Body: Sway Preview is all about working with you, our customers, to help continue improving the product and shape Sway’s future together. We’ve been making progress, including the addition of Bing Image Search and Suggested searches earlier this month. Today we have more exciting news to share! Expanding Sway Preview: no waiting It’s been only 10 weeks since we kicked off Sway Preview, and we’ve already had over one…
Read MoreThe Sway philosophy
Body: Since announcing Sway on October 1st, we’ve heard from thousands of you who signed up to join the Sway Preview. We’re thrilled that so many of you see the benefit of Sway in your own life. We also know that many of you want to understand more about why we developed Sway. In this post, I’ll take you through more of the background behind Sway and the philosophy behind…
Read MoreAzure Remote App What is it ?
Body: RemoteApp is a program that allows your organization’s applications to run in the Azure cloud, where they can be easily scaled or updated, and your users can access them anywhere using their internet-connected device. Similar to remote desktop services, Azure RemoteApp combines the best of both worlds, allowing users to harness Windows applications on any of their devices, including iOS or Android tablets and smartphones. Run Windows applications anywhere…
Read MoreAzure AD Premium is now available for purchase in the Office365 portal!
Body: You can now purchase Azure AD Premium through the Office 365 commerce catalog. You can now easily add Azure AD Premium services such as self-service password reset and group management, as well as premium reports and application access management capabilities to your directory. Click here for more information! Category: Office 365; How to do; News Published: 12/13/2014 10:21 ]]>
Read MoreFirst look at Insights for Office in Word Online—bringing the knowledge of the web to your document
Body: Earlier we announced Insights for Office in Word Online, a brand new feature that brings information you want into your document, in a seamlessly integrated experience that lets you explore as you are working. In this post, we give you a more detailed description of Insights for Office and how it can help enhance the understanding of the content that you are working with in Word Online. In…
Read MorePower View interactive visualizations and PivotTables can now be embedded in blogs and websites
Body: Embedding Excel spreadsheet tables and charts in a webpage or blog is a popular and well-known feature, which has allowed companies and individuals to share data and visualizations to public audiences in effective ways. But telling a story with data has become so much more than basic tables and charts. Some of you have been using Power View to create dynamic and interactive visualizations or shared PivotTable analysis…
Read MoreNew Android for Lync features—Anonymous Join, Passive Authentication and Contact Management
Body: The holiday season is here and the Skype for Business team is bringing Android users some great presents. In this new release, we include Anonymous Join, Certificate & Passive Authentication, Contact Management, and some significant performance enhancements and bug fixes. We believe that enabling users to function fully on a mobile platform is a fundamental part of a mobile-first world, so we’re excited to introduce these new features…
Read MoreWrapping up the year with a boat load of Azure AD news!
Body: It’s been quite a year here for us on the Azure AD team. We now have over 4 million organizations using Azure AD and as of yesterday, we’ve just completed our 1 TRILLIONTH authentication. And with the general availability (GA) of Azure AD Premium and its inclusion in the Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) in May, we have seen amazing customer traction for the new capabilities that we continue…
Read MoreThe Microsoft Hybrid Cloud – Best Practices Guidance
Body: A hybrid cloud enables an organization to optimize IT resources by keeping critical data on-premises, while providing limitless scale, compute, storage, and networking for the countless day-to-day needs of your operation and your workforce. This course introduces best practices for planning, building, deployment, and operation of a Microsoft hybrid cloud for IT Pros. Here is a Virtual Academy to learn more. http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/the-microsoft-hybrid-cloud-best-practices-guidance?prid=ca_ITProMVP_ALL Category: How to do; News; Servers Published: 12/11/2014 17:20 ]]>
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