Howdenshire Computer Consultancy

14/09/2024

Hello everyone!

Below is a rather urgent appeal from my daughter Sadie (urgent, as the first deadline is Wednesday! 😱).....

"In July 2026, I will be part of a group of young volunteers who will go on a four-week expedition to Peru, with an organisation called Camps International.

I will be working on projects to tackle the problems in the local rural community:

1. Malnutrition: Peru has a complex malnutrition problem. 43.5% of children under 3 are anaemic, and 30% of children under 5 have stunted growth.

2. Poor access to education: 56% of students at age 10 are unable to read or understand simple text. Children in rural areas suffer the most.

3. Poverty: particularly prevalent in rural areas, with the national rural poverty rate at over 50%. Indigenous people living in remote rural areas are among the most affected by poverty.

We will be working on various projects from planting seeds, cultivating crops, to building schools, and working directly with the local community.

I will also be embarking on a four-day hike up Machu Picchu.

BUT... in order to be able to go, I need your help!

I need to fundraise £4720 in order to go,

Therefore, I am reaching out to you to ask if there is anything you could kindly spare to help me reach my goal.

I have to pay in these instalments:

£472 by 18th September 2024

£944 by 30th November 2024

£944 by 1st August 2025

£2360 by 1st May 2026

Anything at all would be greatly appreciated!

If you could also share this far and wide, that would be fabulous

I will keep everyone updated on all the fundraising events I organise, and my progress.

Many thanks,

Sadie"

Iʼm raising money to volunteer in rural Peru. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

11/07/2023

Long time since our last post. What's been happening.... Full Intune Design/Build and implementation for a FTSE 100 company across 9 Global Azure tenants. It has kept me busy. Architecture design including HLD and LLD documents and tenchincal implemetation. The technical side is always easier than the user impact side ! Although as an Architecht i love to build designs, It is key to understand the impact and work with communication teams and Business Analysts to make sure the business is in a ready state.

12/10/2022

Christmas is coming (shudder) 🙂 If you are in the market for custom built computers ready for the big day just get in touch. All builds will meet your budget and we can chat through the options.

We can also set up ipads & tablets with apps, accounts, parental controls etc so they're ready for Xmas Day.

For Azure and Office 365 solutions just send me a message.

Websites, Email, Sharepoint, OneDrive and automation or consultancy services available. As always friendly impartial advice to help you make the best decision for your needs.

As always this service is only available for the residents in our community and small businesses in the Howdenshire area 🙂

01/09/2022

How was your summer! 🧡

We are back from vacation and will be answering all queries ASAP.

Don't hesitate to get in touch if you require any advice, technical support or services 🖥

30/07/2022

We are still here for you all. Any local PC issues or upgrade advice. We aren’t just here for the big businesses. Friendly local advice on anything.

I’ve helped so many locals with IT issues I thoroughly enjoy it.

I have also helped FTSE 100 companies deliver their goals. Big or small just message me. Nothing too small or big an issue. Thank you for all your support.

16/05/2022

A new one today. A client was having issues with certain emails that contained a button to reset/set a new password within the email message body. The button would not do anything when clicked on and it just highlighted the button itself.

Office 2007 and Office 2010, I can’t confirm for later versions has a url limit of 1033 characters , anymore and it just does nothing !

You can get around this issue by opening up the email in Outlook and clicking on message options, pick the option for view in browser and then click the link.
Happy days and another issue resolved.

15/05/2022

It’s been a busy few months. Over 78k mailboxes,migrated and consolidated into a new Office 365 tenant. Mergers and acquisitions are really new to Microsoft and to business trying to give their users the best collaboration experience they can. Not many people have the experience to understand the complexity both from a technical aspect and the impact on the users.

New ventures begin soon on a different aspect of Office 355. A large project of over 100k users..

As always big or small I can assist local people with their issues and for those larger clients that want to embark on office 365 work then just get in touch with us.

Onto the next venture and thank you all for the support.

15/02/2022

I have spent a lot of time recently with migrating inactive mailboxes due to litigation hold or retention policies in place within Office 355. Many businesses have data retention policies of ten years and this particular client who were consolidating to a different tenant had more than most. 36 TB of data and circa 6400 mailboxes that are inactive and there only due to retention policies.

A lot of work but in a few weeks it will be all rehydrated in source from inactive to active mailboxes and then migrated to the target environment only to be made inactive again !

I love the big jobs but as always I love helping the community with smaller jobs. Nothing is too small and always willing to give friendly advice to the people of Eastrington and the surrounding areas.

07/02/2022

It’s been a busy few months with over 200Tb of data migrated and over 80k users between Microsoft Office 365 tenants. 8 Tenants consolidated due to merger and acquisitions. Office 365 decommissioning is new for everyone but having worked on so many now it’s getting easier.

I am still here for Howden, Eastrington and surrounding areas though for any PC builds, repairs, websites, health checks or just advice. Nothing too small and I’ll try my best to give you a speedy service.

02/10/2021

Do you need a simple to manage website? Something once setup, you can update yourself without paying fees. It could be a product store or a blog or even a community site. Just send me a message for advice and low fees on the initial setup. Leaving you in charge of your own website.

25/08/2021

The latest custom built PC gaming rig. Contact me for details and I can help you design to your own specification.

16/08/2021

Migration weekend for my latest client has been a success! Some late nights and long hours but over 4000 users migrated from one tenant to another. Teams/One Drive /SharePoint/Exchange data all migrated. It’s been a long weekend but I’ve had lots of support from some very clever people, making this a success.