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VPO and FedRAMP Certification

by Daisy Miksch | Feb 28 2019 | Construction Management, Featured, The Simplex Group, VPO, Contributors, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint

Looking for a FedRAMP project management system for your next construction project? VPO runs in Microsoft’s Cloud environment, Office 365, which is FedRAMP-certified.

What's New for VPO and Simplex in 2019

by Daisy Miksch | Jan 30 2019 | Construction Management, Featured, The Simplex Group, VPO, Contributors, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint

VPO at COAA

by Laura Nee | Nov 12 2018 | Construction Management, The Simplex Group, VPO, Contributors, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint

VPO is taking off. . .and so is the VPO team!

VPO at CMAA

by Laura Nee | Oct 10 2018 | Construction Management, The Simplex Group, VPO, Contributors, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint

See you at CMAA!

Microsoft Resolving VPO Issue

by Laura Nee | May 01 2018 | Construction Management, The Simplex Group, VPO, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint

We've recently been made aware of an issue affecting some VPO users.

Can you use Microsoft Office 365 for Construction Project Management?

by Laura Nee | Feb 17 2017 | Construction Management, Featured, Project Management, Project Porfolio Management, SharePoint, Skype, Tasks, VPO, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, Office 365

Does your organization use Microsoft Office 365? First, let’s clarify what Office 365 is. Some people think of Office 365 as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook apps. Some people recognize the name because it came with the PC they just bought. Some companies use Office 365 because their IT ...

Skype for Business in action

by Daisy Miksch | Dec 01 2015 | VPO, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint

A customer success story from ABM illustrates the power of using Skype for Business as part of Office 365.

Are you using the new features in Office 2016 for Windows?

by Daisy Miksch | Oct 26 2015 | VPO, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint

With History, for example, you can enjoy an improved version history experience for your SharePoint and OneDrive for Business documents, making it much easier to find and restore previous versions of your files.

Small Businesses Benefit from Office 365

by Daisy Miksch | Sep 22 2015 | VPO, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint

Accessibility from anywhere with an Internet connection Patches and maintenance managed by service providers such as Google and Microsoft Ease of collaborating internally with Office applications now in the Cloud Efficient internal communication with Lync instant message, and video conferencing ...

Office 2016 for Mac Now Available

by Daisy Miksch | Aug 06 2015 | VPO, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint

A redesigned Ribbon menu, easy document access, streamlined file sharing with simultaneous editing--these are just some of the benefits you and your team can take advantage of.

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Since 1984, The Simplex Group has consulted on project management for construction. We got our start as an Oracle Primavera solutions provider, guiding our clients on how best to use CPM scheduling tools. In 2008, after observing that owners and construction managers would achieve even greater success through more efficient and effective collaboration with and among their contractors, architects, and engineers, we built a virtual project office–VPO–in SharePoint, which we now customize and deliver in the Microsoft 365 Cloud.