CIAOPS Guide good for 74-324 exam prep

Received some nice feedback from Jason Shim of IExpress who has just successfully passed the 74-324 Administering Office 365 for SMB:

 

I’ve spent only 1/2 day to review notes on CIAOPS’ Sharepoint and Office 365 guide in order to prepare for the exam.  Assistance in getting Microsoft Competency alone has paid off my annual subscription for Sharepoint and Office 365 guide.  Thanks Rob.

 

Congratulations Jason and thanks for the feedback. Information about the CIAOPS SharePoint and Office 365 Guide can be found at www.wssops.com.

SharePoint Online includes print to PDF

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If haven’t already seen you’ll find SharePoint Online in the version of Office 365 due out shortly includes the option to convert documents to PDFs.

 

When you preview a supported document you’ll see the Office Web Apps preview as shown above. In the lower right of this window are a number of menu buttons. If you select the first one from the left (which looks like a page) a menu will be displayed. In this menu you’ll find the option Print to PDF.

 

Selecting that will give you a nice PDF of the document. Easy as.

The current funk

Over two years ago I wrote a post about a program that I had seen called OverDose that highlighted how things economically things were only going to get worse thanks to government stimulus packages.

 

I have now found the complete program on YouTube so you can watch for yourself and see what you think now two years down the track.

 

New Office 365 public facing web site

Here is a great short video that demonstrates how easy it is to create really slick public facing web site in the upcoming version of Office 365.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJlwCNXMCBo

 

The final product is still live on the web and you can visit it at:

 

http://www.contosobistro.com/

 

I think that the improvements to this aspect of Office 365 are going to bring big dividends for Microsoft. I believe a significant amount of businesses are going to take advantage of all the options and features that are available in the public facing web site with the upcoming version of Office 365 when it becomes available soon. Also, if I was an IT reseller looking for an opportunity with Office 365, I’d suggest you look closely at what services you can offer around the new features Office 365 bring to the table with the public facing web site at the very least.

Desktop to Cloud Day 2013

I have mentioned the regular Desktop to Cloud group that meets monthly in North Sydney but what you might not realize is that there is also Desktop to Cloud Day scheduled for Saturday the 18th of May 2013.

 

This day will contains 12 sessions in 2 tracks (Consumer and IT Professional) conducted at North Ryde RSL Club in Sydney. Entry entitles you to attend all the sessions, refreshments, parking and free WiFi. You can register for the event at:

 

http://d2c13.eventbrite.com.au

 

and if you do so before the 18th of February 2013 you can take advantage of the super early bird discount and only have to pay $22 for everything.

 

To get an idea what the event is all about you can take a look at the round up from last year’s event at:

 

http://www.ciaops.com/d2c12/

 

So far this year we have lined up

 

– Ishai Sagi, SharePoint MVP

– Roger Lawrence, Chief Technologist for Strategic Enterprise Services at Hewlett Packard

– Jeff Alexander, Microsoft Technology Evangelist

– Mark O’Shea, Windows Intune expert and MVP

– Dean Calvert, Small Business Server MVP

– Robert Crane, Office 365 MVP 

 

with more to be announced very soon.

 

To stay up to date with the event keep an eye on

 

http://www.ciaops.com/d2c13/

 

where session details and updates will be posted.

 

However, if you are interested in this event I urge you to reserve your place now as we expect the event to start filling quickly.

 

For further information on Desktop to Cloud in general see:

 

http://www.desktoptocloud.com.au

Need to Know Podcast–Episode 45

http://ciaops.podbean.com/2013/01/22/episode-45-susanne-dansey/
 
In this episode I speak with Susanne Dansey from Purple Cow Ideas and we share our favourite list of business publications.
 
Susanne’s picks:
1. The Prince, by Machiavelli
2. Steve Jobs, The Exclusive Biography, by Walter Isaacson
3. Willful Blindness, by Margaret Heffernan
4. What Everybody is saying, by Joe Navarro
5. Harvard Business Review
 
My picks
1. The Fastlane Millionaire, by MJ DeMarco
2. The Four Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferris
3. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
4. Book Yourself Solid, by Michael Port
5. Fortune Magazine
 
You can support this podcast via http://donation.ciaops.com
 
Don’t forget all the other podcasts at http://ciaops.podbean.com and always appreciate a like over at http://www.facebook.com/n2kpodcast.
 
Remember if you want to be a guest please contact me (director@ciaops.com).

Determining SharePoint Foundation 2010 Version

There are times when you need to find out what version of SharePoint Foundation you are currently running. The easiest way to do this is to look in SharePoint Central Administration via the following procedure:

 

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On the SharePoint Foundation Server select Start | Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products | SharePoint 2010 Central Administration.

 

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When the SharePoint Central Administration appears select Manage Servers in Farm from under the System Settings in the top right.

 

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In the middle of the page locate Configuration database version and compare the number you find here with:

 

http://todd-carter.com/sharepoint-versions/

 

You’ll then know whether you are running the latest version.

An Administrator’s Guide to Windows Server 2012 Essentials

SBS MVP Boon Tee has just released a new book – An Administrator’s Guide to Windows Server 2012 Essentials.

The book takes a pictorial guide through the various components and functionality of the operating system and provides the user with a comprehensive overview of the different options available in configuring and maintaining the server. Readers with a very basic understanding of networking may find some of the concepts challenging, but not overwhelming. Ideally, the reader should have a decent understanding of computer operations, and be able to perform standard computer tasks without much reference to manuals. Advanced readers will find this book a useful reference guide.

Find more details and ordering info at – http://blog.powerbiz.net.au/about-3/an-administrators-guide-to-microsoft-windows-server-2012-essentials/