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Blue Soft integrates Projetlys (Blue Soft Empower from now on) ultra-specialist of Microsoft solutions

Editor's note: Projetlys became Blue Soft Empower in March 2023. In early November, Blue Soft announced the acquisition of Projetlys as part of its development strategy, which is based on a balance between organic and external growth. Projetlys is a Digital Services Company (DSC) that guides organizations in their digital transformation. A Microsoft solutions specialist since its creation in 2006, Projetlys is recognized and certified for its expertise. As proof, it was elected by Microsoft as "Partner of the Year 2015 for France". Thierry Boccara and Alexandre Lamotte, respectively co-directors of Blue Soft and Projetlys, talk about the operation, what it will bring to both entities and what it has already started to change. How did you meet? Thierry Boccara (Blue Soft), Patrick Dubois (Projetlys), Alexandre Lamotte (Projetlys) and Ludovic Hayat (Blue Soft), co-directors of both companies. Thierry Boccara : " To answer a strong demand, we were looking to reinforce specific expertise in the group Blue Soft. The firm that is assisting us in our external growth process, and with whom we have made two previous acquisitions, presented us with Projetlys. We were immediately attracted to the company. [...]

2024-01-10T08:50:36+01:00November18, 2019|Digital, The Group|0 comment

Microsoft Teams: 13 million users, No. 1 in enterprise messaging, ahead of Slack

This summer, Microsoft dropped a bombshell on the world of enterprise instant messaging: its Teams platform, integrated with Office 365, attracts 13 million users daily. Another big surprise: Microsoft Teams is now more popular than its competitor Slack. In just two years, the communication tool in the Office 365 suite has managed to win over so many users that it has become the most important instant communication channel. Looking at weekly Teams usage, Microsoft reports 19 million users. In terms of volume of structures, the platform is used by 500,000 companies in 181 markets. Proud of this success, the Microsoft Teams and Office 365 teams are not stopping there. Teams should soon be equipped with two new features: urgent notifications and information prioritization. Urgent notifications take the form of short messages that are sent every two minutes to a computer or smartphone until they are acknowledged by the recipient. This is particularly useful in emergency environments such as hospitals. The second feature allows you to pin [...]

2024-04-17T10:14:40+02:00August 19, 2019|Digital|0 comment

User management on Office 365: how does it work?

Very complete, Office 365 is deployed through many applications. Adapted to collaborative work, it can absorb a large number of users. In a context where the fashion is "Bring Your Own Device", users can even install the suite on several of their devices, computers, tablets and mobiles. For the general administrator and the administrators of each application, the question arises of how to manage these users. How to manage them? How to control access and ensure the security of the company's data? What are the possibilities per application? Office 365 user management is both simple and comprehensive. Find out more about this powerful tool. Access to Office 365 As a collaborative tool, Office 365 facilitates connections and uses. To access the different applications, there are three ways : Anonymous access: the unidentified user can open a document and re-share it via a link; Authenticated access: the user is connected to their Microsoft account through their email address; External access: the unauthenticated user can only access the basic features. What are the possibilities of the global administrator? In the context of an organization where all accounts are referenced, [...]

2024-01-10T08:29:23+01:00July 23, 2019|Digital|0 comment

Project management software: Trello vs. Microsoft Planner

New team companions, project management software is flourishing everywhere. The term "project management" is even a bit of a misnomer, when it is often about managing tasks rather than complex projects in the new ways of working. How to choose among the task management software? What information is important? Blue Soft takes a look at two market leaders and provides you with its analysis, from handling to price, including security and team management. Two solutions are well known and among the best software on the market. Trello vs. Microsoft Planner, here are two well-known task managers on the market that promote collaborative work and project-based work. Who will win the match? A similar operating principle with a different vocabulary Trello works with tables, lists and cards. Each user can create a table, integrate lists and detail them via cards. To go further and become a real collaborative project management platform, Trello has integrated Power-ups (plugins that enrich the table). Of course, all the boards are fully collaborative: each team has access to the lists, to the tasks and to the [...]

2024-01-10T08:28:20+01:00July 5, 2019|Digital|0 comment

Feedback from Allizé-Plasturgie and CFP on Dynamics 365

Allizé-Plasturgie is a professional union serving the players in the plastics and composites industry. It mobilizes its expertise and its network to feed the strategic and operational reflections of its member companies. The CFP is a training and consulting center for plastics and composites companies. For their CRM modernization project, Allizé-Plasturgie and the CFP chose to turn to Blue Soft Empower to implement Dynamics 365, the Microsoft solution. Olivier Wilt, their IT manager, agreed to explain this choice and to share his experience. Why did you decide to equip yourself with Dynamics 365? "We already had a CRM solution for several years. Over time, it did not evolve as we wanted it to. The various changes of editor and its obsolescence convinced us to change. We wanted to compare the solutions available on the market in an efficient way. We therefore decided to organize functional workshops to review the business processes and create a set of specifications. Thanks to this, we were able to rely on different rating criteria, such as functional specificities or price. We [...]

2024-01-10T08:21:02+01:00March 20, 2019|Uncategorized|0 comment

Moves in cloud : Microsoft Azure forms new partnership with VMware

At the end of February 2019, The Information published a groundbreaking news: the cloud Microsoft Azure solution is joining forces with virtualization specialist VMware. With an estimated revenue of $11 billion in 2018, Microsoft Azure is well below its competitor Amazon Web Service (AWS) with its $25.65 billion. Could this new alliance be a response to the competition, which already uses VMware's solution? What is the interest for VMware in this partnership? A look back at a somewhat surprising collaboration... The success of the multicloud The partnership between Microsoft and VMware is not happening now without reason. This collaboration responds to a new trend among CIOs who now store their data on different types of cloud and no longer on a single cloud . This is called multicloud. RightScale's study on cloud in the enterprise shows that 84% of companies with more than 1,000 employees have a multi-cloud strategy. Of these, 56% use hybrid clouds, 17% use public clouds and 9% use private clouds. The cloud lexicon 1. Public cloud : is a cloud created by a service provider and accessible to any subscribing enterprise. Although many organizations use public clouds, the [...]

2024-01-10T08:20:21+01:00March 15, 2019|Data|0 comment

SharePoint 2019: even more collaboration for your teams

After a beta test last July, Microsoft announced the launch of SharePoint Server on-premises 2019 at the end of the year. What should we expect? The technology firm promises a consistent experience, an enriched platform and a hybrid system directly integrated with SharePoint Online. This is something that its 400,000 enterprise customers can look forward to. Users, from January onwards, will benefit from easier collaboration, wider distribution of information, process automation and a simplified interface. In the meantime, find out about all the changes step by step. The "On-premises" concept: in SharePoint 2019, it is easier to bridge the gap between an "On-premises" server and a " cloud " server; this is known as a hybrid environment. What's new in each category of SharePoint 2019: Microsoft has not only modernized its tool, but has enriched it with many features that are divided into four families: Share & Work Together, Inform & Engage Employees, Transform Business Processes and IT & Developer Value. Share & Work Together Document sharing will be simplified and uploaded files can be up to 15GB in size. On the other hand, users will be able to work in offline mode. Files will be automatically synchronized [...]

2024-01-10T08:19:01+01:00February 4, 2019|Digital|0 comment
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