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FindTime for Outlook

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One of my (many) major irritations with the whole calendar and scheduling business is receiving an invitation for a time-slot when I’m already busy. If said invitation is from an internal person this is utterly unforgiveable as my free / …

Darren Adams 16 February 2016 4 May 2018  Microsoft / Office 365 / Outlook
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Outlook 2016 modern attachments

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Following on from the general blog post about Office 2016, this is the first of a few* which will focus on some specific features.

* Actual number to be decided.

We’re going to peak early, because the first of these …

Darren Adams 1 October 2015 29 June 2016  Microsoft / Outlook
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Microsoft Office 2016

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I’m sure most IT people were aware that Office 2016 shipped last week, but publically it didn’t arrive in much of a blaze of publicity. Certainly there was enough coverage in the computer press and online (well, most online I …

Darren Adams 29 September 2015 27 September 2018  Microsoft / Office
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Ten great Windows 10 features

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A few weeks ago, us Microsoft employees in the UK were invited to submit ‘ten great Windows 10 features’ in order to be in with a chance to win a Windows 10 goody bag. I was a lucky winner. I’ve …

Darren Adams 15 July 2015 29 June 2016  Microsoft / Windows 10
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Microsoft Sway (preview)

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Sway was announced back in October and made available as a limited invitation-only preview. Since then it’s been opened up for general access, and (important for this blog post) I’ve found some time to have a look at it. But …

Darren Adams 3 January 2015 3 May 2018  Microsoft / Sway
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Three years at Microsoft

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I had a very busy day yesterday and didn’t notice that it was my third anniversary of joining Microsoft. Looking back those three years have flown past – I remember the job interviews and my IBM exit interview as if …

Darren Adams 28 June 2014 28 June 2014  Microsoft
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Apps for Excel 2013

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Office 2013 has the ability to provide in-application apps to users, and Excel is the most bountiful place to find and use these handy additions. Here’s a pick of some of the best.

Random Generator by AbleBits – as the …

Darren Adams 25 June 2014 26 June 2014  Excel / Microsoft / Office
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Power BI for Office 365

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In two recent posts I discussed the Power BI app for Windows 8.1 and Power Query for Excel 2013. Continuing with this business intelligence (BI) theme, let’s take a look at Power BI for Office 365 (and to make …

Darren Adams 4 June 2014 4 June 2014  Excel / Microsoft / Office 365 / Power BI
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Windows Phone 8.1

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This latest update to Windows Phone is not generally available yet, so most users will need to wait until their networks push out the update. If you’re interested in grabbing it now, you can do so via the Windows Phone …

Darren Adams 22 April 2014 13 June 2014  Microsoft / Windows Phone
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Power BI app for Windows 8.1

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In late December I blogged about the Power Query add-in for Excel 2013, and mentioned that Excel is an important part of Microsoft’s strategy for Business Intelligence. BI in general is very much a hot topic in customer conversations. Power …

Darren Adams 27 February 2014 4 June 2014  Excel / Microsoft / Office / Power BI / Windows 8
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Microsoft Project Siena

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Most Windows 8 (or 8.1) users would look at the apps on their start screen and assume that they couldn’t build one themselves. Many people would be wrong, as Microsoft’s Project Siena app sets out to help those people who’d …

Darren Adams 19 February 2014 20 February 2014  Microsoft / Project Siena / Windows 8
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Power Query for Excel 2013

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If you have Office 2013 Professional (or Pro Plus, which is part of certain Office 365 offerings), you’ll be entitled to use a set of business intelligence add-ins for Excel 2013 which I refer to as the Power Tools. The …

Darren Adams 30 December 2013 30 December 2013  Excel / Microsoft / Office
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