Keep Software Costs Down with Office 365

Quay Focus understands how important it is for small businesses to keep IT costs down. In fact, forty-one percent of small businesses say that lack of budget is their biggest barrier to adopting new technology. We think #Office365, with its low monthly subscription cost, can help. One license of this powerful business productivity suite is good for use on up to FIVE devices for a single user!

Professional services company Turbine Test Service has four Office 365 subscriptions that empower them to work flexibly, which they need because two of their co-workers work remotely.

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6 Reasons Your Company Needs a Chief Productivity Officer

The CIO and IT positions have evolved. With an ever-expanding set of responsibilities, CIOs are now expected to have data management skills; project management, legal, and compliance expertise; corporate financial skills; and know how to work with vendors. This workload leaves very little time to focus on the latest productivity technology. With a Chief Productivity Officer focused on advancing your company’s cloud infrastructure, you can adjust your strategy, respond to the changing tastes of your customers, and stay on top of current industry trends.

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Broadclyst School – Surface Hub teamworking

Quay Focus knows that good ideas need nurturing. With the right digital tools, bringing those ideas to market can be a streamlined process from start to finish.

When the Broadclyst School participates in the Global Enterprise Challenge, it sets its student teams up for success with a Microsoft Surface Hub device and #Office365. They can brainstorm using the Surface Hub; capture their ideas and notes in OneNote; manage accounts in Excel; and save everything to OneDrive for anytime-anywhere access–all easy and fast.

Let Quay Focus show you how the Surface Hub and Office 365 deliver the digital pathway to speed your innovative ideas to market.

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Can you automate your business without losing that personal touch?

More businesses are looking to integrate automation into their operations. While it can help streamline your company and increase its effectiveness in performing many functions, it’s important to maintain the fine balance between customer relationship and efficiency. Personal engagement with your customers is how you establish rapport, loyalty, and get your customers to return. Changing that dynamic can confuse and detract from the relationship unless you are able to balance automation and integrate it in a way that enhances the overall customer experience.

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Use Business Process Automation to Increase Productivity

Satisfying all stakeholders in an organization is no easy task. But Quay Focus knows getting everyone on the same page can produce superior results.

With Office 365 Flow, automated workflows facilitate dissemination of data, synchronization of files, and the processing and granting of requests. This allows for standardized response times and aids in decision making. With Forms, collaboration is enhanced by the ability to analyze responses to surveys or polls instantly, allowing for real-time input from remote individuals.

Quay Focus can help you put your people on the same page too. Contact us to find out how.

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5 key areas to focus on while integrating cloud-based strategies

Moving to the cloud does not happen overnight, and the road there can often appear winding and poorly marked. It may not always be clear which move is the right one for your company.

Advisors can help a business navigate this path, ensuring they are achieving the desired result and avoiding complications.

We here at Quay Focus want to ensure that your business is making the best possible choice when starting out on your cloud journey. Contact us to learn more about making the right choice.

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Build forms from scratch and handle responses with Microsoft Forms

Teaching kids the life skills they need to succeed can be time consuming. Microsoft Forms is a new part of Office 365 Education that allows teachers and students to quickly and easily create custom quizzes, surveys, questionnaires, registrations, and more. With Microsoft Forms and Flow, you can receive email, push, or text notifications when new survey responses are submitted. You can also notify your team by posting the response to your channel on Teams, Yammer, or Slack. Best of all, Microsoft Flow is compatible with over 100 different apps, helping automate tasks that are time consuming. This saves time and allows teachers to spend more time teaching.

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Today’s Innovative Businesses: Focusing on What Matters Most – Infographic

Innovation is the name of the game today. Why let redundant, repetitive tasks stand in the way when #Office365 provides business-process automation to handle them for you? Microsoft Forms lets your customers gather valuable information through surveys, quizzes, and polls. With Microsoft Flow, they can create automated workflows between apps and services. #Office365 has intelligence at its core to deliver the insights and assistance that help your customers do their best work.

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