{"id":225,"date":"2022-01-07T11:55:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T11:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/crmc\/?p=225"},"modified":"2022-01-07T11:55:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T11:55:02","slug":"remote-working-and-covid-19-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/crmc\/remote-working-and-covid-19-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Working and Covid-19 Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/license.citruslime.com\/cs\/blogs\/crmcs\/image_thumb_4693A07B.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"610\" height=\"442\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This page is aimed at providing a useful set of links and resources for Teams working remotely and the advice and support that is available to businesses and teams that may be useful in changing circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Free Subscriptions or Offers for Remote Working Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tech providers are stepping in to provide free subscriptions of their services to help businesses quickly create new structures for teams working together whilst distributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/03\/05\/our-commitment-to-customers-during-covid-19\/\"><strong>Get Microsoft Teams for 6 Months<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 this is an offer from Microsoft to help organisations get setup and running with Teams for the duration of the Covid-19 Situation.&nbsp; Individuals can sign-up for this offer themselves and use Teams from their account, or businesses can sign up through a Microsoft Partner and CSP such as ourselves \u2013 this is free and comes with no strings to help organisations that may not be used to remote working to get up to speed using MS Teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Individuals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sign in with your work or school credentials at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/products.office.com\/microsoft-teams\">https:\/\/products.office.com\/microsoft-teams<\/a>. We&#8217;ll automatically route you to the version of Teams associated with your organization&#8217;s account, even if you don&#8217;t have a license.<\/li><li>If your organization doesn&#8217;t have a Microsoft cloud account, sign up for the free version of Teams at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/products.office.com\/microsoft-teams\/free\">https:\/\/products.office.com\/microsoft-teams\/free<\/a>&nbsp;and invite your co-workers to join. To learn more, read&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/article\/Welcome-to-Microsoft-Teams-free-6d79a648-6913-4696-9237-ed13de64ae3c\">Welcome to Teams free<\/a>. IT admins, read&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/manage-freemium\">Manage the free version of Teams<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IT professionals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you work for a business and want to get employees set up on Teams, you can sign up for the six-month&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/e1-trial-license\">Office 365 E1 Trial<\/a>&nbsp;offer through your Microsoft partner or sales representative.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gotomeeting.com\/en-gb\/work-remote\"><strong>GoToMeeting for 3 Months<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; GotoMeeting is another resource we use internally alongside Teams and comes recommended from our team.&nbsp; This currently has a 3 month free offer for eligible healthcare providers, educational institutions, municipalities, and non-profit organizations as well as any current LogMeIn customer.&nbsp; This provides organization-wide use of many LogMeIn products for 3 months through the availability of Emergency Remote Work Kits. (<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gotomeeting.com\/coronavirus-disruptions-and-support\/\">https:\/\/blog.gotomeeting.com\/coronavirus-disruptions-and-support\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.godaddy.com\/how-to\/course\/covid-19-help\"><strong>GoDaddy How-to Covid-19 Help<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Useful bank of resources for running business and teams doing changing circumstances.&nbsp; This includes the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.godaddy.com\/community\/OpenWeStand\/bd-p\/OpenWeStand\">#TogetherWeStand forum<\/a>&nbsp;for questions and concerns that businesses and employees may try to address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wetransfer.com\/\"><strong>WeTransfer<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 we are big fans of&nbsp;<strong>*not*<\/strong>&nbsp;sending files by email at the best of times, but now doubly so given that Phishing and other email-based attacks are likely to increase alongside the increase in working from home.&nbsp; If you\u2019ve not got access to a Remote Document Management Platform such as SharePoint or Teams, then make use of WeTransfer for a safer way of sharing files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/microsoft-teams-blog\/bg-p\/MicrosoftTeamsBlog\"><strong>Microsoft Teams Blog<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 keeps a rolling set of useful articles and resources to get the best use of Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/03\/18\/making-the-switch-to-remote-work-5-things-weve-learned\/\"><strong>Two Weeks In, what we\u2019ve learned<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Microsoft have had their teams working remotely for over two weeks now, and this is a guide on their lessons learned for best practise and keeping connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-51873799\"><strong>Protect your Mental Health (BBC)<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 we are in a new situation that none of us can be fully prepared for (even with all the memes of developers working in darkened closets!) and so it is completely natural to feel overwhelmed between business-as-usual and the news happening all around us \u2013 so take care of yourself both mentally and physically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless of technology, the best advice is that we are all in it together during this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone will be affected in some way, some small and some more significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So it is the best time to be the best version of yourself as a business, help your suppliers, help your clients, help your employees and help your boss as much as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/coronavirus\">Coronavirus (COVID-19): What you need to do (UK)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19\/covid-19-support-for-businesses?_ga=2.141767483.80991254.1584647135-567079235.1584647135\">COVID-19: support for businesses<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Our focus and specialisation is with CRM, Dynamics and the Microsoft, but if we can be of assistance getting setup with Microsoft Teams, or help accessing resources or understanding the support available from UK Government, please do not hesitate to get in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><a href=\"mailto:contact@crmcs.co.uk\"><strong>contact@crmcs.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>0161 348 7360<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c3hurnbnRi0\">Stay safe, stay in, and don\u2019t go to the Winchester, until this all blows over<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page is aimed at providing a useful set of links and resources for Teams working remotely and the advice and support that is available to businesses and teams that may be useful in changing circumstances. 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