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    Community sample: Engage your users with SharePoint stories/reels

    Would it not be cool to engage your Modern Workplace users with content appearing like in your favourite social network? In my latest community sample, I built an SPFx webpart to do so. Here is how I did it, but first, this is how it looks:

    Hybrid working strategy at a company level

    A great Hybrid Working Strategy (HWS) will be unique to a business and so, to help you get it right for your business, I thought I’d share some of the key questions.

    Exchange Server patch alert - Action if you have Exchange on-prem

    Current risks to multiple different on-premises Microsoft Exchange Servers where zero-day vulnerabilities are being exploited by a nation-state affiliated group. Please note that EXCHANGE ONLINE is not affected.

    Use Authenticator Apps and move away from SMS and voice

    Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) has now been widely accepted and used as a best practice. All your creds are belong to us, is a nice blog that outlines vulnerabilities in credentials other than passwords and highlights the promise of passwordless, cryptographically protected creds like FIDO, Windows Hello, and the Authenticator App.

    Adding Azure DevOps release notifications to Microsoft Teams

    Everyday we spend a number of hours diving in Microsoft Teams. There are a lot of actions that we can perform from there; opening documents, attending meetings, chat with different members of the team, and much more.

    The Remote Internship

    So how has the world of work changed here within QA at ClearPeople since the lockdown in March because of COVID19, and we all had to work remotely?

    Brave New World

    “How beauteous mankind is!

    O brave new world

    That has such people in't!”

    How to add the new Yammer Communities app in Microsoft Teams

    The new Yammer experience is finally here, and has been made available by Microsoft for desktop users through the Communities app in the Teams store for free.

    Cool trick to customise your background in Microsoft Teams

    A few days back, Microsoft launched a new feature for Teams called Background Effects which everybody seems to be loving and using.

    Our Best Practices When Working from Home

    In the wake of all the changes and uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, ClearPeople are working hard to keep our spirits up and our business running as smoothly as possible given the circumstances. We are lucky that the digital workspace is what we do for a living, and we already give most employees the option of working from home up to three days per week as part of our wellbeing and flexibility benefits, so in many ways we were well-prepared for a “new normal”.