About

Mike Craven is a software developer specializing in the writing of add-ins for Microsoft’s Windows Server Solutions (Windows Server 2016 Essentials, Windows Server 2016 Standard/Datacenter (with WSEE added), and Windows Server 2019 / 2022 / 2025 Standard/Datacenter (with WSEE installed)) and the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, etc.).

Mike founded his company, The Office Maven, over twenty years ago (spurred on, and named by, his dear friend Woody Leonhard). He leads a modest life, alongside his wife Renee, in the Southeastern region of the United States of America. When Mike’s not busy writing, selling, and supporting his software, he’s out riding mountain bikes with his wife and friends:

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😉 Special thanks to Renee Craven, Bridget Simone, Evelyn Woollen, Woody Leonhard, and Alexander Kent for all of their help and encouragement throughout the years. And of course a HUGE shoutout to Microsoft, as without them, none of this would have ever of been possible!

🙄 Never thought I’d see the day arrive, but we’re now living in an absolute clown world! If you can’t recognize what’s happening to us all, then you really should read George Orwell’s 1984… "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." – George Orwell

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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." – George Orwell

Feel free to contact Mike with any questions or comments via the Support page, or you may…

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  • Someone asked:
    on February 17, 2017 1:02 am
    Do you have any contact phone number?
    • Mike replied:
      on February 17, 2017 4:12 am
      Alas, I'm afraid not. You can use the Support page to contact us.
  • Someone asked:
    on January 3, 2017 1:59 pm
    Do you have special pricing for charities/nonprofits?
    • Mike replied:
      on February 2, 2017 8:57 am
      Alas, I'm afraid not.
  • Someone asked:
    on November 21, 2016 7:20 pm
    Mike, Any plans to have WSE Remote App 2016 work with Server 2016 Datacenter with Essentials Experience Role installed?
    • Mike replied:
      on November 21, 2016 9:24 pm
      WSE RemoteApp 2016 works great with Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (with the WSEE server role). I simply don't list it as being one of the supported operating systems because its $6,155 price tag is most likely out of the range of my target customer base. Standard and Datacenter are identical as far as WSE RemoteApp is concerned.
  • Someone asked:
    on July 15, 2016 12:22 pm
    What brand/model of mountain bike do you ride?