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Office 365 Service Upgrade Center for Enterprises
Am I using Office 365 before or after the service upgrade?
Exchange Mail Client Access Scenarios
Exchange Online FAQ
Plan and Deploy Exchange Online
Public Folders and Exchange Online Last November we gave you a teaser about public folders in the new Exchange. Now we would like to give you a bit more detail surrounding the Exchange Online public folder feature set so you can start planning what makes sense for your environment...
Introducing Office 365 tenant reports
As the administrator for the Office 365 service for your company, did you ever want to find out, how your users are using the services? How many users are active on email? Are there specific users who are receiving more malware than others? You'll be able to answer these questions and more as we introduce you to the new reports we added in the next release of Office 365...
Updated: Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant
We’ve updated the Deployment Assistant to include the following new scenarios:
- Upgrading from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 - Upgrading from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013 - Configuring an Exchange 2013-based hybrid deployment for Exchange 2007 organizations
Ignite Webcast - Introduction to Office 365 Architecture
Office 365 is helping revolutionize what you can do in the Cloud. In this latest webcast, get an inside peek into what Microsoft software developers and product managers are aiming to accomplish with Office 365...
Released: Exchange Server 2013 RTM Cumulative Update 1
CU1 is the minimum version of Exchange 2013 required for on-premises coexistence and hybrid deployments with supported legacy Exchange Server versions. The final build number for CU1 is 15.0.620.29. For more information on coexistence, check out the Planning and Deployment documentation, and this Ignite webcast covering deployment of and coexistence with Exchange Server 2013...
Announcement: New Office 365 sign-in page
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...
The Service Upgrade Center rounds up what’s new in the Office 365 for enterprises, details the service upgrade experience, and provides resources you can share with your users so they know what to expect and when to expect it. Start exploring today, and be sure to bookmark this site and check back often for the latest news and resources...
Preserve mailbox data for eDiscovery using inactive mailboxes in Exchange Online
In Exchange Online and Exchange Server 2013, you can use In-Place Hold to preserve mailbox content for litigation or investigations. Many organizations also need to preserve mailbox data for users who are no longer in the organization...
Released: Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT)
We've released the Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) to the Microsoft Download Center! This next generation diagnostics tool for Microsoft Office allows you to scan Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word programs...
Ignite Webcast - Understanding Directory Synchronization
In our latest Ignite Webcast, we provide an overview of what DirSync is, what the requirements are, and the different options that are available for DirSync. Coexistence and some key deployment considerations are also discussed...
Ignite Webcast - Hybrid Deployments
Our latest Office Ignite Webcast discusses hybrid deployments with Exchange 2013 and Office 365...
Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer (MCA) 1.0 and Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer (RCA) 2.1 Release Announcement. We’ve been busy!
We are excited to announce the 2.1 release of the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer web site and the 1.0 release of the Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer.The RCA tool provides administrators and end users with the ability to run connectivity diagnostics for our servers to test common issues with Exchange, Lync and Office 365 and the MCA tool is a companion to the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer web site. The MCA tool provides administrators and end users with the ability to run connectivity diagnostics for five common connectivity symptoms directly from their local computer...
New Office 365 Service Descriptions Available
The Office 365 Service Descriptions have been recently updated to better support the continuously updated Office 365 service. The new service descriptions support continuous publishing so that they always reflect the most up-to-date version of the service. Now that the documents are available on the web, we've added links from within the service to help admins compare and understand certain features in the context of the task they are performing...
Updated Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant
We're happy to announce that the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant has been updated and now includes support for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and the latest version of Office 365...
New Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant Available
We're happy to announce that the Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant has been released and includes support for configuring new Exchange 2013 installations, configuring hybrid deployments using Exchange Server 2013, and migrating your existing on-premises Exchange organizations completely to Office 365...
Ignite Webcast – Cutover and Staged Migrations
Our latest Office Ignite Webcast discusses Office 365 migrations. This session provides an overview of migration capabilities, limitations and available tools...
We're making changes to the Office 365 Community
For the last several months, we've been busily designing and building improvements to make it easier for all of us to use our Office 365 community. We'll start rolling out these changes in the next few weeks. Watch this blog for news about these...
Learn about Office 365 Migration in our Latest Ignite Webcast!
Updated 2/21: Thank you for attending this Ignite Webcast. If you missed it, don't worry! The webcast recording will be up soon, and you can download the Webcast Presentation at the bottom of this post. Be sure to look out for our next Ignite Webcast...
Exchange Online 24 Hour Send Limits Raised to 10,000 recipients
To help prevent SPAM, Exchange Online limits the number of recipients a single user can send mail to within a 24 hour period. This limit has affected some companies who need to send many emails. To address this, Exchange Online has updated the 24 hour...
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