Office 365 news round-up

Body: ​ “Think Globally, Act Locally” became the mantra of the fledgling environmental movement after the first nationwide Earth Day celebration in 1970. The motto was a driving force that represented the impact individuals working in their local communities can have on a global scale. Many people view the software they use in much the same way. Software has the ability to enhance the productivity of individuals by enabling them to communicate, collaborate…

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Sway for iPhone is available more broadly

Body: ​ Sway is reimagining what it means to be productive in a mobile-first and cloud-first world. It’s an intelligent app that helps you easily pull together, format and share your content in a way that’s expressive and interactive. We’re making progress during Sway Preview by learning and adapting to feedback from customers and improving the product together. We’ve also been hard at work testing how to best optimize Sway’s…

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Introducing boards in Office Delve – A new way to organize and share work

Body: ​ As Office Delve continues to roll out to Office 365 business customers, we love hearing about how people are using this new, innovative experience to discover and explore content that’s relevant to the work they and their teams are doing. Using Office Graph, an intelligent fabric that applies machine learning to content and interactions occurring in Office 365, Delve helps you get back to pertinent documents, discover relevant content that has been…

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Now access your password protected sections in the OneNote for Windows Store app

Body: ​ OneNote for Windows already offers the ability to add passwords to individual sections of your notebooks for increased security—but what if you want to access those sections using OneNote’s Windows Store app on your favorite device? Today, we’re excited to announce that the OneNote for Windows Store app now includes the ability to unlock your existing password protected sections! Using this feature is easy. First, make sure you’re…

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The Office for Android tablet preview expands

Body:    ​In November, we invited you to sign up for the Office for Android tablet preview. With such an overwhelmingly positive response from people around the world, we made it even easier for customers to download the preview apps by requesting access to the Google Plus community. Over the last two months, we have heard from people all over the world who want the power of Office on their…

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Excel for iPad helps students stay on top of their GPA

Body: ​ How often have you found yourself trying to calculate your GPA? Or let’s be honest…how many times have you tried to figure out the minimum grade you need to get in a course to maintain your GPA? If this sounds familiar, here is Excel for iPad to the rescue with some great features to help you make your own GPA calculator—so that you don’t struggle anymore trying to…

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​The Office Blog shared a lot of exciting news in 2014

Body: ​The Office Blog shared a lot of exciting news in 2014. Here are the top five most popular posts of the year: 1. Announcing the Office you love, now on the iPad (1.3k shares) http://bit.ly/1DcvqFR 2. Students and teachers: You may be eligible to get Office for free! (955 shares) http://bit.ly/1yh3MIL 3. Office 365 offers greater privacy, security and regulatory compliance (595 shares) http://bit.ly/1AkcIv3 4. Introducing Skype for Business…

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Get to know Office 365

Body: ​Watch these videos to become familiar with Office 365 and how to read email, share documents, and more. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Download-5e2d89b3-82d8-4f91-9485-2f1982b32b90 Inside this course: Welcome to Office 365 (3:00)Learn about what’s included in Office 365. Use email and more in Office 365 (2:21)Use Outlook and Outlook Web App for email, calendars, and more. Use Office and Office Online in Office 365 (2:36)Use Office and Office Online with Office 365 to improve…

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Office 365 – Microsoft Delivers New Features in Preview for Power BI

Body: ​On Thursday afternoon Microsoft delivered some new features for Power BI. The features, now in preview, shows Microsoft’s dedication to improving its data consumption service. Power BI is an Office 365 add-on that allows companies and organizations to synch data from multiple sources and then provide reporting and filtering to make the data actionable and pertinent. It’s Big Data for Office 365. Here’s what Microsoft unveiled: Dashboards – Power…

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