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Body: This month’s Power Query update includes 11 new or improved features including: Support for all Excel 2013 Desktop SKUs OData V4 support Unified Options dialog Option to disable the Native Database Queries prompt Support for custom ADFS Authentication Services Updated Facebook connector due to Facebook API changes Support for Fixed Decimal Number type Alternate Windows Credentials Online Search is now Data Catalog Search and in a new ribbon location…

Body: Coming Soon!​ ​ Are you an Office 365 IT administrator who is new to PowerShell? Are you looking for an Office 365 admin tool to automate repetitive administration tasks? Or perhaps you are looking to access additional capabilities that aren’t available in the Office 365 Admin Center? Through this site http://powershell.office.com/​, you will be able to browse through a selection of scenarios and script samples, and access additional resources…

Body: Large migration projects are never simple and it has always been challenging to move email archive data to the cloud. Two years ago we released the PST Capture Tool, which makes this process easier by locating PST files scattered across your organization, collecting them into one place, and then uploading the contents directly into Exchange Online mailboxes. But no matter how you cut it, moving dozens or hundreds of…

Body: At Microsoft Ignite, we announced some exciting new Office 365 admin features. We focused on two key themes important to you—the Office 365 IT administrator—visibility and control. Enhancing these attributes, gives you greater capability to monitor how your organization is running and enable the necessary controls to keep your data safe. Greater transparency with new Office 365 reporting dashboards To truly understand how your organization is running, you need…

Body: Heraclitus said, “No one steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he or she is not the same person.” We understand the transition you are making from traditional change management you drove in an on-premises software world to the faster pace of change you are experiencing with cloud services like Office 365. We understand that in a cloud services world, IT gives up…

Body: As a cloud services provider, we recognize that organizations understandably want to have full control over access to their content stored in cloud services. Today at RSA, we announced Customer Lockbox for Office 365, a new capability designed to provide customers with unprecedented control over their content in the service. Customer Lockbox gives customers explicit control in the very rare instances when a Microsoft engineer may need access to…

Body: Microsoft has announced that Yammer production services will move into Microsoft managed datacenters on May 16th, 2015. This is a significant milestone which brings increased capacity and compliance to Yammer, along with the full support of Microsoft Datacenter teams. For more information about Microsoft datacenters, please visit the Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure and Operations overview. As part of our move, you should note two things: • There will be scheduled downtime…