Congratulations to David! He has worked hard to be awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) title for 2020! For certain he is Cambodia's only current MVP.
Who are MVPs?
Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs, are technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with the community. They are always on the "bleeding edge" and have an unstoppable urge to get their hands on new, exciting technologies. They have very deep knowledge of Microsoft products and services, while also being able to bring together diverse platforms, products and solutions, to solve real world problems. MVPs make up a global community of over 4,000 technical experts and community leaders across 90 countries/regions and are driven by their passion, community spirit, and quest for knowledge. Above all and in addition to their amazing technical abilities, MVPs are always willing to help others - that's what sets them apart.
Read David's MVP profile page today, and check out David's shirt in the photo!

This week Microsoft announced a new donation to non-profit organisations - 10 licences of 'Microsoft 365 Business'. M365 Business is Microsoft's premium small business product. Normally priced at $5 per user per month, Microsoft are donating the first 10 licences for free.  The product includes all the usual Office 365 Online tools you love, plus an upgrade to Windows 10 Pro (from Win 7 Pro or Win 8.1 Pro), enhanced security and device management features, and Office software for Mac & Windows. Ask Xlconsulting for free assistance to help you sign up for Microsoft's Non Profit donations!
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/nonprofits/microsoft-365

June and July was a busy month on boarding new clients to Office 365!
Xlconsulting welcomes SHE Investments, Gloria Jeans Cambodia, ICS Skillful Parenting, Liquid Assets, Super Retail Group, Ponheary Ly Foundation, Inspirall Life and EMC Consulting.  
Thank you for trusting Xlconsulting with your setup and migration to Office 365 business products.

UPDATE! Offer extended until 31 December 2019.
​The Office 365 emerging markets discount is ending this month. Sign up today for 12 months and get 50% off a Business Essentials subscription. Contact Xlconsulting today!

David, Xlconsulting's founder, presented his training courses to 360 students in 4 universities in Vietnam; affiliated with the UK accounting institute ICAEW. It was a busy week!

​40% of time on PowerPoint is spent formatting, that’s 40% more time than we used to spend before PowerPoint existed and its mostly because people don’t know these fundamental tricks. 95% of PowerPoint slides are boring, a statistic that most business people agree with.

PowerPoint misuse is to blame, as the average user spends too much time to produce a poor result.
 
Join our FREE webinar Must Know PowerPoint Speed Up Tricks on 26 February at 10am to 11am to learn how to use PowerPoint more effectively by applying the following tricks:

• Draw perfectly horizontal lines & perfect circles
• Find the right images fast on google
• Align pictures without distorting them
• Keep file sizes small even with many pictures
• Use PowerPoint’s game changing new AI enabled features
• Use shortcuts as useful as Ctrl C/ Ctrl V
• Learn how much text is too much in slides

The webinar will be delivered by Mr David Benaim (UK), a certified Microsoft Office Master. David has delivered Microsoft Office training in Cambodia since 2013 for over 400 participants across 100 organisations including the Ministry of Education, Europ Continents, Nexus, SNV, CamEd Institute, Credit Mutuel Kampuchea, Marie Stopes International, Cellcard, Cambodia Brewery Limited (Heineken), Aqua Expeditions, HR Inc & Credit Bureau Cambodia. David has also taught an “Introduction to Office Technology” course at a university and his feedback shows that many participants believe they will use the tools learned every day.

Click HERE to register by 21 February 2019.

We look forward to seeing you on 26 February 2019.

Imagine your company hires a new employee and then everyone just ignores them, day in and day out, while they sit alone at their desk getting paid to do nothing. This situation actually happens all the time -- when companies invest millions of dollars in new tech tools only to have frustrated employees disregard them, says Nadjia Yousif. In this fun and practical talk, she offers advice on how to better collaborate with the technologies in your workplace -- by treating them like colleagues.

Xlconsulting is now Cambodia's sole exclusive distributor of TeamViewer products including TeamViewer remote control tools, ITBrain and Blizz.
Help your support team connect with staff and customers by using TeamViewer remote control tools. Contact Xlconsulting for a quotation today!

Last week Microsoft announced the availability of the latest Office release, 2019. Office 2019 installs on any recent MacOS edition and Windows 10. Office 2019 includes many features released over the last three years for Office 365 subscribers. Going forward Office 365 subscribers will continue to get new features but Office 2019 owners will receive security and reliability enhancements only.  Office 365 will continue to function on Windows 7 and 8 computers and will continue to be the best and latest version of Office for Mac and Windows. Office 2019 exists for organisations who are not ready for the cloud.

This week Microsoft launched the latest Windows 10 - the October 2018 update. It has a handful of useful new features such as an improved screen grab tool, a cloud sync'd clipboard, and integrations with Android and iPhone.  Edge browser has performance and battery life improvements. The October 2018 update continues to be a free update for all Windows 10 users.