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Outlook 2013 Hanging on Open
Outlook 2013 Hanging on Open This one was a doozy, I had two identical laptops with Office 2013 on them that I was told would hang when opened on the Loading Profile screen. Sometimes they made it further than the loading process, but the Outlook client would never fully open until sometimes 5 hours later …
Read onError Code: 30029-4 when trying to repair an Office 365 Office Install
Error Code: 30029-4 when trying to repair an Office 365 Office Install I ran into an issue where a users install of Microsoft Office Home and Business 2013 (365 version) was acting odd and crashing so I wanted to do a repair. I went into the usual Programs and Features and went to change to …
Read onO365 — Yammer
I’m going to state right up front that I am an old fart … I don’t “get” Facebook, Twitter and all the rest of the always on, always plugged in social networks. I really don’t understand the need to be constantly informed. Of course my younger colleagues just look at me totally askance when I …
Read onO365–Do you need a partner to help migrate to O365?
The quick answer to this is, of course, no. You don’t need a partner to help you migrate to O365, you could do it yourself. But you might want to have a partner, specially so if you do not have internal resources that understand all that is involved with a migration. Office365 is built on …
Read onO365 MultiFactor Authentication in depth–Part 2–how it works inside O365
In my last post I outlined the basics of multifactor authentication and also discussed the method that Office365 uses to implement it. In this post I will describe how it actually works. O365 multifactor authentication can be enabled user-by-user within O365 by your O365 admin. Once your account has been enabled for mutlifactor authentication the …
Read onO365 MultiFactor Authentication in depth–Part 1–what is multifactor authentication?
I wrote a quick post a few days ago about O365 and multifactor authentication but then I realized that many people don’t know what this is or why you might want it. So, this is my primer on multifactor authentication as it pertains to O365. First off, what the heck is multi-factor authentication? For that …
Read onO365–OneDrive
Microsoft has been messing about as of late with name changes and service changes. SkyDrive became OneDrive and with that name change also came a number of updates to the service. But, as usual, there is still some confusion about what is what. I know that the whole OneDrive thing can confuse people so what …
Read onO365: Do I get stuff that I don’t get on-premise?
This is a post that I decided to write after listening to a few customers that obviously got the wrong end of the stick in terms of information about Office365. It seems there is some confusion out there so let me try to “clear the fog” … Office365 is comprised of Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, …
Read onGame of Thrones Sky Cell tour in the Oculus Rift
Game of Thrones Sky Cell tour in the Oculus Rift There are two things I can talk about forever (other than Office 365 of course) and they are Game of Thrones and the Oculus Rift. With the release of this nifty little Oculus demo I thought I would take a quick tour of the various …
Read on“Policy does not allow granting permission error” when trying to share calendars in Office 365
Policy does not allow granting permission error I ran into this error today when a user was trying to share his calendar after we moved his account from on premise to the cloud. Other users who have already shared their calendars should still be fine. “Policy does not allow granting permissions at this level to …
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