January 2015 – Page 2 – Nuno Árias Silva Website

Office 365 news round-up

24/01/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Humans have always longed to know the future, to see what lies ahead and just out of sight. In ancient days, we consulted oracles or shamans. Today, we may seek the advice of futurists, who analyze current patterns and trends to predict future events. At Microsoft, however, we agree with legendary management consultant Peter Drucker, who said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” That’s…

Still using Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server? Make your move soon!

23/01/201504/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Back in September 2012, in order to better align security and protection solutions with the workloads and applications they protect, we announced changes to the roadmaps of some of the security solutions offered under the Forefront brand. Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) is a Microsoft security solution that also works with prior versions of Forefront server and Antigen products. Microsoft stopped offering the FPE product in…

From Inside the Cloud: What commitments does Microsoft make when you subscribe to Office 365?

22/01/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: If you have been following the From Inside the Cloud series, you know we regularly bring you an insider’s view from the people behind the services on how we operate and manage Office 365 for security, privacy and compliance. We thought we’d focus our first edition of the New Year on outlining the commitments Microsoft makes when you subscribe to Office 365 services. Watch this brief video for more details…

The next chapter of Office on Windows

22/01/2015 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Yesterday’s unveil of Windows 10 showcased a new generation of experiences that will empower people and organizations to achieve more. In partnership with Windows 10, the Office team is bringing a fantastic new set of Office experiences to this platform, furthering our mission to bring the unparalleled productivity of Office to everyone, on every device. Over the past 12 months, you’ve seen us reimagine the traditional Office experience…

Office 365 – Xbox and Power Map team up to analyze game data

21/01/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: In the spring of 2014, the Xbox team asked the Excel Power Map team to help them analyze data collected from the instrumentation of various games to improve performance and the gamers’ experience. We got on a conference call with them; they showed us some of their data and some very basic graphs that they currently used. While the Xbox team was describing their problem, the first thing…

Enhanced email protection with DKIM and DMARC in Office 365

20/01/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Spoofing is a common challenge that enterprises face in today’s world, which can lead to increased spam and more intensified phishing campaigns. In order to reduce spoofing and provide a safer client experience, Office 365 now supports inbound validation of DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) over IPv4, and Domain-based Messaging and Reporting Compliance (DMARC). Both of these technologies check for trusted authenticated senders and help identify untrusted ones that that…

Office 365 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager

20/01/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: System Center Management Pack for Office 365 If you use Office 365 and SCOM you use this latest Management Pack to monitor Office 365. The Office 365 Management Pack for Operations Manager is designed for the following versions of System Center Operations Manager: • System Center Operations Manager 2012 • System Center Operations Manager 2012 SP1 • System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 Office 365 Management Pack…

Trust in Office 365

17/01/2015 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: More than 1.2 billion people trust Microsoft Office to deliver productivity that will not compromise privacy, compliance, or data security. Organizations that adopt Office 365 (including 75 percent of Fortune 500 companies) can feel that confidence while they enable their employees to work from anywhere, anytime and on any device. This white paper illustrates that while Google Apps for Work offers limited security capabilities, Microsoft lets you move to…

OneNote for teachers—training, lesson plans and new languages for Class Notebook Creator

15/01/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: As developers of OneNote and the OneNote Class Notebook Creator, we realize that creating exciting products is only the first step towards to making a difference in education. The next steps are to actively train educators on how they can use OneNote in ways that are immediately relevant to their daily school lives and give them the content that serves as a basis for further curriculum generation. The…

Cookie	Duration	Description
_clck	1 year	Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to retain the browser''s Clarity User ID and settings exclusive to that website. This guarantees that actions taken during subsequent visits to the same website will be linked to the same user ID.
_clsk	1 day	Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to store and consolidate a user''s pageviews into a single session recording.
_ga	1 year 1 month 4 days	Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site''s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.
_ga_*	1 year 1 month 4 days	Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.
_gat_gtag_UA_*	1 minute	Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID.
_gid	1 day	Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website''s performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
ai_session	1 hour	This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie set by Microsoft Application Insights software to gather statistical usage and telemetry data for apps built on the Azure cloud platform.
CLID	1 year	Microsoft Clarity set this cookie to store information about how visitors interact with the website. The cookie helps to provide an analysis report. The data collection includes the number of visitors, where they visit the website, and the pages visited.
MR	7 days	This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes.
SM	session	Microsoft Clarity cookie set this cookie for synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains.

Cookie	Duration	Description
ai_user	1 year	Microsoft Azure sets this cookie as a unique user identifier cookie, enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time.
ANONCHK	10 minutes	The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user''s session ID and verify ads'' clicks on the Bing search engine. The cookie helps in reporting and personalization as well.
MUID	1 year 24 days	Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations.

Month: January 2015