Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: November 10

Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: November 10

Because friends don’t let friends use Linux, this edition of Short Takes looks at Kroger’s Amazon problem, Salesforce’s CEO problem, the enterprise’s LinkedIn problem, Intel’s GPU problem, and all kinds of other problems.

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Code Signing Microsoft Office Macros and Visual Basic for Applications

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to sign Microsoft Office VBA code and macros so that it can be distributed securely to business partners.

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Recent Outlook and OWA Enhancements Disappoint On-Premises Exchange Customers

Microsoft is obviously putting a lot of effort into improving the functionality available in the OWA and Outlook clients, but only for Office 365 users. It’s now got to the point where on-premises customers must be wondering where their next update will arrive. The answer may be “Never”.

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April Updates for Office 365 Include Outlook Customer Manager, Microsoft To-Do, More

Microsoft today detailed the new features and improvements that it delivered to Office 365 users this month. Key among them are the releases of Outlook Customer Manager and Microsoft To-Do.
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Outlook Groups Starts Rolling Out on Mac, iOS, and Android

Microsoft announced today that Groups is starting to rollout via Outlook on Mac, iOS, and Android. This feature is already available on Windows and the web.
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Leveraging OneNote: Getting Your Content into OneNote

Leveraging OneNote

OneNote is an incredible suite of programs. This enables you to work however you decide is best for you. Instead of restricting users, OneNote empowers you to get organized and get working.

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New Word Editor Feature Proves its Worth

New Word Editor

It’s hard to think of new features for an application like Word that has been around for so long. Adding something that nags the user to be more precise and concise wouldn’t seem like it would be popular, but I rather like the new “Editor” feature. And providing more context in spell checking is a good thing too!

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Microsoft Patches Two Critical Security Vulnerabilities

Microsoft patched two vulnerabilities rated critical that tied to Office 2016, its Edge browser and its Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS). Continue reading Microsoft Patches Two Critical Security Vulnerabilities