Microsoft details what’s new in Office 365 to kick off 2014

Body:                                                          We’re moving into the second month of 2014 and Microsoft has published a new entry on the Office 365 blog, detailing improvements implemented last month for a variety of products and features of the online Office suite. Just in case you managed to miss anything in January. Whether you’re a Home Premium subscriber or opted for the Office 365 business package, head past the break to see…

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It’s Official: Microsoft Names Satya Nadella as CEO

Body:     Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it has selected Satya Nadella to be its new CEO, replacing Steve Ballmer. Cofounder Bill Gates will step down as chairman of the board of directors—to be replaced by John Thompson—and will act as technology advisor to the new CEO. “Our industry does not respect tradition, it only respects innovation,” Nadella said in a prepared statement. “The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is…

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Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager Protects Hyper-V VMs

Body: ​       If you think that Microsoft lags behind VMware in virtual machine (VM) site protection, you might want to take a look at Microsoft’s new Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager. On January 16, 2014, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manger.    Microsoft’s Answer To VMware’s Site Recovery Manager Hyper-V Recovery Manager is Microsoft’s answer to VMware’s Site Recovery Manager (SRM). Hyper-V…

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Lync – New Lync Connectivity Analyzer

Body: Microsoft Lync Connectivity Analyzer (32 Bit) ​ Microsoft has released a new version of the Lync Connectivity Analyzer, a tool which helps to determine if the deployment and the configuration of Office 365 (Lync Online) and Lync On Premises match the prerequisites to support connectivity. Go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=277056 to download the tool. As part of the improvements: support for Windows 8.1 improved accessibility support for Lync mobile deployment More…

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Windows Azure Active Directory Updates in 2013

Body: ​If you haven’t looked at Azure Active Directory for a while, look again: This baby’s had a growth spurt       The Azure Active Directory product group was on a tear in 2013. In previous years, it developed this multi-tenant directory service for the cloud (based on existing AD technology), put it into production, and built do-or-die services such as Office 365 on top of it. This service…

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This is a great video describing SkyDrive Pro

Body: ​So you’re confused about the difference between Microsoft SkyDrive Pro and Microsoft SkyDrive. In this post we’re going to break down what SkyDrive Pro and what Skydrive actually is.  We’ve also got a video you can view with more info.                 What is the difference between SkyDrive and SkyDrive Pro? Skydrive Pro is a way to store documents and access them anywhere, at home at the office or on…

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Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2

Body:                Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 by Mitch Tulloch with Symon Perriman and the System Center Team. DOWNLOAD LINKS Download the  PDF – here Download the Mobi file for Kindle – here Download the ePub file – here   Introduction Microsoft System Center is one of the three pillars of Microsoft’s Cloud OS vision that will transform the traditional datacenter environment, help businesses unlock insights in data…

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Office 365 – 2013 Recap By The Office 365 FM Radio Show

Body:   It’s almost over, the year 2013. And what a year it’s been for the Cloud Service Office 365. A year with migrations, new features, new storage, … But who’s better in telling the story than 5 of the leading Office 365 MVPs & Community Leaders in the world. These 5 experts do a full recap of 2013 divided into 2 episodes of each 45 minutes: Episode 1: http://www.office365fm.com/episode-3-part-1-now-available/ In…

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Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery

Body: ​     While a lot of businesses are hesitant to jump into the cloud with their production workloads because of trust, security, performance, and availability concerns, there are some places where using the cloud can make a lot of sense. Two of them are in the area of backup and disaster recovery. First, let’s have a look at some of the Windows Azure options for backup and recovery…

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