Power BI is a leading cloud native tool for self-service and enterprise business intelligence (BI) that transforms raw, real-time data, from a wide variety of sources, into reports and visual dashboards seamlessly infused with the apps you use every day. It is a simple and intuitive way to bring your business data to life and into the hands of decision makers.

For this month’s blog we continue our Hidden Gems of Microsoft 365 series with Microsoft Bookings.

Microsoft Bookings is a handy app to help organise meetings and schedule appointments, for you and your team, which can also be integrated with Microsoft Teams to further streamline your business workflow.

We have looked at Power Apps in a previous blog, but this month we will look at how you can use robotic process automation (RPA) to easily streamline your repetitive business processes with Power Automate.

An effective multi-channel retailing strategy relies on accurate and up-to-date inventory data to drive automated inventory management systems.

In our blog this month, we will look at the importance of keeping close tabs on your inventory, the issues resulting from inaccurate stock data, and how our RFID inventory solutions can save you time and money.

This month we are looking at Power Apps, Microsoft’s solution to building low-code apps, with little to no developer experience, to transform the way your business operates.

In last month’s Microsoft Planner blog we looked at Microsoft’s powerful planning tool. This month we delve into Microsoft To Do, another key app in the Microsoft task ecosystem which helps you manage and achieve those tasks on a day-to-day basis.

Planner and To Do work hand in hand to help you take control of your workload. Where Planner is a team task organiser, To Do is a personal task organiser.

Leading on from last months Microsoft Teams blog, we will continue by looking at an app that is a key feature in the Microsoft 365 task ecosystem, the Microsoft Planner app. This intuitive visual collaboration and planning software can be used as a standalone app or as part of the larger integrated Microsoft task experience. Allowing groups of any size to plot-out projects and organise tasks in a way that is both visually appealing and easy to follow.

Last month we took a deep dive into the benefits of SharePoint (link to last months blog), briefly touching on how well SharePoint and Teams go hand in hand to produce a seamless collaborative workflow. Today we will look further into Microsoft Teams features which unify real-time messaging, video conferencing, collaboration and organisational tools helping you streamline your business workflow and improve productivity.

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For the second instalment of our Microsoft 365 Hidden Gems series, we look at SharePoint and its powerful mobile intranet capabilities to keep your team informed and bring your team together whether they are in the office, working from home or in a different country. Join us to find out why SharePoint has risen to be one of the top-rated intranet platforms in the world.

To kick-off the Hidden Gems blog series we will be looking at OneDrive the powerful cloud storage solution that provides at least 1TB of secure file back-up and syncing across all platforms and devices, even o Mac and Mobile.

In our Hidden Gems of Microsoft 365 series, we'll take a look at some of the lesser-known Microsoft 365 apps, highlighting their various features and benefits. The big bonus is that they're all bundled with your Microsoft 365 subscription, providing you more bang for your buck and potentially saving you money over third-party apps that do the same activities.

Retail Pro Prism is the latest version of Retail Pro, now giving you options to upgrade from Version 8 or Version 9. More than just an EPOS system; it's a complete platform that allows you to manage your entire retail operation. We look in to the reasons why so many of our Retail Pro 8 and 9 customers are choosing to upgrade to Retail Pro Prism.

After a booming year of online shopping, learn how you can leverage your new customer data to increase sales in your bricks and mortar stores with the Unified Commerce Engine RD-Ice™ from Retail Dimensions (RDi).

Business endpoint protection from Webroot, the company that brings you BrightCloud® the largest threat intelligence database in the world. The perfect solution for protecting all your network endpoints from phishing, ransomware, malware, and other cyberattacks.

Our award-winning Business Continuity Suite ensures data is always available and disruption to productivity is minimised. With complete protection against accidental or malicious deletion, ransomware, malware, natural disasters and any many other scenarios, we protect your business from external and internal threats and get you back up and running in as little as 5 minutes.

Flexible Cloud Computing that grows with your business. The Microsoft Azure platform offers businesses large and small the flexibility and security of cloud computing. Azure combines over 200 products and cloud services to create a unique cloud environment tailored to your individual needs.

Since the rise of SaaS in the early 2000’s we have become increasingly reliant on cloud based applications to power our businesses. And what's not to love?