Michael O'Donovan's Office 365 World
Tips and tricks on SharePoint Online, Lync Online and Exchange Online
The importance of –2147481594 in Exchange Hybrid with Office 365
You have setup a hybrid between on-premises Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 (Exchange...
Date: 05/06/2015
Outlook profile doesn't resolve via Autodiscover for user mailbox moved to Office 365
As you can imagine there are many reasons which could prevent Microsoft Outlook connecting to...
Date: 04/30/2015
Get-FederationInformation Fails to onmicrosoft.com with Bad Gateway Error
Usually the easy part of Exchange Online hybrid setup, stumped me recently. During the Exchange...
Date: 01/13/2014
DirSync Configuration Fails with Unknown Error 0x80005000
During the configuration step of Azure Active Directory Sync (DirSync), you may encounter this...
Date: 12/11/2013
Outlook takes several minutes to connect to Exchange Online (O365)
In the last few weeks, I have come across a few companies which are having slow Outlook connection...
Date: 12/11/2013
Better ALM for SharePoint Solutions with Team Foundation Server Event
Howdy, On the 29th of March 2012, Microsoft South Africa is hosting a free event to show you how to...
Date: 03/20/2012
Cloud to Create 145k Jobs in South Africa
Interesting article on IT Online today. Head on over to the article to have a read.
Date: 03/09/2012
Exchange Online Bandwidth Calculator Beta Released
Thanks to some very hard working MS employees for working on this awesome tool for many months and...
Date: 02/11/2012
New free tool to import PSTs into O365 (Exchange Online)
Exchange Online allows you to move mailboxes from your on-premise Exchange implementation into...
Date: 02/06/2012
Refocusing on Office 365 in South Africa
As you may have noticed, my regular SharePoint articles, have not been regular at all. Over the past...
Date: 02/06/2012
South Africans: Win an XBOX 360 + Kinect; build a lekker Visio 2010 ‘demo’
Just a short note about this awesome competition. For all the details, read the rules and entry...
Date: 03/03/2011
Building Internet Sites on SharePoint 2010 – my session from TechEd Africa 2010
As promised in the session I delivered today, below is the link to the presentation. I hope...
Date: 10/19/2010
Facebook and Windows Live Social Connectors for Outlook Released
Like the previous LinkedIn social connector for Outlook, Microsoft have now released...
Date: 07/14/2010
SharePoint 2010 Productivity Hub Available
Microsoft have updated the SharePoint 2007 Productivity Hub to work with SharePoint 2010 and...
Date: 07/05/2010
Web Analytics With SharePoint Whitepaper – Now Available
“OUT-OF-THE-BOX”: How to get Web Analytics through using SharePoint out-of-the-box “BUILD”: How to...
Date: 11/02/2009
Materials from community event posted – media player web part, organogram control and sample master page
Hi Community Friends, Sorry for the delay in posting the materials I used to present the UX on...
Date: 10/29/2009
Does SharePoint 2010 help out in South Africa with our expensive and constrained WAN connections?
The SharePoint conference 2009 has been an absolute blast. With so much new and exciting content...
Date: 10/21/2009
Buy SharePoint Themes from SharePointShop.co.za
Proudly South African SharePoint theme store https://www.sharepointshop.co.za/ has just launched with...
Date: 10/12/2009
Web Content Management on SharePoint 2007 – 2 day expert training at Microsoft
Looking to build an internet (or even intranet) solution on SharePoint 2007. Microsoft are hosting a...
Date: 10/05/2009
Microsoft release FREE antivirus for home computers
Get the details on Security Essentials and download it free from the Security Essentials web site
Date: 09/30/2009
Most common issue with SharePoint installations – service account misuse
It is frightening to see how many SharePoint installations have been installed with wrong service...
Date: 09/16/2009
MonteCasino.co.za and TsogoSun.co.za go live on MOSS 2007
Both of these web sites (developed by local partner Intervate) have gone live using Microsoft Office...
Date: 07/30/2009
SharePointGovernance.org – interesting resource
Here is a site dedicated to SharePoint Governance...
