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Office Remote for Android

While practicing for the upcoming PASS Summit  Speaker Idol contest it occurred to me that it would be great if I could use my Android phone to control my Powerpoint deck.  I also recalled Lindsay Clark holding her phone while she was doing her talk this past week at SQL Saturday Orlando . So, I searched the Google Play Store and lo and behold there it was,  Office Remote for Android . The instructions to install it are very good but I did have issues getting my laptop to pair with my HTC One M9 phone. To resolve the issue, I had to uninstall and reinstall the Bluetooth drivers to get it working because my Windows 8.1 laptop wasn't recognizing ANY Bluetooth devices. Also, I set the Log On as account to NT AUTHORITY\LocalService for the Bluetooth Support Service. It was then able to find my phone and pair with it. The following links were very helpful. I did not have to do the registry change suggested in the first link to get this working.  https://superuser.com/quest

PASS Summit 2015 Speaker Idol Contestant!

Yes. I have finally been selected to speak at PASS Summit!  For at least 5 minutes.  Along with 11 others in the Speaker Idol contest. If I get to speak for another 5 minutes, I might win a slot at next year's Summit for a full session. No pressure. By the way, they are live streaming the event from a room that can hold 250 people. No pressure. I was pretty excited when I saw the e-mail from Denny Cherry that I had been selected but it also comes with an equally heavy dose of dread.  What will I talk about for 5 minutes? How will I handle such a big room?  Will Poe Dameron save me?  Come to the Speaker Idol session on Friday at PASS Summit to find out.