Category Archives: Microsoft 365

Opening documents (by default) using Office Desktop Apps with Microsoft 365

Some users prefer to open Microsoft Office documents via the Office web apps, others prefer the Office desktop apps. By default, documents will open using web apps. You can change this behaviour by opening Word, Excel or PowerPoint and going to File >Options >Advanced >Link Handling and selecting ‘Open supported hyperlinks to Office files in Office desktop apps’… Read More »

How to easily set Automatic Replies (Out of Office) on Shared Mailboxes in Office 365

Log into the Outlook Web App at https://outlook.office365.com using your own Office 365 credentials Click on your profile image (or placeholder image) on the top right Choose Open another mailbox Type in the name or email address of the Shared Mailbox and select it Click the settings cog on the top right and then click… Read More »

HOW TO: Schedule a Teams meeting with someone external to your company or a Guest user

If you have the Microsoft Teams Desktop client installed, Outlook automatically enables the Microsoft Teams add-in. To schedule a meeting click New Appointment from the Outlook Calendar view In the ‘New Appointment’ window select Teams Meeting from the ribbon bar As you can see from the screen shot below the meeting invite has the link… Read More »

Microsoft Cloud Services

With the increase in remote and home working over the past few weeks, many companies, including Microsoft, are now taking steps to ensure their services remain accessible despite huge spikes in user activity. Microsoft has recently released the below stats…. 775% increase in cloud services in regions that are enforcing social distancing. 900 million minutes… Read More »

Office 365 becomes Microsoft 365

Microsoft has announced changes to the names of Office 365 subscriptions for small and medium-sized businesses. Going forward, all products will use the Microsoft 365 brand. The new product names go into effect on April 21, 2020. This is a change to the product name only, and there are no pricing or feature changes currently. … Read More »

Office 365 issues

We have seen a few customers experiencing issues with Office 365 today, primarily gaining access to Exchange online mailboxes. Microsoft are currently not showing any issues, although Down Detector is showing a different picture…. Update…

Microsoft becomes the first global provider to deliver complete cloud from UK data centres

  The Microsoft Cloud in the UK provides  Azure and Office 365  from multiple data centre locations in the UK.   Microsoft  Dynamics CRM Online will join the line-up in the first half of 2017.  The local offering brings world-class reliability and performance combined with data residency to government departments, regulated industries and other businesses alike. … Read More »