Microsoft gave IT and enterprises a three year notice on an upcoming policy change to Microsoft Office. According to a post to the Office blog, there are three changes coming with Office: 1. Office 365 Requirements Office 365 ProPlus is the continually updated version of Office that you get with a subscription. If you buy the traditional Office 2016 Professional Plus, you are … [Read more...]
Configure Outlook to recurring appointments for the last weekday of the month
Calendars have their own quirks so Outlook, part of Microsoft Office, sometimes bears the brunt of the frustration at calendars because it is a calendaring program. One behavior that can be difficult to master are meetings or appointments that recur with the day of the month rather than the date. From easiest to more difficult to predict, and therefore program, I would … [Read more...]
Improve your proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and other Office products with these roadmaps
Microsoft Office's presence in the enterprise is undeniable and proficiency in Office products could help you land some jobs. We have previously shared Microsoft's Quick Start guides. Now, you can use a new resource from Microsoft to track your progress in learning the different products including Office 365, Excel 2016, Outlook 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Word 2016, and Access … [Read more...]
Office 365 will stop providing Office for Mac 2011 this month
Microsoft has announced that it will no longer make the Office for Mac 2011 installer available through Office 365 after September 22nd. If you would like to get a copy of the installer before that date, you can head to the My Software page of the Office 365 Portal. Office for Mac 2011 has been succeeded by Office 2016 for Mac. It is vastly superior, in my opinion, and … [Read more...]
Protect your organization from ransomware by blocking macros in Office 2016 through Group Policy
Microsoft has updated the available Office 2016 Administrative Templates for Group Policy configuration. The updated admx files include new settings to block macros from running in Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, or PowerPoint presentations that originated from the Internet. Microsoft has provided this updated mitigation to provide control to a popular vector that malware, … [Read more...]