Powered Meeting Notes: Take meeting notes effortlessly with the help of artificial intelligence.
  • Task Assignment with AI: Assign tasks during meetings using AI-driven suggestions.
  • Live Caption Translation: Enjoy live captions in 40 languages during your meetings.
  • Personalized Timeline Markers: Easily navigate meeting recordings with personalized markers.
  • Speaker Suggestions: AI-powered speaker suggestions enhance your meeting transcripts.
Teams Premium Intelligent recap

Enhanced Protection for Meetings:

  • Advanced Security Measures: Teams Premium ensures robust security for your meetings.
  • Protection Against Unauthorized Access: Safeguard your virtual gatherings from unwanted participants.

Management and Reporting Capabilities:

  • Advanced IT Management: Gain insights and manage your Teams environment effectively.
  • Detailed Reporting: Access comprehensive reports to track usage and performance.

Microsoft Teams Premium also introduces intelligent meeting analytics. Dive into detailed metrics such as participant engagement, meeting duration, and content sharing patterns. Use these insights to fine-tune your collaboration strategies and drive better outcomes.

Use Cases

  • One-on-One Meetings: Whether it’s a performance review, coaching session, or client consultation, Teams Premium ensures that individual discussions are productive and efficient.
  • Large Meetings: Host webinars, town halls, or company-wide gatherings with confidence. The AI features simplify managing large audiences, improve engagement, and enhance the overall experience.
  • Virtual Appointments: Healthcare professionals, consultants, and educators can provide personalized virtual consultations. Teams Premium supports secure and seamless interactions.

 

In summary, Microsoft Teams Premium is your smart companion for intelligent, engaging, and protected collaboration. So go ahead, elevate your Teams experience, and make every meeting count!

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Enhancing Cybersecurity for SMB: Introducing the CSAT QuickScan Assessment

 

In today’s security-conscious environment, organizations are actively seeking efficient ways to quickly assess their security status. They want to gain insights into their vulnerabilities, leveraging data from their company infrastructure. Our Cyber Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) offers an automated scanning and analysis solution to address this need. By providing personalized recommendations and an action plan, the CSAT empowers organizations to improve their security practices and demonstrate their commitment to safeguarding their assets.

The CSAT QuickScan Assessment: A Game-Changer for SMBs:

The CSAT QuickScan Assessment is tailored to address the unique challenges faced by SMBs, taking into account their limited resources, time constraints, and the need for a streamlined evaluation process. By leveraging this assessment, SMBs can gain valuable insights into their current cybersecurity posture, enabling them to identify vulnerabilities and take proactive measures to mitigate risks.

 

Actionable Next Steps:

One of the key strengths of the CSAT QuickScan Assessment is its ability to define actionable next steps for SMBs. The assessment report not only highlights areas of weakness but also provides concrete recommendations for improvement. These recommendations may include implementing specific processes, adopting relevant tooling, or enhancing employee training programs. By following these recommendations, SMBs can make informed decisions and take immediate steps to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses.

 

In an era where cyber threats continue to evolve, SMBs must prioritize their cybersecurity efforts. The CSAT QuickScan Assessment offers a practical solution tailored to the needs of SMBs, enabling them to assess their security posture effectively. By leveraging this assessment, SMBs can gain valuable insights, measure their cybersecurity maturity, and take targeted actions to enhance their defenses. With the CSAT QuickScan Assessment, SMBs can proactively protect their business, customers, and reputation in today’s digital landscape.

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Setup Microsoft Copilot for your Organization

Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) is a web-based AI chat service that utilizes generative AI to answer your questions and assist you in completing tasks.

One key distinction between ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot is that Microsoft prioritizes the protection of your business data and ensures that the data you share with Copilot will not be used to train the AI (unlike ChatGPT).

To learn more about the differences, you can read another blog: “ChatGPT vs Microsoft Copilot: What is the difference?”

Microsoft Copilot is now widely available for users of Microsoft 365 E3, E5, F3, A3, or A5 (for faculty), Business Premium, and Business Standard. To access Microsoft Copilot, simply visit bing.com using Microsoft Edge as your browser and select the “Chat” tab.

