Entries from 2017-02-01 to 1 month

Follow the Summer Games in Rio with the new Outlook Interesting calendar feature

Outlook wants to make it easy to focus on what matters most to you. Toward this goal, we’ve recently made big improvements to help you stay on top of your travel reservations and package deliveries by showing summary cards in your inbox an…

Episode 101 with Simon Jäeger on becoming an evangelist—Office 365 Developer Podcast

In episode 101 of the Office 365 Developer Podcast, Richard diZerega and Andrew Coates talk with Simon Jäeger about his journey becoming an evangelist for Office 365 Development. Audio Player 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase …

Learning Tools for OneNote supports more languages and themes and is now generally available

Today, we are moving Learning Tools for OneNote out of preview (announced in January) and into general availability (English only). Learning Tools for OneNote was initially released as a customer preview back in January of 2016. The concep…

Enhancing information rights management in Word, Excel and PowerPoint mobile apps

Finding the balance between protection and productivity is critical to any organization. With the increased distribution of data, organizations need sensitive data to be born protected. This is why we invest in Azure Rights Management to h…

Stay safe in the cloud with Office 365 E5 plan

When data is in the cloud, organizations need a trusted partner to help defend against potential attacks. Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise E5 plan—with Advanced Threat Protection and Advanced Security Management—helps protect data and users…

Democratizing data— Atkins goes digital by default with Office 365 E5

Atkins moves to Office 365 E5 Today’s Office 365 post was written by Richard Cross, chief information officer and chief digital officer for Atkins, a design, engineering and project management consultancy. We’ve determined that we want Atk…

Announcing the general availability of the Microsoft Excel API to expand the power of Office 365

Today, we are pleased to announce the general availability of the Microsoft Excel REST API for Office 365—now developers can use Excel to power custom apps. Excel is an indispensable productivity tool; users across all industries and roles…

Back-to-school updates for the OneNote Class Notebook app, and the add-in is now generally available

As many teachers and schools prepare for the 2016/2017 school year, it is a great time reflect on the excitement that many teachers and schools have shared with us over the past year as they began using OneNote Class Notebooks the first ti…

Improve compliance with Office 365 E5 plan

Organizations own the data they keep in the cloud and they need to know how it is being handled at all times. Microsoft is the industry leader in cloud compliance for enterprise customers. With the Office 365 E5 plan, advanced compliance i…

Boost your productivity with Windows 10 and Office 365

Boost your productivity with Office 365 and Windows 10. An online immersion session is not your typical online event. Each 90-minute interactive session starts with an online roundtable discussing your business challenges and then launches…

Episode 102 “The return of Jeremy Thake”—Office 365 Developer Podcast

In episode 102 of the Office 365 Developer Podcast, Richard diZerega and Andrew Coates talk with Jeremy Thake about his new role at Microsoft, Azure App Service and Azure Functions. Audio Player 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increa…

Automate OneNote staff notebook creation and more with new API

We are excited to announce the launch of the new OneNote Staff Notebook API for Office 365! Since the launch of OneNote Staff Notebooks last year, the only way to create staff notebooks was through the OneNote Staff Notebook app. Thanks to…

Office 365 news roundup

Security and productivity are top priorities for every person, business and organization that uses Office 365. Yet, finding the right balance between the two—one that provides maximum security without compromising productivity and vice ver…

Carvajal switches to Office 365 for faster business, reduced costs

Today’s Microsoft Office 365 post was written by Jaime Parra Mutis, corporate IT director at Carvajal. Keep business information both accessible and safe—a challenge in any scenario, but especially difficult when you operate myriad busines…

Office 365 Service Assurance—gaining your trust with transparency

As customers consider the transition to the cloud, we often hear that they want to ensure security, privacy and compliance requirements are met. At Microsoft, we believe that customers have the right to know how Office 365: Safeguards conf…

Keep your email secure with Office 365

As the person responsible for supporting a mobile workforce, you face complicated and ever-changing threats like data privacy, security and advanced threat protection. Viruses and hacks are real threats that cause damage to businesses ever…

Episode 103 with Ben Parker on building tools for massive Office 365 tenants—Office 365 Developer Podcast

In episode 103 of the Office 365 Developer Podcast, Andrew Coates talks with Ben Parker from Codify about building tools for massive Office 365 tenants. Audio Player 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Downlo…

Yammer adds mobile application management capabilities through Intune

People are increasingly using apps for work on their personal mobile devices. This is especially true of “deskless” workers—employees who spend most of their work day away from a desk—in industries like retail, manufacturing, healthcare, a…

Social collaboration improves an organization’s ability to react quickly to new data and information

The social and collaborative tools built into Office 2016 and Windows 10 allow you to take your teamwork to the next level. An online immersion session is not your typical online event. Each 90-minute interactive session starts with an onl…

Sway design tips and new templates

Sway just passed its one-year mark, and we are very inspired to see millions of users from all over the globe using Sway in their work and personal lives. We hope to serve even more people by delivering on our promise to make it effortless…

Now Mac users can make the move from Evernote to OneNote

Editor’s note 8/24/2016: Please see Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in OneNote for Mac to help troubleshoot any issues installing or using the OneNote Importer for Mac. Since last March, we have helped Windows users import 71 millio…

Back to school with Microsoft Classroom and School Data Sync

It’s back-to-school time in the U.S. and many other countries, and we’re excited to invite you to the Microsoft Classroom Preview and the School Data Sync (SDS) Preview. IT admins can visit the preview instructions right now or (for a limi…

Productivity and inclusion—Office 365 accessibility update

John Jendrezak, accessibility lead and partner director of program management for the Office Engineering team. Over the past year, hundreds of engineers from the Office 365 team have been working hard to make progress towards the plans out…

Office 365 news roundup

Microsoft customers of every kind, from individuals to enterprises to educators, rely on Office 365 for exceptional productivity, privacy and security. Office 365 provides the tools to help administrators of Fortune 500 companies, small bu…

Help with Office 365 advanced security capabilities and EMS integration at Ignite 2016

Do you have Office 365 E5 and/or Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) suite and need help to fully implement your plans? Are you going to Ignite 2016? Nominate your organization for a customer solution session! The Office 365 content team—…

August 2016 updates for Get & Transform in Excel 2016 and the Power Query add-in

Excel 2016 includes a powerful new set of features based on Power Query technology, which provides fast, easy data gathering and shaping capabilities and can be accessed through the Get & Transform section on the Data ribbon. Today, we are…

Grundfos makes global business happen with Office 365

About eight years ago, Grundfos began its globalization journey. To address the demands of our expanding markets and the increasing numbers of global customers, we opened offices and cost-effective production sites around the world. Today,…

New to Office 365 in August—the continued evolution of inking and more

Today’s post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office team. August has been another busy month with updates for inking, mobile app security, Outlook and more. We’re also announcing an additional level for t…

OneNote August roundup

Here on the OneNote team, we’re wrapping up summer and getting ready to head back to school. So, let’s dive right in this month to share updates to inking, OneNote Class and Staff Notebooks, OneNote Web Clipper and more. Think with ink in …

Introducing guest access for Office 365 Groups

Sometimes you need to work closely with customers, partners, suppliers or consultants outside of your organization, and you need collaboration tools to make this possible. Today, we are pleased to announce the new guest access feature for …