Useful IT Security Tips When Traveling Abroad With spring break right around the corner, we want to provide security tips for those who will be traveling abroad. During the preparation for our trips abroad, we focus on getting to the airport early, and making sure everything we need [...]
Business Impact Analysis What is a Business Impact Analysis? Our business is impacted by events that are beyond our control. These events may be natural or manufactured, but they still can significantly impact the smooth functioning of our business processes. Preparing for these events and managing their impact [...]
Using Microsoft Viva to Improve Team Productivity Enhance your Teams Experience! Microsoft Viva is a new in-app experience used primarily in Teams and is useful in improving team productivity. It allows you to manage communications, knowledge, learning, resources, and insights! You can add it to Teams by selecting [...]
Using Adobe Acrobat Features Included in Acrobat Standard vs Acrobat Pro Adobe Acrobat is your one-stop shop to view, create, manipulate, print, and manage PDF files. They offer a premium version, Acrobat Pro, however, the features you get with the standard version are more than enough for [...]
Google Drive Sharing Files Made Easier Google Drive has made collaborating and sharing files as convenient as possible. Need to send files through Microsoft Outlook or Teams? Skip the step of downloading the file, and upload it straight from the Drive. Sharing directly through Google Drive frees [...]
Microsoft Whiteboard Collaborative Brainstorming and Planning Microsoft Whiteboard is an efficient tool for collaborating during meetings. Whiteboard is used in conjunction with Microsoft Teams to get the most productivity from Teams. Its most basic form, it is used to communicate notes, drawings, and ideas via chat or video [...]
Phone Systems at Texas A&M University Phone Systems The resources given below will help DSA departments plan for their phone needs and stay on supported phone systems. Texas A&M Division of IT actively supports two phone systems that can be found on-campus: Current Cisco VoIP Original Polycom VoIP. The [...]
Consolidation of DoIT Providing Quality IT Service Always! President Banks has released The Path Forward, which calls for organizational restructuring of departments and colleges based on what the MGT report recommended. In the path forward, a centralized structure is recommended for IT services to increase communication, accountability, and [...]
Training Sessions - October Outlook Training Q&A: Come for a Q&A training session about best practices and uses for Outlook. This will be an open forum where you can pop in to ask questions about Outlook. To know more about Outlook, learn useful tips and tricks, and to get a primer before the training [...]
Microsoft Outlook Get Organized Microsoft's Email Software, known as Outlook, has so many more functions than just sending and receiving basic emails. Its ability to schedule meetings, craft emails, and even organize our emails and tasks, makes it a powerful tool to help us organize our lives. Outlook [...]