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Lisa Hendrickson is the owner of Call That Girl. She is an Outlook Expert and Microsoft 365 Consultant.

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What you need to know about Microsoft Office 365

| May 30, 2014

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People today are hearing more and more about Office 365, the awesome benefits and the pricing is right. Microsoft now offers monthly subscriptions that offer everyone a chance to have the full suite for around $15 a month. Since the full Office suite is around $400, this is a deal you can’t beat, especially when you get all the robust features including Office 2013.

Here is the list of what you get…and then we will discuss each product and how we can help you.

FYI, Popular Misconceptions!

If you buy the $99 per year Office 365 package online, you do not have the full Office 365. You just purchased the Office 2013 subscription to use all the products.

If you did buy the $15 per month/per user, or any of the Small Business versions and you are not using the Exchange or SharePoint, you should get those setup (I can help) so you are getting the biggest bang for your buck. I have seen clients pay for the most expensive version and only use the OneDrive feature and the Office 2013!

 

How can you get the fastest Microsoft Outlook Expert help? Call That Girl at 612-865-4475 or fill out this form. If you need more information, read below.

Microsoft Exchange

  • Manages your email, calendar, contacts, tasks and notes
  • Synchronizes with all of your computers, devices, Androids, iPhones and iPad
  • Team sharing of calendars and appointments, contacts and tasks
  • To check out my 3 minutes video click here (middle of page)
  • We help you migrate your old information to the new Exchange server and help with phone setup and offer training on how to use Exchange

Office 2013

Latest upgrade

Includes

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SharePoint

  • Collaborating  and co-authoring data, sharing within teams and external team members
  • Best for team sharing of documents
  • We help you setup your site, offer basic training

Lync

  • Online conferencing, chat and instant desktop sharing
  • We will setup for you on your desktop and offer training

OneDrive

  • For sharing data, pictures, videos on all devices/computers and phones
  • Best used for sharing data between your own devices (SharePoint is best for team sharing)
  • We will setup for you on your desktop and help setup on devices and offer training

Pricing: 

For all of Call That Girl pricing, click here

Usually for SharePoint, Lync and OneDrive setup and training, we take that time off a prepay ticket. What is left on the ticket can be used to help support your team as technical issues arise in the future. Our prepay tickets never expire and can be used by everyone on your team.

Free Microsoft Office 365 Webinars

| May 28, 2014

office365The webinars are offered free to give people insight of how Office 365 can help your business. With so many people needing mobility for their work, managing multiple devices (Computers, phones, iPads, etc), it’s critical to have your data all “Synchronize”. Office 365 steps in and does most of the work for you!

In this 30 minute webinar, I will offer a quick review of the following:

Microsoft Exchange, how it manages your email/calendar/contacts and team sharing opportunities.

Office 2013, Should you upgrade your software

SharePoint, collaborating and co-authoring data, sharing within teams and external team members

Lync, online conferencing, chat and instant desktop sharing

OneDrive, for sharing data, pictures, videos on all devices/computers and phones

Pricing, Review of costs and added benefits

 

In addition, I will address:

•Misconceptions to Office 365 webinar sales

•If you bought it but don’t feel you are getting your money’s worth

•Are you paying for the wrong products?

•What you can do yourself and what you need to hire someone else to help with

 

Why Googling things yourself can hurt your computer

| May 21, 2014

googleCall comes in, client says they downloaded Adobe and now they have junk all over their computer, their search engine is messed up and they have pornographic ads on their google page. Yep, it’s happening! Just downloading an easy program like Adobe can do this to your computer, but come on….Adobe Reader is in Google right? Of course it is, but not at the top of your Google search. It’s about 4 down. See my picture below?

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It shows you a basic search in Google for Adobe Reader I just did. The real one is the 4th one down, under the “Ads” that is sometimes hard to notice. I know this because the website is actually an Adobe website, not Adobereader.com or something of the like. Very tough to tell these days folks!

But hey Lisa, Adobe is downloaded and works, so what happened?

You did get Adobe, but it was bundled in a “download manager” filled with other junk! Search engine fun and other programs that are annoying. Sometimes you can download up to 20 programs! I have spent over an hour before removing this junk.

So please be mindful when Googling and if you are not sure, don’t do anything and call us to install the programs properly, which will end up being cheaper than a virus removal.

Lisa

612-865-4475

 

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Microsoft Exchange FAQ

| May 13, 2014

freqBelieve me, I get tons of questions from clients about their upcoming migration from their current email to their new email platform. I will do my best to keep this page updated, as it seems the questions never end…but one question people have is this….how many people get migrated and want to go back to their old email? NONE.

