Blockchains, Governance and the Implementation of Trust Blockchain technology can be used to assist business relationships between two or more parties, without them having to rely on 3rd-party infrastructure to enforce a contract or provide a framework of trust. Such technology could diminish the need for lawyers, realtors and other professionals who provide the connective tissue in business and social relationships. It … Read more
How can I access the OneDrive of a deleted user account? “How can I access the OneDrive of a deleted user account?” was a question that arose on a recent training course. The question arose from the need to review OneDrive content of a departed member of staff. Office 365 allows you to delegate access to a deleted user’s OneDrive for Business to their manager. For … Read more
How do I Prevent Microsoft Word from Spellchecking Code? “How do I prevent Word from spellchecking PowerShell code in my training manuals?” is a question I asked myself the other day. I was in the process of reviewing a training guide for managing Azure with PowerShell and here is what my Word document looked like: pages of red error lines: The spellchecker is working … Read more
Removing a Scheduled Report from the Office 365 Security and Compliance center “Can I remove a scheduled report from the Office 365 Security and Compliance admin center?” was a question that arose on a recent training course. The short answer is, yes, you can, but not using the Security and Compliance center – let’s see why. If you try to delete a schedule using the “Delete Schedule” … Read more
Creating a Modern workplace – Put Your People in the Driver’s Seat The workforce is changing. We now have a multi-generation workforce, and their expectations are greater than ever. Businesses can no longer rely on training people to work in the ‘ways of the business’ – that simply limits the benefits that the newer generations bring. With increasing reports about personal autonomy and a gig economy, there’s a growing shift towards people having multiple jobs and seeking more autonomy in the way they work. Is your … Read more
Inside Dan’s Crystal Ball – Enterprises Who Embrace DevOps Will Out-perform in 2018 DevOps isn’t a new concept to start-ups, but for larger enterprises, it’s historically been much harder to implement – some might even say a real headache. As a result, many have fallen back on more traditional approaches to getting new capabilities launched. But now with even greater choice of app deployment services becoming available, the … Read more
New Signature Lights Up a Twitter Storm of Holiday Cheer with Interactive Tree Displays For many, stringing up holiday lights can be a hassle of tangled lights, rickety ladders, and blown bulbs. But at New Signature, we love to take everyday technology and transform it with innovation. Our holiday light extraordinaire, Chris Poplawski, has helped bring a new interactive light display to our Washington, D.C. and Toronto offices. For … Read more
Migrating Your Workloads to Azure So, you’ve just signed up for a Microsoft Enterprise Azure agreement. Your management team or business partners have told you that you need to reduce your dependency with on-premises datacenters. Your developers have been working on the next generation applications that will change the fortunes of the company, but have requested a large amount of … Read more
Managing Azure Chargeback and Showback Knowledge is power. As the information technology sector trends more and more towards Software as a Service (Saas), consumption-based billing comes right along with it. The more visibility we gain into that consumption, the more intelligently we can make decisions about our investment. Setting up chargeback or showback is one of the most useful things … Read more
How to Configure Marketo to Use LinkedIn Lead Generation Forms LinkedIn Lead Generation Forms are a new way to capture leads (People) directly into Marketo without sending them to a form embedded in a Marketo Landing Page or web page with embedded form. … Read more