Nexus: News

Three years ago today I had 3.2kW of solar panels and a 5kW battery installed on my home. Heating and hot water, currently, come from a gas combi boiler – boo! – but that’ll change… Should you do the same … Continue reading →

I was deeply saddened to learn that Alexis O’Connor died suddenly on Monday 19th January. He had worked at the University for many years, since 2004, long ago enough to have what became known as a ‘vanity’ single-sign-on login name.  Over … Continue reading →

Zoom can do it. Teams ought to be able to do it too. At first glance, it can’t. But there is a way…. The workaround depends on the fact that there are some basic animated backgrounds already present, which can … Continue reading →

We’ve had a number of queries recently relating to the Room Finder. The key thing to be aware of is that this information, although some of your rooms’ info may be in the address list, the Room Finder data is generated … Continue reading →

Based on the last 90 days’ data: The busiest day to try and book a meeting in one of our Teams rooms is Tuesday. The most-occupied meeting time is the 11am to noon timeslot, closely followed by 10am to 11am … Continue reading →

Since I first implemented DMARC back at the beginning of the year I wanted to tighten the policy we had initially set. The idea behind DMARC is to allow recipients of email to better differentiate genuine content from spammers who … Continue reading →

In their infinite wisdom, Microsoft have enabled the Clipchamp service plan – by default – for academic licences prior to the necessary back-end functionality being in-place to provide that service. Until this is resolved it should be expected that Clipchamp … Continue reading →

If you are bulk-sending to Gmail you need to be fully aware of their sender guidelines. Be aware that non-compliance with these rules will now result in messages being sent to spam folders, at best, or rejected, at worst. There … Continue reading →

Last October Google announced that they would be tightening up their standards for what is acceptable in terms of large quantities of email from a single sending domain. Yahoo! made a similar announcement at the same time. The first key point … Continue reading →

Every migration is different, so the best method will differ too.  But the use of standard protocols, and Microsoft’s vested interest in getting more people onto their platform, mean that migrating into  Nexus365 is usually straightforward, reliable, and simple.   … Continue reading →