Posts Tagged ‘Office 365’

Office 365 Newswire: Windows Live SkyDrive and Office 365 – 4.27.2012

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 365 Newswire: What’s new in Microsoft’s Office 365? – 4.20.2012

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 365 Newswire: Office 365 for the large enterprise – 4.13.2012

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 →

Office 365 Newswire: What is the secret ingredient of Office 365? – 4.6.2012

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 →

Office 365 Newswire: Reality of the Cloud and its impact – 3.30.2012

The Cloud is a disruptive “technology”. I know it is more than a single technology so I put it in quotes. The Cloud is an idea that involves several technologies. For service providers, the Cloud is really messing things up…it’s disrupting the status quo... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: Microsoft “Not Nice”, Greedy, For-Profit, Enterprise? – 3.22.2012

We have an extra section today. The topic is the recent Office 365 price reduction. I have to tip my cap to the great XL-Dennis. He got me thinking this way by leaving a thoughtful comment on last week's Office 365 Newswire... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: Details leaked on Microsoft SharePoint Online 2013 – 3.16.2012

I think we are in for some exciting changes with the upcoming "Wave 15" releases from Microsoft. The way we interact with software will look drastically different in just a few years. Heck, looking back 5 years ago, who was predicting what we are seeing now? ... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: SharePoint Online site templates – 3.9.2012

Office 365 is still new enough that "introductory" and "first impressions"-type of articles are good things. This one is all about site templates. The author even offers some analysis of the page structure. I don't agree with their conclusion however... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: Welcome to Visual Studio 11 Beta and .NET Framework 4.5 – 3.2.2012

One of the great things about the MVP Summit is hob-knobbing with other developers... particularly anyone that develops with the Office platform. I typically think of myself as an Office Developer, even when doing non-Office-related projects... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: SharePoint Online set to release new features – 2.24.2012

While we wait for MSFT to release more Office regarding the next wave of Office, SharePoint, & Office 365... we can assuage ourselves with the upcoming new features for SharePoint Online. This release is SP 2 and contains 4 super-duper-awesome features... Read the rest of this entry →

Video: Creating a custom SharePoint 2010 ribbon

I'm really intrigued by Office 365. I think the way Microsoft is marketing it (and pricing it) is compelling. What I like most is the potential user base it represents. I really like that I can build a solution and publish it. I really love that people can buy it and then use it during their day. It's a bit like writing words and then having you read them... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: The benefits of CRM integration with Office 365 – 2.17.2012

I'll admit that each of these articles have some informative information. Actually, that's what information is... informative. It's useful. Each of these articles are useful in their own way. For today's newswire, these articles also allow me to riff and offer my own thoughts and opinions without requiring me to write 15 or more articles... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: How cozy are RIM, Microsoft? – 2.10.2012

I don't know about this deal with RIM. I think it was made because it makes sense from the Office 365 side. Why wouldn't they want to support as many devices as they can? Of course it makes sense for RIM too... if only to slow all the negative momentum of the last couple of years. I disagree completely with the headline's implication... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: Office 365 email limits have been raised – 2.3.2012

From what I gather, Office 365 is doing okay. I make this judgment solely on the basis of the content of today's Office 365 Newswire. There is an abundance of useful content. Sure, we almost always have great editorial content... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 – Using jQuery with SharePoint Online

JavaScript, whether you love it or hate it, it's here to stay. Now, JavaScript does have its quirks and irritations, especially if you're used to managed code such as VB.Net or C#. However, despite the bad rep a lot of folks have given it, it is one heck of a powerful language... Read the rest of this entry →

Moving your existing Access database to Office 365

A few years ago I had a client who since they started their business used a Microsoft Access database to track their projects and the time their consultants worked on projects. As the company expanded the database grew up to a point where they realized an upgrade is needed. I was asked to move the database to a Microsoft SQL server backend, whilst keeping MS Access as the front-end... Read the rest of this entry →

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