Michael Reinders

Microsoft is reporting in a recent technical article that weekly meetings have increased by 148% in the past year since our work environments have become transfigured. The more trying aspect is the fact that we are spending between 6 and 29 (!) minutes scheduling those meetings. And considering the company wants to help you reduce…

OK, quick: How many Microsoft 365 services and apps are available to you and your users to help manage their work? Don’t worry, it’s a trick question, in the realm of having to ask, “What quarter are we in?” That’s because Microsoft is semi-admitting that they’ve released some newer tools over the past year or…

We have just over a year until Internet Explorer hits another ‘major’ milestone on its way to riding into the sunset. June 15, 2022, to be exact. This is the date the desktop application of Internet Explorer 11 on supported versions of the Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) will go out of support and be…

The Microsoft 365 network connectivity test tool allows you to perform similar tests on demand for instant results.

Microsoft has been in a continual cycle of moving legacy features and interfaces from older websites to brand new ones. One major reason is they’re able to create these new websites from the ground up to be more performant, secure, and to be agile enough to work correctly on all modern web browsers (also built…

I’m going to bet you probably haven’t heard of Microsoft Bookings. Would you like an alternate infrastructure to take care of scheduling appointments with your customers and users over the phone? Microsoft has just the thing for you! A website service called Bookings. The easy-to-use, customizable webpage interface provides your users the ability to find…

Today, Microsoft allows your users to submit feedback about Microsoft 365 products at your organization. Are you curious about what they’ve been saying? Your curiosity will soon be satisfied. This feedback will start to be visible in the Microsoft 365 admin center under the Health category, in the Product feedback node. This new experience will…

For all you IT Pros continuing to support an on-premises Exchange Server infrastructure (in any configuration), Microsoft has a vital message for you: It is extremely important to keep Exchange up to date. Due to the number of customers that were unprepared to install last month’s (Mar ’21) Emergency security patches, many had to scramble…

Learn about the Windows Recovery Environment and how to access and use it to troubleshoot and fix common technical issues with your computer, like when Windows won’t boot. The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a powerful feature that provides essential tools for diagnosing and resolving various Windows startup problems. What is the Windows Recovery Environment…

IT Pros – your users will be very pleased to hear that Microsoft has finally announced a timeline for the support of Delegate Mailboxes on the Outlook mobile app (iOS and Android). What is a delegate mailbox? Read on! A delegated mailbox is a type of mailbox that allows you to share some of the…

Microsoft announced recently that the rollout of a new feature in Teams usage reporting has completed and should be available for all. This will put many an IT Pro’s minds’ at rest, at least a little more. 🙂 Prior to the rollout of MC244599, the Teams admin center exposed user personally identifiable information (PII) like…

Supporting a remote workforce, especially if you haven’t had the time to plan, assess, execute, and support it, can be daunting. Almost all organizations have had this thrust onto their IT departments’ plates for over a year now. Regardless of what your company’s long-term plans are for where your employees will work, it would behoove…