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...

How To Live The Simple Life . . . With Microsoft

Apr 28, 2019 | Azure, backup, domains, Dropbox, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, Windows10

My new computer is simple and has relatively few confusing bits. My new computer runs Windows and primarily relies on Microsoft services. Those two sentences are not normally uttered together! Microsoft’s mish-mash of dueling and overlapping personal and business...

Microsoft Thinks The Future Belongs To Teams (And It Might Work For You, Too)

Feb 6, 2019 | business, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Office 365, OneNote, Outlook, Teams, web_services

Microsoft Teams is an Office 365 service that businesses can use for their employees to chat and collaborate, providing an alternative (and perhaps a replacement) for email inside the company. Although it’s relatively new, Teams has quickly become a strategic priority...

Security Tip: The Bad Guys Can Spoof The Sender’s Name And Email Address On Malicious Messages

Jan 20, 2019 | mail, Outlook, security, spam

Let’s start with two familiar security principles. •  The bad guys can make any name appear as the sender of a malicious email message. •  Frequently the email address does not match the name. It’s one of the indicators that a message is fake. The screenshot...

Outlook Tip: Paste Your Way To A New Email Message (And A Few Other Random Bits)

Dec 2, 2018 | mail, Office 365, Office tips, Outlook

Outlook is full of hidden surprises and shortcuts. Here are a few tips for Outlook junkies that range from obvious to obscure. I know the first one (sent in by good friend BillG) took me by surprise, and I’ve been scouring lists of Outlook tips for a long time.  ...

Office Tip: How To Make Outlook Easier To Use On A Touchscreen

Nov 1, 2018 | laptops, Office, Office tips, Outlook

This tip is for anyone who uses the desktop version of Outlook on a laptop with a touchscreen. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, this is for you. If you’re not a touchscreen user – well, frankly, I like Outlook better with this turned on anyway, but you can...