Author: jay f

. Get familiar with Outlook

Up to speed with Outlook 2007
Where to find the commands you use most often. How to use new features such as the To-Do Bar and the new calendar navigation

Interactive guide: Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 command reference guide
Use this interactive guide to locate your favorite Outlook 2003 commands in Outlook 2007

2. Communicate more efficiently

Get out of your Inbox with Outlook 2007
Tips for finding and organizing the e-mail that’s already in your Inbox

Create great-looking signatures for your e-mail
How to create a personalized signature so that you can stop typing the same thing over and over at the end of each message

Outlook and RSS: Internet information delivered to your Mailbox
Find out how to read and manage your Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds and blogs right from Outlook

Send text messages from Outlook 2007 to a mobile phone
Send text messages or a calendar summary to a mobile phone, right from Outlook

3. Manage your mailbox for size and storage

Manage your mailbox I: Find its size and trim it down
How to find the size of your own mailbox and understand what big means. Find out about tools and shortcuts to reduce bulk

Manage your mailbox II: Understand your choices for storing
The basics about Outlook’s two methods for storing e-mail locally on your computer: Archive and Personal Folders

Manage your mailbox III: Move or copy messages to Personal Folders
The steps you need to follow to create and use a personal folder for e-mail storage

Manage your mailbox IV: Archive old messages
How to tell if AutoArchive is on and how to use custom settings

Manage your mailbox V: Retrieve, back up, or share messages
Advanced techniques for finding and using stored messages. Tools for backing up your .pst files and tips to help you avoid common problems

4. Use your calendar effectively

Calendar I: Outlook calendar basics
Calendar basics such as entering items and setting reminders

Calendar II: See and use multiple calendars
Track multiple schedules at once

Birthdays I: Keep track of birthdays and anniversaries
Two ways for entering special dates in Outlook

Birthdays II: Linking contacts and birthdays
Easy ways to connect contacts and dates

5. Manage your contacts

Create and use your own Electronic Business Card
How to create your own custom business card in Outlook

6. Fight junk e-mail

Reduce spam! Get your Junk E-mail Filter in top condition
How to use the Outlook Junk E-mail Filter to keep spam out of your Inbox

Note   You can also download shorter PowerPoint versions of some Outlook 2007 training courses and use them as training for yourself or a group.

Come hear me talk about user groups and the APCUG (The Association of Personal Computer User Groups) annual meeting in Ohio. Listen here at www.computeroutlook.com

 

wants to invite you to its

Annual Meeting

at the Ohio Midwest Regional

in Newark, Ohio

at the Cherry Valley Lodge

The rate is $109 per night and the reservation code is lccs09

August 28th, 29th & 30th, 2009

• Registration
• Sponsors
• Program (subject to change)
• Volunteers Needed
• Article from APCUG Reports (PDF file)
• Possible Spouse Tours
• Links

www.computeroutlook.com

In New Orleans Aug 13 – Aug 17 Come meet me at Hands on Labs Area I love to meet you and talk about technology and User groups.

I be teaching about Office 2010 and Visio 2010.

 

Here a great site to see a sneak preview of Office 2010.

This is also where you can apply to be on the be part of the technical preview.

Click here

Anti-spam Solution for Exchange/SMTP/Lotus
GFI MailEssentials Free Disclaimers (available soon!)

Benefit from free custom disclaimers added to all outgoing emails when downloading and installing GFI MailEssentials (freeware disclaimers are not yet available and will be launched shortly).

Main Product Features:

• Highest spam detection rate (over 99%) by its two anti-spam engines
• Various email management tools such as free custom disclaimers on all outgoing emails, reporting, pop3 downloading and more
• Ultra low rate of false positives
• Support for the industry leading messaging platforms including Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007 and Lotus Domino

To be notified once the GFI MailEssentials FREE disclaimers are launched, please click here.

When times get tough, we could all do with a hug

GFI’s freeware will have the same effect!

GFI has launched its We Care initiative to help you beef up your IT resources in these hard economic times. We would like to give something back by offering three freeware versions of our software.

Network Security Scanner and Vulnerability Management Tool
Freeware full-featured 5-IP GFI LANguard
Using the Freeware version, your company can scan up to five IPs for free using the product’s full feature set – no restrictions whatsoever.
Main Product Features:

• Powerful network, security and port scanner with network auditing capabilities
• Over 15,000 vulnerability assessments carried out across your network, including virtual environment
• Reduces the total cost of ownership by centralizing vulnerability scanning, Patch Management and Network Auditing
• Automated options help to retain a secure network state with minimal administrative effort
• Network-wide auditing functions provides a complete picture of network and port security set-up

To download, please complete the form below.

