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There are many reasons you may want to setup a shared mailbox, but the one we see the most often has to do with licensing. Shared Mailboxes in Microsoft 365 do NOT require a license, although all users that connect to that shared mailbox DO require a license. Note that Read more…
We were trying to set up a phpBB bulletin board to send email using an existing Microsoft 365 Exchange email account but kept having it error out (Administration Control Panel > Maintenance tab > Error Log) with: 451 4.7.0 Temporary server error. Please try again later. PRX4 There were several Read more…
After spending quite a few hours trying to correctly configure the email on a phpBB forum (for our Commodore.ca website users) we found ourselves stuck on the following error showing in the logs (Administration Control Panel > Maintenance tab > Error Log): 1301 <- 554 5.2.252 STOREDRV.Submission.Exception:SendAsDeniedException.MapiExceptionSendAsDenied After much research Read more…
In this video we demonstrate how to register a domain and connect it to Microsoft 365 Email (formerly Office 365 Email). We show the domain purchase process, the domain validation process, how to setup new accounts in Microsoft 365, how to add aliases using Microsoft 365 Exchange Online and how Read more…
Office 365 Apps were rebranded as Microsoft 365 Apps a few months ago and new release channels were also made available. We have a full explanation of how to change between Microsoft 365 Apps Channels HERE but many people are confused now that there are six to choose from. In Read more…
Microsoft recently added new channels to Microsoft 365 Apps (formerly Office 365) and renamed the old channels New Name Channel Code Previous Names Beta Channel BetaChannel Insider, Insider Fast, Monthly Current Channel (Preview) CurrentPreview Monthly Channel (Targeted), Targeted, Insiders, Slow, Preview Current Channel Current Monthly Channel, Monthly, Deferred Monthly Enterprise Channel Read more…
If you have ever needed a creative space to work you likely have tried a whiteboard or at least a flip chart. The problem is with remote workers, they can’t easily see your whiteboard or flipcharts so what to do? Well, Microsoft has had a whiteboard app for years but Read more…
Do you need a drop box, a place where people from outside of your company upload files but can’t see the other files that are already there? Things like having forms sent in from field staff or invoices being sent from in vendors are great examples of where you might Read more…
If you have a phpBB forum you may see a php warning: [phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/includes/functions_acp.php on line 65: ob_start(): output handler ‘ob_gzhandler’ conflicts with ‘zlib output compression’ This is simply informing you that some other system is already compressing (‘zip’) your files and so the phpBB Read more…
Holoporation is something that blows people away when they see that it is no longer science fiction, but to explain it we need some brief background on Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR). Here is the video version of this article: What is Virtual Reality Read more…
If you need to make changes to your ADS.TXT file and need to start again, you may want to download a fresh copy from Google AdSense. In our case, we cut back on the number of advertising partners we had and wanted to remove any dead links. We now use Read more…
If you want to tighten up the security on your Office 365 access, the easiest and cheapest way to do it is by requiring two factor authentication (2FA) using the Microsoft Authenticator App. Microsoft multifactor authentication requires users to enter a username and password along with confirming their identity using Read more…
We are often asked about how small offices, home offices and even medium sized businesses can avoid the high cost of on-premise file servers, by sharing files and folders with Microsoft OneDrive. After all, it seems like nearly all small businesses run on Microsoft Office 365 OneDrive (aka Microsoft 365 Read more…
Put simply two factor authentication is a requirement to prove who you are twice, before being allowed access. The most common use of two factor authentication with your bank because you have two factors: Your bank – debit – credit card is something you HAVE Your PIN number is something Read more…
We recently had a client ask how to quickly determine who their Microsoft Office 365 licenses were assigned to and how many spares they might have. Click to Expand Screenshot Below Fortunately this is easy to figure out: Sign into portal.office.com click on the ADMIN icon (cog) on the left Read more…
We needed to convert a website we had given up on last year, to a forum and so we worked through an evaluation fo several different products before settling on bbPress, the free forum for WordPress. The video discusses: bbPress, BuddyPress, phpBB and other Forum tools that can be used Read more…