Catapult, a Quisitive company, is a Microsoft-focused solutions and services firm that specializes in imagining, building and sustaining digital transformation and cloud-based solutions that people love to use. Catapult has consistently been recognized as a leading Microsoft Partner with 10 Advanced Specializations and 17 Microsoft competencies. Recent accolades include 2020 MSUS Partner Award Winner Azure – DevOps, Top Microsoft 365 Security Partner for FY20, and being named a finalist of the Data Analytics 2020 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. Catapult has offices nationwide.
Office 365 Reporting
A member of the Office 365 International User Group, Alan Byrne (@AlanMByrne) sent me an email late last week about a new Reporting Service he has created for Office 365 called Cogmotive Reports, (@Cogmotive) I have checked out the service and found it to pretty cool. It is in Beta right now and you can…
Some say curiosity killed the cat. I prefer to say curiosity SKILLED the cat.
Cats are agile and curious creatures. Organizations which allow themselves to focus on core competencies and outsource other functions, such as SharePoint and SQL monitoring and administration, also are typically more agile and competitive in their markets. Server huggers (you know who you are), while completely able to control technology expertise, often find challenges…
With a new Microsoft SQL solution, healthcare client’s system is no longer a Paradox to figure out
A client in the healthcare industry recently approached Catapult Systems to assist with an upgrade and migration of their Sales Tracking System from Paradox to Microsoft SQL Server. The original system was a legacy system with disparate inputs that the client used to manually consolidate and refine sales tracings, as well as to calculate sales…
Some people say stuff happens, I prefer to say chaos occurs
At Catapult Systems we understand that if your business strategy is to grow significantly it’s likely that you don’t want your operating costs to grow at the same time. We have found that, as organizations increasingly focus on innovation, they find benefit in outsourcing rudimentary functions. Since we serve multiple clients in the same sector…
Office 365 International User Group July Meeting
The July Meeting of the Office 365 International User Group has been scheduled for July 24th at 8pm GMT/UTC. Below is the Meeting invite, please add this to your calendar and plan on attending the meeting. Tentatively I am planning on talking about the new Lync to Phone service for Office 365 Lync online. If…
Catapult Systems Technical Expert Recognized with Microsoft “Most Valuable Professionals” Award
Sean McNeill Honored For Expertise in Microsoft Office 365 DENVER – July 5, 2012 – Catapult Systems, a Microsoft IT consulting firm, today announced that Managing Consultant, Sean McNeill, was honored by Microsoft with the elite 2012 Microsoft® “Most Valuable Professionals” (MVP) Award. Sean was recognized for his expertise in Microsoft Office 365 and for…
Troubleshooting Issues When You Use the Discovery Wizard to Install an Agent
I keep this link around for use when remediating or installing SCOM 2007 and SCOM 2012 Agents. This has the most common error codes found and also has the most common remediation steps. I hope you find this useful! http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff358634.aspx
Tips and Tricks: SCOM (2012 and 2007) Gateway Server Troubleshooting Guide
Operations Manager (SCOM, OpsMgr) has the ability to monitor an untrusted domains as well as highly segmented\firewalled networks. Gateways can be within the trusted domain as well, but are highly segmented by Firewalled VLANs. The Gateways that are installed in the trusted domain do not actually utilize certificates, as the untrusted domain computers do. In this case…
Microsoft MVP for Office 365
This morning I received a great honor! I received an email from Microsoft stating I had been awarded as an MVP for Office 365! This is truly a great honor and I greatly appreciate it. If you are not familiar with what the Microsoft MVP program is you can get more information about it here:…