Have you ever wished that you could keep all of your notes and ideas in one place?

If so, then Microsoft 365 Onenote may be the tool for you. This powerful application has been designed to help busy professionals streamline their workflows, improve collaboration, and increase productivity. Keep reading to find out how this innovative program can help you manage your projects with ease.

Microsoft 365 Onenote is a digital notebook application that allows users to easily store and organise notes, documents, images, audio files, and more. A powerful feature is that all content is searchable, including specific parts of videos, as these are transcribed, and even handwriting. I can personally vouch for this, as my own handwriting would rival that of most doctors and the search feature still works with it!

It's an integral part of the Microsoft Office suite of applications and can be accessed from any device with an internet connection - including iPhones, iPads, Android devices, Macs and PCs. With Onenote, users can quickly access all of their notes from any location.

We like to think of it as a digital scrapbook.

Onenote offers a range of features that make it easy to organise notes and documents.

These include:

• A tabbed note-taking interface that lets users easily switch between different topics;

• The ability to share notebooks with colleagues or clients;

• The ability to add tags for easier organisation;

• A powerful search functionality;

• The ability to create checklists;

• Powerful collaboration tools such as real-time co-authoring;

• Easy integration with Outlook tasks;

• Mobile synchronisation across devices.

These features provide users with a range of benefits such as improved project management capabilities, better team collaboration, increased productivity levels and more effective communication between teams.

In addition, Onenote comes equipped with built-in security features which ensure data remains safe at all times.

While the possibilities are endless when it comes to using Microsoft 365 Onenote for business purposes, some popular use cases include:

- project tracking & management
- meeting minutes & action items tracking
- document storage & sharing

All these tasks can be easily managed within the same platform which makes it easier for businesses of all sizes to stay organised and efficient while minimizing costs associated with manual processes due to its low cost subscription model compared to traditional software solutions.

As you can see from this overview of Microsoft 365 Onenote's features and benefits, it's clear that this powerful program can help busy professionals streamline their workflows, improve collaboration, and increase productivity. Whether you're looking for a way to store documents securely or need an easy way to track projects across teams, Microsoft 365 Onenote has something for everyone.

How do you ensure your business is running as efficiently and productively as possible?

If you're a Microsoft 365 business, a relatively new feature called Viva Insights allows you can gain actionable insights into the productivity of your business and maximise the performance of each team member.

Microsoft 365 Viva Insights is an AI-powered workplace analytics tool that helps businesses stay competitive and productive in today’s digital workspace. It provides insights into employee engagement, team collaboration, workflows, and performance to help you optimize your processes and make data-driven decisions.

Viva Insights is packed with features that can benefit businesses of all sizes. Here are a few of its key features:

💥 Dashboard - An intuitive dashboard makes it easy for you to access all of your analytics in one place. You can view summary reports as well as drill down into detailed reports on topics such as employee engagement or team collaboration.

💥 Insights - The insights feature allows you to track metrics such as user adoption, meeting quality metrics, active collaboration trends, top contributors, sentiment analysis, and more. This gives you an understanding of how your employees are working together so that you can optimise their performance.

💥 Collaboration Tools - Microsoft 365 Viva Insights also includes tools for collaboration such as relationships mapping which helps identify the most connected people in your organisation; knowledge sharing which helps teams find experts quickly; and pulse surveys which give employees quick feedback on topics such as diversity or work/life balance.                  

Here are a few examples of how businesses can use the platform:

💥 HR departments can use the insights feature to better understand employee engagement levels across different departments or teams so they can target initiatives accordingly;

💥 CIOs can use the dashboard to view summary reports on IT utilisation and user adoption rates so they can adjust their strategies accordingly;

💥 Managers can use the collaboration tools to get quick feedback from their teams on topics such as diversity or work/life balance;

💥 Sales teams can use the relationships mapping feature to quickly identify experts who could help close deals faster;

💥 Product teams can use the knowledge sharing feature to quickly find answers when researching new ideas or initiatives.  

Microsoft 365 Viva Insights offers a wealth of features that could benefit any business looking to stay competitive in today’s digital workspace. From dashboards for tracking KPIs to insights for gaining a deeper understanding of employee engagement levels, this platform has something for everyone.

How we are helping improve small business’ Cyber Intelligence

With the media attention around high-profile data breaches in 2022, it's understandable that cyber security is a hot topic for businesses right now.

We at Infinite Edge are having more conversations with businesses that are concerned about their Cyber Security and Cyber Intelligence in general.

A huge part of helping businesses achieve strong 💪 Cyber Intelligence is education. You don't know what you don't know.

As a small or medium business owner, you understand the importance of protecting your business and your customers' information. The threat of cyber attacks is real and growing, and it's crucial for businesses to stay ahead of the curve in terms of cyber intelligence.

