How to install Office via Office 365 Go to https://portal.office.com and sign in with your Office 365 username and password. Depending on your subscription and access level, you may see this screen. If so, just check or uncheck the boxes regarding Bing and MSN, and click Install now. If you don’t have the Install […]
Set up Azure backup on a Windows PC Log onto https://manage.windowsazure.com Open Recovery Services Click New Click Backup Vault and choose Quick Create Choose a Name and Location for the backup vault, then click Create Vault. Wait for the Backup Vault Status to become Active Open the Backup Vault and click Vault Credentials to generate […]
Excel 2016 stuck on Opening in Protected View Problem You may be experiencing an issue opening Excel documents from emails or online using Excel 2016. Excel will seem to freeze or hang on Opening in Protected View. It may also display an error that states Microsoft Excel (Protected View) has stopped working. Followed by […]
GCITS recommends the Outlook for iOS app when using Office 365 on an iPhone. It gives you an awesome feature called Focused Inbox, allows you to reschedule email for later reminders, and customise simple swipe shortcuts to better organise your inbox. Setup Office 365 email on iPhone using Outlook for iOS Download Outlook for iOS […]
When switching from Google Apps/Google for Work to Office 365, you’ll usually want to migrate your Google Drive files as well as your mail. There are a few online tools that will do this for free, or at a cost, with varying degrees of functionality. I came across this handy article that goes into more […]
Creating an Azure Storage account through the old portal is quite simple. Here’s how you do it. (To create an Azure Storage account in the new portal, follow this quick guide instead.) Login to https://manage.windowsazure.com Click Storage Click New Click Quick Create, then choose a name for the storage account. Choose the location you want your […]
Here’s how to create an Azure Storage Account Container, assuming you already have an Azure subscription and existing Azure Storage account. Firstly you’ll need a storage account. See this guide for how to create one. Open your storage account by signing into https://portal.azure.com Click Blobs Click Containers in the Blob service blade. Create the new container […]
We use Microsoft’s AzCopy to move large amounts of data from external sources into Microsoft Azure Storage. The typical scenario for us is a customer who is moving onto an Azure Virtual Machine, and wants their data stored on that machine. AzCopy is a versatile command line utility that allows you to move files from another PC or Server into […]
If you’re running Azure Virtual Machines in production, you’ll probably want to protect them with Azure Backup. The good news is Azure provides a simple way to protect an entire virtual machine, so you can easily restore it if things go wrong. Protecting Virtual Machine instances differs from the typical Azure Backup client that is usually installed on […]
There are two ways to set up an Out of Office Automatic Reply when using Office 365. You can use Outlook, or the Outlook Web App. Set up an Out of Office reply via Outlook Open Outlook Click File Click Automatic Replies Enter your Automatic Reply message You can configure different automatic replies for senders […]