I recently got the announcement of the new official Microsoft Office Accreditation through MacTech. I was lucky enough to sit in on the previous version of this, so thought I’d push out the information on it. It’s attached to the MacTech Pro Events that MacTech has been running: As you know, Microsoft released a public preview of Office 2016 for Mac. MacTech and Microsoft have created a new accreditation for Apple techs called “Microsoft Office for Mac and iOS Accredited Support Professional, 2015.” Prior to the public Office 2016 announcement, we did a preview of this new course under NDA in Seattle earlier this month. We’re now announcing the new accreditation…
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Auto-archiving in Outlook for Mac
One way to automatically archive objects from Outlook is to use rules. To do so, first create a folder on your local computer (e.g. Archived). Then, from the Tools menu, select Rules. Create a rule by clicking on the plus sign (let’s just call it Archiving) and then click Date Received in the “When a new message arrives: section. Configure the middle field as “is Greater than or equal to” and then configure the number of days (e.g. 90 or 180). In the “Do the following:” section, choose “Move message” and then choose the archive folder you created in the previous step. Finally, check the box for Enabled and you’ve…
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New Office For Mac Accreditation
Last week, MacTech released the news of a Microsoft Office accreditation currently in pilot for Apple techs with the following press release, announcing a half day course for the certification: NEW ACCREDITATION FOR APPLE TECHS: “MICROSOFT OFFICE FOR MAC ACCREDITED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL” – Working together, MacTech and Microsoft are making available a new accreditation program for Apple consultants and techsFebruary 21, 2013 — Westlake Village, CA — Today MacTech, who publishes MacTech Magazine as well as produces live events, announced the event and city schedule to obtain Microsoft’s new “Microsoft Office for Mac Accredited Support Professional” accreditation. This pilot program is a half day long, and will take place the day prior to each MacTech…
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Mac: Disable AutoUpdate
Here’s a quick command line you can send out to disable the Microsoft Office auto-update functionality. This is particularly useful in environments where you are freezing systems and then pushing out all updates, rather than allowing hosts to automatically install updates: defaults write com.microsoft.autoupdate HowToCheck -string “Manual” Note: Autoupdate has now been updated to version 2, so the string for more modern versions of Office is now: defaults write com.microsoft.autoupdate2 HowToCheck -string “Manual” Thanks to @seankaiser for the update!