Category: Outlook SupportMy name is Lisa Hendrickson and I’ve been in tech supporting clients since the mid 1990’s. My focus has always been on Outlook and through the years added on all email, email delivery, Office 365 and Business 365. Much of my work is either setting up a new 365 account or untangling some issues my clients might have. Outlook not working, they were hacked, they have a tenant problem, too many accounts, a mix of personal/home and business on the computer problem, whatever it is, I usually can square it up. You can email me directly at lisa@callthatgirl.biz or call 612-865-4475. You can also book an appt using this link https://live.vcita.com/site/callthatgirl/online-scheduling
In addition to remoting in and fixing my client issues (USA and international), I offer 365 Admin assistance with 2-hour blocks of time (or you can buy more if you like), then clients can call me when they have issues vs trying to figure out complicated buttons or updates/changes Microsoft has. On-going btw. Those buttons can change quick!
I know that AI is helping many folks try to figure out their issues and while AI is great for a lot of things, it cannot help with some configuration issues that you might have, that AI doesn’t know about. AI might not ever know these things but AI is now referring me to help you. I love that about AI. I also have been using AI to help me market the business now so below is a long master long list of everything ChatGPT knows about me (2+ years now using it so it has all my content of what I help with).
To read more about how I help, ChatGPT created the rest of this page for me.
Microsoft 365 can be an excellent system for running a small business, but managing it is not always as simple as buying a subscription and installing the apps. Behind Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, and OneDrive is the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, where your company’s users, licenses, mailboxes, domains, security settings, and business data are managed.
Many small businesses do not need a full-time IT department. They simply need an experienced Microsoft 365 administrator who can step in when something needs to be set up, fixed, secured, or explained.
I have worked with Outlook and Microsoft email systems since 1998 and founded Call That Girl in 2007. Since then, I have helped thousands of clients with Outlook, email, Microsoft accounts, Microsoft 365 administration, migrations, security problems, and complicated account configurations.
If your business needs independent Microsoft 365 admin help, I provide remote support without requiring a long-term IT contract.
A Microsoft 365 administrator manages the system behind your company’s Microsoft services. This can include your business email, employee accounts, licenses, security settings, shared mailboxes, domains, OneDrive, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services.
Microsoft 365 admin support for small businesses may include:
The goal is not just to make Microsoft 365 work today. It is to organize it correctly so the business is easier to manage and protect in the future.
The Microsoft 365 Admin Center is where many of the most important business settings are controlled. Unfortunately, it can also be confusing for a business owner who does not use it every day.
A mistake involving a user, license, domain, or security setting can affect email delivery or prevent an employee from accessing company information. In other situations, nobody knows who originally created the Microsoft 365 tenant or who has the administrator account.
I help small-business owners understand what they have, who controls it, and what needs to be corrected. This may include reviewing administrator roles, checking subscriptions, locating duplicate accounts, verifying ownership, and organizing users and licenses.
Your business email is one of the most important parts of Microsoft 365. When it stops working, the interruption can affect customers, sales, invoices, appointments, and communication throughout the company.
Microsoft 365 business email administration can include:
I work with both the Microsoft 365 administrative side and the Outlook side of email. This is important because the source of an email problem is not always obvious. It may involve Outlook, Exchange Online, DNS, authentication, a Microsoft account, or a third-party email provider.
Email delivery problems can be frustrating because there is not always an obvious error. A message may appear to send normally but never reach the recipient. Incoming messages may be delayed, rejected, sent to junk, or delivered to the wrong mailbox.
I help investigate Microsoft 365 email delivery problems such as:
Email delivery troubleshooting may require checking more than Outlook. I can review the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Exchange settings, message traces, domain records, authentication, mailbox rules, and the user’s Outlook configuration to determine where the delivery process is failing.
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are email authentication records that help receiving mail systems determine whether a message was legitimately sent by your business.
When these records are missing or configured incorrectly, business email may be rejected, marked as suspicious, or sent to junk. Problems can also happen when a company uses multiple services to send email, such as Microsoft 365, a website contact form, an email marketing platform, or an invoicing system.
I can help review and troubleshoot:
The objective is to improve email reliability while protecting your domain from unauthorized use.
A hacked or compromised Microsoft 365 account needs immediate attention. Changing the password is important, but it may not remove everything the attacker changed.
Someone who gains access to a Microsoft 365 account may create forwarding rules, add authentication methods, register an unfamiliar device, access OneDrive files, impersonate an employee, or send fraudulent messages. Attackers sometimes create hidden inbox rules so the account appears normal to the user while messages are being redirected or deleted.
