Aug 26, 2010 | Microsoft, Outlook, phone, SBS, web_services
It feels as if the smartphone revolution has happened overnight. I am simply astonished at the number of business people and lawyers getting iPhones from AT&T and Android phones from Verizon. I rarely saw them in businesses a year ago – they were still perceived...
Aug 20, 2010 | business, mail, Microsoft, Outlook, SBS
I’m strongly urging my clients running Small Business Server to move their mailboxes to online hosted Exchange servers. I’ll give you a bit of background and tell you an anecdote to explain why Exchange frightens me, then tell you more about Microsoft Online Services...
Aug 5, 2010 | business, Google, law, Microsoft, SBS, security, web_services
Previously: The Sad State Of Law Office Software I’m going to work up to specific products, but let’s start with the concept of storing valuable, confidential data in the cloud, on servers run by some big company. As a lawyer in a small firm, think of the scariest...
May 20, 2010 | Facebook, Google, mail, Microsoft, mobile, Outlook, SBS, web_services, Windows Live
It’s rare now to find traditional POP3 email accounts, where messages are downloaded to a single computer and are only accessible at that computer. We move between different computers freely (home/work/laptop/netbook) and want our mail to be available on all of them....
Apr 13, 2010 | Microsoft, network, SBS, search, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Previously: Windows 7 Searches – Small Business Windows 7 Searches – Libraries You’ve got a Windows 7 workstation in a small business or law firm. The network server is running Windows Search 4 and you’ve added the network locations with shared files to your Documents...
Apr 12, 2010 | Home_Server, Microsoft, network, SBS, search, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Previously: Windows 7 Searches – Small Business When you click on Documents in the Start menu in Windows 7, your cursor arrives blinking in Libraries. I’ve been annoyed by that for months, but I finally had an “ah-ha!” moment when I discovered what libraries can do...
