Office 365 Customer? Not Ready for the Skype for Business Update?
The new Skype for Business client is almost here! On April 14th, Microsoft will begin pushing out Skype for Business as part of the regular monthly Automatic updates to Office 365 ProPlus. Although Skype for Business has received mostly positive reviews, IT pros and businesses were left with a little...
A Day in the Life of a Microsoft Evangelist
In my previous blog I talked about the Windows 10 press conference and all the great developments Microsoft has for the future. The announcement was generally well received by the tech press and is bringing a lot of excitement to the Microsoft brand. For me, personally, I cannot wait for...
Unlimited OneDrive Storage for Office 365
Announcement from Microsoft Earlier this week, Microsoft announced it was delivering unlimited OneDrive storage for Office 365 subscribers. Unlimited OneDrive storage is currently available for Home, Personal, and University subscription plans. For business and enterprise subscriptions, unlimited storage will be coming in 2015. This announcement comes on the heels of...
Microsoft’s Sales Increase, Helped by Its Acquisition of Nokia, and Investors Notice
Microsoft’s 3rd quarter profits are just another indication that they are on the right track. Note that commercial cloud sales are up 125% and Office 365 Personal sales are up 25%. The Surface Pro 3 is also doing nicely. As Microsoft Lync becomes the leader in unified and universal communication...
Save on Office 365 Licensing Costs with PowerShell
In my last PowerShell blog, I explained how to automate user mailbox logon stats reports for Office 365 by utilizing PowerShell and the Windows Task Scheduler. In this post, I’ll illustrate how to use PowerShell to reveal accounts that don’t need to be assigned a license and save on Office...
Onetastic for OneNote is Fantastic
Have you ever experienced a moment where you feel like you have discovered something completely new and then you realize (or someone bursts your bubble) that the thing you’ve discovered is not so new and that people have known about it all along? It reminds me of those Geico commercials...
Internal Locus of Control: Taking back control of your company’s technology.
In 1954, Julian Rotter developed the concept of locus of control. What do we believe about the events in our lives; is there primarily internal factors or external factors that create our life events. For example, did I fail that exam because I (internal) didn’t study enough or because the...
Become a Better "Yammer"
TecFac recently made the switch from Podio (a team collaboration tool by Citrix) to Yammer. We were avid Podio users because of the capability it gave us to communicate with each other. However, with the focus and energy Microsoft has been placing on Yammer and SharePoint, we decided to make...
The Office 365 Roadmap Has Been Revealed
Last week Microsoft released the much anticipated Office 365 for business roadmap. This will help to better inform admins and end users on what to expect from the service. The roadmap lists updates and enhancements to Office 365 which are either Launched, Rolling Out, In Development, or Cancelled. Each enhancement...