Entries from 2017-04-19 to 1 day

April 2017 updates for Get & Transform in Excel 2016 and the Power Query add-in

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Excel 2016 includes a powerful set of features based on the Power Query technology, which provides fast, easy data gathering and shaping capabilities and can be accessed through the Get & Transform section on th…

SharePoint evaluated as a Leader in latest edition of The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Content Management

www.office.com/setup Blogs: We are very pleased to see SharePoint evaluated as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Content Management—Business Content Services, Q2 2017. As Forrester noted: Microsoft instigates content-in-the-cloud…

New educator-focused features in Microsoft Forms

www.office.com/setup Blogs: When teachers talk, we listen. Now that Microsoft Forms is generally available, we have been responding to millions of requests for new features—especially from educators who rely on Forms in their classrooms. T…

New to Sway—recording, closed caption, navigation, autoplay and view counts

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Over the last few months, we’ve been on the ground asking users what features they would like to see in the Sway app. We heard all the ways you use Sway in your personal, school and work lives, and listened to t…

Come try the Outlook for Mac Preview with Google Calendar and Contacts

www.office.com/setup Blog: Last month, we announced that we’re bringing major improvements to how Google Accounts work in Outlook 2016 for Mac—including an improved setup experience and Google Calendar and Contacts support. We’re excited t…

Office Online Server April 2017 release

www.office.com/setup Blogs: We are excited to announce our second major update to Office Online Server (OOS), which includes support for Windows Server 2016 as well as several improvements. OOS allows organizations to provide users with br…

Introducing Groups in Outlook for Mac, iOS and Android

www.office.com/setup Blogs: More than 10 million people rely on Groups in Outlook every month to work together and get things done. Groups is proving useful to our customers. And for that, we couldn’t be more thankful. Groups in Outlook of…

Announcing general availability of Office 365 from local datacenters in South Korea

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Today, as part of our deep and continued commitment to make Office 365 the most trusted cloud service for productivity, we are announcing the general availability of Office 365 from our new cloud datacenters in …

Garage Series: Best of stunts and demos

www.office.com/setup Blogs: In this episode of the new Office Garage Series, we look back at some of the best moments of Season 1 from XStream Office installs in air, on land and water and some of the best demos as we helped answer your to…

Thanks a million

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Today, thanks to you, the new Office is officially the best-selling Office edition yet, with more than one sold every second on average since it launched. And if that wasn’t enough, in just over 100 days, you’ve…

Why Office 365 is right for my family

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Today’s post is from Suzanne Emberton, a mother of six and full-time IT support analyst in Tennessee. Suzanne is an avid Office user, and in this post, she explains why Office 365 Home Premium is the right fit f…

New study: People want social tools at work; weigh in at “The Worldwide Water Cooler”

www.office.com/setup Blogs: We’re big believers that enterprise social is the new cornerstone of workplace collaboration. It addresses the changing nature of work, and the changing demographics of the workforce. We’re not alone here. We ju…

How-To: Add Some Color to Your Yammer Profile

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Yammer is a great tool for finding and connecting with experts across your company that you may not know or do not work with frequently. Post a question on Yammer and you’ll likely receive answers from people yo…

Adam Pisoni Shares Thoughts in Attenzi: A Social Business Story

www.office.com/setup Blogs: The following is an except of Adam Pisoni’s, Yammer Co-Counder, forward to Attenzi: A Social Business Story by Philip Sheldrake. This book explores how social business impacts individuals, companies and communit…

Managing project schedules in Project Professional vs. Project Online / PWA

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Project Professional 2013 and Project Online / PWA are distinct tools which work together, empowering businesses to deliver winning projects while effectively executing and achieving strategic priorities. People…

SharePoint TechEd North America cheat sheet

www.office.com/setup Blogs: You have your ticket to TechEd North America, and your bags are packed to be in New Orleans June 3-6–what now? The folks on the SharePoint team have you covered. Bookmark this blog, because it’s your SharePoint …

Data-linked diagrams: Multiple data graphics with a single shape

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Yana Terukhova is a Product Marketing Manager on the Microsoft Visio team. Visio makes it easy to build visually compelling organization charts and enhance them to meet your specific business needs. You can crea…

Office 365 news round-up

www.office.com/setup Blogs: It’s been another remarkable couple of weeks for Office 365. Thanks to our customers, the new Office is officially the best-selling Office edition yet, with more than one sold every second on average since it la…

Plan your wedding with OneNote

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Olya Veselova is a Program Manager on the OneNote team. A few years ago, I had my dream wedding in Hawaii. From planning the guest list to picking a wedding dress, I had a million things to do–but luckily I had …

Opening workbooks by running separate instances of Excel

www.office.com/setup Blogs: In Excel 2013, each of your workbooks opens in its own window, similar to Word and PowerPoint. This means that each workbook has its own ribbon and top-level window frame that you can move and resize independent…

How to Convert a Microsoft Publisher File to a Web Page

www.office.com/setup Blogs: How to Convert a Microsoft Publisher File to a Web Page. Turn that holiday newsletter you created in Microsoft Publisher into a Web page with just a few simple steps. Step Start Microsoft Publisher and open the …