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Change your Microsoft password

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Change your password using your keyboard Step 1: The easiest way to change your password is via your keyboard. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to get to a page where you have to click on change password .   Step 2: Now you can fill in your old password and below that, twice your new, self-made password. Make sure that you do not end your password with an exclamation mark and also make sure that it is not too easy.  Check out the blog on how to create a strong password Step 3: Press enter and your password has been changed! If this doesn’t work, there could be a few things wrong. It could be that you entered your old password incorrectly, that your new password is not the same in both input fields or that your new password has already been used. Check this carefully!  Change your password online Step 1: Go to office.com .  Step 2: Click on your name at the top right of the screen and then click on view account .  Step 3: Now you will come to the overview page of your account. Click in the password box (the one with the key) on change password. Step 4: Now you will get the same kind of screen that you see when you press Ctrl+Alt+Del . Follow steps 2 and 3 of change your password via your keyboard and click on send . Super simple right?  Using an online password generator When you change your password via office.com , it also tells you how strong your password is. To make it as strong as possible, you can use an online password generator, such as LastPass.com.   Step 1: Go to LastPass.com .  Step 2: Click on use the password generator in the middle left corner of the screen . Step 3: Now you can set a password! You can adjust the length yourself by dragging the red dot. You can also choose whether the password is easy to pronounce or read. If you choose one of these two options, your password will be easier to crack. Make sure you make your password a bit longer , so that it becomes stronger . You can also choose which characters you want in your password, such as uppercase, lowercase, numbers and symbols.  Step 4: To not forget this strong but difficult password, you can write it on a post-it and stick it on your screen. Or save it in another device. Do not save your password on your computer, because if someone gets into your computer, they can access this password and therefore all your Microsoft Apps. Keep it to yourself!  

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Sending an encrypted email via Microsoft Outlook

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Do you want to send an email containing sensitive information or make sure that only one person can read this email? With the help of this simple step-by-step plan or by watching the video below, you will get the hang of it in no time!  How do you send an encrypted email via Microsoft Outlook? Step 1: Open Microsoft Outlook.   Step 2: Click on new email at the top left and go to the options heading. Step 3: Then click on encrypt. Here you can choose from a number of options. Click on do not forward if you do not want your mail to be forwarded. Click on encrypt if you want to indicate yourself who may receive the mail and who may not. Step 4: Above your own email address you will now see that the message is encrypted. You can also change the permissions from here . You can choose confidential for your organization, confidential view only if they are only allowed to view the message or the option do not forward .     Step 5: Fill in who you want to send the message to and send it. This way your mail is sent encrypted to the recipients!  Check if your workplace is up to date? Download the workplace check here

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A new Microsoft Teams calendar

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Even though the new year has only just begun, Microsoft Teams has already implemented an innovation. The agenda has been renewed, and now looks more like the agenda you know from Microsoft Outlook. There are now many more functions available within the Microsoft Teams agenda. Curious about what you can do with it? You can read all about it in this blog! Agenda view in Teams First, you may notice that the agenda view has changed. For example, the appointments of the current day and the days that are still to come that week are displayed in more detail. The appointments of the days that have already passed in that week contain less detail. You can also now adjust how large you want the time blocks in your agenda to be. In addition, you can enable week numbers via agenda settings. You can also add different time zones via these settings. Handy if your colleague (or yourself) is on workation! Filters in the Microsoft Teams calendar It is now also possible to enable different filters, via the three dots at the top of your Teams calendar. These filters help you focus on certain appointments in your calendar. If you have divided different types of events into categories, such as appointments with colleagues, appointments with external parties and performing tasks for yourself, this is very useful. You can also enable these filters to distinguish between, among other things, accepted, unanswered and cancelled meetings. For example, you can filter your calendar by ‘unanswered’, so that you can also accept or decline the invitations that you have missed in all the hustle and bustle. Create meetings from the Teams calendar You can now schedule your meetings in detail within your Teams calendar. Previously, only a pop-up would appear where you could list the most important things, such as date and time, participants, location and description. Now you can enlarge that pop-up, allowing you to add more details. Think of setting notifications before the meeting, making the meeting recurring and using the scheduling assistant to avoid double appointments. Open and edit meetings in the Teams calendar When opening an appointment in your Teams calendar to find more information about it or to adjust it, the small pop-up will first appear. You can enlarge this for more details. For example, you can now find a chat button here. This way you can send and receive messages via the chat from everyone involved in the meeting. This can be useful for taking meeting notes. There is also now a button available with which you can directly participate in the meeting or copy the link to send to your colleagues. Concept of a meeting When you are planning or adjusting a meeting, you may need more information to schedule it. For example, you may have forgotten an important meeting point, for which you need to send a message to your colleague. Then you can simply go to the chat via the left side of Teams, as you always do. Here you can look up your information or ask your question. When you return to your agenda, the screen of the meeting you were planning is still open. This way you don’t have to fill in everything again! View shared calendars in Teams In the Microsoft Teams calendar you can now also view calendars of others. Make sure you first add these calendars in Microsoft Outlook via ‘Add shared calendar’. This function is not (yet) possible within the Microsoft Teams calendar. Indicate your work location Within your Teams calendar you can now indicate per day or week which days you work in the office or remotely. You can also see which days your colleagues work in the office, if they have filled this in of course. Saved Views With the ‘Saved views’ option, you can create and save different calendar display settings. For example, you can add an option in which you only see your own calendar, but also an option in which the calendars of your colleagues are visible. Channel Meetings You can now also schedule channel meetings via the Teams calendar. This is very useful if you want to schedule a meeting with your team. You can also do this via the arrow next to ‘New event’. This allows you to enter which Teams channel you want to schedule a meeting with. If you do this via the ‘normal’ way of scheduling, you do not have the option to add a channel. You can also choose to send personal invitations, so that invitees immediately receive the invitation in their calendar. Meeting templates You can also schedule different types of meetings in the new Microsoft Teams calendar. You can find these via the arrow next to ‘New event’. Here you get three different meeting options: webinar, meeting and virtual appointment. The settings for these different options are precisely tailored to the type of meeting. For example, you don’t have to think about muting the microphone of participants during a webinar. Microsoft Teams has already done this for you as the default setting for this type of meeting. Curious about other new features in Microsoft Teams? Then read this blog!

