Here’s a quick tip for users of Office 365 – not the subscription version of the productivity software but the version that includes Microsoft Exchange, Sharepoint and Lync in the cloud. Distribution groups have long been staple functionality of Microsoft Exchange with tremendous flexibility in the way that they can be used. From simple lists …
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Aug 16 2013
Dealing with the End of Car Registration Stickers
Well, the registration on the Prius is due for renewal in roughly a month and the process itself isn’t very difficult to complete particularly for vehicles under four years old as there is no need for a pink slip. However, at the start of this year the humble registration sticker was abolished by the NSW …
Aug 10 2013
SkyDrive Pro is Not SkyDrive
If you’re an Office 365 user on the Small Business plan or higher then you may have noticed that you get access to something called SkyDrive Pro – when using the web interface it is listed as SkyDrive which may lead you to think that SkyDrive Pro and SkyDrive are related or perhaps the same …
Aug 07 2013
Not All Versions of Office 365 Include Phone and Tablet Apps
I am a user of Office 365 and being able to get access to my mail and documents on the go from my Windows devices has been rather invaluable. The hosted Exchange mail account is the big goal kicker for me but SharePoint is very handy particularly after the platform update to the equivalent level …
Aug 06 2013
Add People to the Office 365 GAL
If you’re using Office 365 for Small Business or higher then you might be wondering about how to add external users to the GAL (that’s the Global Address List). Automatically, people inside your company domain will appear in the list but if you want to add other people then it might not be immediately apparent. …
Jul 14 2013
Keeping Track of Due Electronic Bills
Here’s a quick tip. I’m a big fan of paperless billing but one thing it did disrupt was my filing system where I would put bills in order on my desk and pay them as they fell due. Since these were in my e-mail (and printing them out sort of defeated the purposed of going …
Jul 05 2013
Office 365 Finally Gets Upgraded
Just a short note today. I’ve been using Office 365 for a while now after some issues trying to manage an explosion of e-mail with my webhost and, after some anticipation, I’ve finally had my account upgraded to the equivalent of Office 2013, Exchange 2013 and Sharepoint 2013 overnight. I did have to manually upgrade …
Dec 09 2012
Time Running Out to Switch to Free Google Apps
If you were already eyeballing a potential move to sign up for Google’s free Google Apps offering then time has already run out but if you’re paying for Google Apps then you might want to read on. If you’re on a paid subscription to Google Apps but you satisfy the criteria to downgrade then you …
Jul 21 2012
Giving Office 365 a Shot
Just a quick update. You might have read about my e-mail woes in yesterday’s article and not wanting to leave things lingering for too long I decided to pull the trigger and try out Office 365 free for thirty days. I have always been a big user of Outlook and moving the back end of …
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