@Minion-Queen said:

I think it really depends on how tough you are on things. I have a 4s that has now been passed around to 5 people within the company and was mine for 2 year and it is still going strong, no battery issues even.

Phones do take a beating, I am pretty sure if I did that to my tablet it would never last.

AJ- you tout your Android's etc. but I know for a fact you recently had to do a factory reset on your phone cause of issues with it. Wanna know how many times I have had to do that across the last 3 Iphones I have had? Not even once. I have only had to shut them down and restart due to updates etc. once or twice total. Weather you like IOS or not is a personal opinion there is no fact there. Each phone has it's own unique things that it can/can't do but it comes down to what you like working on.

I agree completely with @Minion-Queen, my wife's iPhone 4 has been having the issue of the screen not being 'locked' while on a call. So it mutes, dials, hangs up on her while she has it to her ear. Mine has an issue with the Bluetooth, in that the headset can be within two feet of the phone and it will drop / connect repeatedly. Every device has it's own 'personality'....

We are holding off until the 6 comes out and going to the 5 since it should be 'free' with plan. We are still under the grand-fathered AT&T Unlimited plan on data, we don't want to give that up. Not to mention all the APPs we have for the iOS. I have thought about going to Andriod - there are some things that the iOS devices can't do (mSD card for one).

Over all - since the iPhone 3, I've had pretty decent luck with it. Of course I get an Otter box and a screen cover for it right off to protect it. I don't think I have ever broken a screen - though sometimes I've thought about throwing it into the river a time or two.

Oh and @Hubtech - I might go with the VW Touareg tdi. It dragged a larger vehicle in a 'tug-a-war- challenge.

@ajstringham said:

I agree with what he said. I've never heard of it. I've already got Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and that's just installed. I also have Box, Amazon and a couple others. I'm set. Lol

I agree; I have Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and another I can't remember, in the office I have Onedrive and another Dropbox... I also carry 6 different USB drives - although three of them were to replace the other three, and I've since plan to reduce even more with a multi-boot USB.

@scottalanmiller said:

The primary feature of Tresorit is client-side encryption. A nice feature, but not too big of a deal for SMB customers, I don't think.

https://tresorit.com/

Although the REALLY BIG feature is that all data is stored only in the EU, not in the US. That's a big feature that I am surprised that they don't advertise more clearly.

Uhm - yea,.. that would be a big issue to disclose.. the US market could easily be cut off if someone barked loud enough. While it was a "SPICEWORKS" promo.. think I too will be passing.

So - Spiceworks just popped an email in my box about Tresorit - and I'm wondering - do I really need MORE cloud storage? Is it REALLY better?

Of course - like so many things (Ford, Dodge, Jeep, Chevy) It's an opinion thing...

I have the option to set up openVPN to all the offices and cover 95% of the staff. I have a few that are not in office workers,.. and while several are mobile, they generally work from one of the offices we have... so they would be covered.

Seeing a recent thread here about Pertino - I wonder how it is a better fit for my Non Profit office.
While there is still much to do to bring us up to date (domain, Office 365 deployment, Phone, etc), what is everyone's opinion on which to use.

Pertino
MPLS
Direct VPN
other.

@scottalanmiller said:

@g.jacobse no phone is useful without a PBX. How are you functioning without a PBX today? Are you paying for a 1960s Key System from the phone company?

Uhm yea - about that,...We have a onsite Nortel NorStar system at the main office,.. but I'm pretty sure it is otherwise POTS.... as it 90% of all of our remote sites. It was this way when I started last year - but I fully plan to move us into the modern world...

I'm curious about it - but i don't have a PBX to plug it into... I have users in 9 counties and we are expanding one of our current offices... so this could be a really nice option to go with. Just wonder how it would fit..

Dispatch seems only to 'mirror' my main account...

Getting it set back up, I see that the 'extra folder' is STILL there.. dang it. Guess it's in my outlook.office365.com settings..

So much for all the aggravation I caused myself.

Work around-
I set my account back to the main .onmicrosoft.com account, and it seemed to pull the needed server data. Since we haven't cut over this is still the default

Guess it wasn't bright enough to figure it out.

