Yammer for you! Depending on your own personal level of adoption of the business social network, this announcement by Microsoft may or may not be exciting news for you: All Enterprise Office 365 accounts now have Yammer Enterprise licensing baked right in. Not sure what Yammer Enterprise brings to the table? Here's a breakdown of … Continue reading Yammer for all Office 365 Enterprise customers
Author: Jeremy Dahl
Use PowerShell to find email aliases
Something I run into all the time is trying to figure out who is holding a specific email address or alias - it can get pretty easy to lose track of aliases, as they don't show up in your list of users either in the admin center, or in the Exchange Control Panel. I found … Continue reading Use PowerShell to find email aliases
Mail Flow Guided Walkthrough
Here's a sweet utility that Microsoft has provided for troubleshooting email in Office 365 - it's a great starting place for investigating any email issues your end users might be experiencing. Start by going to the Mail Flow Guided Walkthrough: Bookmark this page for future reference - you're going to want to keep this one … Continue reading Mail Flow Guided Walkthrough
Buy a domain in Office 365
A recent feature added in Office 365 allows you to buy a domain directly from your Office 365 admin center - a sweet feature that integrates with GoDaddy.com and allows you to buy directly without leaving your Office 365 set-up! Also, if you already have a domain through GoDaddy, Office 365 will automatically do the … Continue reading Buy a domain in Office 365
Lync 2013 Test Drive
Found this excellent post by Benoit Hamet - Microsoft has provided a complete Test Drive environment allowing you to set up a Lync 2013 Lab for testing and evaluation purposes: This download comes as a pre-configured set of VHD's. This download enables you to fully evaluate the Microsoft Lync 2013, Microsoft Exchange 2013, SharePoint 2013, … Continue reading Lync 2013 Test Drive
Compare All Office 365 Plans
I find that I continuously need to access this page, and I almost always have to dig around for it - hopefully this helps someone else! Bookmark this link, so you always have it: http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/business/compare-all-office-365-for-business-plans-FX104051403.aspx If you need to update the pricing for your location, you can change the en-ca to en-us (or whatever your … Continue reading Compare All Office 365 Plans
SkyDrive Pro and Office 2010
No soup for you!! I recently ran into an issue trying to synchronize a SharePoint Online document library on a client's computer - if you clicked on the link to synchronize a library, the following error would be displayed: I've highlighted the clue as to what the problem is - this webpage requires a program … Continue reading SkyDrive Pro and Office 2010
Google slims down, Chrome gets toned
Now, I know that Google isn't reading my blog posts… but low and behold, several days after blogging about why I've left Google for Microsoft's tender embrace, Google pushed out an update to Chrome (still my favorite browser, mind you) that streamlines the interface - somewhat. Ok, got it… One big clean homepage - recent … Continue reading Google slims down, Chrome gets toned
Sync Multiple SkyDrive Pro Libraries
Right after my last blog post talking about increased SkyDrive Pro storage, I had Colin ask me whether or not it was possible to create a shortcut on your computer for your Office 365 SkyDrive Pro? We both already had Skydrive Pro installed and syncing with SharePoint 2013 on premise... Well, I'm happy to say … Continue reading Sync Multiple SkyDrive Pro Libraries
The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Microsoft recently announced some sexy improvements to SharePoint Online, and I thought I'd recap the main points and shout it out from the mountaintops - hey, I'm excited about it! Improved file upload experience: increased file upload limit from 250MB to 2 GB and expanded support for a broader range of file types. This is … Continue reading The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Master & CmdR 