April 2017 -

Secure file-sharing in Outlook

28th April 201728th April 2017 by Monika Nevicka

Email is the leading communication platform in the world, we use it every single day for sharing information. Outlook is our main tool for sending documents. This operation, which seems very simple, has a lot of caveats in the background. The first is size limitation, usually it is a problem…

Phishing alert! Fake Outlook upgrade emails

25th April 201726th April 2017 by Monika Nevicka

Did you recently receive a very legitimate looking service email from MSN or Microsoft asking you to upgrade your Outlook/Live inbox? Beware, it could be a phishing scam to steal your login credentials. A subtle mistake could cost you dearly, and make the day for the crooks and cybercriminals involved.…

Microsoft becomes the first cloud provider to offer GDPR contractual commitments publicly

24th April 2017 by Monika Nevicka

If you're a citizen of the European Union, you might have heard about its efforts to strengthen data protection laws for member states via the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. You may also remember that we covered Microsoft's commitment to comply with the provisions of the GDPR by May…

Using collaboration tools to make your team smarter

19th April 201719th April 2017 by Monika Nevicka

If you’re a small business, every resource counts. And often, your most valuable resources are your employees. Each employee brings something different to the table – sales shrewdness, tech savviness, even institutional knowledge that no one else has. But what good does it do to follow the adage about hiring…

Dropbox, OneDrive and SharePoint Online connected with your Outlook

18th April 2017 by Monika Nevicka

If you are working with MS Outlook, you probably struggled with this problem at least once – opening many applications, tabs or web pages just to access all the local or cloud files you needed. This could quickly become non-transparent and chaotic. officeGATE solves this problem in a very efficient…

Microsoft launches Office 365 Threat Intelligence

11th April 201718th April 2017 by Monika Nevicka

Other enhancements have also been made to the service’s security and compliance capabilities In order to increase the security and compliance capabilities of Office 365, Microsoft has launched Office 365 Threat Intelligence, among other notable enhancements. According to a Microsoft blog post, Office 365 Threat Intelligence will help customers protect…

Outlook Tips and Tricks

7th April 201711th April 2017 by Monika Nevicka

Make Outlook smarter with officeGATE! Are you an information worker? Do you spend most of the time in the office processing information and communicating with people in an electronical way? What is the software you are using most of the time? We bet we know the answer: it’s Microsoft Outlook!…

Four best practices for leveraging Office 365 Groups

4th April 20174th April 2017 by Monika Nevicka

It’s no secret that cloud-based collaboration tools are transforming the way we work, and Microsoft, with Office 365, is playing a major role in shifting workplace communication. Last year, Microsoft continued to enhance and develop Office 365 Groups as a powerful hub for team productivity. When armed with Office 365…