Author: Matthew Finnegan

Team collaboration tools have become popular in a variety of sectors in recent years, replacing email with group chat “channels” for real-time communication. For Valley Behavioral Health, that’s meant using Slack to improve the flow of information b…

Microsoft Teams users can now access Dynamics 365 data without the need for licenses for the CRM platform.Microsoft has already moved in recent months to deepen ties between Dynamics 365 and the team collaboration app; in March, the company added th…

Unified endpoint management (UEM) describes a set of technologies used to secure and manage a wide range of employee devices and operating systems — all from a single console.Seen as the next generation of mobility software, UEM tools incorporate se…

As businesses eye a return to the office, many are settling on a mixed approach to remote and in-office work. For those outside of the workplace, this creates challenges in re-creating serendipitous and ad-hoc interactions — the digital equivalent o…

Microsoft will expand the use of its Fluid components to a wider range of productivity and collaboration tools, including Outlook, OneNote, and Whiteboard — part of the company’s ongoing effort to change how people interact with documents.Fluid comp…

Since the rebranding of G Suite to Workspace last year, Google has targeted a more streamlined and interconnected experience across its collaboration and productivity apps to compete with the likes of Slack and Microsoft. On Monday, Google announced…

Facebook this week announced a handful of updates to its Workplace enterprise social network, including new video features and improved integrations with third-party applications.Among the features unveiled Tuesday are updates to a Live Q&A feat…

Microsoft has patented an employee “wellbeing” recommendation feature that uses biometric data to detect a worker’s stress levels when completing tasks such as sending emails, encouraging them to take a break when anxiety levels run high.The “Emotio…

For all of the successes of the pandemic-forced shift to remote work, replicating the casual interactions that happen naturally in the office — the impromptu team lunch, informal hallway chat, or a quick strategy session by the coffee machine — has …

Microsoft today unveiled its employee-experience platform, Viva, which the company calls a digital “gateway” for employees to access relevant news, learning, analytics, and knowledge within their organization.Four Viva “modules” — Connections, Insig…