{"id":112323,"date":"2020-04-29T19:15:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T19:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=437375"},"modified":"2020-04-29T19:15:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T19:15:56","slug":"new-tools-to-help-it-empower-employees-securely-in-a-remote-work-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/29\/new-tools-to-help-it-empower-employees-securely-in-a-remote-work-world\/","title":{"rendered":"New tools to help IT empower employees securely in a remote work world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you want to know just how dramatically the world has changed over the last few months, consider how your opinion on working from home has changed since March. Remote work used to be an option that was nice to have if you needed it or if you were getting some extra things done over the weekend\u2014but I don\u2019t think any of us ever anticipated that mastering every nuance of working from home in a climate like this was going to be a critical part of our long-term success.<\/p>\n

The challenges of the work-from-home necessitated by COVID-19 will never be forgotten by anyone, especially in our IT community where 100-hour weeks were necessary to make sure everyone else could continue working 40. Here at Microsoft, we\u2019ve probably seen every possible challenge from every industry and point on the map, and we are committed to partnering with you as we all navigate this \u201cnew normal\u201d and keep working to ensure the continuity of your business at a time when there\u2019s no precedent to guide us.<\/p>\n

As you\u2019ve shared your challenges with us, we have been hard at work to find the answers that technology can provide. Whether it\u2019s enabling remote meetings and collaboration<\/a>, provisioning and managing remote devices<\/a>, ensuring the data that\u2019s no longer confined to your network remains secure and compliant<\/a>, using low-code tools and platforms to rapidly build new business applications<\/a>, or addressing the latest COVID-19-related threats<\/a>\u2014we have built solutions and developed the guidance your organization needs to help you make the most of this new environment. I recommend you check out the full set of assets we\u2019ve complied on the Microsoft Together<\/strong> site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over the last two months, there has been heavy usage of Microsoft Teams for online meetings, group chat, file sharing, and more\u2014and this has led to an unprecedented spike in active usage that we\u2019ve worked around the clock (quite literally) to support. Today we announced new features<\/a> to enhance the meetings experience for organizations and schools. For those of you using Teams, we have resources to help you with best practices and tips, wherever you are in your Teams adoption journey. You can access those resources and see what else is new in this Tech Community blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Enabling your users to work from anywhere, regardless of the industry you\u2019re in, requires a level of confidence and control over how users access information across different device endpoints and networks. To make this easier for you, today I\u2019m happy to announce several improvements to our products, including:<\/p>\n