So recently the company I work for moved to office 365........ Even thought i told them it would be a bad idea. But anyway we have it now and that is that and as i look around the web I'm find lots of other people who are in the same boat so I have decided to write a post on what I have learned about 365.
1. Kaspersky hates it.
During the online installation Kaspersky will go nuts scanning all the files being downloaded by the install and it really slows down the install process..... alot. The only fix i have found for this is to temperately disable Kaspersky (I normally do it for 30mins or so).
Also if you are getting a computer ready for a new user and it needs Kaspersky and 365 on it you are in for a treat. If you install Kaspersky first the 365 installer takes forever if you install 365 first kaspersky has trouble doing the network install from the management server (normally only getting to 50% in the installation process and then stopping).
The way I have been dealing with this is by installing 365 first then in the Kaspersky management server deleting the target computer from Unassigned computers>Domains "YourDomainName" and Workgroup then you can normally run the installer without issue.(Normally)
2. File Extensions-
Well this is a tricky issue. After installing 365 you loose all of your office file extensions and none of your office apps show up in the default programs list. So far I have only found 2 ways to fix this.
Method 1: manually find all the office extensions and map them to the correct exe. For example:
Find a .doc file right click on it go to open with and "choose default program" then click on browse and navigate to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15 and find WINWORD.EXE. The problem with doing it this way is that it is time consuming but it will always work.
Method 2: Microsoft suggests you run the repair tool to fix the problem. In order to do this go to Control Panel then open "Add or Remove Programs" Click on Microsoft Office 365 (it may also show up as 2013) and click the change button and choose online repair wait for it to completely finish the repair and try to open your files again. The problem with this method is sometimes it fails and uninstalls 365 from your computer.
3. Limited offline usage.
Once a user is offline they only have a limited amount of time to use their office apps(I believe 3 days) after that 365 states that need to renew your subscription and wont let you use office until you are back online.
4. Aero Themes can cause errors in outlook
I have ran into cases where users will not be able to open outlook at all when they use Aero themes in windows 7.
Outlook will start opening but never make it past the part where it says its loading their profile. Most of the time switching to a basic theme will fix this issue.
These are the main issues I have found. If you know of more or if you know of better fixes please let me know.
