Reflections on ITDev Connections 2014 Conference devconnections

Reflections on ITDev Connections 2014 Conference devconnections

Last week we from atwork (@magrom and @atwork) have been part of IT DevConnections conference which took place in fabulous Las Vegas. It was our second year at DevConnections. Last year we´ve been in the developer track, this year we had two sessions in the SharePoint track. Since we´re deep in Office 365 consulting and development this conference is a great get-together - and, it was in hot and sunny Las Vegas! ...

September 22, 2014 · 5 min · Toni Pohl
ITDev Connections 2014 Sessions devconnections

ITDev Connections 2014 Sessions devconnections

This week the IT DevConnections conference takes place in fabolous Las Vegas. This is the second year where we from atwork were part of this great conference. Meeting experts and colleagues from all over the world makes this event exceptional – and, it´s in hot and sunny Las Vegas! Since we´re very deep in cloud services, our two session informed about or Top-10 list of Office 365 features and PowerBI with SharePoint Online. Here are the links to the session descriptions and to the slides on Slideshare.net. Here you find all links to more resources from our sessions. ...

September 17, 2014 · 1 min · Toni Pohl

Delegate365 changelog version 2.7

In Delegate365 version 2.7 there were some minor fixes rolled out. Style Sheets and client messages were updated. The user import with an CSV file had a problem with updating the new imported users in the users list. Since D365 uses a cache layer for user objects to improve performance since version 2.3 the new users didn´t show up immediately after the file import but after the automatic sync task (which runs in the background in a predefined time frame). With this fix the new importet users now show up immediately in the users list. ...

September 12, 2014 · 1 min · Toni Pohl
atwork auf TechNet IT Pro Academy

atwork auf TechNet IT Pro Academy

Die Microsoft TechNet IT Pro Academy ist ein kostenfreies Weiterbildungsangebot rund um die aktuellen Technologien von Microsoft und richtet sich an IT Professionals im Unternehmen. Als Microsoft-Partnerunternehmen informieren wir von atwork hier über praxisbezogene Lösungen mit Microsoft Produkten. TechNet IT Pro Academy Praxisnahe Szenarien Übersicht Neben Lösungen mit Office 365 bieten wir weitere Services rund um (Web-) Development, Webservices, Datenbank und BI Know How und Microsoft Azure. Viele unserer aktuellen Erfahrungen finden Sie u.a. in unserem blog.atwork.at sowie in unseren Blogbeiträgen auf TechNet Austria und codefest.at (MSDN Blog Österreich) sowie auf dem MVP-Blog und weiteren internationalen Blogs rund um Office365 wie Office365mvps.com, Office365fm.com und Curah!.

September 6, 2014 · 1 min · Toni Pohl

Delegate365 changelog version 2.6

Delegate365 changelog version 2.6. We internally changed the encryption of stored credentials and extended it to protect all custom values. D365 uses an own Service Account for accessing and transferring user data to Azure Active Directory. For Exchange functionality like Alias email addresses or distribution lists as well as reporting data D365 needs additional credentials. These essential data must be stored in a secure way. To ensure safety in D365 we changed the encryption and extended it to all properties stored in the D365 database with version 2.6. Now all custom config values (even fields like company name, address, phone number, etc.) are encrypted with an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm. ...

August 20, 2014 · 1 min · Toni Pohl
Accept the IceBucketChallenge

Accept the IceBucketChallenge

Probably you’ve seen a lot of photos and videos this week of celebrities and other well known business people dumping buckets of ice water over their heads. Here’s why and how we participated in it. The #IceBucketChallenge is about raising money and awareness for a disease called “ALS” (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) which is a motor neurone disease. The rules of the challenge: To accept a person has to dump a bucket of ice water over his head within the next 24 hours or donate money (usually $100) toward fighting ALS. Even if a person completes the challenge, they’re welcome to donate money too – actually everybody is most welcome to make a donation at https://www.alsa.org. After the ice water dumping nominate three other persons! ...

August 17, 2014 · 3 min · Toni Pohl
Delegate365 changelog version 2.5

Delegate365 changelog version 2.5

Delegate365 changelog version 2.5. There´s a new feature concerning distribution lists built in. We got the request that it would be useful to integrate existing distribution lists into other distribution lists (DL) in D365, so that all members of a DL automatically receive emails if their DL is member of one or more other DL(´s). So now in D365 v2.5 it is possible to put existing DL´s as member into another DL. This feature is handy and reduces potential synchronization steps and eases the organizational tasks for the admins. ...

July 18, 2014 · 2 min · Toni Pohl
Delegate365 version 2.4

Delegate365 version 2.4

Delegate365 changelog version 2.4. We optimized some changes in the SMS notification service. New feature SMS-notification. Each customer can define if he wants to use SMS notifications in D365 or not. With SMS there are additional costs for the SMS provider. To ensure that a customer is aware of that function we can completely switch the SMS sending on or off. Admins: If yes, admins can define if they want to receive a notification via email and/or SMS: When editing the admin you can define each channel: email and/or SMS. The format of the phone number must be like this sample: ...

July 16, 2014 · 1 min · Toni Pohl
How to install an Exchange App as IT-Admin

How to install an Exchange App as IT-Admin

Since we put our App “Like for Outlook” in the Microsoft Office Store recently here´s some information how to install Apps for Outlook as an IT-administrator. What is deployed As an App for Office consists of an App manifest XML file and a webpage (which can be Provider-Hosted or SharePoint-Hosted) the Exchange admin needs to “install” (only) the App manifest file in the Exchange system for his company. In the manifest there´s specified where the App is hosted (the URL) as well as the permissions the app needs from the Host system (Outlook). See the relevant parts here: ...

July 7, 2014 · 3 min · Toni Pohl
Like for Outlook App

Like for Outlook App

We´re happy to announce our first App for Outlook called “Like for Outlook”! Have you ever wanted to send a “Like”-message in Microsoft Outlook like in social media networks? Now you can! With that little App for Outlook you can send a “Like” to the sender or the recipients of an email with one click! Click here and install the App from the Office Store. It´s free! Install the app Open the link Like for Outlook and you will be redirected to the Like for Outlook App in the Microsoft Office Store immediately. ...

July 6, 2014 · 3 min · Toni Pohl