Microsoft’s Enterprise Products Are Literally Overwhelming

Oct 23, 2016 | Azure, business, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, web_services

Overwhelm (verb)  Defeat completely; give too much of a thing to someone; inundate Microsoft’s roadmap for business apps and services is overwhelming. Good news! It’s also not for you, my loyal small business readers. I’m going to list a staggering number of...

Microsoft Starts To Untangle Microsoft Accounts And Office 365 Business Accounts

Sep 18, 2016 | Azure, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, web_services, Windows10

Background: Understanding Microsoft Work And Personal Accounts Tip: How To Change The Login For Your Microsoft Account (And Why You Should) Last week Microsoft candidly acknowledged that it has created a confusing and frustrating tangle with its two identity systems...

Updates From Microsoft Spiral Out Of Control

Aug 28, 2016 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Skype, updates, video, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8

Microsoft has had a bad month. In this article I’ll tell you about some of the problems with recent updates from Microsoft. In the next article, I’ll take a broader look at the long-term corrosive effects of a breakdown in Microsoft’s internal controls for approving...

What To Do When Excel Opens . . . Very . . . Slowly . . .

Jul 19, 2016 | Office, Office tips, Windows10

Followup 07/2017: A Possible Fix For The Excel Slow File Opening Bug This bug only affects a small number of people, but it’s an interesting one because it’s been a problem for almost a year and there’s still no clear understanding of what’s going on. It happens on...

Scan Documents And Create PDFs With Your Phone

Jul 11, 2016 | Android, Apple, Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, mobile, Office, OneDrive, OneNote, phone, photos, web_services

It has become easy to use your phone for quick scans and to create PDFs on the fly. Find an app to use and remember it when you get a receipt or document that should be scanned on the fly. Each of the major cloud services – Microsoft OneDrive (Office Lens), Box (Box...

Outlook 2016 And The Mysterious Disappearing Folder Pane

Jun 22, 2016 | Office, Office 365, Office tips, Outlook

Here’s the story of an odd Outlook 2016 bug that you might run into. Microsoft has been urging everyone with an Office 365 license for the Office programs to update to Office 2016. It’s a modest upgrade at best, as the programs are virtually identical to the 2013...