BPOS-S: Resolving Domain Verification Errors

Our latest BPOS Support video deals with issues you might experience while trying to verify your company’s domain in the Microsoft Online Service environment. This video starts by talking about adding a domain to MOS. The video then troubleshoots problems with adding and verifying your domain. This video should prove useful if you find yourself experiencing issues with your company’s domain. We hope this video was helpful. Watch and learn more about Microsoft Online Services with our other support and how to blog posts . What other videos would you like to see? We want to hear from you in the comments section below or send an email to our community mailbox . Follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page.

BPOS-S: Troubleshooting Permissions in SharePoint Online

In our latest BPOS support video we learn how to troubleshoot permissions in SharePoint Online. SharePoint Online is one of the services included in Microsoft Online Services. SharePoint Online comes with permission control that allows you to determine the level of visibility for users over your company’s SharePoint sites. Permissions can be set up per user or on a group basis. The video below walks us through an overview of SharePoint Permissions, and the following common permission based troubleshooting scenarios: Permission Inheritance Can’t Add New User User Not Receiving Alerts We hope this video was helpful. Watch and learn more about Microsoft Online Services with our other support and how to blog posts . What other videos would you like to see? We want to hear from you in the comments section below or send an email to our community mailbox . Follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page.

BPOS-S: Troubleshooting the Microsoft Online Sign In Application

The Microsoft Online Services sign in application provides a single sign in point for Microsoft Online Services. This simplifies the login process by allowing users to sign in once to access Microsoft Online Services. The sign in app can also easily change a user’s login service password, automatically launch at start up and display license expiration information. In our latest BPOS support video below we learn how to troubleshoot some of the most common problems that users may experience with the sign in application. We hope this video was helpful. Watch and learn more about Microsoft Online Services with our other support and how to blog posts . What other videos would you like to see? We want to hear from you in the comments section below or send an email to our community mailbox . Follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page.

This Week in BPOS News 12/17/2010

This week in BPOS news is a recurring segment on the Microsoft Online Services Team Blog that covers news from all sectors of Cloud Computing and the Microsoft Online Services business suite known as the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). You can read all past This Week in BPOS News segments here. For this week in BPOS news we take a look at what opportunities SMBs are seeing in the cloud, and we learn about a new medical innovation that is utilizing cloud computing. 1. SMBs See Opportunity in the Cloud SMBs stand for Small and Midsize Businesses, and SMBs are seeing the benefits of cloud computing. A Microsoft-sponsored survey entitled, “Cloud Computing as an Engine of Growth” questioned SMBs about the cloud. The survey is highlighted in this InformationWeek post . The numbers from the survey reflect about one third of SMBs polled see the cloud as an opportunity for their IT department to be “more strategic” and SMBs view embracers of the cloud as “innovative.” About 12% of SMBs are “Born in the cloud” which means “the primary capability for their business is through cloud technology as the leading thing that enables them to do it.” There are many other interesting stats about SMBs and

BPOS-S: How To Configure and View Shared Calendars

In our latest BPOS support video we learn how to configure and view shared calendar information. This is a very useful feature that allows co-workers to view your schedule and even manage other users’ calendars on their behalf. This video walks us through how to use your Exchange Online calendar from Outlook to allow for shared calendars. You will also learn how to set calendar sharing permissions, and use OWA to access an Exchange Online calendar share. Watch and learn more about Microsoft Online Services with our other support and how to blog posts . What other videos would you like to see? We want to hear from you in the comments section below or send an email to our community mailbox . Follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page.

Technical Tuesday: Using MX Records to Enable Inbound Messaging

It’s Technical Tuesday and we are featuring a technical look at how to use MX records to enable inbound messaging. MX stands for Mail Exchange, and a single domain can have multiple MX records. MX records are entries in DNS that specify the mail server addresses that you want email messages sent to your domain to be delivered to. The video below explains more about MS records and how configuration works with your domain. MX records are important when in a coexistence like Microsoft Online Services.