In case of you missed it, Microsoft proposes a speed test for Azure too – as for Office 365. http://azurespeedtest.azurewebsites.net/ it will help you to determine which datacentre or CDN to use for your Azure services, and it getting updated live so you can see the evolution in real time too
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It has been also a long requested and waited improvement: being able to granularly grant administration permission on Office 365 services (SharePoint, Lync/Skype for Business, Exchange) without granting global administrator. Microsoft has announced this major improvement is going to be rolled out as part of the monthly update process. For those with the First Release
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Microsoft has announced that a new version of ActiveSync is coming. This v16 is introducing a long waited feature request: synching the draft folder Also part of this new version, calendar items with attachment will be synched with the attachment. At this time, this new version is being rolled out only on Exchange Online on
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Recently I had an issue with the Yammer Directory Synchronization tool. It has been setup and working for a while now but few days ago, it stopped working and the error was quite strange: unable to authenticate Off course I have validated that the account was administration on my Yammer network and it was the
Microsoft has announced a new/improved Exchange Online Protection feature called Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). ATP will delivers the following services: Improved protection against unknown malware and viruses: this extends the existing Exchange Online Protection service by providing a zero-day protection against virus and malware. All message with attachments with an unknown virus/malware signature
If you are running a Windows 7 or 8.x version, you will get this notification – a blank Windows logo in the systray If you click on this icon, you will get a message to invite you to register to get your free upgrade to Windows 10 when it will be available Also if you
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In case you did not notice these incoming important changes for Office 365 services – covering Exchange Online, Mobile Device Management and SharePoint Online. Some of them may have end-users impact like these two: Exchange Online: access to Outlook Web Access will be redirected for some users to outlook.office.com instead of outlook.office365.com Mobile Device Management:
As you know, Skype for Business is now the name of Lync. It is available both On Premises and Online. As part of the re branding, there has been few improvement and one of these is on the client side. After a call or meeting with voice, end-user got a pop up to rate the
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Microsoft has introduced new option in the reporting for Office 365. The first one is you can now automate mail protection report to be automatically sent to your inbox (http://aka.ms/o365scheduledreports). The mail protection report was (still is) a small piece to be downloaded on your client (with Excel installed) to let you monitor the spam
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As you may already know, Microsoft has introduced a feature called First Release on Office 365 to help customers to discover mew services or features before they have been roll out widely to all customers. If this was a great improvement to be prepare for potential changes, this had a limitation: this applied to all
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