Microsoft Teams Key Features for a Remote Office As your partner in all things Microsoft, Windows Management Experts can walk you through the process so your team can make the switch feeling empowered and ready for the world ahead. Microsoft Teams is a tool that can maximize your business’s connectivity no matter how the situation shifts in the weeks and months ahead. Teams with remote offices are also more sustainable, requiring fewer resources and reducing commuters.

Businesses that encourage working remotely at least half-time save an average of $11,000 per worker, per year in real estate and office furniture, reduced absenteeism and turnover. In the same survey, 56% of employees with remote options reported fewer absences or sick days compared to their office-bound counterparts. In the last Indeed Remote Work Survey, 72% of employers reported higher productivity from their workers with flexible remote working policies. When handled correctly, remote offices and flexwork actually improve, rather than reduce, productivity. According to IWG, a top flexible workspace provider, 35% of workers would prioritize a job with a flexible remote policy over a more prestigious title at an employer without flexibility. Top talent prioritize workplace flexibility, and your current teams will enjoy–and expect–the benefits of remote flex work long after social distancing and voluntary self-quarantine have stopped being necessary. The needs and priorities of workers were already shifting in that direction. Your teams can and will thrive with the new normal, if leadership can provide them with the right tools.Īccommodating a remote office isn’t just a stopgap measure. In FlexJobs’ 2018 annual report, 65% of workers said they felt more productive when given the option to work remote, and 77% of respondents indicated that employer flexibility around working remotely would enable them to live healthier lives in general–well before a global pandemic made it a necessity. Going remote doesn’t have to be a catastrophe or a disruption–it’s just another pivot that your business has to handle strategically to survive and thrive.

The need to quickly move over to remote teams and work-from-home arrangements is presenting unprecedented logistical challenges for organizations–but as the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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