Skype for Business as part of Microsoft Office

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Microsoft has brought the best of Skype and the best of Lync together to connect millions of people from around the world.
Skype for Business is ideal for scheduling and running online meetings. Attendees can join from their computers, tablets or phones. Skype for Business makes communication easy and makes you more productive.

Not sure how to best use it? Have a look at this video for some ideas.

With Skype for Business, you have a full range of communication and collaboration capabilities at your fingertips.

Based on the familiar Skype experience that more than 300 million people use every month to connect with friends and family, Skype for Business delivers an expanded Lync feature set and enterprise-grade security, compliance and control to IT. It also enables people to search for and connect with anyone in the Skype network—inside or outside their organization. And Skype for Business is built right into Microsoft Office.

New features that will benefit you

This update is good news for current and future users. Everyone loves Skype and everyone is familiar with its easy-to-use interface and functionality. Here are some of the new features that you’ll benefit from:

  • You will get the familiar Skype icons, user experience and call monitoring.
  • You will get improved content-sharing and telephony. For example, it will only take one click to transfer a call – not three.
  • You will be able to instant message, audio call and video call any Skype user anywhere in the world.
  • You will benefit from increased call quality. Skype for Business will take on the SILK default codec from Skype, which Microsoft claims will improve audio quality.
  • You will experience increased mobility with new mobile apps that Microsoft will release for iOS, Android and Windows that will enable your team to communicate on the go, through the one tool.

To help you plan and implement Skype for Business,  call us today.

Gerry Kirby   Tel: 01-2166 970   or send me an email

Prepare Today's Students for Tomorrow’s Opportunities-Teaching with Technology

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An Event Hosted By: St Vincent's Castleknock College, Dublin on 19th Jan 2015

GDK, Microsoft and Wriggle organised a most memorable event in Castle knock college on 18 Jan 2015
where over 98 teachers and advisors from various schools throughout Ireland.
"Teaching with Technology" was the theme and the following was demonstrated and discussed:

  • Office 365 – The Building Blocks
  • How Office 365 is used in the classroom by students in Claregalway College
  • Insight into the Microsoft Surface Suite presented by a Maths Teacher fom St. Joseph’s Rockfordbridge
  • How Schoology is used in schools
  • Demonstrations of IT networks, Security, Wireless systems
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Presenting the prizewinner Paul Atkinson, Sancta Maria College (centre) with an Amazon Voucher,  are Una Langford, GDK Network Systems, Paul …

Presenting the prizewinner Paul Atkinson, Sancta Maria College (centre) with an Amazon Voucher,  are Una Langford, GDK Network Systems, Paul Atkinson, Sancta Maria College and Johnathan Healy of Data Solutions.

If your school would like to host a similar event, please contact us and we will discuss with you.
An event like this will give exposure to your school and show present and future parents that your school is providing their children with the latest IT Technology to help with their education and enhance their career prospects.

Ring us or send us a note via our Contact Form

The changing face of the classroom: What about the teachers?

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The changing face of the classroom: What about the teachers?

What does a digital classroom mean for a teacher?
Are there any Benefits?
How will teachers find a teaching approach to utilise the technology creatively?
How will teachers sharpen their IT skills to keep up with rapidly expanding new technologies?
Did you hear about the Dutch Schools that seek to transform Education?

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The changing face of the classroom-What students want?

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The changing face of the classroom-What students want?

Some teachers may downplay the importance of computers in the classroom, but it is undoubtedly the way of the future. From a recent student event in Dublin, students want to utilise computers and devices more in the classroom.
They want:
   -   to use Tablets to learn
   -   to use Skype or Lync to talk to students in other countries and find out about other cultures
   -   to use Google Earth to learn more about history and geography
   -   electrical sockets, plenty of them, to plug in computers and recharge mobile devices.

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Microsoft Office for your iPad and Yes, it's good.

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Microsoft Office for your iPad and Yes, it's good.

You can now download touch-optimized, tablet-specific versions of Microsoft's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint from the App Store and view or present Office documents for free.

And if you already have an Office 365 subscription you will also be able to edit these documents. You can work on Office for iPad files locally on your device, with SharePoint links, or from a OneDrive account.

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Your INVITATION to the Microsoft Educators Summit 2014

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Your INVITATION to the Microsoft Educators Summit 2014

We are delighted to invite you to our annual Microsoft Ireland Educators Summit taking place on Thursday March 20th.
Come and join us to this FREE event and  find out more about:

  • Windows 8 Devices such as the Surface RT
  • Apps Available for all classroom tablets
  • The full range of e-books now available from Ireland’s publishers
  • The optimum Wireless Solutions available to Irish Schools
  • Microsoft Office 365 and how it can impact on IT in your school
  • Microsoft volume licensing OVS-ES :- the cheapest way
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