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Office Mix now works with the Moodle open source LMS

27/01/201505/05/2016 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Here at Microsoft, we constantly look for ways to empower teachers around the world using technology—both in the classroom and online. Recently our subsidiary, Microsoft Open Technologies Inc. (MS Open Tech) announced a partnership with Remote-Learner to integrate Office 365 and the Moodle learning management system (LMS). Moodle, one of the most popular learning management systems is now integrated with OneNote, OneDrive for Business, the Office 365 Outlook…

Quick updates to OneNote for iPhone

26/01/2015 Nuno Árias Silva

Body: The OneNote team is always thinking about new ways to help you capture important information quickly and make it easily available to you wherever you are. These are two essential elements that we focus on so you be more productive with OneNote. I’m excited to share that we recently published an update to OneNote for iPhone with two features we think will really help out as you strive to…

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