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Are You Ready to DIY Office 365?

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By now you've almost certainly heard about the license donation program for Office 365. Most nonprofit organizations can get free access to hosted email (Exchange), files (SharePoint & OneDrive), and instant messaging (Lync) in the cloud from Microsoft. Shared Files (SharePoint Online).

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How Our Organization Migrated to Office 365 in a Few Weeks

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I emphasized that for the most part, there would be no change in the way the staff members would get their work done. Licensing. I found out at the NTC Conference that nonprofits can mix and match Office 365 E1 and E3 licensing. E3 licensing is $4.50 E3 licensing is $4.50 We decided to go with E1 licenses.

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How TechSoup Uses Box Donations

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It allows staff to view and reorganize documents in folders on individual laptops and then sync changes to the Box online platform. Although we use SharePoint for secure internal document sharing, we like to use Box for its easy bulk downloads and photo thumbnail views. Our monthly charges are determined by the number of licenses.

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Moving to the Cloud? Keep These 8 Security Tips in Mind

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For example, you can use SharePoint to host and share files instead of going with a third-party cloud storage provider like Box. In late 2016, note-taking service Evernote caught some flack for a change in its privacy policy that would have allowed employees to be able to access customers' data stored on Evernote's servers.

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Advice from Grantmakers on Streamlining Your Tech Solutions

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That changed after the pandemic when Tacker and her team streamlined their tech systems for more efficiency. “In Right before the pandemic hit, we migrated everyone to the cloud, and put all our files on SharePoint. Additionally, she said, they consolidated their software subscriptions, and IT now holds the licenses.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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It also has back-end tools including hosted Exchange (email), SharePoint (file serving), and Lync (messaging and conferencing). It’s a new licensing arrangement in which Adobe products users download the software as they have in the past and use it on PCs, but licensing is on a monthly per-user fee basis.

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Adobe Acrobat XI vs. Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

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Most versions of Acrobat allow you to find and change text within the document. You can capture signatures with mobile devices, and host SharePoint-based shared reviews on Office 365 sites. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro: This version is the last perpetually licensed desktop version that Adobe will produce. Editing PDFs. Accessibility.

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