Kelly LaForest

I’m happy to announce that there’s a new community group in town, and as co-founder and co-organizer of this group, I invite you all to attend! This free event is a great fit for those who want to see what Microsoft is doing in the cloud. All Office 365-related topics are up for discussion. Members meet …

A client wanted to know: “If you store an Excel file in a document library (via Office 365 SharePoint Online), can multiple people open and view/edit data in a worksheet at the same time, and will updates appear in “real” time?” I knew the ability to collaborate has been available since Excel 2010, but the answer …

I wrote a blog post back in October 2013 about “How to Get a Free Non-Profit Office 365 Subscription in Canada” – and recently realized that it contains key points that are relevant to ANY organization looking to get started with Office 365. [NOTE: Since originally posting this in April 8, 2014, I have added two more …

As per my original post, I’m continuing to decode more ‘tech jargon’ around Office 365. Today’s confusing tech term from the Office 365 Enterprise E1 for non-profits “Get Yours Now” slide is “Office Web Apps.” Standard Services Decoded: Office Web Apps What? Office Web Apps are the internet versions of the standard Microsoft Office software programs (Word, …

As per my original post, I’m continuing to decode more ‘tech jargon’ around Office 365. Today’s confusing tech term from the Office 365 Enterprise E1 for non-profits “Get Yours Now” slide is “Click-to-Run Office Deployment.” Office Features Decoded: Click-to-Run Office Deployment What? Click-to-Run-Office Deployment quickly installs the newest version of the Microsoft Office Desktop Applications into your …

It’s been well over a month since Microsoft announced that they would begin donating Office 365 Enterprise E1 for non-profits subscription licences to non-profit organizations in 41 different countries (Canada included!) to help non-profits ‘do more good’. We’ve received a flurry of questions from interested parties who need support in determining if a cloud solution will fit …

I gave TechSoup Canada a call last week to clarify a few key points around the terms of the Microsoft’s Office 365 Enterprise E1 for Nonprofits subscription donation program. Turn Around Times? I gave TechSoup Canada a call last Thursday to check in on the status of the Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise E1 for Non-profits …

A step-by-step guide on how to check your eligibility then receive a free “Office 365 Enterprise E1 for Nonprofits” subscription in Canada. If you have already registered with TechSoup Canada, please skip ahead to Step 4: Step 1: Sign up for a TechSoup Canada account. Sign up for an individual user account using the following form. Verify account by …

It’s been over a month since Microsoft announced that they’d be making subscriptions of their cloud-based productivity and collaboration tool Office 365 available to non-profits organizations around the world for no charge. itgroove summarized the key benefits of the technology game changer in their press release “Microsoft Donates Free Office 365 Subscriptions to Canadian Non-profits” …