@Carnival-Boy said:

@g.jacobse said:

Suggestions on the proper connection (feels like a N00B)

Ditch O365 and switch to on-premise Exchange?

@Carnival-Boy - I debated the On-Premise setup for a bit,.. but as a No Profit Organization, we get the bulk of our email services for free. I only pay for 30 accounts as opposed to the 150 I have. And in the future, we will be taking over another one of our domains, so that will total us at 300 accounts.

Not to mentions, we cover 9 counties, over 150 different locations with those 300 people. I'm only one person, and can only accomplish so much. For the time, cost, configuration, and aggravation - O365 seemed the best route to go.

Yes yes,... more caffeine...

I did find this: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-suite-help/set-up-my-current-office-desktop-programs-to-work-with-office-365-HA102817827.aspx

So Poking that now.

So,..User decides that his Outlook is a little cluttered, goes into mail and deletes his profile thinking he'll just re-connect his mail accounts. He has two iMAP accounts and our new O365 account configured.. Doesn't take much to reconnect the two iMAP accounts,.. but the O365,.. well that is a slightly different story..

Auto Account linking isn't finding the profile, and the docs say, In O365 OWA, click the "?" then ABOUT - only there is no ABOUT... to find the mail server,..

Uhm... Ok,..I'll admit it,..Very much a PEBKAC error..(Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair)... And it's my chair.. (rolls eyes)

Suggestions on the proper connection (feels like a N00B)

Well it worked finally - well sort of.

I created another user in O365 called Scanner Device (scandev@~~) assigned global admin rights and updated the copier. All the the other network settings were fine (TLS, port etc). And the scan sent it to email.

Of course it kept it internal.. which over all I suppose is perfect,.. but we haven't fully cut over from our POP email yet.

Two things of interest though:

• Global Rights seem to be a breach point..
• The scan came in a ZIP file

But otherwise - it worked just fine.

@ajstringham said:

@g.jacobse said:

We just had our new Konica Minolta's delivered - our install tech brought and left a document with me about setting it up. Sadly I'm not in any better position than I was before.

http://supertekboy.com/2013/02/13/getting-your-multifunction-network-scanner-to-work-with-office-365/

Those instructions are outdated. It's just outlook.office365.com for the SMTP server. It's still 587 for the port and STARTTLS for the encryption though. That much is true. It's really simple stuff. Not sure where the issue is.

On a separate note, that site uses the same Wordpress theme mine does! Different coloring and images, yes, but look at it next to mine.
http://www.thanksaj.com

Lol

I agree that it is a bit outdated as you pointed out that MS has changed the server naming. However in the comments someone stated this and pointed to SMTP.office365.com. I am unsure of the different, but then why did the change the naming of the office TOOLBAR to RIBBON?

I'll plug that in and see what it does.

We just had our new Konica Minolta's delivered - our install tech brought and left a document with me about setting it up. Sadly I'm not in any better position than I was before.

http://supertekboy.com/2013/02/13/getting-your-multifunction-network-scanner-to-work-with-office-365/

Is it possible to consolidate TOO much? Is it the correct approach to put all of the management tools into one single application? Or is it better to have two separate applications for the AV and FDE tasks?

So - I found out that we need to be FIPS 140 compliant..

While I have a Sophos introduction on Wednesday - I'm looking for other options for a single point of management for both AV and FDE (full Disk Encryption).

As a single IT support person for almost 300 people across 11 counties It's pretty important to have a central managed solution.

I've used PANDA previously, but they do not offer the FDE I nee now.

Thoughts - Suggestions - recommendations?

@g.jacobse said:

@david.wiese said:

Here is the way i have my 7 mpf's setup. Each machine has its own From address and it is by department. So mine are [email protected], [email protected] and so on. All Mfp's point to our relay server and everything works without an issue. We are on Office365 for email only at this time.

David - What did you use as your relay server?

I guess I should also ask / confirm: In O365 you have a distribution group for that resource (purchase, engineering, hr, etc),...