Connecting AD and Azure AD: Only 4 clicks with Azure AD Connect

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ AAD Connect is a single wizard that performs all of the steps you would otherwise have to do manually for connecting Active Directory and local directories to Azure Active Directory: Downloads and installs pre-requisites like the .NET Framework, Azure Active Directory Powershell Module and Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant Downloads, installs and configures Dirsync (and in the future, AAD Sync), and enables it in your Azure tenant Configures…

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Office for iPad: now with Presenter View, Pivot Table interaction, Send as PDF, and more top-requested features

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Four months ago we released Office for iPad—the world’s best productivity experience reimagined for a mobile-first, cloud-first world. Since then millions of you have had the chance to use Office for iPad and provide feedback, and we’ve been hard at work delivering updates for the things you’ve asked for the most. Today we’re sharing the next wave of updates to Office for iPad. We’ve done a ton of…

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SharePoint Online simplifies admin interface plus adds new controls over user experience

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Mark Kashman (@mkashman) is a senior product manager on the SharePoint marketing team. Narrow in on what is important—the task at hand. And when that changes, refocus. The journey to simplify the Office 365 admin experience continues, this time with a focus on simplifying the SharePoint Online admin center. For those admins who don’t specialize in deep SharePoint management, our goal is to allow you to manage the…

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New Office 365 admin tools

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Lawrence Chiu is a senior product marketing manager for the admin experience on Office 365. On our journey in simplifying the Office 365 admin experience, we’ve introduced new features over the past few months. These include: streamlining commonly used administrative tasks, proactive DNS records checks and more detailed reports  and continuous enhancements to Message Center so that you can stay up to date with Office 365 service communications. Today, we’re…

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Spam email and Office 365 environment – Overview

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: I wanted to write a series of blog posts talking about email spam in Office 365. While majority of spam mail is blocked by the Office 365 mail security gateways, there are no perfect systems that will block 100% of spam all the time, some can still get through. In case that we do experience spam mail, we can use several tools and configuration options that are available for…

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Spam email and Office 365 environment – Overview

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: I wanted to write a series of blog posts talking about email spam in Office 365. While majority of spam mail is blocked by the Office 365 mail security gateways, there are no perfect systems that will block 100% of spam all the time, some can still get through. In case that we do experience spam mail, we can use several tools and configuration options that are available for…

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Microsoft Free ebooks, nearly 300 free, tip-packed ebooks and resource guides

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Get ready to drink deep from the fountain of knowledge. As he’s done in years past, Microsoft senior sales excellence manager Eric Ligman has compiled a veritable flood of free Microsoft ebooks and other resources, offering up nearly 300 free guides for your reading pleasure. and other FAQs​ Category: News; Ideas; How to do Published: 7/29/2014 8:52 ]]>

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Microsoft Azure – Cost Estimator Tool Released in Beta

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ ​             One of the more challenging things for companies considering a full or partial move to the Cloud is producing data on actual costs. Any move to the Cloud has to show cost savings or it’s simply not worth it. If a company decides to migrate for any other reason, they’re doing it wrong. Microsoft has released a new tool into beta that profiles existing…

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