Office 365 news round-up

Body: ​ Whether you use Office 365 at work, at school, or just as part of your everyday life, there is a growing array of features and capabilities that can help you be more productive and creative while protecting your privacy and personal data. We recently introduced three new Office 365 plans for small and medium-sized businesses, so that they can get exactly what they need. We also launched the…

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From Inside the Cloud: What controls do we provide to protect your data in transit in Office 365?

Body: ​In our last few posts in our From Inside the Cloud series, my colleagues and lead engineers, Perry Clarke, Vivek Sharma and Kamal Janardhan shared insider overviews on how we design and run various aspects of security, privacy and compliance in Office 365.  Today, I would like to share an overview of the controls you have within Office 365 to protect your data in transit. As I explain in…

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Garage Series for Office 365: Delivering custom Office experiences with Azure RemoteApp

Body: ​ On today’s show, Jeremy is joined by Klaas Langhout from the Azure team to discuss the pros and cons of delivering Office desktop experiences via RemoteApp. They balance the user experiences of native apps versus remote desktop architectures. Then Klaas demonstrates how quickly an Azure RemoteApp environment running Office can be set up.    In our last two shows we covered how eligible students can get Office for…

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Introducing a new way to share files with Outlook Web App

Body: ​ We’re thrilled to announce two new ways to share files with Outlook Web App (OWA) and OneDrive for Business that make it much simpler to share and collaborate: When you send an email in OWA, you can easily insert a link to a file on your OneDrive for Business cloud drive instead of attaching the file itself. When you send an attachment from your computer or device you can now automatically upload the file to your OneDrive for Business cloud drive and share the file as…

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Introducing OneNote class notebooks—a flexible digital framework for teaching and learning

Body: ​ “OneNote is so much more than a piece of software, it is a framework for teaching and learning.” —Rob Baker, director of technology, Cincinnati Country Day School We’ve been tremendously proud over the years to see OneNote helping teachers revolutionize learning in their classrooms. Across the country and around the world, we’ve seen many classrooms innovating with OneNote to power 21st century digital learning experiences by: Empowering students…

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One-Time Passcode for Office 365 Message Encryption

Body: ​ Back in February, we launched Office 365 Message Encryption, the all-new encryption service that allows you to send encrypted mail to anyone. We’ve come a long way since that announcement. We’ve upgraded all of our Exchange Hosted Encryption (EHE) customers to Office 365 Message Encryption. And we’ve seen great service adoption, with more than a million encrypted messages sent using Office 365 Message Encryption ready! While we’ve been…

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Announcing availability of new Office 365 plans for small and midsized businesses

Body: ​ It’s no secret that for small businesses, the right technology can mean the difference between merely surviving and fully thriving. Office 365 is transformational for businesses of all sizes, but levels the playing field for small and midsized businesses (SMBs) in particular because it makes enterprise-grade tools affordable and easy to set up and manage. We are excited today to announce the availability of three new Office 365…

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Announcing Office Sway: reimagine how your ideas come to life

Body: ​ Today we’re introducing a brand new app to the Office portfolio. Say hello to Sway! Sway is an entirely different way to express yourself and bring your ideas to life. When your ideas are born, you want to explore, visualize and share them—quickly and easily, wherever you happen to be, and on whatever device you have. You want your ideas to be understood. Sway helps you do just…

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