How To Create Several Email Signatures In Outlook

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Outlook for business has several different useful features, one of them being the ability to create multiple email signatures. The steps on how to create email signatures in Outlook are pretty easy, just follow this quick guide and you will have several signatures for different situations in no time.

Creating Your First Signature

Open Outlook. Click on File, on the upper left hand corner. Follow the menu on the left-hand side and click on Options. If you have the latest version of Outlook, it should be the 7th option right before Exit.

A dialog box will open. On the left-hand side, click on Mail, then click on Signatures… along the right-hand side. It’ll be the third option down.

Once you click on Signatures…, another box will open called Signatures and Stationary. To create a new signature, click on New. Another box will open asking you to name this new signature. Name it, and then click OK. This will bring you back to the previous screen, where the box at the bottom will be blank.

Create a signature to your liking, and then click Save. If this is the first time you are creating a signature, it is recommended to create a standard one that will be automatically attached to all new emails. On the right-hand side, you will have the option to choose a default signature for all new messages, replies and forwarded messages.

To create different signatures for different occasions or recipients, repeat the same process.

It should look like this:

  • Click New
  • Name the signature
  • Click OK
  • Write signature
  • Click Save
  • Once you’ve created your signatures, click OK and exit out of the dialog boxes.

To test, create a new email by clicking New Email on the Outlook main screen. If a signature does not automatically populate the new email, make sure you’ve set the settings on a standard signature by going back to the Signature and Stationary screen. Otherwise, you’re good to go.

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The 5 Most Important Benefits of Zarafa Email

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zarafa emailYour business relies on email more than you might think. Email is great for internal and external communication, but it can also be a black hole in terms of time management. Zarafa email is a great platform for businesses that want to keep things simple and manage their inboxes efficiently. Here are five benefits of using Zarafa:

Speed

Functionality is the most important thing when it comes to email clients. Zarafa is lightweight and fast so your employees won’t have to spend 5 minutes just to open a new email.

Easy transition

Migrating to cloud solutions can be tricky at times, but Zarafa makes the transition easy. Moreover, the interface is so similar to Microsoft Outlook that there’s no real learning curve. Your employees will learn how to use it intuitively.

Scalable

Scalability is an important factor of anything IT-related. Even if your business doesn’t need something today, that doesn’t mean that you won’t in a few months. Zarafa is scalable, so it will be able to handle increases in usage and data.

Add-on features

There’s plenty of room for customization with Zarafa. There’s a long list for add-ons that you can use to manage your inbox better. You can add these or remove them whenever you’d like.

Stable

And finally, one of the most important benefits of Zarafa is one of the simplest: stability. Your business can’t rely on an email platform that crashes regularly. More than anything else, you need a stable client that works the same day in and day out.

Switching to a new email client is a big decision. If you’re looking for an email client that’s fast, reliable, and easy to migrate to, then you should consider using Zarafa.

To talk more about Zarafa email, or anything else, please contact us. Thanks.

Microsoft Exchange Online Review: What Microsoft Exchange Online Can Offer You

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Microsoft Exchange Online has recently upgraded their interface and are now offering new purchasing options. Businesses and individuals can now choose to use Microsoft exchange online as a stand alone service, or use it as part of the Microsoft Office 365 package.

First, we will look at the features of only Microsoft exchange online, and then we will look at the features and options that come with the addition of Microsoft Office 365.

Microsoft Exchange Online Review

Basics

Microsoft exchange online is a hosted email service. It allows you to have your email, calendar and contacts in one place that is accessible on a large variety of devices. You will be able to share your calendar and your contacts. Microsoft exchange online has all of the most up to date features in sharing, allowing you to access collaboration features that will allow you to share calendars, contacts, tasks, global address lists, groups, conference rooms and delegation capabilities.

Storage

Microsoft exchange online features excellent storage potential. You will be able to store large quantities of messages. Exchange even allows users to send messages as large as 25 MB. In addition to excellent inbox storage, Microsoft exchange online features in place archives.

In place archives help reduce the inbox clutter that plagues us all by moving older messages into an in place archive for you. It also features an in place hold that will preserve edited and deleted mailbox items, preventing you from ever losing a draft. Unlimited storage is also available. Microsoft exchange online has users covered in storing and preserving communications.

Security

Microsoft exchange online provides excellent security for its users. They provide both anti malware and anti spam protects. You will not have to worry about virus infiltrating your computer or your inbox being filled with spam instead of business communications. Exchange online works to ensure that your time on their platform is always productive.

