Body: Last month, we came out with the ability to create Sways right from your Microsoft Photos albums and breathe life to your photos through Living Images. Thanks to your continuous feedback, we’ve added several features over the past weeks to make Sways even easier to create and more engaging for viewers. Add video to your Sways Whether it’s for your company newsletter, travel blog or classroom activity, video…
Read MoreOutlook on the web makes going on vacations less stressful
Body: Vacation is a time to relax. However, the weeks leading up to it can often be as stressful as the time off is fun, as you rush to get packed and finish all those important to-dos before you set your “Out of Office” message. We want to take one thing off your to-do list. Outlook on the web now makes it easier to clear your calendar and automatically decline…
Read More6 security red flags when identifying the perfect cloud storage solution
Body: For a long time, the cloud was considered the “wave of the future.” But the future has arrived. A great cloud storage solution not only allows your employees access to files anytime, anywhere—it also makes it simple to sync files, work on the go and share and coauthor documents with ease. But more than 50 percent of organizations find cloud storage to be the riskiest cloud app category. image:…
Read MoreIntroducing a new home page experience for Office 365 users
Body: Earlier this month, we began to roll out a new, more intuitive home page experience for Office 365 users. This update brings a fresh new look and feel to the Office 365 welcome page, and a range of new features for both administrators and users. We’re constantly looking for opportunities to improve the way our users get things done. The new Office 365 home page enables more consistent and…
Read MoreExMon now Avalilable to Exchange 2016
Body: ExMon enables system administrators to view and evaluate individual users’ usage and experience with Microsoft Exchange Server. Use the Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor to gather real-time data to better understand current client usage patterns, and to plan for future work. Administrators can view details on server resource utilization as reported through server-side tracing. This tool works with Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and 2016. The tool is provided as-is.…
Read MoreOneDrive for Business recognized as an EFSS leader and continues momentum with spring updates
Body: Today’s post was written by Jeff Teper, corporate vice president for OneDrive and SharePoint. OneDrive for Business has made significant progress in the last 6 months, and was recently named a Leader by Forrester Research in “The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise File Sync and Share Platforms, Cloud Solutions, Q1 2016.” You can read the report here. It’s an honor to get industry recognition like this, but we know there’s always…
Read MoreCan a shift to the cloud improve your security posture with Office 365?
Body: I recently returned from the RSA Conference in San Francisco, where each year the security community meets to discuss the latest security risks and concerns, share best practices and showcase new solutions. As the threat landscape continues to evolve, so do the stakes for staying ahead with security intelligence. IT is under pressure to be able to quickly prevent, detect and remediate to minimize the impact of attacks…
Read MoreWhat’s new in Office 365 administration—April update
Body: First, we’d like to thank each one of you who took the time to provide feedback on the new admin center. Since we started to roll it out as default experience, the amount of feedback has increased substantially, and we love reading every single message. Your feedback helps us prioritize our work, fix bugs and improve the overall experience and performance of the new admin center. This month, we…
Read MoreNew usage reports for SharePoint, OneDrive, Yammer and Skype now available
Body: For IT, understanding how people in your organization are using Office 365 is an important step in driving more usage and ultimately getting the utmost value from your investment in Office 365. That’s why we introduced the new reporting dashboard in the Office 365 admin center. Today, we’re pleased to announce the rollout of usage reports for SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, Skype for Business and Yammer, which give IT…
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