The State of California telework policy is enabling state workers to work remotely, but departments must also provide telework data to the California Department of General Services monthly. Kiefer is helping departments streamline processes to make reporting easier. One of the most significant changes we have seen over the last 18 months is the number of …
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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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Two years ago, the state of California rewrote the state telework policy for the first time in 10 years. The state of California has made a huge operational shift and have made significant investments in measuring and evaluating the impact of telework. According to departments and the state, telework has been a success. The state …
Us: “Let us help you in building a workflow solution that will optimize 80% of the process.” You: “Huh?” It’s really just an opinion, but it’s based on a lot of experience in helping customers automate and optimize critical business processes. Digital transformation is scary and exciting all at the same time. The idea that …
Kiefer’s approach to helping clients leverage the power of Microsoft 365 starts with building a roadmap. Prior to the pandemic, many organizations with Microsoft 365 licenses we’re only using a small subset of applications within the Microsoft 365 suite. The majority of customers that we talked to we’re only using Outlook and Microsoft Office apps. …
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 …
