Office 365

Microsoft Increases OneDrive for Business Storage Space to 1TB

Yesterday, in a blog post on the Microsoft Office Blog Microsoft announced that they were increasing the storage space on all OneDrive for Business accounts from 25GB to 1TB. OneDrive for Business is a “My Documents” folder in the cloud. In addition to the increase in storage limit; Microsoft also announced that all Office 365 […]

Email content directly into OneNote

Microsoft OneNote is one of our favourite Office applications. Now it’s even easier to add content to OneNote. Simply forward an email to me@onenote.com and OneNote will automatically add the it to your unfiled notes section. First, you’ll need to link your email address to OneNote. To do this, visit OneNote Email Settings and set […]

Turn your phone into a scanner

Office Lens is a new app for your Windows Phone that turns your phone into a scanner. You can use it to take pictures of things like business cards, menus, post-it notes, on whiteboards or blackboards — anything you want to keep to hand. Pictures taken with Office Lens are automatically trimmed and enhanced and […]

Support for IE 8 in Office 365 ending April 2014

From 8th April 2014, Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer 8 in Office 365. Although Internet Explorer 8 users will not be blocked from connecting to Office 365 after 8th April, users should expect slower performance with Office 365’s Outlook Web App, SharePoint and Office Online. For the best, richest experience with Office 365, […]

Windows XP is retiring soon

Support for Windows XP and Office 2003 ends soon On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will end support for the decade-old operating system, Windows XP. This means that after this date, you will no longer receive updates, including security updates, for Windows XP from Microsoft. Support for Microsoft Office 2003 also ends at the same time. […]

How to change your password in Office 365

  Go to http://portal.microsoftonline.com and log in with your details.   Click the settings cog, top right.   Click “Office 365 settings”   Click the password option     Enter your old password and confirm your new one.   Your password has now been changed! For help changing your password, please

Microsoft SkyDrive renamed to Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft have finally announced the new name for SkyDrive. Last July, a UK judge ruled “there was a likelihood of confusion in the average consumer” between Sky’s products and Microsoft SkyDrive. Sky said 17 customers had contacted it assuming it ran the service. At the time, Sky said it would give Microsoft “a reasonable amount […]

How to Set a Partner of Record in Office 365

Go to http://portal.microsoftonline.com and log in with your Office 365 details.   From the dashboard, choose Licences     Click on your subscription. You may see more than one subscription in the list.   Click add under Partner Information   Enter Partner ID 4112828 and click Check ID   Partner should be shown as Optimal […]