How to assess security, compliance and privacy capabilities in Office 365

Body: In keeping with our commitment to provide customers the utmost transparency, we have released a detailed overview of how Office 365 controls map to the security, privacy, compliance and risk management controls defined in the Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Control Matrix (CSA CCM). The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is a nonprofit organization led by a broad coalition of industry practitioners, associations, governments and corporate and individual members who are…

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Planner preview expanded to include more plans and additional First Release types

Body: ​ A few months ago, we began rolling out the preview of Office 365 Planner to Office 365 First Release customers with enterprise plans. Today, we are making the Planner preview available to customers with Education and Nonprofit plans, as well as to Government tenants in the multi-tenant environment. (Planner preview is not currently available to customers on Government Community Cloud). In addition, we are expanding the preview to tenants that…

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Yammer… Coming to an Office 365 tenant near you!

Body: ​Great News to all costumers of Office 365. Yammer service availability in Office 365 Office 365 is a compelling suite of productivity software that already includes Yammer with its most popular subscriptions. By seamlessly integrating with Office 365, Yammer is readily available to Office 365 users. For example, they can access Yammer by using the Yammer tile in the Office 365 app launcher, or start a Yammer conversation from…

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Collaborate in Office—Office tools to collaborate in and out of the classroom

Body: ​ Welcome to 2016! You may remember the release of Office 2016 and the new features it brought focused on collaboration. In the new year we will continue to plan, develop and release new features to help you collaborate—especially inside the classroom. Before these new features are released, let’s take some time to look at what’s already available to help you to collaborate in and out of the classroom! OneNote Class…

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Co-authoring Office documents in Yammer is now available!

Body: Last year we introduced the ability to view and edit Office documents in Yammer using Office Online. When we launched, it was only possible to have one person edit a document at a time. Today, we are very happy to announce that you can now have multiple people collaborating on a Word, PowerPoint or Excel file, right from within your Yammer group.  Getting started is easy. Simply upload a…

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Learn Key Functions of Office 365!

Body: Attend this FREE Microsoft Office 365 webinar to understand how to use Office 365 to take effective notes, work with co-workers on documents, discuss projects and understand what’s happening around the rest of your organization. A live presenter will walk through scenarios and encourage attendees to ask questions to find out how Office 365 can make them more productive. Register today: http://aka.ms/O365achievemore!       Using Office 365 to Achieve…

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Microsoft Office 365 Mapping of Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Control Matrix

Body: In all organizations the biggest concern of cloud is security​.  To a detailed overview of how Office 365 maps to the security, privacy, compliance, and risk management controls defined in the Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Control Matrix. In this document, Microsoft provides a detailed overview of how Office 365 maps to the security, privacy, compliance, and risk management controls defined in version 3.0.1-11-24-2015 of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Cloud…

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Sway Recycle Bin, full screen mode in Windows, Send to Sway add-in for OneNote (preview) and more!

Body: ​Today we are excited to announce: Sway now has a Recycle Bin Full screen mode in Sway for Windows 10 “Send to Sway” add-in for OneNote (preview) Drag/drop support for adding images in Sway for Windows 10 Nested Groups offer more formatting/layout combinations Sway is available in the Chrome Web Store Happy New Year from the Sway team! It’s now been a few months since Sway became generally available.…

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From Inside the Cloud—What protection exists for your data in Office 365?

Body: ​ It’s the New Year and one of the things that I hope gives you increased peace of mind in 2016 are the continued investments that we are making to protect your information within the Office 365 service, as I explain on our latest episode of “From Inside the Cloud.”   To put this into context, Office 365 has one of the largest data sets in the world. As…

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