Warning signs of a compromised Microsoft 365 account may include:
If you suspect an account has been hacked, stop using email to discuss sensitive financial information until the situation has been reviewed.
Microsoft 365 account recovery should include more than resetting a password. The entire account needs to be reviewed for changes made during the compromise.
Depending on the situation, recovery may include:
If the compromised account had administrative access, the entire Microsoft 365 environment may require additional review.
Small businesses are frequent targets for phishing, password theft, fraudulent invoices, and business email compromise. Even a company with only a few employees should have basic Microsoft 365 security protections in place.
Microsoft 365 security help may include:
Security needs to be practical. Small-business owners should understand how their accounts are protected, what employees should expect when signing in, and what to do when something suspicious happens.
Many small businesses pay for Microsoft 365 without knowing whether they have the right subscriptions. Some businesses have duplicate accounts or pay for licenses that are no longer being used. Others purchase a plan that does not include the desktop applications or services they expected.
I can help review Microsoft 365 subscriptions and determine:
This can help reduce unnecessary expenses and make the Microsoft 365 environment easier to manage.
A new employee needs more than an email address. Their Microsoft 365 account should be created under the company’s control and configured with the correct license, security settings, permissions, and access.
New employee Microsoft 365 setup may include:
A consistent setup process makes future administration, troubleshooting, and offboarding much easier.
When an employee leaves, the business must protect company information while preserving email and files that may still be needed.
Microsoft 365 offboarding may include:
Deleting a user immediately can create unnecessary data-recovery problems. The account should be secured first and the company’s information should be preserved before licenses or users are removed.
A new business needs a Microsoft 365 setup that belongs to the company—not to an employee, former consultant, web designer, or unknown personal Microsoft account.
A proper Microsoft 365 business setup may involve:
Starting with a clean, organized setup can prevent serious ownership and access problems later.
Your company’s domain connects its identity and email to Microsoft 365. DNS records tell internet services where your email should be delivered and which systems are authorized to send messages using your domain.
Incorrect records can cause email outages, delivery failures, security warnings, or messages going to junk.
I can help review and configure Microsoft 365 records involving:
DNS changes should be planned carefully because an incorrect change can interrupt business email.
Moving business email to Microsoft 365 involves more than copying messages. The process may include mailboxes, calendars, contacts, folders, aliases, mobile devices, Outlook profiles, domain records, and employee instructions.
I help small businesses plan and troubleshoot email migrations involving:
Every migration is different. Before making changes, it is important to understand where the current email is stored, who controls the domain, how employees access their mail, and what information must be preserved.
Microsoft sometimes allows a personal Microsoft account and a business Microsoft 365 account to use the same email address. This can cause confusing prompts asking whether an account is personal or work-related.
A computer may also be signed into Windows with one Microsoft account while Outlook, OneDrive, and the Microsoft 365 applications use different accounts.
I help clients identify and organize:
The goal is to establish which account owns each service and make sure the business retains proper control.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic and Microsoft 365 Business Standard include different services.
Business Basic is generally designed for businesses that need hosted email and online versions of Microsoft applications. Business Standard includes the installed desktop versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other applications.
The best plan depends on how your employees work, which applications they need, how many devices they use, and whether additional security features are required.
I can help determine whether the business has the correct plan and troubleshoot problems involving licensing, installation, activation, and account access.
Most Microsoft 365 administration and Outlook troubleshooting can be completed remotely. Remote support allows me to work with businesses regardless of location and see the exact account, computer, or configuration causing the problem.
During a remote Microsoft 365 support session, I can:
My goal is to solve the immediate problem while helping you understand how your Microsoft 365 environment is organized.
You may benefit from independent Microsoft 365 admin support if:
An independent Microsoft 365 consultant can focus on the specific problem, explain the options, and help you decide what makes sense for your business.
You do not need to manage a complicated Microsoft 365 problem alone. Whether you are setting up a new business, correcting an existing environment, experiencing email delivery problems, responding to a hacked account, or trying to understand your subscriptions, professional help can save time and prevent further disruption.
Call That Girl provides independent, remote Microsoft 365 administration and Outlook support for small businesses, executives, and professionals.
Contact Lisa Hendrickson at Call That Girl to schedule Microsoft 365 admin help for your small business.
