What I know about Microsoft’s Software. Scripts, Advise, and a Knowledge Base. I spent a good chunk of my time on Earth mastering almost every piece of software Microsoft has published from DOS to Windows 2016 and from Microsoft Mail to Office 365. If you have questions. I have the answers.
Microsoft Project is the king of planning software. I’ve been using it for more than a decade but my current employer uses a different tool for the job which isn’t a problem on it’s own, I’m flexible. The issue arises when a client sends me their plan in an mpp file. There is no Project […]
Once upon a time in an IT shop far, far away I thought that Windows offline files was a fantastic feature. Who remembers when it used to be called the briefcase? Now with DFS, SharePoint, Folder Redirection, and other modern file services taking over from standard file shares, the technology is dated and often causes […]
As an employee of an MSP, I am often tossed into the ring, so to speak. I’ve found that configuring Microsoft’s tools to see all of the virtual machines in a clustered Hyper-V environment consumes too much time in high-pressure situations. Depending on the version of Windows the hosts are running, you may not see […]
To most of us SSO (Single-Sign-On) means that we only need to enter our username and password one time to access our company’s services and applications. It sounds simple enough but is quite complex. As we have migrated to working remotely many of us have switched to using our personal computing systems for various reasons. […]
In my previous post, I explained how to run a report in OneDrive that lists all of the data you have shared and who you have shared it with. These shares build up over time and it is easy to forget who has access to what. So you’ve run the report and found some data […]
Over time you can end up sharing lots of files with people via OneDrive. It is easy to forget who has access. Microsoft has included a report utility in OneDrive Online that will export a list of all the shared files and who has access to them. Find the OneDrive icon in your system tray (next to […]
Microsoft 365 provides a lot of well conceived admin tools via its on-line portal. Their user tool is fantastic for creating and editing user accounts, but getting reports from it can be challenging. Lucky for us Microsoft 365 can also be accessed through PowerShell. This script will prompt for credentials and the org name. Then […]
One question that frequently arises during remote work transitions is “What do we do about the physical mail?” One of my go to solutions has been to email enable SharePoint document library folders and point our scanner’s email function at those addresses. Unfortunately, SharePoint On-line lacks the ability to email enable folders. If you are […]
Recently I was tasked with helping a company build out a solution for remote training classes. We chose Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Services as the platform. I needed to develop a method to create bulk accounts for the students and place those accounts into the AD security group that granted access to the remote app. Most […]
Remember split screen TVs? Don’t you wish you could do that to your computer monitor so that your apps would stay organized? It turns out that you can.
