Body: Holiday shopping can be hectic. There’s so much to do in a narrow window of time that sometimes we can lose sight of the cheer in it all. Let OneNote help you keep everything in its place—so you can stress a little less and enjoy each moment a little more. Holiday gift lists Keep track of everyone you’re buying for with organized wish lists in OneNote. (Even convert handwriting…
Read MoreAzure Media Services powers Office 365 Video
Body: Introduction Video is more than just a content type. As a communication tool, video offers a very powerful way to deliver information to employees, in any context. Videos are not just great for information consumption, but can also be leveraged for collaboration. Earlier this week, we announced the launch of Office 365 Video powered by Azure Media Services. The Azure Media Services platform provides a rich, simple, scalable…
Read MoreOffice 365 – Customer Success Center available in multiple languages
Body: Office 365 Customer Success Center (http://success.office.com) is now also available in French, German, Italian, Spanish (Latam & Spain), Portuguese (Brazil & Portugal), Japanese and finally Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)! If you have not already looked at the O365 Customer Success Center; this new website is designed to help customers and partners drive adoption and business value. Targeting the change agents within organizations (Business Champions, or IT Managers) the Office 365 Customer…
Read MoreBringing more search and more intelligence to Sway
Body: From the beginning, Sway has aimed to help people easily create and share fantastic content that looks great on any device. Today, we’re thrilled to start bringing the intelligence of Bing Image Search into Sway Preview. These features allow you to search for content, review any applicable license terms, as well as expand Sway’s intelligent assistance to help you with content searches. It’s now easier than ever for…
Read MoreImproved Privacy for Azure AD MFA and Password Reset Phone Numbers
Body: Over the past few months, as more and more of you use the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Self Service Password Reset (SSPR) capabilities of Azure AD Premium, you’ve requested and option to let employees keep the mobile phone numbers they are using for Azure MFA and Self Service Password Reset private so they are not be visible in the Office365 Global Address List. We’ve just turned on our…
Read MoreOffice 365 performance management – Microsoft Virtual Academy course
Body: The Office 365 Team has developed a new course focused on performance management, featured within Microsoft Virtual Academy. The course titled, Office 365 performance management, includes eleven 45-90 minute modules covering topics like testing, troubleshooting, firewall configuration and best practices. Course instructors are experts in the topic and include Paul Andrew, senior technical product manager; Joshua Maher, senior content developer; Alice Appleton, business planner; Zach Rosenfield, principal PM lead; Ed…
Read MoreWhy Office 365 is the best choice for collaboration ?
Body: The rise of mobile technology and cloud computing has transformed the way we work, making collaboration not only easier, but also essential for the success of every organization. There are now more mobile devices than people worldwide, according to a report by Cisco, and work increasingly occurs outside of offices—in homes, hotels, airports, coffee shops, and other temporary spaces. As a result, the trend toward greater mobility, and the…
Read MoreOffice 365 – What’s new: November 2014
Body: November was a month full of updates in response to customer feedback. Dropbox support has been added across Office for iPad, iPhone, and Android. Office for Android tablets entered preview. Clutter and enhanced bulk mail filtering help improve your email experience. On sign-in we’ve streamlined Yammer and Office 365 sign-in, including new SAML and multi-factor authentication options. Office 365 Video is a completely new video portal experience making it…
Read MoreSanta’s Elves use OneNote to create giant wish list for Santa
Body: Chances are, if you’ve ever dropped a letter to Santa in a mailbox—whether it was stamped or not, or addressed with “North Pole” or not—it ended up at a post office in one small town in southern Indiana. Why Indiana? It’s because that town is called, for reasons too complex to relay logically here, “Santa Claus” and the U.S. Postal Service, cleverly and with no better alternative, began…
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