Date: 07/21/2009
Office 2010 Demo Videos Live
There are some cool demo videos, showing key features in Office 2010 (including SharePoint...
Date: 07/14/2009
Sneak Peek at SharePoint 2010 Now!
Yes! Microsoft have released some sneak peek videos of SharePoint 2010. These are just overview...
Date: 07/13/2009
New Social Computing for the Enterprise SharePoint Site Launched
Check out https://sharepoint.microsoft.com/social. It’s about organisations using social computing...
Date: 06/23/2009
SharePoint Sessions at Tech-Ed Africa 09
The session list is now 95% confirmed, there might be a few tweaks here and there, but for the most...
Date: 06/12/2009
Joel Oleson and Eric Harlan are speaking at Tech-Ed Africa
SharePoint guru Joel “Governance” Oleson is coming to South Africa to share his experiences around...
Date: 06/12/2009
Goodbye Groove, Hello SharePoint Workspace 2010
Straight from the Microsoft Groove Blog (well now SharePoint Workspace 2010 blog) “Heads up – Groove...
Date: 05/14/2009
SharePoint Chop Chop brings you “An Introduction to COMET Document Automation 2008” – 21 May
The South African Information Worker community brings you the first SharePoint Chop Chop Live...
Date: 05/12/2009
Would you like to be considered for the Office 2010 Technical Preview?
As of today, you can request to be part of the Office 2010 Technical Preview program. All you need...
Date: 05/12/2009
Invite: Official K2 Blackpoint Launch in Johannesburg – Wed 6th May
You are invited to attend the official K2 Blackpoint launch. Email Samantha on samantha@k2.com or...
Date: 05/04/2009
Free SharePoint Hands on Lab Day in Johannesburg – Community Led
Hi All, On the 23rd of May (yes, it is a Saturday), the IW Community will be hosting a SharePoint...
Date: 04/24/2009
ToolFest Community Meeting – Thank You
Last week we had one of the most exciting IW community meetings. We had 7 presenters show off a...
Date: 04/24/2009
SharePoint “How To” Videos on TechNet – Done by “Our” very own Hilton Giesenow
Proudly South African Hilton Giesenow has been putting together some really great “How To”...
Date: 04/20/2009
MOSS 2007, WSS 3.0 and Office 2007 SP2 – Release Date and Features Announced
Service Pack 2 for MOSS 2007, WSS 3.0 and Office 2007 will release on the 28th of April 2009. This...
Date: 04/20/2009
Reminder: IW Community Meeting on Wednesday, it will be the best yet!
Hi Folks, Tomorrow (Wednesday the 15th April) will see the best South Africa Information Worker...
Date: 04/14/2009
SharePoint Designer is now FREE!!
Yes folks, Microsoft have announced that Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is now available...
Date: 04/02/2009
Another GREAT MOSS Bootcamp completed
Yesterday we completed another 2 day MOSS 2007 bootcamp (held in Fourways, Johannesburg), and the...
Date: 03/25/2009
Insight into Visual Studio 2010’s Support for SharePoint Development
Somasegar has posted a short (30 second read) of what to expect in Visual Studio 2010 in terms of...
Date: 02/23/2009
What is Software + Services?
Perhaps this will help you understand how Software + Service is different to Software as a Service...
Date: 02/19/2009
ComponentOne Release 3 Web Parts for SharePoint
“ComponentOne Web Parts leverage the power of Microsoft's Silverlight technology for superior...
Date: 02/19/2009
Join Tech-Ed Africa 2009 FaceBook Group
There is a “Tech-Ed Africa 2009” group on FaceBook. Join this group if you are keen on attending...
Date: 02/11/2009
FAST Search for SharePoint Announced
Microsoft have unveiled the roadmap for FAST integration with SharePoint with the announcement of...
Date: 02/11/2009
Registrations for SharePoint Conference 2009 Now Open
“Microsoft is delighted to announce the SharePoint Conference 2009 - the premier worldwide...
Date: 02/03/2009