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Enabling programme to deliver Microsoft 365 office applications reaches 30 forces.
 

Date - 3rd June 2020
By - Gary Mason

Over 50,000 police officers and staff across England and Wales are now using Microsoft Teams with the support of the National Enabling Programmes (NEP).

The Programmes were set up by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC).

It is currently supporting 30 of the forces in England and Wales by introducing Productivity Services based on the Microsoft 365 suite of applications to improve collaboration and enable easier mobile working while delivering savings through joint licensing agreements.

Briefings can be recorded and saved on the Teams platform for later use, along with any presentations material or images used.

Teams is also a useful tool for signposting officers to relevant contacts, such as specialists in child sexual exploitation. It means that an officer out in the field who’s got a worry about a safeguarding issue will be able to access a team of experts to consult with and ask for their advice.

Data generated through the shared 365 applications is protected through the NEP’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) service, with the National Management Centre (NMC) security platform and threat protection services detecting and intercepting potential cyber threats.

The NMC ensures ensure that data can be accessed by the right people and is stored securely in the cloud.

According to the NEP during the pandemic forces are using Teams across every department. Front-line officers are sharing video footage of incidents with forensic officers and L&D departments are using Teams to host virtual training sessions.

Wayne Parkes, NEP Director said: “We have all faced new challenges when it comes to remote working during this pandemic. Teams has enabled colleagues to remain physically distant whilst continuing to work closely together. And from a wellbeing perspective, the video calls and chat function allows staff to formally or informally check in on each other at the click of a button. That’s a real benefit in limiting the feeling of isolation.”
 

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[miffy + 74]

Has anyone used this? I wonder what this is GSC this is rated at.

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9 hours ago, miffy said:

Has anyone used this? I wonder what this is GSC this is rated at.

You can send OFFICIAL SENSITIVE over the Internet if there is a need, most Police Officers will never see anything past OS.

The MoD has released a system of remote working for up to OS

Edited June 6, 2020 by Ether

[BlueBob + 692]

The revolutionary part is that policing has adopted a business approach to software and systems rather than trying to make their own individual alternative that usually costs more and does less.

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3 hours ago, Ether said:

You can send OFFICIAL SENSITIVE over the Internet if there is a need, most Police Officers will never see anything past OS.

The MoD has released a system of remote working for up to OS

More whether some systems are rated as Official or can be used for Official Sensitive.

Surprised police forces didn't adopt business solutions much earlier - for a fraction of the price as well.

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17 minutes ago, miffy said:

 

More whether some systems are rated as Official or can be used for Official Sensitive.

Surprised police forces didn't adopt business solutions much earlier - for a fraction of the price as well.

By the definition of GSC all systems are rated for Official, as everything you create on duty holds that marking, including images posted to social media. 
OFFICIAL SENSITIVE still isn’t a particularly restrictive marking and it can be sent over open internet where there is a need. 
Any system where access to the server and where you require a specific account to access via a password of some sort, would suffice. 
 

Quite right, why government insists on buying products so inferior is beyond me, more looking at industry is required. Tesco, McDonalds, Sky and other big companies have that better IT systems. 

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GMP has it but won't role it out because they would have to update us from Windows 7 to 10 and they won't pay for it. We are using our own phones to Zoom which is pretty poor.

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32 minutes ago, SD said:

GMP has it but won't role it out because they would have to update us from Windows 7 to 10 and they won't pay for it. We are using our own phones to Zoom which is pretty poor.

The GMP do not have a very good record when it comes to technology and having an IT system that is workable.