Every new release of Windows 10 brings thousands of changes and hundreds of enhancements but because it is a mature product, most of these are obscure. Windows 10 20H1 (aka 2004, which will be released in a few weeks) is no different. We have been using the new build for […]
If you are an admin of the Office 365 tenant, you can easily add more licenses for Office, Visio, Project, BI, CRM or anything else and then assign them to your users. surf to admin.microsoft.com (which I always get to via portal.office.com so I don’t want to remember all of […]
Windows 10 is the most recent in the series of windows operating systems, and it’s one of the best platforms for personal computer users for multiple reasons. Along with the new features, came the architecture that’s easy on the hardware and provides a more user-friendly experience, especially while multitasking. Stability […]
Connected experiences in Microsoft Office products are mostly ‘little’ things that you may not notice immediately like: Insert > Online Pictures Insert > Get Add-Ins Insert > Online Video Feedback Templates from Microsofts online repository Weather line shown in Outlook Insert > Get Add-Ins OneDrive integration into Office SharePoint integration […]
As most companies are aware, Windows 7 drops dead on January 14th 2020 however, many ordinary users seem to be unaware of this fact. As Windows 7 draws to a close, the question is what can Win7 users do to get to Windows 10? From Summer 2015 to July 2016, Microsoft […]
There are four places that programs startup automatically from: 1: STARTUP FOLDERS AUTOMATIC STARTUP Both of these are in hidden folders so you need to change your view to show Hidden Folders as shown in the screen shot to the right Per User Startup Folder: C:\Users\<USER NAME>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Startup Folder […]
Microsoft has stopped development on File History and Windows Backup. Awesome services in Windows 7, like Shadow Copy which made “Previous Versions” of files available have been fully deprecated. These services have been replaced with OneDrive functions. OneDrive provides point in time file restores and backup of most files on […]
If you are setting your Office 365 email on a tablet, iphone, Android cell or any device that is not part of your corporate network you may see: “Need admin approval Email Email needs permission to access resources in your organization that only an admin can grant. Please ask an […]
When starting an Office 365 Pro Plus (Office 2016, Office 2019) product like Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook you may be prompted to log in. At that point you may see: Sorry, another account from your organization is already signed in on this computer There are two ways to […]
At URTech.ca we are pretty serious about tech and tech these days includes “the cloud”. The problem is that most people really don’t understand what “the cloud” is and so this video will quickly clear up any questions you have: Ok… that was pretty damn funny and is most places […]
Microsoft Teams started as little more than a web only SharePoint Template that encouraged: Inviting specific people and groups to the Team Note taking and comment making But that was 2017. At the recent Microsoft Ignite conference in Florida Microsoft likely mentioned Teams more than any other product. It was […]
It is difficult to understand what Microsoft if offering these days. It was hard enough when there was just Office 365 with the E1 E3 and E5 packages but today Microsoft is offering 3 different bundles (Office, Windows & Microsoft) each with their own E1 E3 and E5 sub-bundles. What […]
Here are the features that Microsoft is killing in Windows 10 1803. There are two lists, features that have been removed and features that Microsoft has stopped working on. Note that Windows 10 1803 is also known as the “Spring Creators Update” and “Redstone 4”. FEATURES REMOVED FROM WINDOWS 10 […]
You likely have heard rumblings about Office 2019 being released this summer. However, you also likely know that Microsoft has been heavily promoting Office 365 subscriptions which provide frequent upgrades (not just updates). So what is new Office 2019 for Office365 customers? In a word, nothing. Office 365 subscribers receive […]
Microsoft describes Cortana as a digital personal assistant while that is a fair description, it hardly tells you what Cortana does. Cortana is a search tool that can be activated by typing text in the ASK ME ANYTHING field to the right of the START button, or it can be […]
1. Windows Phone 7’s theme and UI Last week, Microsoft confirmed that Windows 8 will have a tiles-based interface. Called Immersive, this GUI is meant to be used in full-screen mode, and is probably targeted at tablets running Windows 8. 2. Ribbon User Interface in Explorer It looks like Microsoft […]