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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OWA for Android now available on select devices

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​At the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) in March, Microsoft has announced that will be bringing a native OWA mobile app to Android phones. Today, Microsoft are pleased to announce a pre-release of this app available in the Google Play store.   During this pre-release, we’ll be gathering feedback, fixing bugs and making sure the app is ready for prime time! The app distribution will be limited to a few…

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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 FilesMicrosoft Online Directory Sync” or “C:Program FilesWindows…

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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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Welcome to the Office 365 Readiness and Adoption Kit

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​This kit will help you browse through resources available to help you drive Office 365 end-user adoption within your organization, including awareness and communications materials, learning resources, and change management guides.   Download – http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/8/8/888235E5-583B-47A0-B600-E2D7A45CB2A4/Office%20365%20Adoption%20Kit_Final.zip Category: How to do; Ideas; News; Office 365; Opinions Published: 6/5/2014 17:24 ]]>

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From Inside the Cloud: Who has access to your data within Office 365?

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Perry Clarke is the corporate vice president in Office Server and Services. Vivek Sharma is the director of program management in Office Server and Services. Vivek Sharma: In our last From Inside the Cloud post, “Is your data safe at rest?,” we looked at possible physical and logical threat vectors and the various mitigations in place with our defense-in-depth approach, including penetration testing. We also summarized some of…

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Check out the top 10 security and privacy features that Office 365 Trust Center can offer your IT solutions team

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Top 10 lists Customers need a ready-to-go productivity solution that is inherently secure and trustworthy. Customers need a ready-to-go productivity solution that is inherently secure and trustworthy. To help you determine the security and trustworthiness of cloud productivity services and choose a cloud service provider that meets your security expectations, we have identified the key privacy and security considerations that should inform your decision.   Using these three top-ten…

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Switching to Office 365 for business

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Today Microsoft are making it easier to move from earlier versions of Office desktop apps, and other products, to Office 365 for business. These printable guides contain useful tips, shortcuts, and screenshots to help you quickly find your way around. On Windows 8 devices, you can open and view the guides in the Windows 8 Reader app without any additional steps. To open and view them in earlier…

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