Body: Ten million spam messages blocked every minute. That’s the average number of spam messages that are blocked by Microsoft every minute. However, every day attackers around the world find new techniques to attack your email. The threats take different forms, such as an unidentified spam campaign, an unknown malware, or a completely new virus. The ever-expanding world of such attacks keeps changing and, to better protect your email…
Read MoreSimpler, better instant messaging options in Lync 2013
Body: You asked, we listened. Today, we released an update to the Lync 2013 Windows client, which gives users the option to eliminate the images of senders and receivers in IM conversations without disabling them in the contact list. We also grouped all of the IM options in the Options dialog to make them easier to find and made a number of other improvements to our media stack to…
Read MoreOffice 365 URLs and IP addresses – How to don’t have problems
Body: If your organization restricts computers on your network from connecting to the Internet, you should allow outbound connections, also known as whitelisting, to ensure your computers can successfully use Office 365 Using URL whitelisting is the recommended approach due to the modern web architecture of Office 365. While IP whitelisting will work, there are a number of downsides to this approach, including: Web clients such as the Office 365 admin portal…
Read MoreOffice 365 news round-up
Body: Whether you use Office 365 at work, at school, or just as part of your everyday life, there is a growing array of features and capabilities that can help you be more productive and creative while protecting your privacy and personal data. We recently introduced three new Office 365 plans for small and medium-sized businesses, so that they can get exactly what they need. We also launched the…
Read MoreFrom Inside the Cloud: What controls do we provide to protect your data in transit in Office 365?
Body: In our last few posts in our From Inside the Cloud series, my colleagues and lead engineers, Perry Clarke, Vivek Sharma and Kamal Janardhan shared insider overviews on how we design and run various aspects of security, privacy and compliance in Office 365. Today, I would like to share an overview of the controls you have within Office 365 to protect your data in transit. As I explain in…
Read MoreGarage Series for Office 365: Delivering custom Office experiences with Azure RemoteApp
Body: On today’s show, Jeremy is joined by Klaas Langhout from the Azure team to discuss the pros and cons of delivering Office desktop experiences via RemoteApp. They balance the user experiences of native apps versus remote desktop architectures. Then Klaas demonstrates how quickly an Azure RemoteApp environment running Office can be set up. In our last two shows we covered how eligible students can get Office for…
Read MoreIntroducing a new way to share files with Outlook Web App
Body: We’re thrilled to announce two new ways to share files with Outlook Web App (OWA) and OneDrive for Business that make it much simpler to share and collaborate: When you send an email in OWA, you can easily insert a link to a file on your OneDrive for Business cloud drive instead of attaching the file itself. When you send an attachment from your computer or device you can now automatically upload the file to your OneDrive for Business cloud drive and share the file as…
Read MoreIntroducing OneNote class notebooks—a flexible digital framework for teaching and learning
Body: “OneNote is so much more than a piece of software, it is a framework for teaching and learning.” —Rob Baker, director of technology, Cincinnati Country Day School We’ve been tremendously proud over the years to see OneNote helping teachers revolutionize learning in their classrooms. Across the country and around the world, we’ve seen many classrooms innovating with OneNote to power 21st century digital learning experiences by: Empowering students…
Read MoreOffice 365 Learning Center
Body: Office 365 Learning Center for Business and Education Sign in and get started Step 1: Sign in Sign in to Office 365 Step 2: How to set up Install Office using Office 365 for Business Install apps on your mobile devices Step 3: Take a tour Learn your way around Your first days with Office 365 Get it done from anywhere Email and calendar on…
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