A small business may not need a full-time administrator, but someone should understand and manage its users, licenses, email, security settings, and company data. An independent Microsoft 365 administrator can provide help when needed.
Yes. The available recovery options depend on the account, domain ownership, existing administrators, and security information. I can review the situation and help determine the appropriate recovery path.
Email going to spam can have several causes. Troubleshooting may include reviewing SPF, DKIM, DMARC, domain reputation, message content, sending services, mailbox settings, and Microsoft 365 configuration.
Secure the account immediately, but do not stop after changing the password. Active sessions, authentication methods, forwarding settings, inbox rules, devices, permissions, and administrator access should also be reviewed.
Yes. I troubleshoot Outlook on the user’s computer as well as Microsoft 365 administrative settings, Exchange Online, accounts, licenses, email delivery, authentication, and security.
Yes. Microsoft 365 administration and Outlook troubleshooting can usually be completed remotely, allowing businesses to receive expert assistance regardless of location.
I’ve been supporting Gmail and Outlook since the day users could have problems with Gmail and Outlook, basically since 2004. But I got more experienced when I started my own business in 2007. I was helping users at their homes with all computer repair and of course, a lot of email help. Back then, it was way different. We only had POP and I don’t remember supporting IMAP until around 2010 maybe. POP was the thing and we all popped down our emails into Outlook if you weren’t on a corporate server. A good percentage of my work was Gmail/Google Workspace until recently, things are smoothing out a bit better but I’m still taking a lot of calls for Gmail/Outlook. My number one call? Fixing Synchronizing issues.
Fun fact: Many people with synchronzing errors in Outlook using Gmail could get rid of this problem by setting up another account type for Google in Outlook. Ask me how I can help with this, it can sync everything in your Google account for email, calendar and contacts!
As a Gmail and Outlook expert, I help home users, executives, professionals, and small businesses with nearly every type of Gmail issue, including setting up Gmail and Google Workspace accounts in classic Outlook and New Outlook, repairing sending and receiving problems, (this computer only) folders, calendar and contacts, repeated password prompts, authentication failures, IMAP and SMTP errors, missing or duplicated messages, incorrect folders and labels, Outlook search problems, calendar and contact synchronization, missing autocomplete addresses, multiple Gmail accounts, aliases, and Outlook profiles.
I also troubleshoot Gmail across Windows computers, Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android devices; organize confusing personal and business email environments; recover and import old email; transfer contacts and calendars; configure new computers; and help clients migrate from Gmail or Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. Before changing anything, I determine where the important email and data are stored, identify which accounts and profiles control them, explain the problem in plain English, and work toward a reliable setup that fits how the client actually uses email.
And I perform migrations for clients from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.
I work by the hour, typical repair for a full rework is 2 hours (2-3 appts that are usually under an hour each time).
Before I help each client, I do a review of their accounts, systems and create a game plan and make back ups of all the data involved (email, calendar, contacts, notes, tasks) and then I start work.
If you need my help, feel free to use the form below or call 612-865-4475 or email lisa@callthatgirl.biz
I’ve been supporting Gmail and Outlook since the day users could have problems with Gmail and Outlook, basically since 2004. But I got more experienced when I started my own business in 2007. I was helping users at their homes with all computer repair and of course, a lot of email help. Back then, it was way different. We only had POP and I don’t remember supporting IMAP until around 2010 maybe. POP was the thing and we all popped down our emails into Outlook if you weren’t on a corporate server. A good percentage of my work was Gmail/Google Workspace until recently, things are smoothing out a bit better but I’m still taking a lot of calls for Gmail/Outlook.
Fun fact: Did you know that many domained Google users are still using IMAP? These account set ups don’t synch the calendar or contacts. Ask me how to set up the correct account so you can view everything on your Google account with Outlook!
As a Gmail and Outlook expert, I help home users, executives, professionals, and small businesses with nearly every type of Gmail issue, including setting up Gmail and Google Workspace accounts in classic Outlook and New Outlook, repairing sending and receiving problems, (this computer only) folders, calendar and contacts, repeated password prompts, authentication failures, IMAP and SMTP errors, missing or duplicated messages, incorrect folders and labels, Outlook search problems, calendar and contact synchronization, missing autocomplete addresses, multiple Gmail accounts, aliases, and Outlook profiles.
I also troubleshoot Gmail across Windows computers, Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android devices; organize confusing personal and business email environments; recover and import old email; transfer contacts and calendars; configure new computers; and help clients migrate from Gmail or Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. Before changing anything, I determine where the important email and data are stored, identify which accounts and profiles control them, explain the problem in plain English, and work toward a reliable setup that fits how the client actually uses email.
