Yammer brings conversations to your OneDrive and SharePoint Online files

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​At SharePoint Conference 2014 Microsoft had announced new enterprise social experiences across Office 365 helping businesses work more like networks by leveraging the power of the cloud to bring people together, gain quicker access to relevant insights and help make smarter decisions, faster.   Today we’re announcing the release of one of those features–document conversations–which essentially embeds the social collaboration capabilities of Yammer into the Office apps you use…

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How to obtain an Exchange Hybrid Edition product key

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​How to obtain an Exchange Hybrid Edition product key for your on-premises Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2003 organization.   If your on-premises Exchange organization is running Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2003, and if you want to connect your organization to Office 365 and your Exchange Online organization, you must install at least one on-premises Exchange 2013 or Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 (SP3) server. This server is used for…

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From Inside the Cloud: Who has access to your data within Office 365?

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Perry Clarke is the corporate vice president in Office Server and Services. Vivek Sharma is the director of program management in Office Server and Services. Vivek Sharma: In our last From Inside the Cloud post, “Is your data safe at rest?,” we looked at possible physical and logical threat vectors and the various mitigations in place with our defense-in-depth approach, including penetration testing. We also summarized some of…

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Check out the top 10 security and privacy features that Office 365 Trust Center can offer your IT solutions team

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Top 10 lists Customers need a ready-to-go productivity solution that is inherently secure and trustworthy. Customers need a ready-to-go productivity solution that is inherently secure and trustworthy. To help you determine the security and trustworthiness of cloud productivity services and choose a cloud service provider that meets your security expectations, we have identified the key privacy and security considerations that should inform your decision.   Using these three top-ten…

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Switching to Office 365 for business

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Today Microsoft are making it easier to move from earlier versions of Office desktop apps, and other products, to Office 365 for business. These printable guides contain useful tips, shortcuts, and screenshots to help you quickly find your way around. On Windows 8 devices, you can open and view the guides in the Windows 8 Reader app without any additional steps. To open and view them in earlier…

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Released: Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 5

Nuno Árias Silva

Body:                                 The Exchange team has anounced the availability of our most recent quarterly servicing update to Exchange Server 2013. Cumulative Update 5 for Exchange Server 2013 and updated UM Language Packs are now available on the Microsoft Download Center. Cumulative Update 5 represents the continuation of our Exchange Server 2013 servicing and builds upon Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1. The release includes fixes for customer reported issues, minor…

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Office 365, From Inside the Cloud: Is your Data Safe at Rest?

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​When your data is resting in the Microsoft data centers or within Office 365 services can you trust that it is safe at rest?Lead Office 365 engineer Vivek Sharma offers a simple walk through of the possible attack vectors and their mitigations at the physical, logical and user layers of Microsoft’s defense in depth approach. 3-4 minutes in length. Learn more too at www.trust.office365.com     Category: Office 365;…

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Office 365 – What’s the difference between Azure Active Directory and Azure Active Directory Premium?

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ The regular Azure Active Directory is free and is used by a number of services; additional Azure Active Directory tenants can be created through the Microsoft Azure portal (the same one you use to create virtual machines and so on). The free Azure Active Directory includes the following features: Self-service password change Basic security reports that show the geographical location and time your account was logged on Directory…

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