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If you are using Azure Storage Sync and want to remove a on-premises server you may be tempted to just DELETE it from the the SYNC GROUP, but that will not do the trick. If you want to deregister / unregister an on-prem server from Azure Storage Sync you have Read more…
If you are new to Azure, the wide variety of pricing can be overwhelming (for us too!), so we reviewed the numbers to come up with some simplified calculations. Yes, we know these are oversimplifications but if you just need to wrap your head around the scale, these metrics should Read more…
The instructions and video below assume you know very little about Azure and have nothing but a Windows Server 2016 (or 2012R2 or 2019) server. In case you don’t already know, Azure Storage lets you create a real UNC share on to an Azure cloud disk, kind of like what Read more…
If you have previously accepted an invitation to join a Team as a “Guest” from outside your organization, it is far from obvious how to remove that account when you are done with it. To remove an unwanted Guest account in Teams: Surf to https://myapps.microsoft.com Click you icon in the Read more…
If you need to edit or create some Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents, Microsoft has created an easy and free way to give you that access. On any PC or Mac, just surf to www.Office.com and either sign in with your Microsoft account (or create a new one as we demonstrate in Read more…
Most companies want to back up their data to an offsite location and until recently the best way to do that at was to backup your data locally and then run a backup copy job to a service provider. However, those providers offer an additional level of service than most Read more…
UPDATED: Nov 27 2024 Sometimes Microsoft’s data centers for Azure and Office365 are referred to by city name and other times by region or country. It can be very confusing to figure out which Data Center is where. For instance, as per one of my customers legal requirements I needed Read more…
Understanding Azure Blob storage is often made confusing by the term BLOB itself and the large number of options Microsoft offers. So lets clear your mind with some to-the-point straight talk. What is Blob Storage? Blob is just an acronym for BINARY LARGE OBJECT and what they are is just Read more…
We have struggled with upgrading phpBB (php Bulletin Board) for years now. Today was our most difficult upgrade yet, simply moving from 3.2.2 to 3.2.5 we received the dreaded: No input file specified. We wrote up a solution to this that worked for us in mid-2018 that you may find Read more…
It can be quite a challenge to find your and edit a PHP.INI on GoDaddy because php ini may not be where you think it should be and is not likely named what you think it is named. 1: Determine the PHP.INI Your Site Is Using: Create a new text Read more…
Microsoft Office365 Forms used to only be available to those with Education licenses but now available to nearly everyone with an Office 365 license. It is a simple survey tool that can be restricted to internal corporate use or wide open anonymous use. We explain and demonstrate Microsoft Office 365 Read more…
Microsoft Forms at Forms.Office.com is a simple survey tool that now offers a NEW FORM and NEW QUIZ option. What is the difference between a FORM and a QUIZ? When you create a quiz or form they look the same because the CORRECT ANSWER dialog box and check box only appear Read more…
There are two easy ways to trace an email in the Office 365 GUI. One is in the Exchange Admin Center and the other is in Security and Compliance: Trace A Message Using The Exchange Admin Center: Log into https://portal.office.com Scroll to the bottom and expand ADMIN CENTERS Click on Read more…
Microsoft Office Lens is a free program for mobile devices (like your cell phone) that does many super useful task but the one I use the most is “straightening photos” on the fly. For example, instead of using the stock camera app on my Samsung Galaxy S9 I used the Read more…
Microsoft Teams started as little more than a web only SharePoint Template that encouraged: Inviting specific people and groups to the Team Note taking and comment making But that was 2017. At the recent Microsoft Ignite conference in Florida Microsoft likely mentioned Teams more than any other product. It was Read more…
It is difficult to understand what Microsoft if offering these days. It was hard enough when there was just Office 365 with the E1 E3 and E5 packages but today Microsoft is offering 3 different bundles (Office, Windows & Microsoft) each with their own E1 E3 and E5 sub-bundles. What Read more…