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Is technology programming us, It is not what we expected

jeffl — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:27:10 GMT

Through out science fiction's history the concept of creating an artificial intelligence which eventually achieves the ability to take over the world has been a dominant theme. The central character is often a robot who wires together the world computer...(read more)

SMB 150 - If you think I have helped you

jeffl — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:32:32 GMT

The SMB 150 is a recognition program for global SMB technology leaders. My blog is read by a large number of people who are and service the SMB marketplace. Please if you find my advice helpful I would be humbled to have you take a moment follow the link...(read more)

Windows 8 and Server 2012 Memory Limits

jeffl — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:23:46 GMT

Physical Memory Limits: Windows 8 The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 8. Version Limit on X86 Limit on X64 Windows 8 Enterprise 4 GB 512 GB Windows 8 Professional 4 GB 512 GB Windows 8 4 GB 128 GB Physical Memory...(read more)

Excel Replace Asterix and Tilde

jeffl — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:19:10 GMT

Example 1: How to find and to replace numbers To replace wildcard characters (*) in a numeric value in a worksheet cell, follow these steps: Type 494** in cell A1. Select cell A1. On the Edit menu, click Replace . Note In Microsoft Office Excel 2007,...(read more)

Outlook 2010 Internet Message Headers

jeffl — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:50:50 GMT

Message Headers are a key way to look at the technical information about email that is sent to you. It helps IT people determine the back ground on the message such as its origin and the route it took to get to your mail server. Since the 2007 version...(read more)

Office 365 - How to Change Primary Email Address For a User

jeffl — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:39:58 GMT

Scenario: Your company uses a sign in domain however some users need to be able to send from a different email as their primary email address. Example: You sign in with Your outgoing email address The Office 365 graphical user interface does not...(read more)

Office 365– Send email from Alias

jeffl — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:04:00 GMT

Ok you have got multiple email addresses and you want to be able to send from the same Office 365 account. If you have been administering Exchange for any time you know the work around is to use a POP3 account. The question is how do you get the workaround...(read more)

Office 365 Support Phone Number 800-865-9408

jeffl — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:30:38 GMT

If you need to call Office 365 support from the US or Canada this number is helpful. Here are the option numbers: 4 - Technical Support 1 - For Office365 Jeff Loucks Chief Strategy Officer | Winrox | 425-577-7377...(read more)

Dynamics CRM 2011 UR8 Download Update Rollup 8

jeffl — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:45:28 GMT

Here is a link to the Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29692 Jeff Loucks Chief Strategy Officer | Winrox | 425-577-7377...(read more)

Office 365 E Plan Family Chart

jeffl — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:46:39 GMT

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Windows 8 Task Manager

jeffl — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT

In an earlier post I talked about improvements to system monitoring tools in Windows 8 projecting that we should start seeing for the first time GPU monitoring. To my knowledge this has not been included. However, system performance is much more useful...(read more)

Windows 8–Internet Explorer 10 has spell check

jeffl — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:04:58 GMT

With Windows 8 and IE 10, spellcheck is in the house! Yes, I did my happy dance. For years I oscillated with changing to competitive browsers for this one feature. My Chrome buddies will be saying “so what, it has been that way for years with the Google...(read more)

Windows 8 Community Preview First Look

jeffl — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:04:16 GMT

Throwing caution to the wind, Windows 8 Community Technical Preview went on my main workstation in an in place upgrade process. The first experience is pretty good and there were no errors during the upgrade. Out of the box, I have some funky functionality...(read more)

SCVMM 2012–An Overview Possibly Due out H2 2012

jeffl — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:55:00 GMT

So VMM 2012 is due out sometime this year. There are some great new features. Perhaps the most interesting new feature is management of applications as a service. The whole package enables you to configure and manage your virtualization host, networking...(read more)

Dynamics CRM–What is Supported–Different Rollups of Client and Server?

jeffl — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMT

In a recent conversation with the Dynamics CRM products team the topic of supportability recently came up between different User Rollups(UR). Sustained Engineering does some testing against both scenarios, i.e. higher UR version on servers vs. clients...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 New Features Ebook

jeffl — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:35:41 GMT

A couple of my fellow CRM MVPs have created a book for CRM 2011. First I want to congratulate Darren Liu and Jim Wang on their efforts. What I found useful about the book is the approach. They featured a solution and walk readers through the architectural...(read more)

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Licensing Model Changes

jeffl — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:07:25 GMT

The long and short of it is there are several changes in the way SQL 2012 will be offered from a licensing and product stand point. The Three Main Versions of SQL Server Server + CAL Core-Based Enterprise Business Intelligence (NEW) Standard What...(read more)

Microsoft Office 365 Trust Center

jeffl — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:43:51 GMT

I am happy to announce that the efforts of the Office 365 Identity team are coming to light with the announcement of the Trust Center today. My concerns about security of Office 365 have been met with continued focus by Microsoft to address and meet my...(read more)

Exchange 2010–Did you know Single Instance Storage is gone?

jeffl — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:52:03 GMT

In Exchange Server 2010, there is no more single instance storage (SIS). This was a feature which allowed multiple attachments and messages to be stored once with a reference being held in each mailbox. The concept which had been with Exchange for years...(read more)

SQL Reporting Services: How to configure the service account

jeffl — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:57:59 GMT

To configure the Report Server service account Start the Reporting Services Configuration manager and connect to the report server. On the Service Account page, select the option that describes the type of account you want to use. For recommendations...(read more)