How To Use The Archive Button In Outlook

Sep 25, 2019 | Android, Apple, mail, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Office tips, Outlook

Outlook has an Archive button, right next to the Delete button. You haven’t noticed it because we have trained ourselves for twenty years to let our eyes slide over anything in Outlook that we don’t use. The Archive button appeared a couple of years ago...

How To Stop Microsoft Teams From Starting Automatically

Aug 28, 2019 | Microsoft, Office 365, Windows10

Last month Microsoft rolled out an update to some Office 365 business subscriptions that for the first time includes the app for Microsoft Teams. Some of you are seeing the Teams startup screen every time the computer starts. If you don’t use Teams, the unwanted...

Your Office 365 Mailbox Is Not Backed Up (But It’s . . . Wait, Is That Okay?)

Aug 25, 2019 | backup, mail, Microsoft, Office 365, Outlook, web_services

If your small or midsize business uses Office 365, there is probably no backup of your mailboxes. A backup – long-term retention of a copy of your mailbox in a separate place – requires a third-party service at startling expense. It’s starting to be...

Your Backup Program Is Not Backing Up OneDrive Files (But It’s Okay!)

Aug 21, 2019 | backup, Box, Dropbox, Office 365, OneDrive, web_services, Windows10

Backups are hard. I have a story to tell you about why your backup program is not backing up OneDrive files – but don’t panic! This is just a public service announcement that may help you someday if you understand what’s going on behind the scenes. If you have files...

Best Practices To Secure Office 365 Global Admin Accounts

Aug 7, 2019 | Azure, business, Microsoft, network, Office 365, security

Business Office 365 accounts have at least one global administrator with godlike power over everyone’s business accounts and mailboxes. In our dangerous world, businesses have to protect that account fiercely. I could make a good argument that online security is more...

OneDrive For Business Has Issues

Jul 10, 2019 | Azure, Dropbox, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, web_services, Windows10

I wanted to love OneDrive for Business. And it should have been a great relationship! There are lots of reasons to love OneDrive for Business. Although it had problems in the past, now the Windows app is stable and fast; I’ve got lots of storage space included with my...