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  • Blog Post: Top 5 tips for a successful back to school on a budget

    AshIddya
    It's school time again! A time of mixed emotion – exciting to be back in the thick of things but maybe a little sad that summer is over. Your first day of school might be full of all or many new things: new teachers, new friends, and maybe even a new school!? Whether a fresher in school or in college...
    on 18 Aug 2014

  • Blog Post: Automatic Replies & MailTips

    jamesbmarshall
    “Did you get my last email?” Have you ever sent an email to someone and wondered why you haven’t had a response? Is that distribution group you asked a question to ignoring you? Chances are you’ve encountered people who aren’t making best use of automatic replies and MailTips… Helpfully, both Live@edu...
    on 30 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: Using more than 1 Windows Live ID at a time…

    Anonymous Anonymous
    Hotmail users, rejoice! A comment that I get quite often is that it’s “not possible to user more than one Live ID at a time”; that is to say that you can’t be logged into Live@edu at the same time as being logged into Windows Live Hotmail. That’s half true. Let me explain… Live@edu can provide the great...
    on 9 Aug 2011

  • Blog Post: Top User Tips #10–Blogging in SharePoint Online

    jamesbmarshall
    It’s time for our final post in the top user tips series, and today it’s all about blogging in SharePoint Online. You might also want to check out top tip #2 about social networking , and top tip #7 about following content in SharePoint Online as well. As a teacher or a student, blogging can help document...
    on 13 Mar 2013

  • Blog Post: Configuring regional settings automatically

    Anonymous Anonymous
    Hello! Hej! હેલ્લો Ciao! Tere! नमस्ते Hallo! No matter where you are in the world it seems there’s a word for “hello”. Of course, it’s not always spelled the same way!   The same can be said for many other words, so making sure that you’ve got the correct regional settings configured is important...
    on 8 Aug 2011

  • Blog Post: FREE Activation Webcast

    Anonymous Anonymous
    Back to school Some of you will already be back to school – others will be dreading looking forward to the start of term next week. Whatever your situation you can’t escape the immutable fact that the start of term is a very busy time of year! The school hall won’t be this empty for long! For those who...
    on 2 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Top User Tips #6–Outlook Web App on Mobile Devices

    jamesbmarshall
    We’re over half way through our top user tips series (there are only 10, I promise!) and today we’re looking at the latest Outlook Web App (OWA) and how it works on mobile devices such as tablet PCs and smartphones. When you’re on a traditional device OWA can be a really powerful, browser-based, tool...
    on 7 Mar 2013

  • Blog Post: School’s OOF for summer!

    Anonymous Anonymous
    Most (if not all!) schools across the United Kingdom are now off for the summer break and won’t be back until the first week of September. Apart from the most committed students and teachers most people will probably be checking their email accounts less frequently than normal and for many students...
    on 26 Jul 2011

  • Blog Post: FREE Webcast Series

    Anonymous Anonymous
    Between now and Christmas 2011 we’ll be running a free webcast series that we’d like you to be a part of! Over three sessions we’ll be talking about what Microsoft Live@edu is, how you can deploy and migrate to it, and how you can promote it at your institution. There will be lots of opportunities to...
    on 17 Oct 2011

  • Blog Post: Dynamic Distribution Groups

    Anonymous Anonymous
    Mass Mail Dynamic distribution groups (DDGs) are a great way to manage groups in Live@edu, especially ones where the recipient list might change frequently or unpredictably. For example, you might want an “All Pupils” distribution group that sends a mail to every pupil in the school, but what about pupils...
    on 1 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Event: Harnessing the power of Microsoft’s Office 365 Education to provide a better social learning environment

    jamesbmarshall
    On July 10th at our UK HQ in Thames Valley Park, Reading, Berks, we’ll be holding an event in conjunction with the University of West London to bring all interested parties together to showcase and discuss Office 365 Education, and how by harnessing its power institutions can provide a better social...
    on 27 Jun 2013

  • Blog Post: Calendar Publishing in Live@edu

    Anonymous Anonymous
    So, you want to publish your calendar? In my last post I talked about how you could set up sharing free/busy information between two Live@edu environments but what about sharing your whole calendar with someone? When you click share in the calendar screen, by default, the options to publish the calendar...
    on 8 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Top User Tips #2–SharePoint Online Social Networking

    jamesbmarshall
    In part 1 of our bite-size top user tips we looked at Offline Access . Today, in part 2, we look at SharePoint Online’s social networking features; in particular the ability to tag words and mention people. In SharePoint Online as part of Office 365 Education, the Newsfeed page in the My Site continues...
    on 1 Mar 2013

