What’s new: March 2016

Body: ​ March brought a new tool for migrating your Evernote notes to OneNote, PowerPoint Designer enhancements and new language support in Office for Mac and Skype Translator, plus collaboration and Power Pivot updates. For business users, Skype for Business meetings experiences and voice services are being expanded, video viewer statistics are rolling out in Office 365 Video, a new reporting portal in the admin center is rolling out, new…

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Introducing Wunderlist, Facebook and Evernote in Outlook on iOS and Android Read more at https://blogs.office.com/2016/04/07/introducing-wunderlist-facebook-and-evernote-in-outlook-on-ios-and-android/#fqq4iFkZgp5xd66W.99

Body: ​ The Outlook team is passionate about making your life easier by helping you manage and make the most of your time. We believe this starts by having a clear and complete view of what your day looks like. Today, Outlook provides the ability to view calendars from Outlook.com, Office 365, Gmail, iCloud and more—all in one place—with your email, contacts and files all quickly accessible as well. But…

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Data Encryption Technologies in Office 365

Body: ​​This document describes the various technologies and processes, including various forms of cryptography and encryption, that are used to protect Office 365 data and systems . To best understand this document, it provides an overview of the various encryption technologies that are currently available or recently announced for Office 365, including features deployed and managed by Microsoft, and features available to and managed by Office 365 customers. This document also discusses…

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Take back your time with Delve Analytics

Body: ​ Earlier this week, business leaders from some of the most forward-thinking companies in the world gathered in New Orleans for the Microsoft Envision conference. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke about the digital transformation of society and business, and how the use of intelligent systems can empower organizations by helping people understand more about the way they work. So today, we wanted to provide a deeper look at one…

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Office 365 Video – What’s new

Body: Office 365 Video provides you a single tool for uploading, sharing and playing back videos anywhere on your company intranet—whether you use SharePoint Online and/or SharePoint Server on-premises. “It was difficult to find information in our original intranet. The Office 365 Video and Office Delve tools make it easy for our employees to reach into the firm and bring all our intellectual resources to bear on finding creative ways…

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Office 365 news roundup

Body: ​“Knowledge is power.” So said English philosopher and scientist Francis Bacon. Recently, Microsoft took several key steps to give admins more knowledge about Office 365 and more power to manage those services in support of users. First, we announced the new Office 365 admin center, which makes it faster, easier and more efficient to manage Office 365. Second, in conjunction with that announcement, we started rolling out the new…

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New reporting portal in the Office 365 admin center

Body: ​ Understanding how your users are using Office 365 is extremely important to you as an Office 365 admin. It allows you to efficiently monitor your service, identify issues, plan support and training and to report back on the investment to your management. Today, we’re excited to announce the new reporting portal, which provides you with valuable insights about how the Office 365 services are being used and delivers…

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SharePoint Server 2016 is available today – What’s new for admins in SharePoint Server 2016

Body: ​SharePoint Server 2016 is available today. If you’ve been evaluating the IT Preview and later releases since August, you’re aware of foundational updates we’ve made to SharePoint Server. For SharePoint admins this means improved provisioning and update management, new compliance tools to protect data and hybrid architectural options to link SharePoint Server 2016 with Exchange Server 2016 and Office 365. With today’s release, we’ve added a number of new…

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Office 365 – Integration and updates to Dynamics CRM

Body: ​Last May, we highlighted how Office 365 and Dynamics CRM work together to help boost productivity. Now, with capabilities spanning Office 365 Groups, the Office Graph and inherited Protection Center controls, the integration goes much deeper. This week, Microsoft Mechanics goes hands-on with the latest Dynamics CRM to highlight Office 365 integration for sellers, admins and developers. Eric Boocock from the Dynamics team joins me to demonstrate how CRM…

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