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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Office 365 Multi-Factor Authentication

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Microsoft has recently introduced Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Office 365. This feature is now part of Office 365 Midsize Business, Enterprise plans, Academic plans, nonprofit plans and standalone Office 365 plans (including Exchange Online and SharePoint Online) at no additional cost. MFA has actually been available for Office 365 administrative roles since June 2013, but it is now available to any Office 365 end user. There are also…

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Yammer Enterprise now included in Office 365 Midsize Business and Education plans

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ One of our key themes at the SharePoint Conference in March was Work Like a Network. Yammer is at the heart of this new way of getting things done, and ever since the acquisition we’ve been focused on weaving social capabilities deeply into Office 365. In November we announced the addition of Yammer Enterprise to all Office 365 Enterprise plans. And today—to further support our vision—I’m pleased to…

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Office 365 news round-up

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ “Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.”  That was the news flash reported by Popular Mechanics in 1949. Twenty-eight years later, on the brink of the PC revolution, Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), a company that manufactured big mainframe computers for business, had another prediction: “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” Trying…

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Document collaboration made easy

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ When people send files as attachments, they’re often looking to collaborate with others and get feedback. Up until now, this has been a cumbersome process. For example, when you email a document to your colleague, she must first download the document to make her edits. Once she’s finished editing the document, she then needs to reattach the file to a new email before sending it back to you.…

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Office 365 – What’s new: June 2014

Nuno Árias Silva

Body:   Improvements to Office 365 in June focused on updates for Lync, such as enhancements to Lync for Mac and Lync Room System, as well as on new OneNote tools, extensions, and partnerships. Another big update for Office 365 for business subscribers was the release of the Office 365 road map, which helps inform customers about upcoming updates before they become available. Leave us a comment to let us know…

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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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