Announcing Office 365 deployment benefits for new customers

Body: ​ Office 365 provides the best cloud productivity experience by giving businesses new ways to help their people to collaborate, gain valuable business insights and ultimately get things done.  As a cloud based service customers can move to Office 365 faster than a traditional on-premises solution and we’re focused on making that transition to the cloud as fast and seamless as possible. Continuous improvement of the Office 365 deployment…

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The Garage Series for Office 365: Assessing the Top 5 Cloud Security Threats with Mark Russinovich

Body: In this week’s show Jeremy Chapman is joined by cyber security expert and author, Mark Russinovich, to assess the most frequently heard cloud security threats. Mark describes each threat with its threat level and shares how Microsoft architects its cloud services to maximize data security and protect against data loss. Jeremy and Mark also give pro tips to protect against credential loss and contain the risk of user-driven shadow…

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Propose New Time—a new feature for Outlook Web App in Office 365

Body: ​ We all have lots of meetings, which means our schedules are busy and it’s often hard to find a good time when everyone can meet. Now, with the Propose New Time feature in Outlook Web App in Office 365, resolving scheduling conflicts is easier than ever. When you receive a meeting invitation, Outlook Web App (OWA) empowers you to suggest better times with just a few clicks, so…

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Office 365 – What’s new: August 2014

Body: ​ OneNote has had a busy month with new features across Windows, Windows Phone, Android, and OneNote Online, this means you now have more options for capturing your notes, in higher fidelity, across all of your devices. SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business have been listening to your feedback by adding a simpler admin UI, a new pooled storage model, searching for sensitive content, and OneDrive for Business support…

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Personalize your Office 365 experience by selecting themes

Body: ​ Who we are has always been important to both organizations as well as individuals. As organizations, we want to reaffirm our brand and foster positive relationships with our customers. As individuals, we want to show our personalities and preferences. Office 365 will now support your ability to both customize and personalize your Office 365 experience by using themes. Rolling out over the next few weeks, two types of…

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Office 365 news round-up

Body: ​ One great advantage of our Office 365 cloud-based productivity suite is that you no longer have to wait months or years, until a new version of Office is released to receive software updates and improvements. You get new features immediately, as part of your Office 365 subscription, as soon as they are available and ready to use. Microsoft developers are the source of those ongoing improvements and new…

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Office 365 Midsize Business, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Education & Office 365 GovernmentAdvanced Privacy Options for Administrators

Body: Office 365 Midsize Business, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Education & Office 365 Government Advanced Privacy Options for Administrators   Introduction   Microsoft recognizes that privacy and security are major concerns for cloud customers. That’s why we’ve built Office 365 Midsize Business, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Education, and Office 365 Government with extensive data protection settings and capabilities. As an administrator, you can control how your organization’s data…

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​ADFS – Active Directory Federation Service – STEP by STEP for Office 365

Body: ADFS – Active Directory Federation Service – STEP by STEP installation for O365 A main tool for corporate network to maintain on-prem and cloud-prem on a single sign-on environment. Deployment of ADFS is always happening on-prem and will sync to the cloud to maintain the AD structure and security through..secure tunnel   Office 365 – cloud configuration – Live ADFS or Active directory Federation Service is to deploy a…

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Encryption in Office 365

Body: Office 365 Message Encryption is an easy-to-use service that lets email users send encrypted messages to people inside or outside their organization. Designated recipients can easily view their encrypted messages and return encrypted replies. Regardless of the destination email service—whether it’s Outlook.com, Yahoo, Gmail, or another service—email users can send confidential business communications with an added level of protection against unauthorized access. There are many scenarios in which email…

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