A small but significant portion of Microsoft Office business suite users have embraced the subscription option, otherwise known as Office 365, with one out of four opting for it in the U.S. Stephen Baker of the US-based research firm NPD group, told...

Microsoft, faced with challenges from Google and other vendors, is taking to the cloud in a big way with its upcoming release of new Office productivity software. The software giant on Monday revealed US pricing for a pair of cloud-based Office...

Office 365 takes everything you love about Microsoft’s productivity solution and moves it to the cloud. Along with the applications that you already know, Office 365 brings extensive online collaboration and communication to the...

Active directory is a core component of Office 365 and is required by the applications within the suite. This video examines what Active Directory is and how it sits within Office 365.

There is a whole host of add-ons to make your Lync experience more enjoyable. These add-ons include anything from comfortable head-sets for those using Lync for voice communication, to devices with multiple cameras and Lync profile detection for...

Office 365 has security built in from the ground up. The physical and logical security built into the datacenter is phenomenal. This security is further enhanced with the in-built safeguards within SharePoint and Exchange, together with the extra...

In this video, we look at what training and education is required to use, deploy, administer and support Microsoft Lync 2010 and Microsoft Lync Online.

Lync 2010, requires a knowledge of a variety of Microsoft technologies. In this video, we examine what you need to know to install Lync 2010 and what components are required.

Deploying the Lync client for a medium to large organisation could be a headache especially when there are 30,000 clients involved. In this video, Thomas Lee, Lync, PowerShell, Office 365 Consultant and Microsoft MVP looks at the multitude of...

This video looks at some of the advantages of integrating Lync Online with Lync on-premise and what is involved.

In this video, Thomas Lee, Lync, PowerShell and Office 365 Microsoft consultant looks at some of the planning issues for Lync Online.

Many companies requiring the full capabilities of Lync have opted to federate Lync Online with Lync on-premise. In this video, we examine some of the planning requried for Lync on-premise.

The session initiation protocol (SIP) is a core component of the Lync family. In this video, we examine what it is and why Lync is dependent on SIP.

What is enterprise voice and how does it relate to Lync - Thomas Lee, tells all.

In this video we look at the main differences between Lync Online and Lync On-Premise. How does Microsoft's online communication suite compare to the full on-premises implementation?

Over the past two features on Cloud Busting we've looked at a variety of common problems that can arise mid-Office 365 migration. Some of these you may never experience, others may lurk in your peripheral vision, ready to pounce. Fortunately we have...

Office 365 is Microsoft’s SaaS office productivity offering and PowerShell is Microsoft’s strategic task automation platform. Combined, they become a tool you can use to manage most aspects of Office 365. Writing PowerShell scripts from...

When we think we know a product or how to perform a task well, we often think there is nothing that we don't know or that can surprise us about the product or task. For example, many professional Word 2010 users are often surprised when they...

What happens when there is no Internet connectivity? What if your business requires 100 per cent uptime of your email? How can you provision for security beyond that supplied by Microsoft, for example e-discovery?  Obviously no product or...

In this video, Ben Chai looks at the biggest challenges to migrating from your existing environment to Office 365. Some of the issues discussed, include the big data issue, 3rd party integrated applications, deploying to multiple devices and...

Office 365 and Google Apps are currently fighting hard to own the Cloud business applications. In this video, we look at how you should decide which is best for your business.

OneNote is probably the least well known of the applications in Office 2010, as it has a shorter heritage than its stable-mates. It’s designed as a freeform note-taking tool, which can be used on desktop, notebook and tablet PCs. As well as...