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Getting Office ProPlus from Office 365

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If you have Office With Your Office 365 Subscription this is how to get it!

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Click Office 365 Settings

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Click Software

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Choose Your Language and install

TIP: You may use this link; https://portal.office.com/OLS/MySoftware.aspx

In Your DNS CNAME or simply put it on a webpage or in a LMS or in a Social media.
That link will take the user directly to his software (he/she would have to log in first With their Office 365 ID)

Alternative to Chromecast for Windows PC, Phone, Tablet and Android

Screenbeam Miracast alternative to Chromecast

This is a hands on test of the Actiontec ScreenBeam Mini

Product Link: http://www.actiontec.com/327.html

If you are looking for a way to wirelessly transfer the content of Your screen to “the big screen” there are 3 popular ways to do it.

  1. Apple TV
  2. Chromecast
  3. Miracast

Of the 3 Technologies above, Miracast is probably the dumbest Technology. Miracast is only a Wireless HDMI/VGA cable. It does what the HDMI/VGA cable is supposed to, transmit sound and image. If you compare it to Apple TV or Chromecast the Miracast will disapoint you since you MUST Connect it to a computer for it to do anything at all.

The Box

The Box feature all you need, the adapter itself can take Power from USB on the tv or from the wall socket.

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Connecting the unit

There is also a HDMI extension cable if the dongle does not fit into the TV directly.
Here is a tip: Leave the metal band on the USB cable to avoid cable clutter!

A note on Power.

The unit require a larger powersupply like HDD’s so if Your TV has a HDD usb port it will supply the right amount of Power, plug it into any other port and it may start to reboot constantly. You may also Connect it to the wall socket.

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Connect it to Windows 8

It’s fairly easy to Connect it using a Windows tablet, here on a Dell Venue Pro 8

Personal touch on during connection

Mirrored 8" Dell Venue Pro 8

Connect it to Windows Phone

Fairly easy aswell. Go to Settings->Project my screen->Click Your adapter.

Wireless phone screen

Portrait on phone

An other tip: Rotate the phone to landscape in order to watch a Movie from Youtube or to present a PowerPoint presentation.

Landscape on phone

Microsoft Recently Launched its own Miracast Dongle: http://winsupersite.com/mobile/microsoft-wireless-display-adapter-first-impressions?r
Product Link: http://www.actiontec.com/327.html

Sharing files on OneDrive for Business with an Alias

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In Office 365 Exchange Online you may create an alias on a user in order to “translate the username better” e.g.

for the user hshfs34@haukeberg.com might not make sense and mabye the name somehow does not Sync correctly which could make it hard to find the user.
Add an Alias: havard.Siegel@Haukeberg.com

When you share files you may look up the alias in the search dialog Box like this:

Alias and username

You add an alias in the Exchange Online Control Panel.
Select the user and click Edit Exchange Properties
Select E-mail Properties
Click Pluss
Enter the prefered alias like; name.lastname@yourdomain.com
Make sure SMTP is selected
Check the Make this the default reply address
Click Save and wait for the changes to propagate on the account

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Office 365 and OneNote

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Here is a colletion of Office 365 and OneNote videos.

They are in Norwegian and feature these scenarios:

  • Moving files from OneDrive to OneDrive for Business
  • Evaluation form in Office 365 Excel Survey
  • Share Documents on the desktop in OneDrive for Business
  • Move OneNote notebooks from OneDrive to OneDrive for Business
  • Share OneNote notebook in 20seconds
  • Connectiong Office 2013 to Office 365
  • Connecting Outlook to Office 365
  • Sync OneDrive for business offline
  • Sync OneDrive for Business without Office 2013
  • Share OneNote straight from OneDrive
  • Share a notebook in OneDrive
  • Copy content from a shared OneNote notebook
  • Create Office 365 Education

If in doubt, SkyDrive=OneDrive and SkyDrive Pro = OneDrive for Business
Microsoft changed the name a while ago.

Metro IE or Desktop IE

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If you have a small Device you would want to use the Modern UI because it support touch inputs better.
Here is how you switch between the modern and desktop Version:

Open IE, click the Cog, Internet Options, Programs then uncheck the first checkbox below “Åpne Internet Explorer-fliser på skrivebordet” which translates into open Internet Explorer tiles on desktop.

Then hit the Windows Key and click the IE metro icon.

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Sharing Documents on Office 365 with a Mail Enabled Security Group

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In Office 365 you can include all the students in a single class into a Mail Enabled Security Group and simply send one invitation.

Navigate to Exchange Admin Center (if you create it from the user portal, the SG will not be mail enabled)

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Click the + sign an Select Security group

Fill in the form and Select members

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IMPORTANT

Make sure to check delivery management and enable so that users outside the organization can send mails to this group. If you do not do this then the sharing mail will not be sendt.

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After you created the group, allow for some time for the mailbox to be provisioned. while waiting, insert a mail tip by selecting the SG and click pencil.

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Then Navigate to OneDrive and Select Your file to share

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Log in on a user to verify that the mail has been sent successfully

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Note on a limitation.

This file does NOT show up under “Shared With Me” tab in OneDrive. This is a platform limitation at the moment. They can browse Your profile and see it or use the email to Access it.

Workarounds

Create a link in a gallery on sharepoint for files to Your classes

 

 

Når du har nådd 5 Office 365 ProPlus installasjoner

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Office 365 så kan du laste ned Office ProPlus 5 ganger, så hva skjer når du har gjort dette?

Har du tilgang til Office ProPlus så kan du hente det her:
https://portal.office.com/OLS/MySoftware.aspx

Når du har gjort det 5 ganger på 5 forskjellige maskiner så får du denne beskjeden:

 full office

Da må du logge deg på her:
https://portal.office.com/OLS/MySoftware.aspx

Velg deretter å deaktivere Office ProPlus på en av maskinene du ikke bruker. Da får du se dette bilde.

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OneDrive Personal 2GB sync limit

OneDrive does not sync

If you try to download large files from OneDrive Personal you might discover that your downloads time-out. A possible reason for this has been discussed here: http://onedrive.uservoice.com/forums/262982-general/suggestions/6325783-remove-the-file-size-limit-of-2gb-for-syncing

It is being worked on, but no fix is eta.
OneDrive for Business is not affected by this

So if you are looking to back up Your OneDrive, try to limit the files you Download to 2GB, and do multiple Downloads.

 

Working offline with Outlook

Call it the Work At Home Button.

It is a feature that turns of email Sync in Outlook. Imagine that you are working late but you would not like to send the emails right away. This might be becasue you dont want replies or that Your customers feel pressured to answer Your mails when you work late.

For whatever reason, here is how you disable Outlook Sync in two Clicks

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The Language here is Norwegian, but button location and iconography is similar in any other language

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I found this feature troubleshooting an Outlook that said “working offline” and the user did not realize what had happened.

 

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