Voicemail

They even offer voicemail! Microsoft Exchange now has the option for users to purchase hosted voice mail. They can provide call answering and a dial in user interface. In addition, they can also provide company automated attendant capabilities. Microsoft exchange takes the time to go above and beyond typical email platforms.

Mobile Versitility 

Microsoft exchange can be accessed from any device you own with an internet connection. You can access Microsoft exchange on your Windows Phone, iPhone, Android or Blackberry devices. No matter what device you use, Microsoft exchange is there to support you.

Microsoft Exchange Online With Office 365

Although Microsoft exchange online is available as a standalone feature, it is also available as part of Office 365. Office 365 offers Microsoft exchange online as well as Office, Sharepoint, and Lync. These are additional features and programs that may be useful to your business.

Microsoft Office provides users with access to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Sharepoint allows users to connect, organize, discover and build. Lync provides messaging, video conferencing and meetings and telephone calls all in one platform. With Office 365, you will able be send an email, build webpages, host video calls and more.

Which is right for you?

Microsoft exchange online is an advanced and up to date email platform that can provide you with excellent storage capacity, security, versatility in access and voicemail services. It can be used alone or as part of the larger Microsoft Office 365 with also provides Office, Sharepoint and Lync. Please contact us to discuss which option is right for you. At AE Technology Group, we look forward to working with you to move your business forward.

Office 365 Features

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Office 365

It’s no surprise that Microsoft is setting it’s sight on the cloud. Office 365 is a perfect example as it provides an online SharePoint platform, for example.

According to the October 2013 research from Forrester,  158 IT decision- makers said that 28% are planning on implementing the software sometime in the next twelve months.

Office 365 features:

Site Mailboxes

Let’s say you’re project involves team input and collaboration. Users can simply ‘drag and drop’ docs. right from the desktop to a Site Mailbox—it’s done thru Outlook. Remote access is assured and it even syncs with SharePoint.

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

It happens: the wrong data, the sensitive stuff, can be sent to the wrong people. But sensitive data is only exchanged if the analysis says its ‘ok.’ These standard meet those critical PII, HIPPA and PCI requirements. Furthermore, a ‘Policy Tips’ feature in Outlook is there to let you know if you might violating these standards.

Social Media and Office 365

This is what Microsoft wanted to achieve with this platform, allowing users to track documents, the sites and the people who are involved with a project, or have input to provide. This is made possible through the Activity Feed.

Connecting with vendors/people outside the company

Key suppliers and partners can access ‘read only’ documents that are project-specific. Always, such contact is wholly authenticated and encrypted per the company’s policies.

Today’s successful businesses understand how important it is to use the right technology to maintain their competitive advantage. Contact us to learn more about implementing cloud-service tools Office 365. You’ll discover why more and more clients are coming to rely on us as their managed service provider.

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Source:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/office365/jj542456

Hosted Email Solutions Through Open Source Solutions

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It used to be where companies, especially enterprise-level ones, would mainly use proprietary email software such as Microsoft Exchange Server.
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Such software was useful for email, yet because it was proprietary, it had limited ability in being customizable, easy to use, and affordable.

Yet in recent years, an increasing variety of email software has sprung up whereby proprietary software no longer has a grip on much of the market for email software.  Enter open source email software.

Open source email, unlike its proprietary counterpart, has increased capacity for customizing its features, operating from a user-friendly interface, and being more affordable through free or low-priced software licensing via its distributors.

All in all, open source email offers a company the opportunity to enhance its communications productivity, while doing so at a lower cost.

ZarafaOne example of open source email is Zarafa.  Zarafa stands out from proprietary and other open source email platforms in that it is the only known platform that combines open, compatible, and enterprise collaboration.

Zarafa offers quite a bit of customization based on integration with Linux operating systems (which also enhances its stability and security), a user-friendly interface akin to Microsoft Outlook, and a lower price than Microsoft Exchange Server.  And like many email platforms geared towards business, it comes with collaboration features such as a multiuser calendar and task lists.

Zarafa can provide a Web feel via web access from any mobile device and on all ActiveSync compatible mobile devices and Blackberry.  Zarafa may be offered as a a hosted email solution, instead of in-house on one’s own computer servers.

Zarafa is offered through AE Technology Group, which is a Zarafa Certified Partner.  A business can try Zarafa before buying it, as Zarafa comes in a free 25-user trial.

Check out more information regarding hosted email solutions, or contact us.