SOC 2 Type II Certification, Email Hijack eBook, The Top 5 Questions, Trivia Question, TechTips, News, and more!
 
VNET – 30 Years
 
February Newsletter
 

Hello {"ANONYMIZED":"2023-04-26"},

 

February has sure been a packed month here at VNET. Below you can read about our latest certification that shows how important data security is to our organization, and more importantly, to your organization if you've selected VNET as your trusted MSP and internet provider.

 

You won't want to miss our latest podcast featuring our own security expert and vCIO, Tom Guadagno. We've also prepared a new guide titled "The Top 5 Questions you could ask us, that we'd love to say 'Yes' to." It's a high level overview of what VNET can do for your business based on questions we are frequently asked by business owners and IT personnel.

 

Our popular series of trivia questions continues, as well as new VNET TechTips, and insights into Microsoft Teams. We hope you enjoy it!

 

–The VNET Team
 
 

Congratulations to VNET Newsletter subscriber Jackie B. who was selected at random after responding correctly to our trivia question from our January newsletter. She received a $25.00 gift card to Red Letter Hospitality. Thanks to everyone who emailed an answer, and be sure to read through this month's newsletter for our latest trivia question! (The correct answer for January was the Motorola StarTAC phone.)
 
 
SOC 2 Type II Certified
 
VNET Achieved SOC 2 Type II Certification
 
We are pleased to announce that VNET, the area's leading MSP, has received its SOC 2 Type II compliance certification.

SOC 2 is an in-depth audit conducted by an external party, resulting in a detailed final report that closely examines a company's information systems to ensure they meet five principles of trust established by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA): security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy...
 
 
 

The Top 5 Questions

 
 

Download Our Latest Guide

 

 

We love answering your questions. We aim to be as transparent as possible when telling you how we work and how we can work with you.

In our latest ebook, we tackle five of these top questions!

 

So if you’re looking for a new IT support partner - one who works as part of your business and not as just another supplier - give us a call.

We’d like to discuss how we can help your business reach its goals this year.
 

 
 

VNET Radio Podcast

 

 

Each month, VNET tackles a new technology topic for our monthly podcast, VNET Radio.

 

This month, Tom Guadagno discusses what the VNET security team is doing to keep businesses safe from cybersecurity threats.

 

Not into podcasts? You can also listen to us LIVE on Jet Radio 1400 every third Wednesday at 9 AM, or listen via the iHeart Radio App.

 

Available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.
 
 
One bad email. That's all it takes...
 

VNET TechTip: One bad email. That's all it takes...
 

What’s the biggest threat to US businesses in 2021? Not Covid – it’s cyber-crime. You see what a big threat it is, by understanding the one one one rule.

We explain it in this month’s video.
 
 
 
 
VNET TechTip
 

You know you’re working hard when your desktop looks like the inside of your brain – 20 different windows open at once.

 

Here’s a great way to minimize everything but the one window you’re currently working on.

 

Click the title bar of the window you want to keep open. Hold your left mouse button down and give the window a shake back and forth. After a couple of seconds, all the other windows will minimize, leaving just the one you want open. Cool.
 
 
 
 
Email Hijack eBook
 

The days of hackers breaking into email just for fun or to cause havoc are long gone. These days, they are more likely to access an account and set up a hidden email forwarder. That means they can monitor all emails being sent to you. And from there, they can spot patterns, such as a large invoice sent by a key supplier on the same date each month. Then all they need to do is implement some clever social engineering such as sending a fake follow-up email with "new bank details" immediately after the real invoice has been received...

This exact scenario is the subject of our ebook. The title is "Email Hijack", and it shows you how to protect your business from precisely this kind of crime.
 
 
 

Joke of the Month
 
Q. How many programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
 
A. None. It's a hardware problem!
 
Comedy isn't easy. Have a tech related joke? Share it with us: marketing@velocitynetwork.net
 
 
 
 
VNET 30 Years Trivia Question of the Month
 
It's hard to believe there was a time before autocorrect. The process was a bit more clunky in the early days of Microsoft Word than it is today, with people needing to press F3 and the left arrow to replace a specific, frequently misspelled word: What is this commonly misspelled word and its misspelling?
 
Submit your answer to marketing@velocitynetwork.net for a chance to win a $25.00 gift card to The Original Popcorn House!
 
 

 

 

Q. What is Audio Conferencing in Microsoft 365?

 

A. Audio Conferencing in Microsoft 365 enables users to call in to meetings from their phones. Add a phone number to your Teams meetings with a simple click in Outlook and your attendees can join Microsoft Teams meetings on the go, without an internet connection.

 

Offer: If you're a small or medium-sized business with up to 300 users and you currently don’t have Microsoft 365 Audio Conferencing licenses, you can get Audio Conferencing free for one year! Microsoft Audio Conferencing is only available to existing Microsoft 365 users.

 

 
 
 
Keeping Up with Microsoft Teams
 

Teams usage surpasses 115 Million Daily Active Users
Many organizations quickly adopted Microsoft Teams to enable their remote work strategy at the start of the pandemic. With Teams usage up 50% since early 2020, Microsoft continues to add new features to the platform to improve usability and compete with its rivals Zoom and Google. 

 

We have highlighted a few of the new features below and have provided a link to a more in depth roadmap that showcases the advances coming soon to the Teams Meeting, Meeting Rooms, and Calling experiences. 

 

Are you currently using Microsoft 365 but not leveraging Microsoft Teams for chat or video collaboration? Do you plan to use more video focused solutions to engage your employees or clients?

 

Contact the VNET team today for a demonstration of Microsoft Teams to maximize your existing Microsoft 365 investment and reimagine your meeting room spaces.

 

Microsoft Teams - New Features in the Last Month

 

When you just don't have the words
Show them what you're feeling with reactions—now in meetings. Choose from like, love, applause, and laugh. Learn how to use reactions in your next meeting at Express yourself in Teams meetings with live reactions.

New keyboard shortcuts in meetings
Use these shortcuts to raise your hand in a meeting and find out who else has theirs raised. Ctrl+Shift+K (Command+Shift+K on macOS) raises and lowers your hand. Ctrl+Shift+L (Command+Shift+L on macOS) will have your screen reader read aloud a list of anyone else currently raising their hand.

Presenters! Pick up where you left off
Whether you've stopped presenting and need to share again, or you and a colleague are tag-teaming a big presentation, Teams has your back. You—or anyone else with access to the file in the meeting—can stop presenting a PowerPoint deck and resume again from the same spot. When you go to share your screen in a meeting, choose the PowerPoint file you want to present. The next time it's shared in that meeting, you'll have the option to resume the presentation or start over.

 

Your agenda is now in Teams for free
When you schedule a meeting in the free version of Teams you now have an agenda view that lists all of your upcoming meetings. With this new view you also get a way to copy an invite to share with others and and a shortcut to Meeting options. Get the full details at Getting started with meetings in Teams free.

 

 

Google Workspace gets Teams meetings
Now, it's easy to schedule and join a Teams meeting directly from your Google Workspace calendar with the new Teams add-on. Make video calls, brainstorm together with a digital whiteboard, and stay connected across your school and work. Get instructions on how to add Teams to your Google Workspace at Install Teams meeting add-on for Google Workspace.

 
 
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