Improving visibility to service updates

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Those of you who have been following this blog have seen dozens of great improvements that we’ve shipped to Office 365 for business services over the last 18 months. In that time I’ve had the opportunity to discuss our roadmap and release processes with customers across the globe, and two major trends have become apparent to me. First, many of you are really excited about the new update…

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Simpler configuration and monitoring for Office 365 admins

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: As Microsoft noted in a previous blog post, they are on a journey to simplify the Office 365 admin experience. This simplification includes streamlining how you configure your environment, such as adding new domains, and providing you with more insight so that you can efficiently monitor your service. Add generic top-level domains from the Office 365 admin center Adding your domains to your Office 365 service provides key benefits to your…

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Determine the deployment method to use for Office 365 ProPlus

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: How to deploy Office 365 ProPlus, including a comparison of Office 365 portal and on-premises deployment methods ? There are two basic ways that you can deploy Office 365 ProPlus in your organization: A. Have users install Office 365 ProPlus directly from the Office 365 portal. B. Download the Office 365 ProPlus software to your local network and then deploy it to your users.   Which deployment method you…

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What is Office 365 for Business?

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​       Office 365 is the Office you know, on the devices you use most, whenever you need it and virtually wherever you are. Beginning with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Office 365 provides all the familiar apps you’ve come to depend on, along with a dynamic set of cloud connected tools that help you communicate, collaborate and get more done. See How Office 365 Works! Category:…

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Collaborating on an Office document in the web? Office Online is your obvious choice

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ I agree with Benjamin Park, a senior at the University of Michigan. Have you ever planned a family reunion, organized a charity event with a group of volunteers, or worked with other parents to develop a proposal for improved traffic safety in your neighborhood? When you have a project that calls for collaboration, you want an experience that will make your job easier, not more difficult. You want…

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Quick reference guide: Getting started with Office 365

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ The Microsoft Office 365 suite of cloud-based services and productivity tools helps you work and collaborate wherever you are, online or offline. Office 365 provides access to services like Microsoft Lync communications software and Microsoft SharePoint Online. It also includes the Microsoft Outlook messaging and collaboration client, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software, the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation graphics program, and the Microsoft OneNote note-taking program. And you can use them…

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New Exchange Online Protection (EOP) video series is live

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ The EOP documentation team has partnered with the EOP Support team to create a video series for getting started with EOP. This series is intended for new EOP customers and customers who have transitioned from FOPE. In this series, you will learn how to: Set up mail flow Configure IP allow and IP block lists Configure spam content filtering Find and release messages from the quarantine Configure the outbound…

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DirSync Change: Forcing/Manual Syncs

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ With the latest version of the DirSync tool, the method for how you perform a manual synchronization has changed. So up until the latest version of the DirSync tool (at the time of this writing version 6862.0000), in order to force a sync, we first had launch a Windows Powershell 2.0 console on the respective server and then navigate to “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Online Directory Sync” or “C:\Program Files\Windows…

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DirSync Change: Forcing/Manual Syncs

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ With the latest version of the DirSync tool, the method for how you perform a manual synchronization has changed. So up until the latest version of the DirSync tool (at the time of this writing version 6862.0000), in order to force a sync, we first had launch a Windows Powershell 2.0 console on the respective server and then navigate to “C:Program FilesMicrosoft Online Directory Sync” or “C:Program FilesWindows…

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