This guide will go over the tools and techniques needed to make you more efficient working from home.
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Remote Working Solutions from Microsoft
How stay productive while working remotely with Microsoft Teams
Distance & Remote Learning from Microsoft Education
Remote Working: Setting Yourself and Your Teams Up for Success from Linkedin Learning
Productivity Masterclass - Principles and Tools to Boost Your Productivity by Ali Abdaal
Best Practices for Working Remotely from Udemy
Learning new remote work strategies courses from Coursera
GitLab's Guide to Going All-Remote
Best Practices for Working Remotely from Cisco
The benefits of remote work for both employees and managers from WeWork
Working Remotely by Havard Business Publishing
Why the 2020s will be the Remote Work Decade by Chris Herd.
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms.
Microsoft 365 is an integrated cloud platform that delivers industry-leading productivity apps like Microsoft Teams, Skype, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, along with intelligent cloud services and world-class security.
Google Workspace is a suite of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products developed by Google such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Meet(video chat) and more for business.
BlueJeans is the world's leader in cloud video conferencing. Easily and securely hold live video calls, webinars, conference calls, and online meetings. Has been acquired by Verizon as of May 2020.
Jitsi meet is a fully encrypted, 100% open source video conferencing solution that you can use all day, every day, for free — with no account needed.
Slack is a team communication and collaboration hub all rolled into one place so your team can get more work done, whether you belong to a large enterprise or a small business.
Mattermost is an open source Slack alternative. It's written in Golang and React and runs as a single Linux binary with MySQL or PostgreSQL. Use the features you like (file sharing, real-time group chat and webhooks—to name a few) and access the source code. Mattermost mostly markets itself as an open-source alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams.
Discord is an instant messaging and VoIP application platform designed for creating communities ranging from gamers, education, and businesses. Easily create/enter chat rooms, initiate video calls, and create multiple groups for messaging friends. Discord specializes in text, image, video and audio communication between users in a chat channel.
Twitch is the world`s leading video and community platform that brings large groups of people together. Whether you're there for games, live music, educational tutorials, and other creative pieces of content.
Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) is a managed live streaming solution that is quick and easy to set up, and ideal for creating interactive video experiences. Send your live streams to Amazon IVS using streaming software and the service does everything you need to make low-latency(under 5 seconds) live video available to any viewer around the world, letting you focus on building interactive experiences alongside the live video.
Synology Drive is a data management and collaboration tool that synchronizes files across various platforms, fulfilling your office online editing and seamless granular sharing needs with Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box right on your Synology NAS.
Syncthing is an open source continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protecting your data from prying eyes.
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is a virtualization solution for application and desktop delivery to any device, over any network, while enhancing data security, reducing costs, and empowering productivity.
TeamViewer is a feature packed remote access software that enables people to share their screens with other devices. The remote management suite includes chat messaging, audio calls, and video communication during your sessions.
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