From Eric Ligman, Microsoft Director of Sales Excellence: Largest FREE Microsoft eBook Giveaway! I’m Giving Away MILLIONS of FREE Microsoft eBooks again, including: Windows 10, Office 365, Office 2016, Power BI, Azure, Windows 8.1, Office 2013, SharePoint 2016, SharePoint 2013, Dynamics CRM, … [Read more...]
April 11th: Apple Workshop – Two-Factor Authentication
Rescheduled from March, this meeting will be of interest to both Apple and non-Apple users. Some of your accounts such as with Apple, Google, and Microsoft, can be made more secure with two-factor, or two-step, authentication. Accounts protected only by passwords are less secure because if someone … [Read more...]
March 14th: Apple Workshop – Two-Factor Authentication
Note: This month's Apple workshop is being canceled due to the expected winter storm. This will be of interest to both Apple and non-Apple users. Some of your accounts such as with Apple, Google, and Microsoft, can be made more secure with two-factor, or two-step, authentication. Accounts … [Read more...]
January Preview – Jay Ferron on Microsoft HoloLens
Date: Tuesday, January 3th, 7:30 p.m. Location: Danbury Hospital Auditorium Presenter: Jay Ferron HoloLens is a virtual reality (VR) headset made by Microsoft and currently available only to developers. Ace presenter, Jay Ferron will discuss and demonstrate the actual device, live and in … [Read more...]
Microsoft Has Significant Plans for Blockchain as a Service
Well, once again John Patrick gave us the future. At our May general meeting, John talked about how the blockchain, the underlying technology of Bitcoin, will become important for the future. This article explains how Microsoft plans to implement the blockchain as a service to enable its use in … [Read more...]
The Problem with MS Publisher
Microsoft Office The Microsoft Office suite (MSO) has some standout applications, e.g. Excel, which remains the best-in-class spreadsheet application. Yes, there are online free offerings that do spreadsheets. These online versions do not have the depth of features or stability of a locally … [Read more...]
Microsoft Windows 10 Launch Day SMB Breakfast Event
DACS is co-sponsoring with SCORE this Windows 10 launch day event, to be held at the Microsoft store at the Danbury Fair Mall, from 8:00 to 9:30 AM on Wednesday, July 29th. RSVP for this event at http://bit.ly/1SdL2yE. Microsoft Stores are inviting Small Business owners and Entrepreneurs to … [Read more...]
Mobile Devices/Windows 8 SIG – June 2014
In June we answered a question on Microsoft accounts in Windows 8. In Windows 8, accounts are based on an e-mail address so that it is possible to sync information using the same account on different machines. This is done using the OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) cloud storage associated with the … [Read more...]
Protecting Yourself, Your Computer and Your Identity
Date: Tuesday, August 5th, 7 p.m. Location: Danbury Hospital Auditorium By Bruce Preston It used to be so simple. In the ‘early days’ of DOS you booted from a floppy diskette in the A: drive. You then ran programs either from that diskette or replaced the media in the A: drive with a program … [Read more...]
March 2014 Meeting Review: Xbox One and the Termination of Windows XP Support
By Richard Teasdale The main topic of the evening at the DACS General Meeting for March 2014 was Microsoft's new entertainment offering, the Xbox One. Staff members from the Microsoft store in the Danbury Fair Mall described and demonstrated the product. Although somewhat unstructured, the … [Read more...]