Body: On this week’s show we invite back Asaf Kashi, a lead engineer on the information protection team. We introduce the information protection updates coming to Office 365 and demonstrate the upcoming Data Loss Prevention capabilities in SharePoint and OneDrive for Business, the upcoming Office 365 compliance center, one-time passcodes for viewing encrypted email and the just-released Office 365 Message Encryption Viewers for iOS and Android. Last time we invited…
Read MoreAzure AD Connect: One simple, fast, lightweight tool to connect Active Directory and Azure Active Directory
Body: Alex_SimonsMS Back in August I posted a blog announcing the beta release of Azure AD Connect. Since then we have received a lot of feedback and made improvements in AAD Connect and AAD Sync, including multi forest support and password write back. The biggest thing we’ve learned from you, our customers and partners, is that rather than a bunch of different tools (DirSync, AAD Connect, AAD Sync, ADFS,…
Read MoreAzure AD whitepapers – Active Directory from on-premises to the cloud
Body: Identity management, provisioning, role management, and authentication are key services both on-premises and through the (hybrid) cloud. Unsurprisingly, identity becomes a service where identity “bridges” in the cloud talk to on-premises directories or the directories themselves move and/or are located in the cloud. Download them here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36391 Category: How to do Published: 12/17/2014 13:13 ]]>
Read MoreYammer Enterprise now offered in Office 365 Enterprise K1 (Kiosk) plan
Body: In an effort to bring enterprise social networking to deskless workers, we’re excited to announce Yammer Enterprise is now included in the Office 365 kiosk plan. Many people in organizations spanning industries as diverse as healthcare, education, retail and hospitality, work on shared computers or other devices. Starting at $4 per user per month, the Office 365 K1 plan gives these employees access to the tools they need to…
Read MoreSway Preview expands and delivers more feature improvements
Body: Sway Preview is all about working with you, our customers, to help continue improving the product and shape Sway’s future together. We’ve been making progress, including the addition of Bing Image Search and Suggested searches earlier this month. Today we have more exciting news to share! Expanding Sway Preview: no waiting It’s been only 10 weeks since we kicked off Sway Preview, and we’ve already had over one…
Read MoreThe Sway philosophy
Body: Since announcing Sway on October 1st, we’ve heard from thousands of you who signed up to join the Sway Preview. We’re thrilled that so many of you see the benefit of Sway in your own life. We also know that many of you want to understand more about why we developed Sway. In this post, I’ll take you through more of the background behind Sway and the philosophy behind…
Read MoreAzure Remote App What is it ?
Body: RemoteApp is a program that allows your organization’s applications to run in the Azure cloud, where they can be easily scaled or updated, and your users can access them anywhere using their internet-connected device. Similar to remote desktop services, Azure RemoteApp combines the best of both worlds, allowing users to harness Windows applications on any of their devices, including iOS or Android tablets and smartphones. Run Windows applications anywhere…
Read MoreAzure AD Premium is now available for purchase in the Office365 portal!
Body: You can now purchase Azure AD Premium through the Office 365 commerce catalog. You can now easily add Azure AD Premium services such as self-service password reset and group management, as well as premium reports and application access management capabilities to your directory. Click here for more information! Category: Office 365; How to do; News Published: 12/13/2014 10:21 ]]>
Read MoreFirst look at Insights for Office in Word Online—bringing the knowledge of the web to your document
Body: Earlier we announced Insights for Office in Word Online, a brand new feature that brings information you want into your document, in a seamlessly integrated experience that lets you explore as you are working. In this post, we give you a more detailed description of Insights for Office and how it can help enhance the understanding of the content that you are working with in Word Online. In…
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