Azure D-Series

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​Microsoft is now offer SSD-based (or D-Series) Virtual Machines. Microsoft has announced the general availability of a new series of Standard tier instances called the D-series for Virtual Machines and Cloud Services and its related pricing.    These instances have solid-state disk (SSD)-based local drives and faster processors relative to many of the A-series instances. The D-series instances can be used as VMs, as well as web or worker…

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Students and teachers: You may be eligible to get Office for free!

Nuno Árias Silva

Body:       It was just about a year ago we announced Student Advantage, a benefit that allows eligible students to get Office 365 from their school for free. One drawback to Student Advantage—the onus has been on the school to initiate the service, create an account and order the Office 365 license on behalf of the student. Today we’re making it easier on the school IT department with…

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Launch documents and get started right away with the new Office 365 home page

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Starting something new. We’ve all been there. The first day of school, starting a new job, or even moving to a new town. As we become familiar with the new surroundings, buildings, new faces and personalities, schedules, and rhythms we start with a home base from which to explore. Using technology is no different. It’s important to have a home base where you can start, a place where…

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What does it mean to own your data in Office 365? How we aim to raise the bar on visibility and control of your organization’s data with Office 365

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ In our last few From Inside the Cloud posts, we offered an insider’s perspective from lead engineers Perry Clarke, Vivek Sharma and Shawn Veney on how we protect your data at rest, who has access to your data within Office 365, and how Office 365 does continuous compliance. They explained the various mitigations that we have in place for data security, access control, and ensuring that customers have…

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Azure AD sync is now available

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Azure AD sync is now available – download from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44225 AADsync builds upon a solid metadirectory synchronization platform. The following sections introduce the concepts for metadirectory synchronization. Building upon MIIS, ILM, and FIM, the Azure Active Directory Sync Services provides the next platform for connecting to data sources, synchronizing data between data sources, as well as the provisioning and deprovisioning of identities. AADSync Technical Concepts    More Information and…

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Gartner recognizes Microsoft as a Leader positioned highest in ability to execute and furthest in completeness of vision for social software

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ We are excited to announce that Microsoft has been positioned as a Leader in Gartner’s 2014 Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace! Vendors in the report were evaluated on ability to execute and completeness of vision, and Leaders are considered well-established vendors with widely used social software and collaboration offerings.   This is a great honor that reinforces our vision for Enterprise Social—to empower companies to…

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Excel Power Map September update

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Each month we strive to improve Excel Power Map with features that matter most to you, so you can tell richer and more creative stories with your data. This month we are rolling out two big features, Power Map Filtering and Custom Maps, to make your experience using Power Map easier and more exciting! If you have an Office 365 subscription with automatic updates enabled, you should receive this…

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A milestone for Office Delve

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ We launched Microsoft Office 365 with the vision of helping people get more done, collaborate more effectively, and have greater flexibility in how they work. As we work, share and connect with others—discovering the right information at the right time becomes even more valuable. To this end, I’m excited to announce a significant step forward in making Office 365 even more personalized and tailored to each person. Starting…

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