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Introducing the Office IT Pro Deployment Script project

19/08/201504/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: PowerShell has quickly become an indispensable skill for Office 365 administrators, and if you’re like me, you are starting to gather a toolbox of useful scripts. If you are new to PowerShell for Office 365, make sure you check out our PowerShell for Office 365 site with common scenarios and sample scripts available to download. But perhaps you are looking for some more advanced scenarios, or you’re thinking…

Office 365 – What’s new: July 2015

13/08/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Office 2016 for Mac arrived this month, along with Office Mobile apps for Windows 10, a new universal iOS OneNote app, and more. For business, new compliance capabilities and IT management controls were added, along with enhancements to Yammer and Power Query. On the mobile front, Azure Rights Management is now available for Office for iPad and iPhone, there’s a new app designed for in-and-out email, and the Skype…

Optimizing Yammer for teams

13/08/201504/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: When we first set out to create Yammer, we started with the simple idea that information is more valuable when it’s shared. As an enterprise social network, Yammer revolutionized information sharing in the workplace by giving millions of people a platform to make their voices heard and discover what others across the company are working on. Recently we announced Yammer’s on a mission to bring the benefits of open…

Managing Office 365 updates

13/08/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Over the past year, we released over 450 updates to Office 365, as noted by Julia White in this recent Office Mechanics show. As customers move from on-premises software to the cloud, they need new tools and processes to manage and administer change. We are committed to not only deliver the best productivity experience to end users but also provide an optimum experience to admins and developers who run…

Mobile Device Management for Office 365 with Azure Active Directory

08/08/2015 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: MVP Award Program MVP Award Program View Profile 4 Aug 2015 12:45 PM Editor’s note: The following post was written by Office 365 MVP Nuno Silva as part of our Technical Tuesday series. Mobile Device Management for Office 365 (MDM for Office 365) integrated with Azure Active Directory is an enterprise-level identity and access management cloud solution. MDM for Office 365, built on top of the core…

Office 365 -News roundup

08/08/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Windows 10 is here! The best Windows yet, delivered as a service and kept automatically up-to-date with new innovations and security updates, launched last week as a free upgrade. As part of the launch, we also released the all new Office Mobile Apps for Windows 10. Customers in 190 countries can now download and install the apps from the new Windows Store and immediately start being more productive on…

Announcing Sway General Availability, Windows 10 app and more!

05/08/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Today, we are excited to announce that our digital storytelling app, Sway, is moving from Preview to General Availability! Sway is also moving beyond First Release and rolling out to all eligible Office 365 for business and education customers worldwide.* This makes it possible for many additional businesses, schools and other organizations to start using Sway to create and share interactive reports, presentations, assignments, lessons, projects and more. And…

New features coming to Outlook on the web

04/08/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Today, we are happy to announce exciting updates coming to the web version of Outlook in Office 365. As part of our ongoing work to deliver the richest email and calendar experiences on the web, we are rolling out an improved user interface (UI) and new features that help you be more efficient, stay on top of your inbox, and better manage your calendar. Formerly known as the Outlook…

Windows 10 updates for Office 365 admins

29/07/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: What capabilities in Windows 10 will benefit Office 365 admins? During the Microsoft Ignite conference in May, we invited Michael Niehaus—veteran Windows deployment and management expert—to present updates for managing Windows 10. Many of these updates accrue to and leverage the work people are doing to implement Office 365 and broader Microsoft Cloud services. In this week’s Office Mechanics, we describe three areas where IT admins can benefit…

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