Sep 23, 2013 | IE, web_services
Lately I’ve seen an increase in the number of web sites warning that I’m running an unsupported version of Internet Explorer, or recommending that I upgrade to the latest version. In some cases, the web sites refuse to load at all. Autotask, for example, will not go...
Sep 4, 2013 | mail, Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, web_services
Office 365 business users are getting more storage space for free. Exchange mailboxes are doubling in size, permitting storage of up to 50Gb per mailbox, and Skydrive Pro storage capacity is being increased from 7Gb to 25Gb for each user. The increased mailbox space...
Aug 11, 2013 | Microsoft, Office 365, web_services
Microsoft assembled some numbers to show that Office 365 has had almost no downtime for the last year. For four quarters in a row, the Office 365 services (hosted Exchange email, Sharepoint, Lync, and Office Web Apps) were up and running more than 99.9% of the time –...
Aug 8, 2013 | law, Microsoft, OneDrive, web_services
The Service Soon Not To Be Known As Skydrive got some nice updates recently – along with a court decision that gives Microsoft yet another nasty branding problem. The good news is that Skydrive continues to add new features at a rapid pace. (If you’re new to Skydrive,...
Aug 7, 2013 | mail, Microsoft, Office 365, Outlook, web_services
Microsoft has been upgrading Office 365 subscribers to new servers during 2013, with improved webmail and a completely overhauled dashboard for users and the latest versions of Exchange Server and other server platforms on the back end. The upgrades haven’t all gone...
Aug 5, 2013 | bruceb, web_services
There’s a new little icon in the lower right corner of the screen for Bruceb Remote Management subscribers. Most of my clients’ computers are running the Bruceb Remote Management service, which silently monitors them to make sure things run troublefree. Desktop and...
