30 feature updates to “Get & Transform” in Excel 2016 and Power Query add-in

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ This week we’re pleased to announce a new set of features for “Get & Transform” in Excel 2016 and the Power Query add-in for Excel 2013/2010. This update is packed with lots of new features that have been requested by many customers. We expect that you will find this update extremely useful. How can I get this update? For Excel 2016: Install the latest Click-to-Run update for Excel…

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30 feature updates to “Get & Transform” in Excel 2016 and Power Query add-in

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ This week we’re pleased to announce a new set of features for “Get & Transform” in Excel 2016 and the Power Query add-in for Excel 2013/2010. This update is packed with lots of new features that have been requested by many customers. We expect that you will find this update extremely useful. How can I get this update? For Excel 2016: Install the latest Click-to-Run update for Excel…

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Attachments in Outlook 2016 – Ready for collaboration

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Tired of digging around for the file you want to attach when you were just working on it earlier? Tired of later trying to sift through emails to find links shared with you? With the release of Outlook 2016 for Windows, attachments just got a whole lot better. You can now skip the hassles associated with finding and sharing files, regardless of whether you were working on them on your computer, phone or tablet.…

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What’s new: October 2015

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ ​ The Office 2016 launch in September was followed by a steady stream of improvements in October. The Skype for Business iOS app is here, and the preview of the new Skype for Business voice and meeting capabilities is now more widely available. FastTrack evolved from an onboarding service to a customer success service to help you realize business value faster with the Microsoft Cloud. Compliance updates include…

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Office 365 admin updates – From portal enhancements to PowerShell

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ ​If you are an Office 365 administrator, there are a number of new tools, reports and resources coming to help save you time when managing Office 365. On today’s Microsoft Mechanics, Lawrence Chiu joins me to take a tour and review Office 365 updates for admins. We take a look at the latest tool updates, including the new simplified portal design, an early look at upcoming reporting capabilities,…

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Power BI User Groups are here!

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Since we launched the Power BI Community in June, it has been amazing to see how users from around the world have come together to learn, share best practices, and give feedback on where the product and community should evolve.  One thing we heard loud and clear was that users wanted to meet in person too, and so we’re excited today to announce the launch of Power BI User…

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Office 365 news roundup

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ ​“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning and focused effort.”—Paul J. Meyer, entrepreneur and founder of Success Motivation International It’s no secret that Office 365 is one of the fastest growing businesses in Microsoft’s long history of providing innovative technology products and services that change lives and help organizations succeed. And when Microsoft announced its first-quarter earnings last…

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Word real-time co-authoring – a closer look

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Now that Office 2016 is officially here, we are giving a special nod to one of our coolest features within the suite—real-time co-authoring. The Word team is honored to debut this new capability in Office 2016 for Windows. We work and live in a world where collaboration can’t always happen in person and sharing ideas and information can’t always wait. In fact, a lot of real-time collaboration went…

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The new Office – October feature update

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Welcome to our first new Office update post in which we share the features we are delivering to our Office customers across Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Office Online. This month we expanded Skype integration in Office Online, introduced an Office Online extension for Chrome and delivered improvements in Office on Android and Office 2016 for Mac. We have several exciting new updates this month and hope you…

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