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Microsoft releases July 2017 Non-Security Office updates

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Microsoft has just released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016; a day later than anticipated because of 4th of July in the US. Only non-security Office updates get released by Microsoft on t…

Office 2019: In the year 2019, your finger will make dogs bark

www.office.com/setup Blogs: I Started Something has some cool video of what Microsoft foresees as the future of MS Office. Dubbed Office 2019, the video is a mish-mash of Surface-esque drawings and lots of cute little applications talking …

Profit and loss data modeling and analysis with Microsoft Excel

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Accounting and Finance Professionals have a new learning resource. The Profit and Loss Data Modeling and Analysis with Microsoft PowerPivot in Excel article, Excel workbook samples, and sample Access database pr…

Loving the ‘Like’ Button

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Any social network user will tell you, the more “Likes” your post gets, the better. But in practice, I’ve seen that a “Like” can mean more than simply liking what an update has to say. As an avid user of the “Li…

Introducing the Yammer Browser Extension

www.office.com/setup Blogs: We’re always excited to see the way you use Yammer, so when we noticed how many customers are sharing external links we decided to build a new feature to support this activity. Users frequently start discussions…

Creating cool animated visualizations with Excel and Power BI

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Our friends over in the Power BI Blog posted an in-depth walkthrough of the new features available as part of Power Query and Power View. In particular, how to create a cool time series scatter plot/bubble visua…

Creating the most beautiful and powerful way to view, share, and search your photos with HTML5

www.office.com/setup Blogs: With SkyDrive, we aim to create the best experience for people who use Windows – just last week we shared details about “placeholder files” in Windows 8.1. But we also know a lot of people like to get to their S…

The Garage Series: Office 365 versus the wild – enabling collaboration across the stack

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Episode 5 out of a 6 part special filmed in New Orleans, host Jeremy Chapman is joined by collaboration expert Mark Kashman as they take a look at the expansion of collaboration scenarios with the new Office fro…

One year since the preview of Outlook.com – thank you for helping us build the world’s fastest growing email

www.office.com/setup Blogs: A year ago today, we introduced the preview of Outlook.com. It was the first step in our mission to reimagine personal email, from the datacenter all the way to the customer experience. As we said then, the laun…

Excel Table Talk - Episode 1

www.office.com/setup Blogs: This month I will talk about Excel with our guest Johnnie Thomas about what is new in Excel and feedback from the community.

Microsoft Planner help

www.office.com/setup Blogs: With Microsoft Planner, you can create a plan, build a team, assign tasks, and update status—all in a few easy steps. Step 1: Sign in and create a plan Step 2: Add tasks and give them dates Step 3: Sort tasks in…

Set up your computer to sync your OneDrive for Business files in Office 365

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Use OneDrive for Business to sync your school or work files to your computer. After that, you can work with files directly in your file system and access them even when you’re offline. Whenever you’re online, an…

What is SharePoint?

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Organizations use SharePoint to create websites. You can use it as a secure place to store, organize, share, and access information from any device. All you need is a web browser, such as Microsoft Edge, Interne…

Save the date: Join us for Project Conference 2014 in Anaheim, CA

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Project Conference is back by popular demand: Mark your calendar now to join us February 2-5 for Project Conference 2014. After over 1,000 people from around the world made Project Conference 2012 a huge success…

Office 365 news round-up

www.office.com/setup Blogs: This week’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) reminds me of John Donne’s poem “No Man is an Island.” Microsoft has a vast network of partners of all sizes, all of whom play a critical role in making our product…

Office 365 now available in 38 new markets

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Office 365 is expanding commercial availability in 38 new markets, 3 new languages, and 5 new currencies. Office 365 is now available in 127 markets worldwide and it is easier for customers to pay with their met…

San José and Microsoft announce city’s selection of Office 365, Windows Azure and StorSimple for over 5,000 employees

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Today, we are pleased to share that the City of San José has selected Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Windows Azure and StorSimple to expand the productivity potential of its more than 5,000 city employees, redu…

Webinar: Office Mobile for iPhone

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Dave Ludwig is a Content Developer for Office.com. This week’s webinar, you’ll learn about Office Mobile for iPhone. We’ll go over how to get started and how to access, view and edit Word docs, Excel spreadsheet…

Renew Office 365 for home

www.office.com/setup Blogs: This article explains how to renew your Office 365 Home or Office 365 Personal subscription and what you can do after you renew. It also provides detailed troubleshooting help. If you want to check prices before…

How to start blogging with Microsoft Word

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Blogging with Microsoft Word lets you use the richly featured word processor to circumvent many of the underpowered, sometimes unfriendly aspects of browser-based interfaces used by platforms like WordPress or B…

Using Microsoft Word with WordPress.com

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Microsoft Word is a fine word processor for producing documents to be shared or printed, with a wealth of print-based options for indexing, and producing table of contents. As a web publishing tool, however, it …

What's new in Office 365 - Windows Desktop

www.office.com/setup Blogs: As an Office 365 subscriber, you regularly get new and improved Office 2016 features. Take a look below to see what’s available to you today. www.office.com/setup Blogs: Latest updates for Windows Desktop Take a…

Skype for Business Online users can't communicate with external contacts

www.office.com/setup Blogs: PROBLEM www.office.com/setup Blogs: You experience one of the following symptoms in Skype for Business Online (formerly Lync Online): Instant messages aren't delivered to external contacts. When you try to send …

Troubleshooting Skype for Business Online DNS configuration issues in Office 365

www.office.com/setup Blogs: PROBLEM www.office.com/setup Blogs: One or more of the following features don't work as expected in Skype for Business Online (formerly Lync Online): Skype for Business Online Autodiscover and automatic sign-in …

First time users - Microsoft Teams Support

www.office.com/setup Blogs: If you’re just getting started, you can find information here about setting up and configuring Microsoft Teams. www.office.com/setup Blogs: What is a channel? Channels allow teammates to have focused conversatio…

Microsoft Teams keyboard shortcuts

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Windows www.office.com/setup Blogs: This topic lists the keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Teams. NOTES: The shortcuts in this topic refer to the US keyboard layout. Keys for other layouts might not correspond ex…

Microsoft Teams Quick Start - Next Steps

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Have fun with emojis, memes, and stickers Express yourself and impress co-workers with memes and customized stickers. Select Teams, and then select a channel. Select in your compose message box \ text editor. We…

Microsoft Teams - First Steps

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Select a team and channel A team is a collection of people, conversations, files, and tools — all in one place. A channel is a discussion topic in a team. The best way to get familiar with teams and channels is …

What Microsoft Teams can do for you

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Microsoft Teams is a chat-centered workspace in Office 365. It brings people, conversations, files, and tools into one place, so everyone has instant access to everything they need. Watch the video to see what M…

Admins: Reset Office 365 passwords

www.office.com/setup Blogs: Are you responsible for resetting passwords at a business, school, or nonprofit? If so, you're in the right place! This article is for you. If not, see I forgot the username or password for the account I use wit…