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We want to make sure that know about practices and functions that can boost your business productivity. In these blogs you may learn something new about Microsoft 365 or Business Systems.
Keeping Your Customers in the Loop – Even When There's Nothing New to Say
The other day, I was talking with my son about the importance of keeping customers updated, even if there’s no new information to share. It’s essential to let them know where things stand, especially when they’re waiting for an order or service to be completed.
Prevent Losing Access to Your Microsoft 365 Small Business Account
This article provides essential advice for small business owners using Microsoft 365 accounts, focusing on preventing loss of access and maintaining security.
What you should know when recruiting for a Power Platform (Power Apps/Power Automate) specialist
In this insightful blog post Darren Lutchner shares his expertise to aid in the recruitment of a Power Platform specialist.
Transferring money using direct bank transfer could send you broke.
In the digital age, understanding the risks of direct bank transfers is crucial for financial safety. This concise article explores the hidden dangers of using BSB and account numbers for transactions, such as identity theft and unauthorized debits, which could lead to significant financial losses. It offers a clear picture of the vulnerabilities present in digital banking. Additionally, it provides essential tips on protecting your financial information online, including the use of secure connections and vigilant account monitoring. Ideal for anyone looking to navigate the complexities of online banking securely, this piece emphasizes the importance of being informed and cautious in the face of potential online banking threats.
How to produce Blog posts from YouTube using Chat-GPT
In the realm of digital content creation, innovation is key. Today, we're exploring a groundbreaking approach to content creation: transforming YouTube videos into blog posts using Chat-GPT. I share my insights on this fascinating process.
Stop sending emails to the recipients Junk Folder
Email trash folders are great for trapping unwanted emails (Like Spam and unwanted marketing material). However, like large fishing nets sometimes “innocent” emails get caught. This behaviour can be obviously annoying and sometimes cause embarrassment.
Why I did NOT recommend Microsoft Power Apps to a customer
Recently a customer asked me to help them migrate a safety checklist process from a paper-based process to an online process. The customer had tradespeople working onsite and needed to provide the management with confirmation of basic checks as to safety work done.
Model Driven Powerapp(Dataverse) – How to show or hide sections based on lookup column
This article will explain how to show or hide a form tab section based on choices made by the user. Unfortunately, Model Driven App (Dataverse) does not allow this functionality using the Form Designer. Therefore, the function needs to be created using JavaScript.
What’s wrong with using generic email addresses (info@ or admin@) for customer use?
I recently had a customer who wanted to use admin@CompanyName.com.au as an email address that he could put on the company website as generic contact address.
How secure is email?
In a nutshell it’s not secure at all. There. Done. Thanks for reading my article.
Oh, you want to know why and what can you do about it. Then keep reading.
Remove manual data entry in Spreadsheets using Power Automate
I have a customer who wants to remove manual data entry in spreadsheets. He has a daily monotonous task of manually entering bank reconciliation transactions from his bank account into his accounting system He knew this was a waste of his time and asked me if I could come up with a solution to automate this procedure.
Using Microsoft Teams to manage your project schedule
If you are managing a project whether its small or complex, then Microsoft Teams is a fantastic platform to use. In this article I am focusing project scheduling. However, Teams is a great solution for other project management activities.
“Surely any decent system would …..”
Over the years of managing system implementations customers have said to me “Surely any decent system would have this feature as standard functionality”.