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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Office 365 – Learning and Education Roundup

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ The are here a few links to learn more from Office 365. You can learn the product in separate categories. For Beginners Resource Description Usefulness What is Office 365 for business? Microsoft’s Office 365 main product website is comprehensive with links to use cases, features, versions, pricing, and learning materials. It’s a great place to start. ***** Getting to know Office 365 eBook Has very high level use…

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Office 365 – Sharepoint Hybrid – New interactive training for hybrid computing now available

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Hybrid computing is the intersection between traditional on-premises and cloud computing models. Deploying a hybrid scenario is useful when you need to realize ROI on existing on-premises investments, when you require a bridge between on-premises and cloud to support migration, or if you’re not ready to move to the cloud all at once. We are committed to continued innovation and guidance for those of you who are deploying…

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Call Quality Methodology scorecard for Lync Server

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ The Lync team wants your users to be delighted about the quality of every Lync call they make. We built the new Call Quality Methodology (CQM) scorecard to help you reach this goal. The CQM scorecard was released in the June update of the Lync Network Guide. The Call Quality Methodology is described in Appendix C of the guide. The scorecard is an Excel spreadsheet that loads all…

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Visualizing the World Cup history with Excel and Power BI

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​From Marc Reguera, finance director, Microsoft Besides my family and friends, I have two additional passions in life: soccer and data visualization. Like most kids growing up in Europe, my dream was to become a soccer professional. I wanted this so badly that I actually followed my dream, and I played 3rd division for the Paris Saint Germain’s youth team in France. My father was smart in making sure…

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Office 365 for IT professionals: Part 1

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: We recently released an Office 365 Fundamentals online course through the Microsoft Virtual Academy. This course helps IT professionals understand some of the basics of Office 365. For more advanced learning, check out the Managing Office 365 Identities and Services course. These courses have the added benefit of helping you prepare for the MCSA: Office 365 certification. In this new blog post series, we want to share some additional…

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