Frequently Asked Questions

• Why choose Blacknight?

  • Our support team provide assistance and guidance to help you get started the right way, helping with product setup and account creation.
  • As Ireland’s leading hosting provider, our expert staff have extensive experience resolving and troubleshooting issues raised by customers.
  • Our Irish based support team are only a phone call away to assist you with any issues during office hours.
  • Because we are a Microsoft Gold Partner, we have a priority escalation system in place. If we can’t resolve the issue directly, we will reach out to Microsoft on your behalf and get priority support from them.
  • Our team of engineers and support staff have extensive experience working with Microsoft Office systems. We know at which levels to address issues with Microsoft to ensure problems get resolved quickly.

• What if I already have Email Hosting?

  If you’d like to use your Blacknight registered domain with Microsoft Office 365, we can absolutely do that; however, you will have to move all your existing Blacknight Email accounts for that domain to Microsoft Office 365. You can’t just move some, so you will need a license for every address moving over. You will need an Microsoft Office 365 license for each user of that domain.

• What Type of Email Hosting Should I Choose?

  Email hosting comes as standard with our basic web hosting packages. This option is perfect for most small businesses and individuals, supporting a minimum of 5 mailboxes and upwards depending on the package chosen.

  If you’re really sure that you don’t want a website, our feature rich email hosting is incredible value!

  Microsoft Office 365 brings you Outlook, Exchange, One Drive and all the familiar Microsoft applications in the cloud, on desktop and mobile, with the support of Blacknight’s helpdesk at no extra charge!

• How do I log in to Microsoft Office 365

  Using your Microsoft Office 365 credentials, you can log in using Microsoft’s Portal here: https://portal.office.com

  You can log directly into your Webmail (OWA) here: https://outlook.office365.com

  For Administration, you can log into https://cp.blacknight.com

  

• Where Can I Find Answers to my Microsoft Office 365 Questions?

  The Blacknight Helpdesk contains a set of knowledgebase articles which are regularly updated with the answers to users’ most common technical questions about our products.

  Visit the Microsoft Office 365 Page on help.blacknight.com.

• Which desktop applications come with Microsoft Office 365

  If you have Business or Business Premium, you will get the latest versions of:

  • Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Excel
  • Outlook
  • OneNote
  • Skype for Business

  on both Windows and Mac

  Windows users will also get MS Publisher.

  The Enterprise E3 & ProPlus plans give you all of the above with MS Access.

• Does Microsoft Office 365 Work With Apple Computers?

  Microsoft Office 365 works with Apple OSX. You can install all the office software you are familiar with such as Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint on your Apple Mac.

• How does online document collaboration work?

  Word and Excel documents stored in your OneDrive for Business cloud storage can be simultaneously edited by anyone with adequate permission. Don’t worry. That doesn’t equate to several versions of files being saved online: you actually see any edits that are being made by other users as you go. This saves you having to send slightly updated documents via email to your colleagues.