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Sell smarter and faster with the new Salesforce Lightning for Outlook add-in

Modern sales reps rely on two tools above all others—Customer Relational Management (CRM) to manage sales opportunities and email to communicate with contacts. Yet, CRM and email have traditionally been disconnected tools, and sales reps h…

3 new Sway capabilities for Office 365 subscribers

In the 10 months since Sway’s general availability, we’ve seen great interest in our digital storytelling app, with millions of Sways created to date! We’ve seen music companies, design firms and small businesses use Sway for company prese…

Stay on top of your travel and deliveries with Outlook

Places to go, people to see. Pack your bags. Travel can be stressful, even when you’re planning to go somewhere for fun. Staying on top of travel plans and package deliveries can become time-consuming and a hassle. First, Outlook began aut…

New to Office 365 in June—Microsoft Planner general availability, inking on Android devices, security features for Office 365 and more

Today’s post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office team. June has been another busy month of updates across our Office apps on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. We reached new milestones for Microsoft Plann…

The 5 insider secrets to mobile productivity in 2016

Creating a mobile workforce with a high level of supportive technology is one of the best things an organization can do to engage its employees. Specifically, a recent study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit showed that companie…

What’s new in Office 365 administration—June update

Additional user management options, enhanced export capabilities and better guidance on next steps are some of the improvements we focused on in June to improve existing features in the new Office 365 admin center. Of course, we all love c…

Register for “Digital Politics: New technology in motion” on Modern Workplace

Digital transformation is affecting all parts of our society and politics is no exception. With every U.S. presidential election, innovators get the chance to test new technologies on the political stage. If they succeed, their products co…

Skype for Business Mac Preview adds contacts, presence and IM

We’re pleased to announce the next phase of the Skype for Business Mac Preview, which—on top of the meetings functionality released in April—brings a new set of functionalities to the app. Let’s take a look at what’s new: Contacts and pres…

Episode 098 with Tom Resing on Future of SharePoint—Office 365 Developer Podcast

In this episode, Richard DiZerega is joined by former SharePoint MVP and new Microsoft employee Tom Resing about weekly updates and his new role at Microsoft. Audio Player 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. …

CSC elevates workplace agility, cultivates new market opportunities with Office 365

Today’s post was contributed by Dan Hushon, chief technology officer for CSC. Innovation never stops in the IT services market, and CSC leads clients through continuous adaptation. We adopt the latest technology to stay ahead of industry t…

Faster OLAP PivotTables in Excel 2016

If you work with connections to OLAP servers, your PivotTables are now faster. The June 2016 update contains query and cache improvements to this powerful feature. You could benefit from these improvements, whether you use PivotTables to a…

Office 365 news at WPC 2016

Today’s post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office team. Today, I had the privilege of taking the stage in Toronto for our annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) to talk about Office 365 momentum and …

Why Facebook is betting on Office 365 and the Microsoft Cloud

Today’s post was written by Tim Campos, CIO of Facebook. At Facebook, our mission is clear. Give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Over 13,000 Facebook employees wake up committed to making this mission …

Take your OneNote Class Notebooks wherever you go with the new “Save a copy” feature

As OneNote Class Notebooks become more popular, we’re often asked how a student or teacher can take their digital books with them when leaving school. Students graduate or change schools and would like to be able to bring the portfolio of …

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…

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…