Office Newswire: Is it fair to call Steve Ballmer the worst American CEO? – 5.16.2012
Ty Anderson | May 16th, 2012
The fact is, this week there just isn’t much news regarding Microsoft Office. I blame Facebook and their impending IPO. I also blame the ex-CEO of Yahoo. I also blame Josh Hamilton is his insane hitting during last week!... Read the rest of this entry →
Writing Excel COM add-ins
Pieter van der Westhuizen | May 14th, 2012
It is also about time I write a few posts about writing Excel COM add-ins, so in today's article we'll take a look at how to create a superb world-class Excel add-in using Add-in Express for Office and .net... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 Newswire: Tablet Outlook 2012 – what’s expected from Apple, Google, Microsoft – 5.11.2012
Ty Anderson | May 11th, 2012
Comparing features in SharePoint Online across Office 365 Service Plans :: I went searching for a decent comparison this past week and found a pretty good one. This grid lays it all out... by plan, by feature, what's included, what's not... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: New screenshots of Office 15 on a Windows 8 Tablet – 5.8.2012
Ty Anderson | May 8th, 2012
I can't help but think about what's next for Office, SharePoint, and Microsoft. I am hoping for some big things. I can't wait to learn what Microsoft will offer developers in this next version... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 Newswire: score points for Google Docs & Office 365 cloud productivity suites – 5.4.2012
Ty Anderson | May 4th, 2012
Week-to-week, there are several news items attempt to score points for Google Docs, Office 365, LibreOffice, and other cloud productivity suites. I’ve tried keeping it with them... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: Will Office 2013 be more attractive to companies than individuals? – 5.2.2012
Ty Anderson | May 2nd, 2012
Microsoft Office is strong in the business sector and the great majority of consumers. But what will consumers think of Office 15? This item raises a few questions but offers no answers. This should be expected as little to nothing is known about Office 2013 at this point... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 Newswire: Windows Live SkyDrive and Office 365 – 4.27.2012
Ty Anderson | April 27th, 2012
Today’s Office 365 Newswire is okay. The news this week is dominated by Google Drive and Skydrive. Office 365 was a bit quiet but there are still good items to report... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: Why Windows 8 tablets will succeed – 4.25.2012
Ty Anderson | April 25th, 2012
It's been a while since I pulled out my Tablet PC and did some doodling. So I decided to stop this negative momentum. This time, however, the Tablet PC is not the old clunker. No sir/ma'am! This time, I'm doodlin' with my slate pc... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 Newswire: What’s new in Microsoft’s Office 365? – 4.20.2012
Ty Anderson | April 20th, 2012
This week is a bit of a slow news week here at the Office 365 news desk and the Office 365 Newswire reflects this situation. I think when you see the first news item you will see just exactly what I mean... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: What’s new in Office 15 – 4.18.2012
Ty Anderson | April 18th, 2012
It occurred to me rather quickly today that today's Newswire would require an extra section. There is lot of speculation and news regarding Office 15. I interpret this situation as proof that we are ready for the next version of Office. As always, I've culled through more news than I care to discuss... Read the rest of this entry →
How to share Outlook Views and changes between folders
Pieter van der Westhuizen | April 16th, 2012
Every now and again, Eugene comes up with a certain challenge and asks me whether I would like to give it a go. In most of these cases it does involve a lot of trial and error and even more head scratching : ) The one challenge I'll describe in todays' article involves creating an Outlook folder view and applying it to two or more folders... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 Newswire: Office 365 for the large enterprise – 4.13.2012
Ty Anderson | April 13th, 2012
Office 365 doesn't necessarily save large companies money. The funny thing about purchasing decisions is that price isn't everything. To some, price is everything. To others, features and service are most important... Read the rest of this entry →
How to create an Internet Explorer Bar for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Pieter van der Westhuizen | April 12th, 2012
In today's post I'll show you how to write another integration to Dynamics CRM, only this time it is using Add-in Express for Internet Explorer and .net. We will write an add-on for Internet Explorer which will show the selected contact in Dynamics CRM's orders on an IE bar... Read the rest of this entry →
Office Newswire: “Official” Microsoft Office Product roadmap 2011-2014 – 4.11.2012
Ty Anderson | April 11th, 2012
I'm taking the plunge. I'm going completely v.Next here. I am writing today's Newswire using a slate that is running Windows 8, Office 2010, & Visual Studio 11. The experience is definitely quite different to anything I've been doing since 1995
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How to customize Outlook views programmatically
Pieter van der Westhuizen | April 9th, 2012
When creating Outlook add-ins I used to always use the Add-in Express Web view when I wanted to display my own data in the folder view. Until recently, when I realized that Outlook does expose a lot of properties that make it easy to display your custom data using the built-in Outlook types as well as Outlook views... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 Newswire: What is the secret ingredient of Office 365? – 4.6.2012
Ty Anderson | April 6th, 2012
Last week I covered some articles that discuss how Office 365 is not so great for the Microsoft Partner community just yet. Well, I think MSFT is very aware of this situation and is doing what they can to help show partners how they can make some money selling Office 365... Read the rest of this entry →