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Copilot vs Copilot for Microsoft 365 – What is the Difference?

Additionally, Microsoft 365 Copilot is an advanced version that seamlessly integrates with Microsoft 365 applications. While Microsoft 365 Copilot has not yet been launched in the Asia Pacific region, you can pre-order it here so we make sure you will get it as soon as it is available. (Microsoft 365 Copilot – Pre-Order Now (accessorange.com)

In the meantime, you can use Microsoft Copilot, which is available and can already bring enhanced efficiency to your organization’s employees.

3 steps to set up

To set up, and to ensure that Employees using Bing Chat Enterprise will be automatically signed into Bing.com/chat using their work account, follow these three steps:

  1. Enable the “Microsoft Search in Bing” setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center
  2. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, navigate to Settings > Search & intelligence > Configuration.

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3. As a tenant admin using Microsoft Edge, go to https://aka.ms/TurnOffBCE, accept the terms, and enable the setting. Once done, the set-up is complete.

Microsoft Copilot Set Up Service

If you need help with the set-up process, we offer a set up Microsoft Copilot Set Up Service package. This package provides step-by-step guidance, personalized assistance, and training support, ensuring a smooth and hassle-free transition to using the new service. Contact us for more information and details on this service.

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Get Ready for Microsoft Copilot Webinar

Are you ready to take your daily office work to the next level with the incredible power of AI?

Microsoft has recently introduced Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new AI-powered productivity tool that can help you work more efficiently.

Here are some examples of how Copilot can help you in different Microsoft 365 apps:

Word: With only a brief prompt, Copilot in Word will create a first draft for you, bringing in information from across your organization as needed.

Excel: Copilot in Excel can analyze and transform data, making it easier for you to create charts and graphs.

PowerPoint: Copilot in PowerPoint can create a slide based on your content, and it will generate one for you.

Outlook: Copilot in Outlook can help you summarize and draft emails. Microsoft 365 Copilot is integrated into the apps you already use every day, freeing you to focus on the most important work and less on the busy work.

Discover how this cutting-edge AI technology can revolutionize your workflow, streamline tasks, and boost productivity like never before!

We recently organized a webinar to discuss and demonstrate how’s powerful Copilot it is.

We have recorded the webinar and it can be viewed online.

Get Ready for Microsoft Copilot Webinar

Topics covered:

  1. Latest AI Trends and Innovations
  2. Microsoft’s AI: Introducing Microsoft Copilot
  3. Copilot Demonstration
  4. Other Copilot Solutions Available: Teams Premium
  5. Q&A Session

Explore more about Copilot, check out our blog article: ChatGPT vs Microsoft Copilot: What is the difference? – AccessOrange

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ChatGPT vs Microsoft Copilot: What is the difference?

It is true that AI technologies are revolutionizing the way we do tasks daily. ChatGPT is indeed a hot topic that everyone is talking about since last year. Recently, Microsoft Copilot has also been making waves in the AI world.

While both ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot are AI technologies that were developed to help users do tasks and activities faster and more efficiently, there are significant differences between the two. In this article, we will explain how these tools are powered by AI and what role they can play to help you in maximizing your time, creativity, and productivity. Let’s dive in!

 

ChatGPT: Your Conversational AI Companion

ChatGPT is a natural language processing technology developed by OpenAI. Powered by machine learning, deep learning, natural language understanding, and generation, ChatGPT excels at answering questions and engaging in conversations.

Trained on vast amounts of human language data from the internet, ChatGPT’s conversational abilities mirror those of a human interlocutor. Functioning as a chatbot, ChatGPT predicting the next word based on learned language patterns, it tailors its answers to your queries. Unlike a search engine, ChatGPT does not have the ability to search the internet and may not have the most up-to-date information to draw from.

Microsoft Copilot: Your Personalized Digital Assistant

Copilot is a digital assistant that helps you be more productive at work. There are two main versions of Copilot: Copilot in Windows and Microsoft 365 Copilot .

