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June 13th 2017 Outlook updates break search indexing
June 13th 2017 Outlook updates break search indexing I have run into this with a few clients with large PST mailboxes and Outlook 2010 to be specific, but also on Win10 machines with Office 2010. They get: “search results may be incomplete because items are still being indexed. Click here for more details” …
Read onOffice documents not opening in Chrome in SharePoint Online
Office documents not opening in Chrome in SharePoint Online I tried all the normal repairing office, uninstalling/reinstalling, resetting to defaults. First I went to set default programs and reset it to defaults. In this case the protocol wasn’t set by default, this didn’t fix chrome, but it fixed IE. I logged into the computer with …
Read onExport to PST from Office 365
Export to PST from Office 365 How to export to PST from Office 365 I ran into the odd situation today where a customer wanted to export away from Office 365 to PST. Using Office 365’s Search & investigation option it was actually really easy. First log into your Office 365 tenancy with an account …
Read onTurning off AADSync and Uploading PST files to Office 365
Turning off AADSync and Uploading PST files to Office 365 My goal today was to turn off AADSync for a client and I ran into some new Office 365 features I hadn’t noticed before and some missing ones from the new admin center. First off the option to turn off / Deactivate Directory Sync seems …
Read onNew Useful Licensing Office 365 User Creation Prompt Page
I was creating a new user today in Office 365 and I bought a license during the creation and then went to log on to test it. Instead of the normal failed to logon/user doesn’t exist page I used to get I was now greeted by a page that was actually helpful that said exactly …
Read onStuck in Office 365&’s subscription & Reactivate account loop
I had a user who’s install of Office from Office 365 was complaining it had a problem and needed to be Reactivated. Every time an Office program was opened it would ask the user to go to their account. No matter how many times I logged into the users account or clicked Reactivate (which takes …
Read onAdding an alias to an Office 365 Distribution Group
This one might be common knowledge, but it stumped me for bit so I thought I would make a post. Adding a group through the Office 365 admin center only give you one option for email addresses. As in you cant change if from your default tenancy address. To do it like you normally would …
Read onOffice 365–Yammer and Outlook Groups
I realized as I was writing my posts about Outlook Groups that some people might wonder if there would be a reason to use a Group in place of Yammer or vice versa. So I thought a quick discussion about how the two pieces work and relate might be in order. The first thing to …
Read onOffice 365 – “Outlook” Groups, Part 2
In the first part of this series I looked at the basics of creating an Outlook Group in the Office 365 Mail client and I also highlighted the components of the created Group. In this post I’m going to look at how the Group looks in and interacts with Outlook on a PC as well …
Read onOffice 365 – “Outlook” Groups, Part 1
One of my favourite features in O365 is Groups. I think it is one of the most useful features that Microsoft has rolled into O365 over the past 12 – 14 months and one that all organization sizes can utilize. Groups can be used for many tasks such as “light” project management, team collaboration, your …
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