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Boost security of your remote workers with confidence using Security Policy Advisor
When it comes to securing the Microsoft 365 Apps using policies, IT Pros often face a challenge: You want to tighten...
Configuring Office 365 ProPlus updates for remote workers using VPN
Due to the dynamic situation with COVID-19 many IT pros are being challenged to assess ways to configure Office 365 Client to update directly from Microsoft CDN. Today, the majority of customers I engage with manage updates using Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr),...
Excluding and re-including applications within the Office 365 ProPlus Suite
When installing Office 365 ProPlus using the Office Deployment Tool (ODT), the standard configuration includes the entire suite of applications by default. In some cases, IT Pros need to exclude one or more of the apps or add back previously excluded ones. The article...
Update to the background image of the Office 365 sign-in screens
I’d like to give you an early heads up on a visual design update that is coming to the Office 365 sign-in experience. These are the screens used to sign in to Microsoft's apps and services, including Office 365, Azure and Dynamics. We’re updating...
Calendaring is Tricky and That Might be Why You Were An Hour Late to that Meeting
Writing code for calendaring features is hard. Some of you might say writing any kind of code is hard, and you might have a point, but calendaring is particularly tricky. Why’s that? Well, consider time zones for a start – a meeting you set up isn’t...
Update to Microsoft Search in Bing through Office 365 ProPlus
On January 22, 2020 we announced in advance that the Microsoft Search in Bing browser extension would be made available through Office 365 ProPlus on Windows devices starting at the end of February. Since then, we’ve heard...
Updates to Office.com and the Office 365 app launcher
Office.com is the URL for an experience that we’ve been building for a couple of years. We designed it to be your work hub experience and help you quickly get to the apps, tools, documents, and content you use on a daily basis. We’ve also brought...
Troubleshooting Office Cloud Policy Service (OCPS)
The Office cloud policy service (OCPS) is a cloud-based service that enables you to apply policy settings for Office 365 ProPlus on a user’s device. The policy settings roam to whichever device the user signs into and uses Office 365 ProPlus. As end...
Introducing – and Managing – Microsoft Search in Bing through Office 365 ProPlus
Customers tell us they want easier ways to manage their environments while delivering more productivity value to their employees. This includes helping people quickly find the information they need, a potentially frustrating prospect given the sheer and constantly...
Streamline deployment and management of Microsoft Teams with Office 365 ProPlus
As more and more Office 365 customers adopt Microsoft Teams, we’ve heard from many of you that you want to deploy and manage Teams the same way you deploy and manage other Office 365 apps. To streamline that process, we made Teams available through Office 365...