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Spam email and Office 365 environment – connection and content filtering in EOP

19/08/201404/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: In the last related blog post we gave some introduction about Exchange Online Protection (EOP), what needs to be done when EOP is not working as desired and spam email troubleshooting process and classification. In this blog we will be moving further and discussing some more advanced option to stop spam emails. 1. IP Block list The “IP block list” option enables us to block email messages that…

SharePoint Online simplifies storage management

19/08/201405/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: The journey to simplify the admin experience in Office 365 continues. Previously, we increased all OneDrive for Business users’ storage allotment to 1 TB. Along with this adjustment, we removed the OneDrive for Business quota management tab from the SharePoint Online admin center. Today we are introducing a new storage model based on usage, making it easier to manage availability of storage across your SharePoint Online team sites.…

Office 365 news round-up

15/08/201405/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Microsoft launched Office on August 1, 1989, and for 25 years Microsoft Office has been helping people get things done in their personal and professional lives. We’re proud of that. The world has changed a lot during the past quarter century, and so has Office. Today, you can experience the power and convenience of Office on your desktop computer, portable laptop computers, or mobile devices such as the…

OneNote Online co-authoring experience improvements

15/08/201405/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: OneNote has always been a powerful tool to work with others through shared notebooks stored on OneDrive or Office 365. From teams at corporations tracking work items together, to families sharing household information and to-dos, OneNote is a great place to collaborate in real-time. Today we are happy to announce improvements to the OneNote Online co-authoring experience: The new “People Presence” feature helps you see who else is…

Visionaries need great productivity and collaboration tools

13/08/201405/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Connect and collaborate with the powerful tools in Office 365 for Enterprise The business dreams of the future are imagined every day. For kids, it happens in play. For adults, it happens in work. Neither can go it alone. What sets dreams apart from reality is the tool belts we wear—using tools lets us collaborate, stay productive, and be efficient. Even the toddlers in this video know that…

Communications market update: customer response and analysts’ assessments

13/08/201405/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Every day I come across stories of how organizations use Lync to connect people. I recently discovered how one hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, is using Lync to enhance the patient experience by connecting them to their families when they’re apart. This is a great example of the experiences and moments that Microsoft technology enables, and it also illustrates how we are delivering on our…

Connecting AD and Azure AD: Only 4 clicks with Azure AD Connect

06/08/201404/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: AAD Connect is a single wizard that performs all of the steps you would otherwise have to do manually for connecting Active Directory and local directories to Azure Active Directory: Downloads and installs pre-requisites like the .NET Framework, Azure Active Directory Powershell Module and Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant Downloads, installs and configures Dirsync (and in the future, AAD Sync), and enables it in your Azure tenant Configures…

Office for iPad: now with Presenter View, Pivot Table interaction, Send as PDF, and more top-requested features

05/08/201404/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Four months ago we released Office for iPad—the world’s best productivity experience reimagined for a mobile-first, cloud-first world. Since then millions of you have had the chance to use Office for iPad and provide feedback, and we’ve been hard at work delivering updates for the things you’ve asked for the most. Today we’re sharing the next wave of updates to Office for iPad. We’ve done a ton of…

A tribute to 25 years of Office users

02/08/2014 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Twenty-five years ago today, Microsoft launched Office, and ever since, Office has been helping people get things done in their work and personal lives. Of course the world is a very different place today than it was 25 years ago, and so is the way people work, but what is constant is how Office has evolved to help people work in new ways, to be more productive and…

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