Newsletter Archives
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Microsoft OneDrive: The basics
Posted on February 1st, 2021 at 01:15 Comment on the AskWoody Loungeonedrive
Microsoft OneDrive: The basicsBy Lance Whitney
Want to be able to back up and synchronize your files with Microsoft OneDrive
but aren’t sure where to start? Here’s a primer on getting started with OneDrive.Microsoft OneDrive is an effective tool for automatically backing up and synchronizing your documents, photos, and other files. By backing up your files to OneDrive in the cloud, you can recover them in case you accidentally delete or lose them. And by synchronizing your files, you ensure that they’re accessible from any computer or device running OneDrive.
OneDrive is automatically included and accessible in Windows 10 and Windows 8.1. Those of you still running Windows 7 can manually download and install it. Beyond Windows, OneDrive is available for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Android, so you can access it from any computer or mobile device. I use OneDrive as my primary backup and synchronization service and find it very convenient and helpful.
But OneDrive can be tricky to set up and configure initially, especially if you’re not familiar with its various settings and options. Let’s look at the basics of OneDrive to see how you can get started and use it most effectively.
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.4.0 (2021-02-01).
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SetUp Guides for Microsoft 365 – request for feedback
Posted on November 30th, 2020 at 21:24 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeAre you an IT Admin that sets up Microsoft 365 / Office 365 services? If you are, @mikebailey2000 is looking for feedback on SetUp Guides.
Mike’s a Microsoft Program Manager. It’s great to welcome his interest in the opinion of our members.
Please, head over to Mike’s first post here at AskWoody, wish him a very warm AskWoody welcome, and help him to improve the setup guides. He explains the limitations on accessing the documents.
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Office 365 becomes Microsoft 365: Less here than meets the eye
Posted on April 13th, 2020 at 01:15 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeWOODY’S WINDOWS WATCH
By Woody Leonhard
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that, as of April 21, the “rented” version of Office known as Office 365 will henceforth be known as Microsoft 365.
Other than a bewildering array of new names and vague promises of future features, very little will actually change on that day.
Mostly, if you’re currently subscribed to Office 365, you’ll soon be seeing (and paying for) Microsoft 365.
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.14.0 (2020-04-13).
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Microsoft backtracks on Office search changes
Posted on February 11th, 2020 at 08:12 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeAccording to Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft has backed off its plans to change the search engine to Bing for its Office 365 Pro Plus customers. See Microsoft backtracks on ‘Bing-jacking’ Chrome with its Microsoft Search extension for more details.
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Office 365 global outage is now fixed
Posted on November 20th, 2019 at 07:49 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeA tale in three tweets…. (all times are US Central)
There was a global outage of Office 365 for several hours, but thankfully Europe was in bed. https://t.co/feIGv0TZNm
— Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) November 20, 2019
We've identified that multiple Microsoft 365 services are affected and we're actively looking for the swiftest means of restoring access. Please refer to https://t.co/AEUj8uAGXl for details, or MO196220 in the admin portal, if accessible.
— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) November 20, 2019
We've confirmed restored access and functionality for all Microsoft 365 services. Please see MO196220 in the admin dashboard for final details of the event.
— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) November 20, 2019
Of course the Microsoft Office Status site requires a logon with an active Office 365 account.
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Office 365 ProPlus to get support on Windows 7 after January 14, 2020
Posted on October 7th, 2019 at 17:25 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeMicrosoft has decided to give Office 365 ProPlus users running Windows 7 some grace time after Windows 7 goes out of support on January 14, 2020. Office 365 ProPlus users will continue to get security updates for Office 365 ProPlus until January 2023. According to Microsoft this is to transition to a “support operating system”.
See Windows 7 end of support and Office 365 ProPlus for details and more information.
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Microsoft removes non-subscription SKUs from Home Use Program
Posted on August 9th, 2019 at 17:18 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeMicrosoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away. This may not affect many but is a nice perk if you work for a large company using Office. Here’s an article by Mary Jo Foley describing the details of the changes – Microsoft removes Office 2019 from its Home Use Program benefits.
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Of course you don’t want to buy Office 2019
Posted on February 7th, 2019 at 07:45 Comment on the AskWoody LoungeNice of Microsoft to reinforce that point.
Microsoft is saying more about its customers than its products with the three new ads. MS obviously doesn’t think its customers are savvy enough to figure out the “tests” are rigged to use features in Office 365 that aren’t in Office 2019. They aren’t Challenges. They’re feature demos.
Of course the products are different. The feature sets are different. And, of course, reliance on the internet is different — when Microsoft’s servers go down, you can take your fancy cookie-cutter resume building program and stick it where the sun don’t shine.
I guess that’s something good to know if you need to list the population of every state in a spreadsheet. Except it’s, you know, old data.
I recall vividly that you couldn’t even get Excel to show updated stock quotes until a year ago. I moved to Google Sheets for that very reason. Never looked back.
UPDATE: Still confused about the differences between Office 2019 and Office 365? Gregg Keizer at Computerworld just published an in-depth look. Suffice it to say the landscape’s changed greatly, and it’ll no doubt change again.