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The Grid is full of Office 365 experts that are brimming with great information. The Grid User Post blog series will expose some of The Grid's best content to the entire Office 365 Community. Are you interested in contributing to The Grid? Click here to apply. Our latest Grid User Post comes...

My Sites support social features that are enabled by default in SharePoint Online. This is great for promoting collaboration but you may need to change social settings for your site collection to meet your organization’s security requirements. You can easily limit social features from the Admin...

I introduced the Graph Explorer ( http:// graphExplorer.cloudapp.net ) in my last post , as an easy to use tool to explore using the Graph API. Now I’d like to show a few extra filtering commands, so you get a feel for what is available from the Graph API. I find that by hand-writing these queries...

Lately, we’ve noticed you’ve been asking lots of questions about checking out, checking in, and versioning of files. Although these features add powerful ways to collaborate with documents in SharePoint libraries, they can take some time and experience to master. So we gathered together a...

Applies to: Office 365 Small Business customers after the service upgrade Microsoft recently announced the availability of Lync Skype connectivity . If you’re an Office 365 Small Business admin and want your users to be able to add Skype users* to their Lync Contacts list, you may need...

The Grid is full of Office 365 experts that are brimming with great information. The Grid User Post blog series will expose some of The Grid's best content to the entire Office 365 Community. Are you interested in contributing to The Grid? Click here to apply. Our latest Grid User Post comes...

by The SharePoint Product Team We are pleased to announce that the SkyDrive Pro sync client is now available for Windows and can be downloaded here . This standalone client allows users of SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online in Office 365 to sync their personal SkyDrive Pro and any SharePoint...

Office 365 gives you two options for creating and editing documents in your team site or Sky Drive Pro libraries: you can edit directly in Word Web App or by opening the document in the full version of Word. Similar options are available for Excel, Power Point, and OneNote. There are advantages to both...

Updated 5/31: Thank you for attending this Ignite Webcast. If you missed it, don't worry! You can view the webcast recording here , and you can download the Webcast Presentation here . Be sure to look out for our next Ignite Webcast sessions . To sign up for this webcast please...

In my previous post , I introduced the Graph API – a new RESTful interface that allows developers to quickly build applications that can access directory data in Azure Active Directory - the core directory for Office 365 customers, and customers of other Microsoft Online Services. If you’re...

Time/Date: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 @ 10am PT (60 minutes) Description: SharePoint Online has a revamped experience for sharing documents, folders and sites. Users can now share with people outside the company using Guest Links (anonymous) and External Access (authenticated) invitations. And...

Audience: Exchange Online/Office 365 administrators Author: Ram Poornalingam, Senior Program Manager, Exchange We’re updating the policy for inactive migration batches in Office 365 for organizations that haven’t yet been upgraded as part of the 2013 service upgrade. Previously,...

The more you use Sites in Office 365, the more likely you’ll need to copy or move documents around, either between your desktop computer and a site, or from one site to another. Uploading files gets easier after your sites are upgraded to the new SharePoint Online experience, thanks to new drag...

We know that many of you have been looking for APIs that support development of applications that leverage the Office 365 directory. Yeah, we’ve had PowerShell – not a true programming interface – that admins can use to automate repetitive data handling tasks. Until now that was the...

As we announced on February 27, the new Office 365 service is out of “Preview” and available to try and buy today . We received tons of actionable feedback resulting in new features customers want, improved performance, simple user experiences, more admin controls and the stability they expect...

We are always trying to enhance the Office 365 experience for our users from the first time they log in. One of the key challenges that our small business and student users experience when they start using Office 365 is that the contact information for people they often communicate with is stored in...

Thirteen downloadable training courses targeted at SharePoint end users are now available on Office.com. These video-based courses cover both beginning- and intermediate-level tasks and include a quick reference card that you can refer back to whenever you need a refresher. Subjects include how to work...

Update 4/18: At the San Diego event , we have added extra sessions from the Exchange Online Protection team. These sessions will equip you with the knowledge you need to migrate from Postini and similar email filtering services to Exchange Online Protection. Experts from the EOP product team will be...

The Grid is full of Office 365 experts that are brimming with great information. The Grid User Post blog series will expose some of The Grid's best content to the entire Office 365 Community. Are you interested in contributing to The Grid? Send JoshT_MSFT a private message to apply. Our latest...

The sign-in page for Office 365 has a new look! The redesign provides a simple sign in experience that adapts to work better on whatever device you’re using, from a desktop to tablet to phone, as well as reducing the number of times you’ll need to sign in. Highlights include: The...

Updated 4/5: Thank you for attending this Ignite Webcast. If you missed it, don't worry! You can view the webcast recording here and below , and you can download the Webcast Presentation at the bottom of this post. Be sure to look out for our next Ignite Webcast sessions here . ...

Updated 3/29: Thank you for attending this Ignite Webcast. If you missed it, don't worry! The Webcast recording can be seen here and below , and you can download the Webcast Presentation at the bottom of this post. Be sure to look out for our next Ignite Webcast sessions here . ...

Got an employee with disabilities? Wondering how you can help them use Office 365? Ask us. We’re passionate about providing the best possible experience for all our customers, including those with disabilities, to help them get the most out of Microsoft products. There are over 58 million...

Updated 3/21: Thank you for attending this Ignite Webcast. If you missed it, don't worry! You can view the webcast recording here and below , and you can download the Webcast Presentation at the bottom of this post. Be sure to look out for our next Ignite Webcast sessions here . ...

Are you looking for more details about Microsoft Office 365 plans? Perhaps you’ve compared Office 365 plans and pricing and narrowed down your options, but you need more specifics. What exactly can you do in one Office 365 plan that you can’t do in another? What’s the best plan for...