One gotcha to be aware of when changing password polices in Office 365 is this - once you change the password policy so that passwords never expire, your users will be unable to change their passwords in the Self Service options. The error that they'll see doesn't really tell you much: The tricky thing about … Continue reading Users unable to change passwords
Author: Jeremy Dahl
Edit PDF content in Word
File this under a new feature I didn't know existed… you can now edit PDFs in Word 2013! The converted document might not look exactly the same (formatting might be off by a little bit, or a lot) depending on how much image elements are in the document, and it obviously works a great deal … Continue reading Edit PDF content in Word
British Airways takes to the cloud with Office 365
Saw this post today... Wow! http://www.zdnet.com/british-airways-takes-to-the-cloud-with-microsoft-office-365-7000019108/ "Office 365 will allow employees to collaborate and achieve their work tasks regardless of the platform, product or device," IAG chief information officer Nigel Underwood said in a statement. He added that creating a common IT platform for airlines across the group "will be more efficient and reduce our costs". IAG … Continue reading British Airways takes to the cloud with Office 365
The one where I break Word
I was editing a template today and trying to get some Quick Parts in Word 2013 to automatically update and populate data from the document properties - this ensures that certain fields would automatically be filled in when creating a new document based on this template, which works really well for fields that need to … Continue reading The one where I break Word
Presto Wireless printing
I installed this recently for a client, and was pleasantly surprised to see how well it worked - and how easy it was to set up! The latest upgrade to Collobos Fingerprint wireless printing software has a visual upgrade, as well as some really cool advanced features for printing in an Active Directory environment. They've … Continue reading Presto Wireless printing
It’s over 10,000!
As an up and coming blogger, this stat right here makes me incredibly happy: While I can in no way compare to the heavy hitters that are my colleagues, this is a personal achievement for me - it's exciting and humbling to know that there are people out there who read what I have to … Continue reading It’s over 10,000!
Missing folders in Outlook 2013
Microsoft has confirmed that one of the latest security updates for Office 2013 is faulty, and one of the symptoms that it causes is an empty Outlook 2013 folder pane: Thankfully, the fix is simple - you just need to uninstall KB2817630 and KB2810009, and your folders return in all their glory! You may find, … Continue reading Missing folders in Outlook 2013
Set SkyDrive Pro storage limits
A new feature that's recently popped up in the SharePoint admin center allows you to manage storage limits for individual user's Personal Site, now called SkyDrive Pro. SkyDrive Pro is an awesome utility that gives you greater storage and sharing capabilities, while allowing you to sync a SharePoint library on your computer. Like it's free … Continue reading Set SkyDrive Pro storage limits
4 reasons why I’ve left Google for Microsoft
4. No more Google Reader While not an email related function, Google Reader was my go-to for news feeds and an awesome RSS reader. The day they announced it was closing, I started looking around for a replacement (Feedly is awesome, by the way). Once Google was no longer my one-stop shop, it was only … Continue reading 4 reasons why I’ve left Google for Microsoft
Finding inactive users in Office 365
When you log into your Office 365 admin portal, you'll find a section called inactive email users under the service overview. This is all well and good, except that Microsoft doesn't give you an option of finding out who these people are… so even though you have this awesome chart (below) you have no idea … Continue reading Finding inactive users in Office 365
Master & CmdR 