Are Microsoft 365 Hybrid Work Security Tools a Good Fit for You?
Is Return to Office (RTO) a fantasy? After a painful remote-work acclimation period in 2020, most workers now expect to have flexibility over where they work. That means businesses of all sizes must overcome the digital challenges of hybrid work as quickly as possible.
This in-depth webinar helps you understand the leading challenges inherent in hybrid work security and see how you can overcome those challenges using Microsoft 365 tools. Watch the webinar now.
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This webinar features SWK’s Microsoft 365 expert, Rachael Wade, who helps you clearly understand how you can easily overcome the biggest hybrid work challenges at today’s small-to-midsized companies. Looking for specific information? Use this summary to skip forward to the parts that interest you.
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The 3 Digital Challenges to Hybrid Work Security
Hybrid workers are defined as employees who work in mixed environments, which seems to present the best of both worlds: remote work flexibility and at-work collaboration. Strangely though, there’s a disconnect between these two work formats.
- Learn about the “Hybrid Paradox” (5:29)
- Understand how companies have transformed to address the Paradox (6:12)
Addressing the Hybrid Paradox takes investment in cloud-based digital tools like Microsoft 365 – but improperly managing security in these tools can create additional issues.
- Discover security issues introduced by remote work (7:43)
- Learn how those issues lead to poor productivity and overload IT staff (8:02)
- See why this cycle is likely to result in preventable cybersecurity holes (9:49)
How Identity Access Management Can Help
It is not hard to imagine why a work-from-anywhere world could be a cybercriminal’s dream. Small and midsized companies are only now realizing that they must evolve their access methodologies as soon as possible to allow only the right people into business networks at the right times.
- Compare how employees used to access sensitive company data vs. how they currently access company data (11:12)
- Tip: Discover why the old method of data access creates a modern headache (10:48)
- Gain an overview of Identity Access Management (IAM) security (14:01)
Learn About Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AKA “Azure AD”)
Active Directory solutions help companies automate the enforcement of access protocols to enhance cybersecurity. While larger companies have been housing their Active Directory services on premises for years, midsize and smaller companies are interested in establishing their Active Directories on the cloud to better support hybrid work security. Microsoft’s cloud, known as Azure, hosts one of the top Active Directory services on the globe.
- Gain an overview of Azure Active Directory (14:50)
- Understand how Azure Active Directory works (15:13)
- Learn about Azure Active Directory integrations (17:34)
- Tip: Azure Active Directory supports single sign-on for Sage and Acumatica (17:59)
- Discover how Azure Active Directory syncs cloud and on-premises access (18:56)
- Learn about Azure Active Directory’s security with MFA, conditional access, and single sign-on (20:25)
Is Azure Active Directory Right for You? Find Out Free.
The SWK Technologies team includes certified Microsoft 365 engineers and architects on staff who serve as your one-stop shop for assistance with managing your ERP and your hybrid work security practices. For a limited time, we’re offering a free Microsoft Assessment to help you understand whether Azure Active Directory is a good fit for your current needs.
A Microsoft Assessment quickly determines where you can lower costs while maintaining strategic business goals. This comprehensive investigation looks deeply into your options for license optimization and compares those options against your organizational goals to recommend the easiest, most cost-effective path for your Microsoft usage, including security tools, identity access management solutions, and collaborative tools that enhance your hybrid workers’ productivity.
- Find out how to request your Microsoft Assessment (27:19)
- Discover why time matters and you should complete your Microsoft Assessment by June 30, 2022 (27:40)
Q&A
Curious about how you can select, set up, and manage Microsoft security features at your business? Check out the answers to these questions from the webinar.
- Which Microsoft plans include Azure Active Directory? (30:11)
- Is SWK able to set up and manage these services for your company? (30:55)
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