 

 

FREE, Easy-to-use backup software for all your backup and recovery requirements

When was the last time you backed up all the important files on your hard disk? Do you have a backup copy of those precious photos taken on your last holiday, of your resume and other important documents you have created, or of your favorite music and movies? While most computer users admit backups are important, few people actually do so… until it is too late and the damage has been done.

By minimizing the risk of loss, backing up your files is similar to taking out an insurance policy on your data. Now, with GFI Backup™ 2009 – Home Edition, you will never have to worry if your hard disk fails or a virus wipes out your data.

GFI Backup 2009 allows you to back up all your important documents, photos, music, emails and program settings using a simple but smart wizard-driven interface to nearly every storage device (including local and external disk drives, LAN, CD/DVD, removable devices, remote FTP servers, etc.). Download and use GFI Backup 2009 today – a FREE easy-to-use backup software solution, designed for secure backups of all your important data. Because we care!

Click here to download GFI Backup 2009 for FREE

 

IPD Assessment Guide and Scenario Selection Tool

Version 1.1 of this Solution Accelerator, now available, updates both the guide and tool to reflect the additional functionalities provided by Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2.

Download This Solution Accelerator

• Launch the download for the Infrastructure Planning and Design assessment guide and scenario selection tool for Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios.v1.1.
• Visit the Download Center to select other guides in the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide series.

About This Solution Accelerator

Organizations today face the challenge of maintaining rigorous controls over their computing environments while providing the power and flexibility users need to be productive. User and IT goals can sometimes appear to be in conflict. Optimizing the corporate desktop environment resolves this conflict by providing IT the manageability it requires while giving users the varying levels of power and flexibility they need.

The Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios relate the business requirements (IT and user) for a flexible, efficient, and managed desktop environment to sets of complementary Microsoft technologies by defining and using five standard user scenarios that map business requirements to technology solutions. These core scenarios are: Office Worker, Mobile Worker, Task Worker, Contract/Offshore Worker, and workers who need to Access from Home.

Included in the Download

This Solution Accelerator is packaged as a zip file, Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios.zip, and includes the following components:

• Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios Assessment v1.1 (a guide)
• Windows Optimized Desktop Scenario Selection Tool v1.1

Download it here

is now available 

This management pack supports monitoring of Windows Server Hyper-V systems. This includes monitoring coverage of Hyper-V host servers, including critical services and disks, and Hyper-V virtual machines, including virtual components and virtual hardware.
Feature Summary
This management pack provides the following functionality:

• Management of critical Hyper-V services that affect virtual machines and host server functionality
• Management of host server logical disks that affect virtual machine health
• Full representation of virtualization in a single Hyper-V host server, including virtual networks, virtual machines, and guest computers
• Monitoring of virtual machine hardware components that affect availability

Download it here

Teachers know that real educational success happens when students are engaged and motivated to study. Microsoft delivers a toolset of free technologies and resources to empower teachers to easily respond to individual learners and their course-related interests in an active learning environment. Some of these resources include the following:

Worldwide Telescope (http://www.worldwidetelescope.org). A rich Web application brings together imagery from the best ground- and space-based observatories in the world, including NASA, and allows students and teachers to explore outer space as a way to make science fun.

Photosynth (http://www.microsoft.com/education/products/student/photosynth). Photo-imaging technology stitches together overlapping, panoramic digital photos automatically to create exciting 3-D worlds students can browse and share online.

Digital literacy curriculum (http://www.digitalcitizenshiped.com). Free e-learning modules and assessments teach students about the Internet and the Web, computer basics, productivity programs, computer security and privacy, and digital lifestyles.

Expression Web curriculum (http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/dd252934.aspx). Free curriculum, tutorials and videos assist educators in teaching middle and high school students Web design; free software is also available via a subscription to the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance.

Learning Essentials (http://www.microsoft.com/learningessentials). A desktop application runs on top of Microsoft Office helping educators easily create effective instructional resources, complete administrative tasks and implement new teaching strategies.

CareerForward (http://www.microsoft.com/education/uspil/careerforward). A self-contained online course, available to students across the United States, helps schools prepare students for their places in the work force of the future and for career opportunities in a global economy.

More information about the free tools and resources is available at http://www.microsoft.com/education/teachers/default.aspx.