Check out the top 10 security and privacy features that Office 365 Trust Center can offer your IT solutions team

Body: Top 10 lists Customers need a ready-to-go productivity solution that is inherently secure and trustworthy. Customers need a ready-to-go productivity solution that is inherently secure and trustworthy. To help you determine the security and trustworthiness of cloud productivity services and choose a cloud service provider that meets your security expectations, we have identified the key privacy and security considerations that should inform your decision.   Using these three top-ten…

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Switching to Office 365 for business

Body: ​ Today Microsoft are making it easier to move from earlier versions of Office desktop apps, and other products, to Office 365 for business. These printable guides contain useful tips, shortcuts, and screenshots to help you quickly find your way around. On Windows 8 devices, you can open and view the guides in the Windows 8 Reader app without any additional steps. To open and view them in earlier…

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Released: Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 5

Body:                                 The Exchange team has anounced the availability of our most recent quarterly servicing update to Exchange Server 2013. Cumulative Update 5 for Exchange Server 2013 and updated UM Language Packs are now available on the Microsoft Download Center. Cumulative Update 5 represents the continuation of our Exchange Server 2013 servicing and builds upon Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1. The release includes fixes for customer reported issues, minor…

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Office 365, From Inside the Cloud: Is your Data Safe at Rest?

Body: ​When your data is resting in the Microsoft data centers or within Office 365 services can you trust that it is safe at rest?Lead Office 365 engineer Vivek Sharma offers a simple walk through of the possible attack vectors and their mitigations at the physical, logical and user layers of Microsoft’s defense in depth approach. 3-4 minutes in length. Learn more too at www.trust.office365.com     Category: Office 365;…

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Office 365 – What’s the difference between Azure Active Directory and Azure Active Directory Premium?

Body: ​ The regular Azure Active Directory is free and is used by a number of services; additional Azure Active Directory tenants can be created through the Microsoft Azure portal (the same one you use to create virtual machines and so on). The free Azure Active Directory includes the following features: Self-service password change Basic security reports that show the geographical location and time your account was logged on Directory…

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The art of designing Office for iPad

Body:     Han-Yi Shaw is group program manager and design manager for Office for iPad. Hello once again from the Office for iPad team. We’ve hit a great milestone with over 27 million downloads of Office for iPad and we would like to say thank you to everyone who has tried out the apps and provided feedback to help us continually improve Office for you. Today we want to…

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Join the Office 365 Technical Network

Body: ​ Great news! Microsoft recently launched a new Yammer external network called the Office 365 Technical Network, where you can discover and share your knowledge and firsthand experience of Office 365 with technical professionals worldwide. Join more than 10,000 Office 365 IT Pros and technical experts from Microsoft for discussions about Office 365, Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, Project, and Visio. And today this network is better than ever with the addition of…

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Simplifying the Office 365 admin experience

Body: ​As an Office 365 IT admin, you are front and center in managing your Office 365 environment. With cloud-based services such as Office 365, your environment is always up to date. Not only do you always have the latest fixes, you also always have access to the latest innovations, such as Office Groups and Office Graph, and the latest productivity tools, including Office for iPad. With all the new…

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