Unofficial Spiceworks

With performance improvements of up to 20% this beta is really worth testing and providing feedback on. As well as all the new features below there are also 100's of bug fixes to help improve your experience.

– Tracking for licenses shared across multiple software apps – You are now able to track volume licensee of products other than Microsoft and also change individual keys into volume license keys
– Improved ticket form, foreign language email support, and cloud service management – The new ticket form us been updated to allow better support for custom attributes and better language support
– Office 365 integration with a dashboard view of your mailboxes
– Windows Intune plugin to send alerts straight to your help desk
– Minuteman UPS Support
Check it out at the link below

Remember this is only a beta so don't use it in production

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5.3 Beta II Build Now Available (5.3.75618)
By: Nic (Spiceworks), Forum: Spiceworks 5.3, The second build of the Spiceworks 5.3 beta is now available for you to try out. Testing and feedback from you is an integral part of every release cycle …

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Spiceworks yesterday announced that they have partnered with a 3rd party to provide SpiceHeads with a completely flexible way of renewing their warranty.

They spoke to many SpiceHeads and found many no longer had warranties because:

* PC device warranties are too expensive
* They can't afford to pay upfront for a multi-year warranty
* They don't have an option to cancel mid-contract if you want/need to save some money

So they teamed up with a company called "Monthly Warranty" which makes things cheaper and easier to manage. You can choose the coverage duration that matches your needs. You can also create service tickets against any of your existing devices already under warranty. Rest assured that Monthly Warranty is supported by Worldwide TechServices who conducts services on behalf of several tier 1 OEMs.
Checkout more at http://www.monthlywarranty.com/spiceworks/

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Finally… warranty renewals done right! – Spiceworks Community
By: Nick B (Spiceworks), Forum: Spiceworks Blog, Hi SpiceHeads, We've chatted with a number of you about what you love (and hate) about device warranty renewals and here are your main points: PC …

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The main things in this release are:

Windows Intune Plugin – With Spiceworks 5.3, seamlessly receive your Windows Intune alert notifications into the Spiceworks Helpdesk. Meaning – you’ll be able to assign a sysadmin to tackle the issue in a cleaner ticketing process, right at your fingertips!

Microsoft Office 365 Integration – Looking for a quick and easy way to view Windows Office 365 in Spiceworks? 5.3 beta delivers! We brought Google Apps and Rackspace into your cloud services panel, and now we’re at it again. With Spiceworks 5.3 beta, we’ll auto-scan and detect your Office 365 and provide a dashboard level view of your mailboxes and distribution groups.

Cloud Services improvements - You can now add notes, attachments and contacts to cloud services. There are also lots of improvements in how cloud services are detected and added

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5.3 Beta: Time to give IT a whirl! – Spiceworks Community
By: Andrew B. (Spiceworks), Forum: Spiceworks Blog, Spiceworks 5.3 beta is live for the testing. If you’d like to be on “cloud nine,” click here.   Here’s how Spiceworks 5.3 beta is further simplifyi…

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With Spiceworks 5.2 having been out for a while version 5.3 is on the way, the team have started to work on some new features which include:

* Office365 integration
* Windows Intune Plugin
* Lots of bug fixes

So make sure you follow the Spiceworks 5.3 group on the community to get the latest:

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Spiceworks 5.3 – Spiceworks Community
Spiceworks 5.3 beta will begin shortly. Follow the group to be notified about the builds

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Are you a Google+ fan? Well make sure you circle the Spiceworks and Unofficial Spiceworks pages.

Spiceworks – https://plus.google.com/108660400379322656127
Unofficial Spiceworks – https://plus.google.com/101369196756864627279/

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Spiceworks
A cool IT start-up in Austin, TX., Spiceworks delivers a free "Everything IT" network management and help desk app used by 1 million IT pros worldwide (who chose an orange T-Rex – SpiceRex! – to repre…

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Wow its been a busy week since I got back from SpiceWorld 2011, I’m in the process of writing up about the event but finding the time to do anything after two weeks holiday (as most of you know) is a pain.

I just had to share the latest Spiceworks video which involves Zombies vs SpiceRex

You can make sure your ready for a Zombie Apocalypse by following Justins how-to here.

Not long till SpiceWorld

Not long till SpiceWorld, tonight the celebrations start with the Welcome Kick–off Party at Six Tap Room in Austin.

Hopefully will get to meet a load of you over there during the course of the event.

Also make sure if you can't make it follow the livestream at http://www.spiceworks.com/spiceworld/2011/

This post originally came from Andrew’s Google+ to make it easier to ensure updates are posted though-out the event. Make sure you look out for the full in-depth write-ups when they come out.

Well I (akp982) have make it to 500,000 points which is double the amount you need to reach pure capsaicin (250,000) which is currently the highest level within the Spiceworks community.

I orginally made it to pure in feb last year, Unofficial Spiceworks post, Official Spiceworks post. 5 months later Scott Alan Miller made it, Unofficial post, Official post.

It is believed that its still only me and Scott who have made it this far. Hopefully someone else wont be too far behind.

My current stats:

• Joined Mar 27, 2008
• 12,126 Contributions
• 450 Reviews
• 2,594 Best Answers
• 1,422 Helpful Posts
• 51 How-tos
• 5 Plugins
• 7 Reports
• 10 Scripts
• 673 Referrals

I set myself the goal of making it before Spiceworld 2011 and I have managed this with a week and 1 day to spare. I look forward to meeting a load of you over there and good luck with your point quests.