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How do you delete cookies?

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Anyone who uses the internet encounters them on a daily basis: cookies. You probably recognize this: you have looked online once for a holiday via a travel agency, and suddenly you see advertisements from that travel agency on every website you visit. This way you are reminded again and again to book your holiday with exactly that travel agency. That is what those cookies do. You can always choose to accept them, which is often the best option. Some websites do not work with all the functionalities if you do not accept cookies. Ultimately, they are also there to improve the user experience on websites. However, it can sometimes be useful to delete cookies. Curious why and how you do this? You can read that in this blog.   What are cookies? Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or smartphone by websites. Some cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of websites, other cookies are used for marketing or analytical purposes. They are also used for: User experience : If you have accepted cookies, websites can recognise you as a user. They remember the preferences you have indicated and your login information, so you do not have to log in again every time you close a page. Personalization : Cookies also ensure that advertisements are personalized. When you are surfing on a website, the cookies keep track of which pages you view. In this way, they create advertisements that match those that are likely to interest you the most. Tracking : Cookies keep track of how often and for how long you visit certain pages on a website. This allows web shops to see which products you have viewed and, based on that, recommend other products that may interest you. Cookies also ensure that your shopping cart remains filled, even if you visit other pages on that website in the meantime.   Cookies ensure that websites load faster, login details are saved and your online preferences are remembered. This allows you to see personalized content and advertisements on the websites you visit.   Why delete cookies? So cookies improve the user experience, but it can still be useful to delete them from time to time for several reasons: Privacy: Cookies collect personal information about your browsing activity to provide you with targeted recommendations and advertisements. To protect your online privacy, it is useful to delete these cookies regularly. Loading speed: Cookies make web pages load faster, because they are already stored on your device and do not need to be downloaded again. After a while, these cookies can take up a lot of storage space, which actually slows down the loading speed. Update preferences: Do you want to change your cookie preferences? Then also delete your cookies. For example, you can only allow necessary cookies, while you previously also enabled marketing cookies. Using shared devices: Do you use public or shared devices? Always clear your cookies after surfing the internet. If you don’t do this, the person after you can see your history and sometimes your accounts if you haven’t logged out.   How do you delete cookies? For the above reasons, it is best to delete your cookies from time to time. Read below how to do this for different browsers, on your computer and smartphone.   How to delete cookies in Chrome? Click on the three dots at the top right of your screen, then click on ‘History’ > ‘History’. Click on ‘Clear browsing data’ on the left. In the menu that now appears, you will be given the option to clear all of your browsing data, or just your browsing data from a certain time. Here you can also choose which data you want to have deleted, which also includes the option for ‘Cookies and other site data’. Now click on ‘Clear data’.   Deleting Cookies in Firefox Click on the three lines at the top right of your screen, select ‘Settings’ > ‘Privacy & Security’. Click on ‘Cookies and website data’ > ‘Clear data’. Click ‘Erase’ > ‘Erase Now’.   How do you delete cookies in Edge? Click the three dots at the top right of your screen, select ‘Settings’ > ‘Privacy, search and services’. Click ‘Clear browsing data’ > ‘Choose what to clear’. Here too you can choose whether you want to delete cookies from only the past hour or from always, under ‘Time range’. Next, make sure that you have at least checked ‘Cookies and other site data’. Click ‘Clear Now’.   Deleting cookies in Safari Once you have Safari open, click ‘Safari’ at the top of your screen. Then click on ‘Clear history…’ Now, next to ‘Delete’, you can choose whether you want to delete everything, or only data from a certain time. Now click on ‘Clear History’.   How to Clear Cookies in Safari for iPhone and iPad? Go to ‘Settings’, scroll down a bit and click on ‘Safari’. Scroll down again here, click on ‘Clear history and website data’ > ‘Clear history’. To delete even more data, scroll down even further, still in the ‘Safari’ menu. Click on ‘Advanced’ here. Now click on ‘Website Data’ > ‘Remove All Website Data’ > ‘Remove Now’.   How to clear cookies in Chrome for Android? Click on the three dots at the top right of your screen and then on ‘Settings’. Here, select ‘Privacy’ > ‘Clear browsing data’. Here again, make sure that you have at least checked ‘Cookies and other site data’ and choose the time period for which you want to delete the cookies. Click on ‘Clear data’. Have you discovered the new Microsoft Teams calendar yet?

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