If you’re still running Microsoft Office 2007, you’re going to run into issues in October. A couple dozen Microsoft programs will reach the end of life on October 10, 2017, most notably Microsoft Office Suite 2007. Microsoft is also making a change to Outlook that means Office 365 users with Outlook 2007 will stop receiving emails. If you’re running these programs it’s time to upgrade or risk significant security vulnerabilities and lost productivity.

There has recently been coverage in the news about a security flaw in Microsoft PowerPoint (and other Office products as well), that could allow a remote attacker to gain access to a PC or system.  As usual, this is much ado about nothing if you are paying attention to what you are doing on your PC.

One of my biggest beefs with Microsoft is how terrible their marketing is. I mean - you'd think that as the world's second largest company behind ExxonMobil, these guys would get it right. But they don't - they are really, really bad. I mean, how many of you have heard about Mesh? (I hope you're reading this in Redmond.)

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) is one of the most under utilized tools available from Microsoft - for BPOS/Office365 users and Windows Server users. You can read about some of the WSS projects we've done here and here. Whether automating project tasks, sales processes, or easily finding documents - WSS works the way you do. (Did I mention it's free?)

If you've ever sent a message that you wished you hadn't - you may consider configuring Outlook to delay your outbound messages.