Copilot in Windows is a built-in version of the AI-powered Bing Chat that help you with tasks like searching the web, creating content, learning new topics, and more. The most important thing is that your chat data is not used to train the large language models used by AI. Unlike ChatGPT, your business data is being protected.

Microsoft 365 Copilot

On the other hand, Microsoft 365 Copilot is an advance version of Copilot that fully integrates into Microsoft 365 applications. It leverages the power of large language models (LLMs) and data from the Microsoft Graph, including your calendar, emails, chats, documents, and meetings. Copilot is embedded within everyday Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams, and works alongside you to unleash your creativity, unlock productivity, and enhance your skills. By analyzing your data and collaborating with you, Copilot offers tailored suggestions, streamlines workflows, and helps you achieve more in less time.

To sum up, ChatGPT is designed for general content creation, while Microsoft Copilot focuses on productivity and aid within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. While both ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot use large language model technology and machine learning to respond to natural human input, Microsoft Copilot is more secured as your business data will not be leaking out. It is also more effective at contextualizing and personalizing responses, thanks to its integration with the Microsoft Graph and your Microsoft 365 data.

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5 Benefits of Using Microsoft 365 Copilot

In the ever-evolving landscape of productivity tools, Microsoft has introduced a game-changing feature known as Microsoft 365 Copilot. This innovative addition combines the power of large language models with the familiar applications of Microsoft 365, offering users a more natural and intuitive way to accomplish their work tasks. Here we will explore five key benefits of using Microsoft 365 Copilot and how it can revolutionize the way we work.

 

  1. Boosting Productivity

One of the primary advantages of Microsoft 365 Copilot is its ability to enhance productivity. By integrating Copilot into applications like Outlook and Teams, users can streamline their email management, meeting coordination, and collaborative tasks. Copilot acts as a helpful companion by summarizing key discussion points, providing valuable suggestions, and recommending next steps. With Copilot’s assistance, meetings become more efficient, and email response times are drastically reduced, saving precious time and effort.

  1. Seamless Integration

Copilot seamlessly integrates with applications like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Teams, ensuring a cohesive and unified user experience. This integration eliminates the need to switch between multiple tools and allows users to leverage Copilot’s capabilities within their preferred Microsoft 365 application, providing a consistent and efficient workflow.

  1. Skill Enhancement

Microsoft 365 Copilot offers users an opportunity to enhance their skills and knowledge. By leveraging the capabilities of large language models, Copilot provides contextual suggestions and guidance throughout the work process. Whether it’s learning new techniques or exploring different workflows, Copilot becomes a valuable coach, helping users quickly grasp and implement new methodologies. With Copilot by your side, you can continuously develop and refine your skills, leading to increased proficiency and expertise.

  1. Unleashing Creativity

Microsoft 365 Copilot empowers users to unleash their creativity by providing seamless integration with applications such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. With Copilot, the process of creating and editing documents, presentations, and data analysis becomes more efficient and enjoyable. By offering draft suggestions, saving time on writing and data gathering, and providing quick feedback, Copilot becomes an invaluable assistant in bringing your ideas to life.

  1. Enhanced Decision Making

Making informed decisions is crucial in any professional setting. With Microsoft 365 Copilot, users can access valuable insights and recommendations that aid in decision making. Copilot’s ability to analyze large amounts of data and provide real-time suggestions empowers users to make well-informed choices. Whether it’s analyzing trends, exploring data sets, or interpreting complex information, Copilot becomes a trusted advisor, simplifying the decision-making process and enabling users to achieve optimal outcomes.

Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces a new era of productivity and efficiency, revolutionizing the way we work with its powerful integration of large language models and Microsoft 365 applications. By boosting productivity, offering seamless integration, enhancing skills, unleashing creativity, and enabling informed decision making, Copilot becomes an indispensable tool in the modern workplace. Embrace the benefits of Microsoft 365 Copilot and unlock your full potential in achieving professional success.

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