The Tech Blog of Dan Usher

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  • Office 2016 IT Pro and Developer Preview

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    Looks like Office 2016 Developer and IT Pro review was announced yonder at the Office blog today. Check it out – http://blogs.office.com/2015/03/16/announcing-the-office-2016-it-pro-and-developer-preview/ To participate you’re routed over to Microsoft Connect here – http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=528801 If you’re excited about what’s next, definitely give it a whirl – be mindful though that per the article “the early build doesn’t…

  • The Ultimate Timer Job Fix

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    If you find yourself running into problems with your SharePoint server when it comes to Timer Jobs, perhaps you should take the advice of Randall Monroe… Note that I’m not actually recommending that you do this, but there’s something to be said about clearing your paging file from time to time with a reboot.

  • Office Apps for iOS updated to version 1.6

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    This morning at 4:21 AM Eastern I was greeted by a pleasant surprise with an update in the iOS App Store alerting me to version 1.6 of the various Microsoft apps for Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel). In the change notes the first item listed is “iCloud Support” meaning that now you’ve got three options for…

  • Brewery FM – Now on iTunes

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    Did you miss the announcement that Scott Hoag started a podcast? You can find out more about our recordings over on Twitter by following @breweryfm or interact with us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/breweryfm. Do you use iTunes? Then why not click on over and subscribe now here – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brewery.fm/id965720953.

  • Brewery FM

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    So for the past year, some of you might have wondered, “What happened to Dan always presenting with Scott Hoag and all of a sudden they’re not. Did they have a falling out?” Not quite… more Scott took a position that moved him to Australia. So back to presenting on my own. I had the…

  • Microsoft Learning Roadmap Updated

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    Just in case you didn’t catch this notice on the Microsoft Learning blog, thought I’d post it up as a reminder (and so that I could find it more easily later on… :)) Microsoft Learning has updated their learning roadmap to show the MCSE and MCSD certification tracks to provide technology professionals and developers with…

  • Office on Android out of Preview…

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    It would seem that Microsoft has gone gang busters and Office on Android has left preview and is now generally available. Pretty cool to see the Office team cranking out the donuts right now to provide solutions to folks. As a former Android user, I have to say that I’m intrigued to see how other…

  • Metamorphosis Complete

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    Acompli is now Outlook Apparently when I wrote my blog article a few days ago about Acompli showing up as MS Outlook, I may have stumbled onto the new Outlook app that was released to iOS and Android today. More information on that available here – Office everywhere: More great news for Office on iOS…

  • SharePoint Fest DC 2015

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    If you’re going to be in the Washington DC area in April of this year and you’re looking for some SharePoint and Office 365 training, then I would highly recommend coming on out to the SharePoint Fest that’s taking place in downtown Washington DC on 8-10 April. There are a ton of sessions that will…

  • Supported Video Codes for Office 365

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    Office 365 recently launched their Video Portal that leverages the power of Azure Media Services as documented on the Office Blogs entry by Mark Kashman on the entry titled Introducing Office 365 Video. It’s definitely a step up compared to using something like the Digital Asset Management library that debuted in SharePoint Server on-premises many…