  • Blog Post: Using SharePoint Online & OneNote Web App for better notes, everywhere!

    jamesbmarshall
    I have always been meticulous awful when it comes to keeping notes; whether it’s actions from meetings, shopping lists, things to do, I just seem unable to get it right. I’ve tried it all – sticky notes, notepads, email flags, writing on the back of my hands, nothing seems to help; until OneNote came...
    on 27 Dec 2012

  • Blog Post: Top 10 Tips for Office 365 Education

    jamesbmarshall
    Earlier this year I wrote 10 blog posts, each covering one of my top tips for Office 365 Education. As schools, colleges and universities across the country reconvene for the start of a new term, I thought it would be helpful to summarise my top 10 tips for Office Education in one handy place. Office...
    on 10 Sep 2013

  • Blog Post: Tips #7–Manage All Your Communications

    Anonymous Anonymous
    You can use Outlook Live to bring together all of your communications – from IM & Presence, through to connecting external email accounts. The video below sees Evan Arcihlla talk about some of what’s possible.   If you're not already using Live@edu and would like to know more why not visit http...
    on 19 May 2011

  • Blog Post: To delete, or not to delete?

    Anonymous Anonymous
    Summer’s here! At least, that’s what I’m told – I just wish the weather would show it… I also know that for many IT administrators the next few weeks can be the busiest of the year. One of the processes that many will be familiar with is deleting the leavers and creating accounts for all the joiners...
    on 28 Jul 2011

  • Blog Post: Full Directory Synchronisation… Suits You…

    jamesbmarshall
    Guest post by Office 365 Consultant, Tony Ison. If you have just jumped on-board with Office 365, or are looking to migrate over once general availability has been announced, then here is a little gem that you might find useful. Currently under Live@edu if your tenancy requires a full directory synchronisation...
    on 5 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: Using Live@edu with a Windows Phone

    jamesbmarshall
    Windows Phone rocks! Wouldn’t it be cool if you could sign into your Windows Phone using your Live@edu Windows Live ID? If you've already got a phone, or you’re lucky enough to be getting one over the Christmas period, there are some simple steps you need to take to make sure you get the best experience...
    on 22 Dec 2011

  • Blog Post: OneNote now available for iPhone!

    Anonymous Anonymous
    Live@edu users may be familiar with Microsoft OneNote in its Web App form , and how you can use OneNote 2010 as part of the Microsoft Office suite to synchronise your notes to SkyDrive. The great news is that we’ve taken that a step further, and you can now get OneNote for your iPhone , too! Some of...
    on 27 Jul 2011

  • Blog Post: Top User Tips #1–Offline Access

    jamesbmarshall
    Over the next few days we’ll be posting up some bite-size tips about some of the cool features of Office 365 Education. If you’ve got any tips you’d like to share with us get in touch in the comments! One of the great enhancements of the new Office 365 Education is the offline access feature of the Outlook...
    on 28 Feb 2013

  • Blog Post: Resource mailboxes are the best way to handle room bookings!

    Anonymous Anonymous
    Wouldn’t it be great if you could get rid of that pile of paper, that book or binder, that holds all the bookings for a particular room or piece of equipment? Well, with Live@edu you can because resource mailboxes are the best way to handle room bookings! There are two types of resource mailbox: room...
    on 12 Oct 2011

  • Blog Post: Read twice, send once… Delaying outgoing mail with rules.

    jamesbmarshall
    Measure twice, cut once… “Keep it as long as you can, as long as you can”, the 6 Ps* – whichever adage you use to prevent making a mistake there’ll always be that time when you let one little thing slip. Maybe it’s accidentally hitting send on a email to your boss telling them what you really think of...
    on 9 Feb 2012

  • Blog Post: Top User Tips #8–Excel Surveys

    jamesbmarshall
    We’re into the final three top user tips in our series , and today it’s all about a topic we covered back in August last year : Excel Surveys! Available in both Office 365 Education, and the consumer SkyDrive service, Excel Surveys have a huge potential application in the classroom and are accessible...
    on 11 Mar 2013

  • Blog Post: Everything you need to know about Office 365 Education

    jamesbmarshall
    I’ve been working with the education team at Microsoft for over 3 years now. In that time the education landscape, from a technology perspective, has changed massively. It’s almost unrecognisable. The challenges and aspirations have evolved, the technology has matured, and it’s easy to forget just how...
    on 5 Dec 2013