Upcoming general availability of Azure RemoteApp

Body: ​ We’ve announced the upcoming general availability of Azure RemoteApp and its related pricing. Azure RemoteApp delivers Windows Server session-based applications from the Azure cloud to provide scale, agility, and global access to your corporate applications. With Azure RemoteApp, you can enable your users to access corporate applications from anywhere and on a variety of devices, scale up or down to meet the dynamic business needs without large capital…

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Video calling between Skype and Lync available now

Body: ​ In 2013, we enabled Lync users to contact people on Skype using instant messaging, presence, and audio calling right from your contact list.  I’m happy to say that we’ve now taken the next step by adding video calling between Lync 2013 and the latest Skype for Windows desktop client, available for download here.  Now Lync users can conduct everyday business and collaboration “face-to-face” with customers, partners and suppliers…

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Organize your holiday with OneNote

Body: ​Holiday shopping can be hectic. There’s so much to do in a narrow window of time that sometimes we can lose sight of the cheer in it all. Let OneNote help you keep everything in its place—so you can stress a little less and enjoy each moment a little more. Holiday gift lists Keep track of everyone you’re buying for with organized wish lists in OneNote. (Even convert handwriting…

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Office 365 – Customer Success Center available in multiple languages

Body: ​Office 365 Customer Success Center (http://success.office.com) is now also available in French, German, Italian, Spanish (Latam & Spain), Portuguese (Brazil & Portugal), Japanese and finally Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)! If you have not already looked at the O365 Customer Success Center; this new website is designed to help customers and partners drive adoption and business value. Targeting the change agents within organizations (Business Champions, or IT Managers) the Office 365 Customer…

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Bringing more search and more intelligence to Sway

Body: ​ From the beginning, Sway has aimed to help people easily create and share fantastic content that looks great on any device. Today, we’re thrilled to start bringing the intelligence of Bing Image Search into Sway Preview. These features allow you to search for content, review any applicable license terms, as well as expand Sway’s intelligent assistance to help you with content searches. It’s now easier than ever for…

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Improved Privacy for Azure AD MFA and Password Reset Phone Numbers

Body: ​ Over the past few months, as more and more of you use the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Self Service Password Reset (SSPR) capabilities of Azure AD Premium, you’ve requested and option to let employees keep the mobile phone numbers they are using for Azure MFA and Self Service Password Reset private so they are not be visible in the Office365 Global Address List. We’ve just turned on our…

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Office 365 performance management – Microsoft Virtual Academy course

Body: The Office 365 Team has developed a new course focused on performance management, featured within Microsoft Virtual Academy. The course titled, Office 365 performance management, includes eleven 45-90 minute modules covering topics like testing, troubleshooting, firewall configuration and best practices. Course instructors are experts in the topic and include Paul Andrew, senior technical product manager; Joshua Maher, senior content developer; Alice Appleton, business planner; Zach Rosenfield, principal PM lead; Ed…

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Santa’s Elves use OneNote to create giant wish list for Santa

Body: ​ Chances are, if you’ve ever dropped a letter to Santa in a mailbox—whether it was stamped or not, or addressed with “North Pole” or not—it ended up at a post office in one small town in southern Indiana. Why Indiana? It’s because that town is called, for reasons too complex to relay logically here, “Santa Claus” and the U.S. Postal Service, cleverly and with no better alternative, began…

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Clip Art now powered by Bing Images

Body: ​ Starting today, customers searching for Online Pictures in Office desktop products worldwide will view and download royalty-free images curated through Bing Images.  The Office.com Clip Art and image library has closed shop. Usage of Office’s image library has been declining year-to-year as customers rely more on search engines. Bing Image Search has higher quality images that are more up-to-date. For example, searching for “cellphone” gives more variety and…

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