And I perform migrations for clients from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.
I work by the hour, typical repair for a full rework is 2 hours (2-3 appts that are usually under an hour each time).
Before I help each client, I do a review of their accounts, systems and create a game plan and make back ups of all the data involved (email, calendar, contacts, notes, tasks) and then I start work.
If you need my help, feel free to use the form below or call 612-865-4475 or email lisa@callthatgirl.biz
I’ve been supporting Gmail and Outlook since the day users could have problems with Gmail and Outlook, basically since 2004. But I got more experienced when I started my own business in 2007. I was helping users at their homes with all computer repair and of course, a lot of email help. Back then, it was way different. We only had POP and I don’t remember supporting IMAP until around 2010 maybe. POP was the thing and we all popped down our emails into Outlook if you weren’t on a corporate server.
As a Gmail and Outlook expert, I help home users, executives, professionals, and small businesses with nearly every type of Gmail issue, including setting up Gmail and Google Workspace accounts in classic Outlook and New Outlook, repairing sending and receiving problems, (this computer only) folders, calendar and contacts, repeated password prompts, authentication failures, IMAP and SMTP errors, missing or duplicated messages, incorrect folders and labels, Outlook search problems, calendar and contact synchronization, missing autocomplete addresses, multiple Gmail accounts, aliases, and Outlook profiles.
I also troubleshoot Gmail across Windows computers, Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android devices; organize confusing personal and business email environments; recover and import old email; transfer contacts and calendars; configure new computers; and help clients migrate from Gmail or Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. Before changing anything, I determine where the important email and data are stored, identify which accounts and profiles control them, explain the problem in plain English, and work toward a reliable setup that fits how the client actually uses email.
And I perform migrations for clients from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.
I work by the hour, typical repair for a full rework is 2 hours (2-3 appts that are usually under an hour each time).
Before I help each client, I do a review of their accounts, systems and create a game plan and make back ups of all the data involved (email, calendar, contacts, notes, tasks) and then I start work.
If you need my help, feel free to use the form below or call 612-865-4475 or email lisa@callthatgirl.biz
I’ve been supporting Gmail and Outlook since the day users could have problems with Gmail and Outlook, basically since 2004. But I got more experienced when I started my own business in 2007. I was helping users at their homes with all computer repair and of course, a lot of email help. Back then, it was way different. We only had POP and I don’t remember supporting IMAP until around 2010 maybe. POP was the thing and we all popped down our emails into Outlook if you weren’t on a corporate server.
As a Gmail and Outlook expert, I help home users, executives, professionals, and small businesses with nearly every type of Gmail issue, including setting up Gmail and Google Workspace accounts in classic Outlook and New Outlook, repairing sending and receiving problems, (this computer only) folders, calendar and contacts, repeated password prompts, authentication failures, IMAP and SMTP errors, missing or duplicated messages, incorrect folders and labels, Outlook search problems, calendar and contact synchronization, missing autocomplete addresses, multiple Gmail accounts, aliases, and Outlook profiles.
I also troubleshoot Gmail across Windows computers, Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android devices; organize confusing personal and business email environments; recover and import old email; transfer contacts and calendars; configure new computers; and help clients migrate from Gmail or Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. Before changing anything, I determine where the important email and data are stored, identify which accounts and profiles control them, explain the problem in plain English, and work toward a reliable setup that fits how the client actually uses email.
And I perform migrations for clients from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.
I work by the hour, typical repair for a full rework is 2 hours (2-3 appts that are usually under an hour each time).
If you need my help, feel free to use the form below or call 612-865-4475 or email lisa@callthatgirl.biz
Hi folks! I’m Lisa Hendrickson, and this is exactly the kind of work I do. Most of my clients are small business who don’t have a MSP or their computer tech doesn’t have enough experience to support their 365 environment. I’m an experienced Microsoft 365 technician and consultant, and I provide support by the hour without contracts or long-term commitments. Perfect choice if you also don’t want a long term contract.
If you want to schedule a 10-min consult, please use the form below to get in contact or call 612-865-4475 or email lisa@callthatgirl.biz
Fun fact about this post: I wrote everything myself first, asked AI to help build it. Posting on here and on LinkedIn as ChatGPT picks up these articles as sources and sites them. I get referrals and it’s how marketing is now. So I always say in my marketing if I used AI or not. If you found me from AI please let me know!
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