Michael Luehr brings more than 14 years of Microsoft experience to sa.global as our Microsoft 365 Practice Manager. Beyond leading his team in the Microsoft Modern Workplace, Michael enjoys hosting webinars and teaching new clients about Microsoft 365. One of his greatest joys is seeing people grasp a new concept or technology and use it in their work routine.
In addition to Microsoft 365 service, Michael also heads up our Mixed Reality division to help connect clients with Microsoft’s HoloLens devices. Through mixed reality, clients can virtually interact with others’ environments or provide detailed guides for assembling or training new users. Michael is a graduate of DeVry University and received his master’s degree from Keller Graduate School of Management. His Microsoft certifications include Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert and Azure Administrator Associate.
To some, Power Automate isn’t anything new and if you have a smart device at home, chances are you might have used a similar automation process already (sometimes called routines). Microsoft’s Power Automate allows you to automate a lot of your day-...
Forrester Consulting’s latest TEI report from Microsoft found that implementing HoloLens 2 with mixed reality had an ROI of 177% after just 13 months. Click the LINK to read the full report Who is Forrester Consulting? A trusted 3rd party firm that h...
The consumer division of Microsoft recently announced their acquisition of a video editing service known as Clipchamp. The simplistic design and intuitive interface make it easy to use on a computer, web portal, and even mobile devices. Right from...
Do you have team members working overseas who need access to sensitive data that needs to stay geo-locked to a particular region? Are you having a tough time procuring IT hardware due to global shortages? Is a member of the team running an operating...
Microsoft 365 Price Increase – 2021 For a decade now, Microsoft has been so consistent with the cost of their Microsoft/Office 365 product line that you could set your watch to it. But that is all about to change on March 1st, 2022, when a price change will finally…
Microsoft is rolling out a much-anticipated feature that lets users send emails from their own aliases. Traditionally, to be able to send from another email address, that address had to be set up as another licensed account or shared mailbox at the least. Thankfully, that is now changing. Once the…
This is a follow-up post to our previous blog about migrating from GoDaddy 365. If you haven’t read that, we do recommend starting there to understand why this is important. Much like moving into a house from an apartment, the move from GoDaddy 365 to Microsoft 365 requires planning and…
For a long while now, Microsoft Teams has had an option for small meetings (Teams Meetings) and large events (Teams Live Events), but they have finally brought to the table something for the middle (Teams Webinars). Teams Meetings are ideal for small internal or external events when you need a…
By the time 2020 ended, many people were passionately looking forward to the start of 2021; A new year means a new beginning, and how could things possibly get any worse? Now that we are closing in on the halfway point, we have had several events to celebrate: A successful COVID vaccine, America has their first female,…
It should come as no surprise that Microsoft Teams usage almost tripled during the COVID pandemic that struck the world. During this time, many companies were forced to find a way to continue in a socially distanced world. In steps, Microsoft Teams, A Microsoft 365 service included with all Microsoft…
Are you searching for a reliable service to host your business email? There are plenty of service providers to pick from, ranging from small-scale to enterprise-grade. You might even have email hosting built into your website service but let us pitch a few points as to why Microsoft 365 is…
sa.global tends to be an all-inclusive partner with Microsoft, but sometimes a 3rd party Cloud Companion needs to be invited to the Microsoft 365 party. I would like to welcome Exclaimer Cloud Signature & Acronis Cloud Backup to sa.global’s portfolio of Microsoft 365 products and services. Exclaimer Cloud – Signatures for Microsoft 365 A common company branding problem is…
THIS is the Lenovo ThinkSmart View. It is a Microsoft Teams companion device that is designed to free up resources on your computer by handling your chats, calls, voicemail, videoconferencing, and scheduling. When not used for Teams functions it will display your day’s scheduled or allow fellow employees to leave…
Recently, Microsoft started rolling out a new feature that allows users to deploy new teams based upon pre-defined templates. Rolling out means that some Microsoft 365 tenants already have this feature while others do not but should receive it soon. The templates are only available to use on new team…
We are excited to announce that Kimmie Zurawski has recently joined the DC Microsoft 365 Practice as a Microsoft 365 Solutions Engineer out of the Chicago, Illinois area. Kimmie has a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from Maryville University and has continued to grow her passion for technology ever since. Before joining our team here at sa.global, Kimmie worked…
As Albert Einstein said, “The world is a dangerous place…” and the same holds true for the Internet and the importance of Cybersecurity. In some form or another, we are all connected to the internet, whether it’s via our smartphones or the computer by which you are reading this blog….
For a long time, Microsoft has quietly supported an enterprise-level business phone system. The evolution of this beginning in Lync, migrating to Skype for Business and finally concluding with Teams and their Microsoft 365 Phone System. Skype for Business & Teams has had a lot of media coverage for their…
Back in March 2020, COVID-19 hit several states hard and rushed many businesses into figuring out how remote workers fit into their overall company strategy. It was commonplace at that point in time to see posts online from IT teams asking what solutions everyone else was using or how to…
It is safe to assume that, if you are reading this blog, you have received one of those spam messages that state something like “here is your voicemail” or “see attached invoice”. What these emails have in common is that they are most likely sent from a legitimate account that…
Microsoft has recently introduced the ability for Teams phone system auto-attendants to have the ability to transfer unanswered calls to an Office 365 Group. This is an excellent feature and will drop voicemails into your indicated Office 365 group visible in Outlook (desktop application, mobile, & web). But what if…