New Document Inspector features for Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Body: ​ Beginning with the November and December 2014 updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and 2010, several enhancements are being added to the Document Inspector, also known as the “Check for Issues” tool in Excel, PowerPoint and Word. The Document Inspector helps you to prepare your documents, presentations, or workbooks for publishing and sharing by checking for items that may contain hidden or private information. In some cases, it will…

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Excel Power Map–December update for Office 365

Body: ​ Last month we shipped a great time saving feature—playing a tour directly from any scene. This month we’ve improved Geocoding performance, made the Auto Fit feature for custom maps more accurate, and added another popularly requested feature as well—a quick way to select all items when filtering. When we shipped Filtering back in September, we got a lot of positive feedback, as well as several new requests. One…

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Upcoming general availability of Azure RemoteApp

Body: ​ We’ve announced the upcoming general availability of Azure RemoteApp and its related pricing. Azure RemoteApp delivers Windows Server session-based applications from the Azure cloud to provide scale, agility, and global access to your corporate applications. With Azure RemoteApp, you can enable your users to access corporate applications from anywhere and on a variety of devices, scale up or down to meet the dynamic business needs without large capital…

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Video calling between Skype and Lync available now

Body: ​ In 2013, we enabled Lync users to contact people on Skype using instant messaging, presence, and audio calling right from your contact list.  I’m happy to say that we’ve now taken the next step by adding video calling between Lync 2013 and the latest Skype for Windows desktop client, available for download here.  Now Lync users can conduct everyday business and collaboration “face-to-face” with customers, partners and suppliers…

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Office 365 – Customer Success Center available in multiple languages

Body: ​Office 365 Customer Success Center (http://success.office.com) is now also available in French, German, Italian, Spanish (Latam & Spain), Portuguese (Brazil & Portugal), Japanese and finally Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)! If you have not already looked at the O365 Customer Success Center; this new website is designed to help customers and partners drive adoption and business value. Targeting the change agents within organizations (Business Champions, or IT Managers) the Office 365 Customer…

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Bringing more search and more intelligence to Sway

Body: ​ From the beginning, Sway has aimed to help people easily create and share fantastic content that looks great on any device. Today, we’re thrilled to start bringing the intelligence of Bing Image Search into Sway Preview. These features allow you to search for content, review any applicable license terms, as well as expand Sway’s intelligent assistance to help you with content searches. It’s now easier than ever for…

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Improved Privacy for Azure AD MFA and Password Reset Phone Numbers

Body: ​ Over the past few months, as more and more of you use the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Self Service Password Reset (SSPR) capabilities of Azure AD Premium, you’ve requested and option to let employees keep the mobile phone numbers they are using for Azure MFA and Self Service Password Reset private so they are not be visible in the Office365 Global Address List. We’ve just turned on our…

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Office 365 performance management – Microsoft Virtual Academy course

Body: The Office 365 Team has developed a new course focused on performance management, featured within Microsoft Virtual Academy. The course titled, Office 365 performance management, includes eleven 45-90 minute modules covering topics like testing, troubleshooting, firewall configuration and best practices. Course instructors are experts in the topic and include Paul Andrew, senior technical product manager; Joshua Maher, senior content developer; Alice Appleton, business planner; Zach Rosenfield, principal PM lead; Ed…

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Why Office 365 is the best choice for collaboration ?

Body: The rise of mobile technology and cloud computing has transformed the way we work, making collaboration not only easier, but also essential for the success of every organization. There are now more mobile devices than people worldwide, according to a report by Cisco, and work increasingly occurs outside of offices—in homes, hotels, airports, coffee shops, and other temporary spaces. As a result, the trend toward greater mobility, and the…

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