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Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Monday, 2 September 2013
Microsoft is doubling the storage capacity of inboxes for those using Exchange Online and Office 365
Microsoft is doubling the storage capacity of inboxes for those using
Exchange Online and Office 365. The rollout from 25GB to 50GB is already
under way and should be completed sometime in November according to a
post on the Office 365 blog.
Customers using Exchange Online Plan 1, Office 365 Small Business, Midsize Business, Enterprise E1, Government G1 and Education A1 are among those that will see the mailbox capacity boost.
Those on one of Microsoft’s premium service plans (Exchange Online Plan 2, Office 365 Enterprise E3 and E4, Government G3 and G4, Education A3 and A4) already enjoy unlimited e-mail storage through their personal archive but now the default primary mailbox size is increasing to 50GB. It is worth pointing out there will be no extra charge for the additional storage and the transition will happen seamlessly behind the scenes.
Elsewhere, shared mailboxes and Resources mailboxes are both increasing to 10GB (more than double) and Kiosk user mailboxes are doubling in capacity from 1GB to 2GB. The size of Site mailboxes remains unchanged, Microsoft said.
The changes come just days after Microsoft tripled the file storage capacity on SkyDrive Pro. Office 365 and SharePoint customers previously were afforded just 7GB of storage but that’s now been boosted to 25GB.
Overall, the new storage limits push Microsoft ahead of Google Drive’s storage capacity that’s shared across Drive and Gmail. One has to wonder if the search giant will take notice and boost user capacity in response
Customers using Exchange Online Plan 1, Office 365 Small Business, Midsize Business, Enterprise E1, Government G1 and Education A1 are among those that will see the mailbox capacity boost.
Those on one of Microsoft’s premium service plans (Exchange Online Plan 2, Office 365 Enterprise E3 and E4, Government G3 and G4, Education A3 and A4) already enjoy unlimited e-mail storage through their personal archive but now the default primary mailbox size is increasing to 50GB. It is worth pointing out there will be no extra charge for the additional storage and the transition will happen seamlessly behind the scenes.
Elsewhere, shared mailboxes and Resources mailboxes are both increasing to 10GB (more than double) and Kiosk user mailboxes are doubling in capacity from 1GB to 2GB. The size of Site mailboxes remains unchanged, Microsoft said.
The changes come just days after Microsoft tripled the file storage capacity on SkyDrive Pro. Office 365 and SharePoint customers previously were afforded just 7GB of storage but that’s now been boosted to 25GB.
Overall, the new storage limits push Microsoft ahead of Google Drive’s storage capacity that’s shared across Drive and Gmail. One has to wonder if the search giant will take notice and boost user capacity in response
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Afrihost DNS issues - work around until issues are solved 28 August 2013
Afrihost ADSL clients may experience errors with Web Browsing, YouTube access, Sending & Receiving Email and other services due to a DNS error on MTN network.
Here is a solution until the issues are solved
If your router has Afrihosts DNS servers in it or its set on 'Obtain
DNS automatically' , Log into your router and change it to Googles DNS
Primary DNS: 8.8.8.8
Secondary DNS: 8.8.4.4
If your router is set on obtain automatically your can use an alternative method but will have to do this on each individual computer.
Go to your network adaptor (wireless or LAN local area connection) settings right click select properties.Select Internet protocol version 4 (TCP/IP v.4) >>> Click 'Properties'
Then select the radio button 'Use the following DNS server adresses:' put in Googles Primary & Secondary DNS settings mentioned above. Click okay and now you should have browsing and email access again
If you have any questions please leave comments.
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