Updates to Office experiences on Windows tablets and iPad Pro

Body: It’s been just over a year since we last went hands-on with Office app experiences running on Windows 10 tablets. This week Ben Walters returns to give a tour of recent updates to Office experiences spanning Sway, Excel, PowerPoint and Word Mobile apps for Windows 10 tablets and what’s new with Office on the iPad Pro.   We demonstrate time savers and touch optimizations in Excel, slide design and…

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Azure AD Connect 1.1

Body: ​With the release of Azure AD Connect 1.1 there are many changes like Faster sync times, automatic upgrades and more! The enhancements to Azure AD Connect that we’ve released at 18/2/2016 are:  Reduction in the sync interval to keep your Azure AD in sync with AD on-premises more quickly Support for automatic upgrades Ability to switch between sign-in methods through the wizard to enable faster pilots Support for Domain and OU…

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Yammer Per User Licensing and Domain Life-cycle Management

Body: ​ As Yammer gets further integrated in Office 365, administrators can manage key aspects of the Yammer service from Office 365, including identity, domain and license management.  Per User Licensing On January 15, we announced that you can manage Yammer licenses in Office 365, and that administrators will have the option to block users without licenses by the first quarter of 2016. In the first phase Yammer licenses can be…

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Office 365 – Auditing, reporting and storage improvements for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business

Body: ​ Auditing, reporting and storage improvements for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business has a bunch of information about numerous updates our engineering team has been working on to enable greater visibility on more actions and activities within Office 365, key storage improvements and more: Auditing and reporting for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business, for both user and admin activities like share, file and folder and sync actions. 10GB…

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8 features you didn’t know you needed for online meetings

Body: ​ When it comes to business communication, face-to-face meetings are always a popular pick. But with company branches scattered across the country—and often, the world—virtual meetings are becoming a frequent choice. Not only can online collaboration save time, but money as well. In fact, according to Verizon Conferencing, virtual meetings between five or more people are at least seven times less expensive than face-to-face meetings that require travel. That’s…

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Deferred Channel build now available for the Office 365 Client apps

Body: ​ The first Office 365 Deferred Channel build (previously known as Current Branch for Business) is now available for Microsoft Office 365 for Windows (including Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Project Pro for Office 365 and Visio Pro for Office 365). The Deferred Channel allows organizations to choose an update schedule that reduces the frequency of feature changes for the Windows desktop apps, enabling IT admins and developers…

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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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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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