Another step towards cloud based MS Office with Office 365. Microsoft has announced ‘Office 365’ a further merging of Office software with online services, mostly aimed at small and medium sized businesses. Office365.microsoft.com Office 365 is a marketing bundle of online and, optionally, software licensing that can be paid for
Live Mesh goes back to being Live Mesh with 5GB online storage. The bad news came when Microsoft announced that the wonderful ‘Live Mesh’ system had been renamed ‘Live Sync’ and emasculated into a shell of the popular system they were working on. Now the good news – Microsoft has
The next release of SBS will include Office Web Apps. We’ve always liked Microsoft’s Small Business Server – a relatively cheap way to get centralized email, document storage and sharing. You get the considerable power of Exchange Server and Sharepoint in an easy to configure system. Office Watch has used
Microsoft adds some more features to their online service, including printing. Microsoft’s online version of Office – Office Web Apps has been revised with some extra features including printing. A major difference between the traditional Office software and the online service is how they are updated. Software is updated with
The free browser version of Office is worth trying out. Office Web Apps are the online, browser based versions of the Microsoft Office programs. There are versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote that can run in a web browser wherever you are and are totally free. The Web Apps
Live Sync is a useful tool for sharing files and Office settings between different computers. As Office-Watch.com regulars may know, we’ve been big fans of Microsoft Live Mesh – a beta service to synchronize files and remotely access computers. Live Mesh was great and the underlying technology revealed some enticing
A cleverly written phishing email looks like a request from Microsoft. On the back of many fake Amazon emails comes another message not caught by a fully updated Outlook Junk Email filter on the ‘High’ setting. Instead of being safely parked in the Junk E-mail folder, Outlook leaves the message
Webmail dangers and what you can do about it. A recent article in the New York Times ‘I was hacked in Beijing‘ highlights some of the problems with storing your email or documents in the much-promoted cloud. In this case it seems the journalist was using a Yahoo online
What’s the difference between Microsoft’s Live Sync, Live Mesh and Skydrive? Microsoft has two consumer level synchronization services, both use the Windows Live login and have ‘Live’ names. What’s the difference between them? How do those sync services fit with Microsoft Skydrive and Office Web Applications. Live Sync Live Sync
Google increases the pressure on the Microsoft Office online service. Google has purchased a little online service called DocVerse shooting another ‘shot across the bow’ at Microsoft’s rival online service. Docverse lets you collaborate, editing and viewing documents using Microsoft Office with the Docverse add-in and shared ‘cloud’ storage provided
Our new ebook – Protecting your information from prying eyes, theft and deliberate attack We’re delighted to announce the latest book from Office Watch Privacy and Security in Microsoft Office “Protecting your information from prying eyes, theft and deliberate attack” Privacy & Security in Microsoft Officefocuses on using the security
You don’t need a live.com address to get Office Web Applications We’ve had various emails from readers who are trying Office Web Applications and sharing documents with plenty of confusion. Most of the confusion comes when sharing an online document. Sharing access is given via an email address, not a
How to qualify for Microsoft Office on the web There are two ways to try out Office Web Applications and only one of them needs Office 2010 on your computer. Office Web Applications (just one of the OWA acronyms from Microsoft) are the browser based versions of the Microsoft programs,
Step by Step preparing for Office Web Applications Part of Office 2010 is the Office Web Applications (OWA), a browser based version of the main Office programs. In this article we’ll take you through the setup process for Office Web Applications. Office Web Application or OWA are the online, lightweight
From: Caelo Software Caelo Software B.V. announces the release of NEO Find an add-on for Microsoft Outlook that gives users full control and instant access to their email messages. Caelo Software B.V. announces the release of NEO Find an add-on for Microsoft Outlook that gives users full control and instant
From: Addintools Technology Addintools announced a new feature of its well-demanded Classic Menu for Office 2007 v3.93c HAINAN, CHINA, Oct. 10 /CNW/ — Addintools announced a new feature of its well-demanded Classic Menu for Office 2007 v3.93c, a light- weight interface add-on for ribbon-styled Microsoft Office 2007 which easily, without
