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Outlook Web Access (OWA) for iOS
Microsoft is sure churning out the apps for iPad/iPhone and other mobile devices. This time it is OWA (Outlook Web Access) for iPhone/iPad The Good I don’t love using the iPhone/iPad mail client to connect to Exchange/ActiveSync. It gets the job done, but it isn’t “great” Slick/Tidy/Clean. It’s all “Metro, er, Windows 8 UI, er, …
Read onLiving the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) dream at itgroove
I love that we are living the dream of BYOD (Bring your own device) and felt the need to illustrate it. We provide a solid/secured centralized platform and our folks connect with their tool of choice. You could look at this as say Office 365 does the same thing for those that don’t want to …
Read onI so need the cloud … or do I?
Everyone nowadays talks about “the Cloud” as being the next big thing that ALL companies should be looking at as a part of their IT infrastructure planning. The problem is that the term “Cloud”, has become so ambiguous and attached to so many things that it is hard for most companies to get a handle …
Read onWhat are your “Pain Points”? We’d like to help.
itgroove is a business technology solutions provider. We have lots of tools and technology available that can be used to solve any number of business issues. And we have the knowledge and experience to map the solutions out for you, as well as the skills to implement the needed hardware, software and procedures. You have …
Read onMy preferred Outlook Junk E-mail Settings
This came up this morning so I thought I’d take a second to speak to it. For one, this not is by any means complete. There are hundreds of ways to combat spam (SPF/SenderID, RBLs, Heuristics, White/Black/Gray/Red/Green lists, International suffixes, the list goes on). All I want to point out here is what I think …
Read onHow to save a piece of Microsoft Office SmartArt as a Picture File (PNG, GIF, JPG, etc.)
A colleague asked tonight if there was a quick and easy way to save a piece of Smart Art he created in an Office App (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook – and I wish, in OneNote). My response was two options (I’m sure others can think of more) and I figured I’d share them for others …
Read onSynching Outlook Tasks with the iPhone and iCloud
I wanted to synchronize my iPhone with my Outlook Tasks (that exist within our Exchange Server at the office). I noticed a number of APPS in the App Store that had some really poor ratings (crap, abandoned, etc.). Then looking in the Apple Forums, I noticed a bunch of folks whining about how it didn’t …
Read onOffice 365 Transition Notes – transitioning my family was a snap, once I stopped trying to outgeek the process
Well, I had a pretty painful Office 365 transition for wallbridge.com this past weekend. However, I can now honestly say that most of it was my fault. And the reason is, I signed up for the P1 plan which has no human support (just community/forum posts) and that I was simply too impatient. Basically, between …
Read onHow to get the SMTP Message Headers in various Outlook Versions
If you are trying to determine the IP of the sender of a bullsh#t email message (A spammer), you’ll want to get the info from the message headers. Below are the various methods to get it as Outlook has changed the interface with every version. Note, you need the original message. If someone forwards a …
Read onOffice Smart Art Crashes–Probably Your Keyboard Layout
I’ve had this situation happen a few times and I don’t notice it right away, but in my case the cause was the same each time (Bootcamp for Windows – yes, I’m currently running Windows on a MAC) but I’ve seen this occur without Bootcamp as well. The Problem Whenever you try to edit text …
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