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Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) uses Microsoft Teams to promote equity of access to learning opportunities for students. This online school originated out of needs associated with distance and limited class offerings at small schools—but shortly after opening, they discovered that it was also beneficial for several other categories of students, such as elite athletes who frequently traveled or students experiencing health concerns and needed to work remotely.

When it comes to cybersecurity, you probably think of protecting computers, apps, or online databases first and printers last. Precisely because they’re overlooked in, printers can be exploited by hackers and used as a gateway to infiltrate your systems.

Jack's Diving Locker, a scuba diving and snorkel educational facility, uses Microsoft 365 Business to securely run their business and to streamline their outreach efforts. Since adopting a cloud-based security and communication solution, its founders have grown their business from five sets of gear and a Volkswagen van to a company with two retail stores and five boats at two harbors.

When nearly 60% of customers will move to a new brand or company for better customer service, it’s time to transform customer service from afterthought to priority. Read this article for tips. Contact Virtual Office Solutions to learn how solutions like Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Field Service can help you more easily satisfy the new breed of 21st century customers.

For the Meals on Wheels organization in Greenville County, South Carolina, serving and improving the lives of community members is a daily practice. As the nonprofit company grew, so did the need for their services in their community.

Leaders at Meals on Wheels knew they needed a comprehensive technology solution that would protect the data of the people they served.

This infographic showcases the top 5 reasons why your nonprofit needs to move to an always-updated experience powered by the cloud. The benefits of adopting the cloud through Microsoft® cloud services are presented; these include secure data, streamlined scalability, and cost savings.

How can you achieve up to 212% ROI or more with Microsoft Azure SQL Database Managed Instance? Lower operational costs and redirect resources to more value-add projects. Costs associated with rearchitecting apps for the cloud as well as IT administrative costs will minimize.

Forrester Consulting conducted a study to examine potential cost savings from migrating on-premises workloads to Azure. Have a look.

Contact Virtual Office Solutions now for migration support.

We often spend so much time focused on getting technology into classrooms, and devices in the hands of students, that we fail to focus on ensuring that these technologies are actually being applied in a meaningful way.

Teachers are already overburdened with an abundance of requirements and a lack of time to meet them. So, instead of simply demanding they figure out the technology and implementation on their own time, we believe in setting them up for success from the start.

By providing an interface that teachers are already familiar with, like Windows 10, we can slash their learning curve, reduce frustration, and get tech into curriculums faster. Contact us to learn more.

Social and emotional skills are far more predictive of a student’s achievement than home environment or demographics. That’s because employers are looking for people who are able to think on their feet and build strong relationships.

Technology has the incredible potential to level the playing field and make these important skill developments accessible to all students, by giving teachers the ability to combine emotional and cognitive skills with academic learning.

At Virtual Office Solutions, we want to help your school use technology to arm all student with the skills they’ll need in the workplace.