Moving your email, calendar and contact management to Microsoft Exchange is just smart and you will love it.

Let’s get started!

  1. How good is the junk filter? Pretty darn good, but I always recommend to clients that they check the junk folder because servers do their job and we can’t control what “subject” line will get flagged. I check daily just in case a client email sneaks in. Ok, I honestly check many times a day haha.
  2. Can I still use my computer when you’re doing this? Sure…but not while I’m doing the configuring after the new server is working, I need about 30 minutes to get the setup done and maybe longer, but that is the average.
  3. Will my iPad be able to view my calendar? Yes! Those iPads work great with Exchange, so do iPhones. Forget about that clunky old iCloud…so outdated and really doesn’t ever work well.
  4. Will I be able to figure out my new Outlook? I hope so! I do such a good job at making it look even better than before. But if you don’t want it better than before, then I make it look the same.
  5. Will I still be able to see my subfolders? Yes and they also synchronize on the servers, so you can move an email on your desktop computer and see it on your iPad in the same folder you just moved it to.
  6. Can you do the work afterhours? Yes and I like doing migrations at night so your email is ready to go for you in the morning. Sometimes I need to remote back in to setup, but it’s fairly easy for you after that.
  7. Do you offer training? I train for some things, some things I do charge for such as extensive training. Most clients really don’t need training as I setup everything as you had before, but you get more bells and whistles.
  8. Do you help with contacts? Yes of course, but there are some limitations to work I can help with during the project. If you have 20 lists in your Outlook and need them all configured on the server specifically, I will let you know there may be an extra charge. This is not usual.
  9. I use Business Contact Manager, will this effect that program? Not many clients use BCM, but if you are one that does, I will back up your database for you just in case.
  10. What do I need to do to prepare? I recommend a tune up on all migrations. This way we can insure your software will work well and be fast for the migration. If your internet is slow, the email to upload will be slow too.
  11. Can I still use my iCloud? There is no reason to use it for email/calendar and contacts anymore. You might still want it for other reasons, photos and such. But for business purposes, be happy you will be free of that program.
  12. Can I setup my Comcast email to use Microsoft Exchange? No, Comcast email comes from Comcast and while many people use their Comcast accounts for business purposes, it’s best to have your own branded email with your company’s name for marketing and branding purposes. We can help you transition off Comcast! (You cannot setup your free Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail accounts on Exchange either)
  13. After we are migrated to the new server, can everyone see my calendar? No, only people who you grant permissions to can view your calendar and even then, we can restrict so only certain people can view everything or just your “free/busy” time, which shows you are not free.

I will continue to add to this blog post as more questions come to mind or are asked by clients.

To read the Microsoft FAQ, click here

Want to schedule an appt with Lisa?

 

Windows 8 and why you better have good backup

| May 13, 2014

win8This blog is long overdue. Since I have started using Windows 8, I have had many concerns over this operating system and it’s stability. In the beginning, the issues were mostly trying to figure out how to use the darn thing. Then after I figured out a nice “Windows 7” type shortcut to make it more user friendly, on comes the operating system issues. And trust me…there are many to deal with.

When clients hire me to assist them with their new computer purchase, as of recently, I have recommended they do not buy  Windows 8,  because I want them to just be able to work without a learning curve, but mostly because I want their computer to work reliably. For about the past year, the calls we get in for Windows 8 issues all differ, but the core problems are updates, Windows not rebooting correctly and having to fully re-install the operating system. Programs seem to run just fine and the junkware/virus removal calls are less, from what I have noticed. So in all fairness, Windows 8 runs fine, but if you have a snag….be ready for the worst.

Your data is your data and can you put a price on that? Pictures, memories, music collections, your taxes, your recipes, etc. Everything you love to do on your computer is priceless and cannot be get back affordably, and sometimes not at all if you suffer a tough hard drive crash. From my past experience, it’s rare that a client loses data and needs to have the hard drive sent off to Kroll, but being preventative makes re-installing or repairing your computer much easier and less costly.

sosPrograms to use: Call That Girl has an in-house program that we resell. We watch your backups and you get email alerts knowing your data is in the cloud and backed up.

Mozy is a great program still and while I do not resell it anymore, I do recommend it.

Other programs such as Carbonite, are not my favorites because I have seen many clients missing data that was never originally considered “data” by Carbonite and therefore, not backed up.

To talk to us and get your Windows 8 computer on a backup system, contact us today. Call 612-865-4475 or email Lisa@callthatgirl.biz

 

How to map a drive for SharePoint and Windows 7

| May 7, 2014

Here is a video I created, the quality is not the best and I found out I need a new mic…but otherwise, instructions are good! 🙂

Lisa