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Using a particular template in Excel, you can track your fitness, exercise regimens, progress, and much more by loading you information into Office 365.     Looking for a much easier way to track your fitness without complicated calculations? You can find it in a seemingly unlikely place: Office 365. Through the calculating power of Excel and the portability of Office 365, you will be able to track your fitness goals and progress at home and on the go by just setting up a spreadsheet. The only real preparation you need to do is determine the number of times you...

Recent reviews of the Sophos XG Firewall line of products paints an extremely positive picture for Sophos’ latest digital security solution. The Sophos XG Firewall system was reviewed recently and received what any manufacturer in any industry would love from a major media outlet: a perfect score. The Sophos unified threat management (UTM) system received 5 out of 5 stars in every category concerning the overall rating of the system from two major media publications, namely SC Magazine and PC Pro. The XG Firewall series is considered a next-generation, FastPath security suite that uses traffic light-style indicators for rich reporting...

Microsoft announces that protection from ransomware like the recent “WannaCrypt” attacks will be part of the long-awaited Windows 10 Creators Update. In a recent article from Microsoft, the subject of combating ransomware like the recent attacks around the world takes center stage as a premier addition to the Windows 10 Creators Update. Microsoft seems to be doubling down on its own antivirus software as well as hardware solutions to deal with the debilitating attacks like WannaCrypt. The Windows strategy of dealing with these attacks include: Utilizing hardware-based security (built into Windows 10) and use mitigations to increase risk to attackers...

Moving away from a centralized network to a cloud-based system is the key to successfully adopting Office 365 for your enterprise. Many enterprise-level businesses are moving towards Office 365 in record numbers (there will be an estimated 100 million users by the end of 2017) for the features it offers, but some are facing challenges when converting over. Many of these businesses either have or are trying to implement changes to their existing centralized networks to prepare for the power necessary to convert to Office 365, but have been met with problems regarding bandwidth, firewall security, and more. The true...

With the announcement of the new Surface Pro and Surface Pen, Office 365 is getting a new stylus and inking capabilities. Microsoft is having quite the year so far, announcing many new Surface products with the new Surface Pen being chief among them. The new Surface Laptop was featured at the Microsoft Build 2017 conference, and the new Surface Pro tablet/laptop hybrid with the much-improved Surface Pen came during a reveal at a Shanghai Keynote conference. Corporate VP of Devices Panos Panay lead the presentation, placing a special emphasis on the Surface Pen and the abilities it will possess when...