A data loss prevention company recently engaged a Microsoft partner for an Office 365 implementation. Unfortunately for the client, the partner sent in a SharePoint consultant who was not at all fluent in Office 365, and took six months to complete a project that should have been done in two weeks. After a long trial…
It has been a busy several days for Microsoft and more busy days on the way. On October 11th Microsoft announced that the New Office has reached RTM (Release to Manufacturing) milestone. This was not just for the Office 2013 suite of applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc) but for the entire Office family; Exchange…
To start the process of creating a wireframe, launch Microsoft Visio. For those that do not know if you have Visio installed, you can check for the application under Microsoft Office folder in your Programs list or within Control Panel > Programs and Features. Figure 1: Microsoft Windows Start Menu Once the application has…
Overview Starting with Windows 2000, the operating system installs a time synchronization service by default, no external apps are required. The display name on English systems is "Windows Time Service" and the short service name is "W32Time". This service should be set to Automatic startup via Group Policy. If any firewalls are between the…
Here is some information on the differences between the two types of driver installation actions supported by Task Sequence steps in System Center Configuration Manager. Auto Apply Drivers This action relies on Plug’n’Play (PNP) detection from within Windows PE (WinPE) to scan the hardware that is present, and send this list to the Management…
There are a lot of tools out there for creating wireframes or user interface mockups, some of which are both feature rich and fun to use. Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Balsamiq Mockups, Adobe Fireworks…I could go on for a while. However, there are also several reasons that may impact why an organization may not adopt these…
A Houston-based energy company was paying $100k annually for McAfee Anti-Virus. As a Microsoft EA customer, they wanted to better leverage their Microsoft investment and replace McAfee Anti-Virus with System Center Endpoint Protection. Catapult initially presented a robust solution based on System Center Endpoint Protection for the protection, monitoring, and management of laptop, desktop, and…
Social technologies are not only changing the way we interact with one another in our personal lives, they are transforming the relationships between businesses and their communities of employees, prospects, customers and partners. The term “social business” has emerged to describe this new dynamic, yet most executives are struggling to understand its application and impact…
A pipe is a connection between PowerShell commands. Think of it like an assembly line: start with raw materials; pick, choose and modify; then finally package and execute. If you’re moving files around, start with the raw material, your SharePoint site. Next get the lists and document libraries in it. Then pick out…
My Lync environment at the house has been set up to support an old LG-Nortel IP8540 – Codenamed “Tanjay”. I got this device when OCS was still in beta, but never did anything with it. At the time my company was not interested in the IP phones and all the hoopla to set it up…
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