Microsoft gave IT and enterprises a three year notice on an upcoming policy change to Microsoft Office. According to a post to the Office blog, there are three changes coming with Office: 1. Office 365 Requirements Office 365 ProPlus is the continually updated version of Office that you get with a subscription. If you buy the traditional Office 2016 Professional Plus, you are … [Read more...]
Configure a View in Outlook to help prevent falling for phishing
Phishing messages to your work email can be costly if the wrong person replies with confidential information. If you use Outlook for your email client, it can help identify those messages from outside senders to make sure they stand out. Having some context before opening a message will help prevent falling for the phishing scheme when you know it is coming from an outside … [Read more...]
Receive Android notifications from Gmail for only certain labels
If your Gmail account is pretty active, it can make notifications on your phone about every incoming email quite annoying. Between the icon in the top bar and a sound notification with each one, you might turn notifications off all together. A better way to handle the problem is to ensure you only get notifications for messages that you care about. Fortunately, the Gmail app on … [Read more...]
Configure Outlook to recurring appointments for the last weekday of the month
Calendars have their own quirks so Outlook, part of Microsoft Office, sometimes bears the brunt of the frustration at calendars because it is a calendaring program. One behavior that can be difficult to master are meetings or appointments that recur with the day of the month rather than the date. From easiest to more difficult to predict, and therefore program, I would … [Read more...]
Adobe Acrobat and Reader DC will receive new version numbers
Windows 10 is the latest Microsoft operating system despite all of the updates to it. No more X.1 or SP2 or X.1 Update. Just Windows 10. Adobe seemed to be following this pattern with Adobe Acrobat DC and Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Version numbers don't matter, DC is just the latest version of the software available thanks to the subscription method. That's why it was a little … [Read more...]