We're seeing a growing number of businesses managing their own IT. They do so because their business is entirely cloud-based and they seem to be able to manage their daily IT requirements. What they don't realise is that much more is required to have optimised technology. They end up doing themselves, their business, their team, and their clients a disservice.
 
Without optimised technology and outsourcing the management and support to an IT provider, they are taking on a responsibility that takes them away from what they do best. Not only that, if their technology is not optimised, then their team and business are not as efficient, productive, and scalable as they could and should be. 
 
When it comes to cyber security intelligence, if a business is managing its own IT, then it’s also up to them to manage cyber security entirely on its own. What we see in those cases, is that cyber security intelligence is almost non-existent.

We’re here to tell you, that wherever you are right now in terms of your technology and cyber security, it's ok. It's not too late to take control and become what we like to call Cyber Intelligent. 💻

We're excited to offer a FREE Cyber Intelligence Masterclass that is specifically tailored for small to medium business owners (and their IT managers) like yourself.

Our masterclass is designed to give you the knowledge and skills you need to protect your business from cyber threats.

During the Masterclass, you'll learn about the latest tools and techniques. You'll learn how to identify and prevent cyber attacks, protect your company's sensitive information, and respond effectively to a security breach.

This is your opportunity to set your business up right for 2023 when it comes to your technology and cyber security so that you can start the new year with more confidence and certainty.

Are AI tools becoming more powerful and viable to use in the workplace?

ChatGPT has been a hot topic lately.

If you haven't heard of ChatGPT, let's ask Jasper which is another AI powered platform designed for content generation, to provide us with a definition of what ChatGPT is:

ChatGPT is an AI-powered platform designed to help users create engaging and conversational content in real-time. It uses a natural language understanding (NLU) model to understand user input and accurately generate responses that match the user's tone and style. Additionally, ChatGPT offers support for multiple languages, allowing you to generate content in different languages with ease.

Pretty cool, right?

Let's expand this topic further, as using AI to help create content is proving to be one of the more popular uses of these tools. So let's ask Jasper what the difference between ChatGPT and Jasper is for content creation:

For those looking to generate content more quickly and easily, two of the most popular tools are ChatGPT and Jasper. This blog post will look at how both tools can be used for content creation, and offer a comparison of the two options in terms of features and usability.

ChatGPT is an AI-powered platform that helps users create engaging and conversational content in real-time. The tool uses a natural language understanding (NLU) model to understand user input, allowing it to accurately generate responses that match a user’s tone and style. Additionally, ChatGPT offers support for multiple languages, allowing users to generate content in different languages with ease.

Jasper is an AI writing assistant that offers an array of features designed to help you produce high-quality content faster than ever before. With Jasper, you can create engaging social media posts, blog posts, tweets, short stories, and much more - all with a few simple commands. Unlike ChatGPT, Jasper cannot execute physical tasks such as sending an email or contacting a person, but it does follow instructions from the user very well without asking questions first.

In terms of usability, both tools are very easy to use and require minimal setup time before they are ready to start generating content. On top of that, both platforms also provide options for output formatting - with ChatGPT offering HTML/Markdown conversion & optimization capabilities while Jasper only supports Markdown formatting for now.

Overall, both tools provide powerful capabilities when it comes to creating content quickly and efficiently - making them ideal choices for anyone who needs quality written material fast! While each service has its own advantages depending on your needs and preferences, ultimately it's up to the user to decide which one best suits their goals for content creation.

Of course, with any of these tools, a human is still required to proofread and make necessary tweaks. Let AI do the heavy lifting, but it still needs a human touch.

Are you using AI tools?

Are personal devices putting your organisation at risk?

Does your organisation allow employees to 'bring your own device(s)' (BYOD)?

Years ago, the trend shifted from strictly company-issued devices to allowing employees to BYOD.

The motivation was simply convenience. With a surge in smartphones and devices, it seemed an easier choice for organisations to just allow users to use their own devices rather than issuing company ones for all staff.

That trend is now reversing, and the main reason is the security and control of company data.

Simply put, there just isn't an easy way to completely secure access to company data for employees using personal devices.

We currently provide clients with recommendations on how users can improve security when accessing company information, but they are simply recommendations, and without having control over those devices, you're putting the organisation at risk.

The issue for those organisations that have allowed BYOD, is the cost and project scale involved in replacing all personal devices with company-issued ones.

For those that use an offshore team, it's also commonplace to allow them to use personal devices.

Microsoft released Windows 365 not too long ago, which delivers a full, personalised PC experience from the cloud to any device, giving workers and organisations power, simplicity and security for hybrid work.

This adds to the already existing Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktops (AVDs) which are a bit more complex to set up and configure but are better suited if you have a larger team and wish to pool resources and save costs.

Either of these solutions is a great way of addressing BYODs in organisations and the associated cyber security dilemma, reducing the risk and improving cyber intelligence.