If your organization has been using Microsoft Stream , this news is useful! Microsoft has announced plans to retire Stream (Classic) and we anticipate that the Stream portal will no longer be available in about 24 months. Microsoft has published information about the planned retirement of Stream and the move to Stream (on SharePoint). It …
Kiefer Consulting has a long history of helping clients leverage technology to meet the growing demands of modern business. While transformation presents opportunities for improved efficiencies, organizations may not fully understand what may be required in a digital business transformation initiative. Digital transformation requires that organizations change their collective mindset and recognize the benefits of introducing …
We have published several articles highlighting tips and tricks for users of Microsoft Teams. A recent update to teams allows users to filter messages in the activity feed. When this feature is activated, users can select unread and only surface the unread items in their feed. If you are like many users who have found …
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Has your organization ever created a strategic plan that is collecting dust? Are goals being set but not being managed? You are not alone. This is common across many organizations. At Inspire, Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Viva Goals. Viva Goals is a goal setting and management solution that helps you in aligning teams …
Today, Microsoft kicked off the annual partner conference, Inspire. Like Ignite, the annual developers conference that was held earlier this year, this conference will offer a peek at what we might expect from Microsoft in the coming months. This conference important to us at Kiefer and we follow the announcements closely. We can see where …
Many organizations that have invested in Microsoft 365 are still trying to figure out how to best leverage the apps and features that Microsoft 365 has to offer. Today, we are releasing a new eBook called, The Modern Workplace Playbook, a practical guide for I.T. leaders that are focusing on creating a plan and strategy …
In just 3 days, the State of California will be closing the books on the 2021-2022 budget year. As a firm that works with state and local government entities, we saw a lot of investments in the last year that were made to modernize the workplace. With remote work and hybrid work becoming a more …
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Kiefer Consulting has spent over 30 years helping organizations in innovating, improving business processes, and deploying software to reduce costs and save time. We have a talented team of business analysts and developers that can collect requirements and build an application. Several years ago, Microsoft floated the idea of citizen development. Citizen developers are not …
I’ve been at Kiefer Consulting for 6 years. I often say that I am fortunate to work with some brilliant individuals that have a rare mix of technical skill and a strategic mindset. We have written a blog about what to expect when working with our team and the importance of team chemistry, but we …
For 34 years, Kiefer Consulting has proven that working with a quality team of consultants yields desirable results. Independence. It’s as American and baseball and apple pie. Independence is the driving force behind all the legendary stories of the nation’s birth and its westward expansion. The rugged individual going it alone looms large in the …
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