1. milSuite is Social Business
Using milSuite for secure internal communications
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2. milSuite is social business
Today’s Objectives
Why milSuite?
milSuite is social business
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Overview
Demo and Support
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3. Why milSuite?
NEED TO CONNECT and collaborate with peers, subordinates, and superiors
IMPROPER USE of unapproved public social media leads to security concerns and breaches
APPROVED TOOLS needed to support secure internal communications and collaboration
ACCESS REQUIRED from anywhere and any CAC enabled devices
Previously “DoD Landscape” - why would you use milSuite vice other “social” platforms? (Security Breaches/Hacks)
In a fiscally constrained environment it is far too easy for users to forgo security and use public social media to collaborate. milSuite mimics the public social media experience and allows users to share securely all while using approved tools that are enterprise wide so cost effective.
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4. The important stuff
We are a government program provided by Army CIO/G-6
We are an accredited business system hosted at DISA
There is no barrier to entry other than your CAC …Just log in
No hassle registration; we do it for you and use the DoD authoritative systems to build your profile
No system admin required to get started – the
power to start working and collaborating is in your hands
Creates user profile on the fly – pulls information from DMDC
Want to get started on milSuite – Just log in and you are up and running with no registration forms or approval needed. If you have a DoD CAC we want you to log in and check it out.
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5. Information is open AND secure
milSuite is an accredited DoD business system available to DoD CAC holders, including Active and Reserve Military, DoD Civilians and Contractors to share UNCLASSIFIED // FOUO content
milSuite information is open by default , and restricted by exception
That means users can choose to share with other DoD personnel or restrict access to their content using simple privacy settings
The DoD is traditionally need to know but over the last 5-10 years we have seen a major shift in needing to share. Sharing information across DoD services saves money, time and makes a smaller more knowledgeable DoD. Yet if you don’t want to share across the DoD and need to close the curtain you can do that too.
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6. milSuite is everyone
Since the beginning of milSuite more than 850,000 users across a multitude of organizations in the DoD have joined milSuite, gained access to thousands of milBook groups, milWiki articles, milTube videos and contributed to the hundreds of thousands of discussions, blogs, virtual documents, and other content created on a daily basis.
Professional Networks
Professional Services
Personnel
Cyber
Legal
Technology
Medical
Tactical
Education
Nearly every profession in the DoD is on milSuite. milSuite is about people and allowing those people to do their jobs, get educated, or seek out people or answers to solve problems. milSuite is home to major professional services that deal with important topics like suicide prevention, sexual assault, and even health, while professional working communities are connecting with their colleagues in areas like Medicine and Legal.
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7. milBook milSuite is your network Build personal professional networks
Robust profiles with real-time personnel updates
Connect with / follow peers, subordinates, and superiors
Discover and connect with others with similar interests or jobs
Share expertise
Share status updates on where you are headed or what you are working on
Create and post to a personal blog
Engage in discussions and collaboration
Easily create collaboration groups
Open (to all milSuite users)
Private (to only those you include)
Establish organizational collaboration
Open or restricted official places
Fine-grained access and permission controls
milBook is all about building a profile, connecting with your peers and coming together to work in one place regardless of where you are stationed or who you are.
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8. milBook And you’re in charge
Choose what to follow and how to get notified
Follow in your milBook Inbox
Edit preferences for smarter notifications
Customize Your View as a personal home page
Only show recent or frequently viewed items
Create lists of tagged content
Easy navigation to current projects or documents
Create curated custom streams
Funnel information by people, places, or tags
“Subscribe” to activity that interests you
milBook is all about YOU and what you want to see. Through streams and personalized views you can stay abreast of the things you need to and mute those things you don’t need.
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9. milWiki Powerful communication tools
milWiki and milTube are the content arms of milSuite. milWiki is home to thousands of articles on military orgs, installations, systems, and processes. milTube is a platform for sharing all sorts of video that is related to the DoD and becoming a standard for sharing system videos or announcements from senior leadership.
Easily create, post, and edit articles
Create or use existing templates and forms for standardized content
Connect other milSuite content
Link to helpful external sites and references
Share and stream videos
Tag and categorize to create quick video channels
Embed videos anywhere on milSuite
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10. milBook Using familiar social concepts
Tag content to increase searchability
Like, rate, and comment to participate and contribute
Share blogs, documents, and files to people or places
“easier” to Tag/Mention than other social platforms: ex: check out the All the social features in a work platform.
Mention other users to tag them in a conversation
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11. Major efforts on milSuite
milSuite is home to some of DoDs major ongoing efforts:
Navy RAD is working to reduce administrative distractions across the Navy using milBook and milTube
milBook and milWiki are used to host the Army Warfighting Challenges, Army Doctrine, and Force 2025 and Beyond efforts
Army Ideas for Innovation (AI2) is the new Army suggestion program on milBook
Army Information Assurance (IA) Portal is host to everything cyber on milWiki and milBook
Army and Navy medical professionals and lawyers across the globe call milBook home
Major weapon systems training like the Air Force’s Advanced C-IED awareness host their videos on milTube
Navy RAD: Reducing Administrative Distractions – collecting ideas from Navy Personnel to reduce duplicative efforts and administrative burdens
Army Ideas for Innovation – Replaced the Army Suggestion Program to collect ideas from Army Personnel to increase efficiencies, save money, and increase morale
Air Force training videos are some of the most watched videos in milTube
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12. Need help? We have it.
A new system and way of doing things can usually take time to learn. Getting started and using milSuite for basic actions takes a few minutes, but we give you the resources to learn and experiment to become a milSuite master.
Our learning platform, milUniversity, has short tutorials and video demonstrations to teach everything from posting a status update to managing a community of interest
milSuite User Communities specific to each application provide a forum for questions, announcements, and best practices
Monthly webinars introduce users to milSuite basics, group features, and short videos show “snackable” tips and tricks
We believe in leveraging the community to help you navigate and find help when using milSuite. If our training sessions, user communities, videos, or past discussions don’t help you can always submit a ticket or contact any one of the milSuite team members for assistance.
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13. milSuite
Secure DoD Enterprise social business platform with 850,000+ registered users
milSuite is collaboration: milSuite empowers DoD users to network and share information through working groups, communities, blogs, documents, wikis, status updates, videos, polls, ideas, and events; with a professional profile and enterprise search function
milSuite is secure: milSuite is a secure alternative to public social media using best of breed technologies and web standards, and is cloud and mobile ready
milSuite is transparent: Information is set to be open by default, and restricted by exception with full control of visibility and permissions in the hands of the user
milSuite is the DoD: milSuite is CAC only and available to active and reserve military, DoD civilians and contractors regardless of geographic location
So what is milSuite? It is everything that is good about social with the confidence in knowing that you are working securely.
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14. milSuite on Public Social Media
Presence on public social media sites for announcements, interactions with users and organizations, and sharing of public briefings, videos, and news
Have Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
mailbox or DM on social sites
us at
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