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O365 – SharePoint vs. OneDrive and what you really need to think about

There is a monster debate raging in MVP circles about OneDrive, OneDrive for Business (ODB) and “issues” that surround ODB.  The big thrust of the debate surrounds the sync technology in ODB and how it works.  A secondary debate rages about the fact that ODB offers 1TB of storage per user against the substantially smaller …

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O365 – The OneDrive’s – what’s the skinny?

Microsoft frequently confuses the world by reusing product names and/or tacking the same product name to multiple product offerings.  OneDrive is one of the stellar examples of this naming penchant as there are two OneDrive offerings – OneDrive and OneDrive for Business.  And while they are both places “in the Cloud” to put your precious …

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O365–Things you can do to help ensure a clean email migration

I migrated one of our SMB clients to O365 over the past week.  They were coming from a hosted POP3 environment and had a mixture of users that would be going to O365 E1 plans and some that were “phone only” P1 plans.  You would think it would be “easy” to migrate an organization like …

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O365–A Bumpkin’s Journey–What is SharePoint? (O365 “Sites”)

We are often asked what SharePoint “is” and that, frankly, is a loaded question.  There are a bunch of technologies that make up SharePoint so it isn’t just one “thing”.  In terms of how it fits in O365 I think the best explanation is that it is a “handy-dandy toolbag” collaboration tool!     = …

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O365–Me and SharePoint, A Bumpkin’s Journey

I’ve arrived at being an Office365 MVP without having really dipped my toe very deep into SharePoint (the “Sites” you see in O365).  Part of this is due to the fact that our office has 3 brilliant SharePoint MVP’s on staff – Sean, Colin and Keith – so anything Sharepoint-ey  is handled by them.  Part …

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O365–Outlook Web App (OWA) for your phone

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 and I love it.  I upgraded to this from an iPhone 4 (which I also loved but the screen was just too small).  The Galaxy is a really nice unit but the email client isn’t as “pretty” or quite as fluid as the one I had on my iPhone …

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O365–Ridiculously simple set-up (Thanks Microsoft & GoDaddy)

Part of the MVP thing is the bag of “goodies” we receive from Microsoft as part of our award.  There’s a nice plaque and glass statue thingie as well as the requisite logo’d handout stuff (hoodie, water bottle, that sort of thing).  But one of the nicest gifts is a freebie subscription to O365. I …

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O365-“Free” migration vs paid-for migration services

You may have heard that Microsoft has announced “free” migration services for organizations looking to migrate to Office365.  This is great news for many organizations but you need to be aware of what the “terms and conditions” are of the offer. For now, Microsoft is limiting the migration services to email only (SharePoint migrations are …

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O365–DNS follow-up

I made a presentation to the Victoria Office365 Users Group on July 24th which basically mirrored an earlier post I made here.  I won’t rehash the whole presentation as the PowerPoint slide deck is available here.  However, I do want to elaborate on a question one of the participants asked during our Q&A. Back in …

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Slick new user creation form in Office 365

Slick new user creation form in Office 365 My brain jumped for joy today when I went to create a new users in Office 365 and was treated to a new form. This new one lets you use the auto-generated password or type your own! I have always wanted to input my own password to …

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