My MSP has been partnering with Microsoft to offer free Consultancy around the Microsoft Office Live product for a few months now, and the results have been positive. We’ve helped more than one small and micro-business get themselves an on-line presence, quickly and easily and at no charge – with the hope that as those businesses grow, they’ll return to Netlink as paying clients!
A few of those businesses have gone on to embrace Office Live further by upgrading from the Free package to the Premium setup – adding a number of useful features.
One of those features is the ability to use the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector.
I’ve noticed a pattern wherein some of the businesses using Office Live already have a domain registered with their ISP, which they use for e-mail – but turn to Office Live for collaboration features and web-site hosting. They’re happy with (or reluctant to change from) their existing ISP e-mail setup and so don’t use the Office Live e-mail system. It may be they’ll migrate to Office Live e-mail as their business grows, but for now it’s a change they don’t want to make.
The trouble is, as they aren’t checking Office Live e-mail regularly, they miss any service messages and other e-mails to this account.
The solution for Office Live Premium Subscribers is the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector. It allows you to use your Office Live e-mail account within your Microsoft Outlook desktop client, alongside but not replacing your existing ISP based e-mail setup.
The solution just works – and once installed will make sure you never miss those Office Live e-mails again!
Richard Tubb is one of the best-known experts within the global IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) community. He launched and sold his own MSP business before creating a leading MSP media and consultancy practice. Richard helps IT business owner’s take back control by freeing up their time and building a business that can run without them. He’s the author of the book “The IT Business Owner’s Survival Guide” and writer of the award-winning blog www.tubblog.co.uk
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