I do this all the time (I'm all about keeping my Inbox tidy). If I have received an email (in Outlook) that specifies a date/time for a meeting or appointment, I simply drag that email onto my calendar and voila – it creates a new appointment with ...[Read More]

I've been asked to put together some SharePoint 'Meeting Initiation' scenarios, so here they are, presented as 'business requirements' and the techniques necessary to get rolling. Once you have created a meeting workspace, keep in mind that they a ...[Read More]

Microsoft has produced a SharePoint Site Collection (that you can integrate into your SharePoint site, if you have MOSS - not WSS, sorry), called the "Productivity Hub", which can help with the adoption and education of SharePoint and th ...[Read More]

If you are having difficulties *sending* email to a foreign domain (email address) *from* Exchange, here's some suggestions for things to check/address.   1. Ensure you have a valid PTR record (reverse IP, defined with your ISP, not with your D ...[Read More]

Here's an interesting one, with a simple fix. A customer called today and they use Outlook 2003 with a 3rd party/hosted POP3 Server (and frankly, this problem and resolution could apply across all of Outlook, POP3 Servers and under the heading 'co ...[Read More]

We were informed recently of a local computer user that was duped by a fictitious email masquerading as an email from his bank. Without going into detail it will suffice to say that the bad guys at the other end of the email obtained personal bank ...[Read More]

Don't mind me, just bookmarking some key tools I use here for Exchange 2003 and 2007 Outlook Anywhere and ActiveSync Testing.   Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer - https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com Telnet to Port 25/SMTP T ...[Read More]

Here's another one that comes up now and then…   Did you know you could save emails directly into a Document library (such as in our business case, our Clients Documentation library)? While it may not be necessary all the time, if something was ...[Read More]

At the end of the day, you really shouldn't have anything in your Outlook Inbox and here is why:   Stress: Emails in your inbox mean something is left undone. Every email should have one of the following five actions, thus meaning it shouldn't ...[Read More]

Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering released the date for the arrival of SP2 for SharePoint – April 28, 2009 (reference: http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2009/04/16/service-pack-2-for-the-2007-microsoft-office-syste ...[Read More]