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Microsoft 365 at Ignite—Re-energize your workforce in the office, at home, and everywhere in between
Empowering today’s digitally connected, distributed workforce requires the right culture and the right technology. At Microsoft Ignite, we’re sharing new innovations across Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Viva to help everyone thrive.
Introducing Microsoft Places: Turn your spaces into places
Introducing Microsoft Places, our new Connected Workplace platform that reimagines places for hybrid and in-person work. Learn more.
Welcome to Microsoft Syntex—Content AI integrated in the flow of work
Microsoft Syntex is Content AI that’s integrated in the flow of work, helping enhance, manage, and connect your content at scale. Learn more.
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Why banks are adopting a modern approach to cybersecurity—the Zero Trust model
Many banks today still rely on a “castle-and-moat” approach—also known as “perimeter security”—to protect data from malicious attacks. Like medieval castles protected by stone walls, moats, and gates, banks that use perimeter security invest heavily in fortifying their network perimeters with firewalls, proxy servers, honeypots, and other intrusion prevention tools. Perimeter security guards the entry
Announcing the new version of Microsoft To Do—we’ve come a long way!
When Wunderlist became part of the Microsoft family, our mission was to bring the delightful, simple, and elegant daily task experience and build it into Microsoft’s intelligent, interconnected, and security-centric ecosystem to create a new app—Microsoft To Do. Today, we’re unveiling the new version of To Do, which includes a fresh new design, access from
Adobe Acrobat chooses Microsoft 365 for built-in app protection
My team has worked very closely with our counterparts at Adobe for years, and this collaboration has created a long list of functionalities that have positively impacted users, as well as the people managing this software in the IT department. Today marks another big milestone in this relationship: On behalf of the Microsoft 365 engineering
Speed up your Windows 10 deployment with new FastTrack guidance
Upgrading and updating complex technology environments is no small task. To support you through every step of your Windows 10 deployment, we made investments to help you assess compatibility, make informed decisions, and reduce cost and complexity. While most of you are well on your way to upgrading to Windows 10, we know there can
New to Microsoft 365 in July—updates to Azure AD, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and more
This month, we’re announcing updates to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to help improve your security posture, updates to Microsoft Teams and Outlook on the web to help you be more productive, and updates to Desktop Analytics and Office 365 ProPlus to streamline IT management and improve efficiency.
Microsoft Office 365 now available from new South Africa cloud datacenters
As Microsoft strives to support the digital transformation of organizations and enterprises around the world, we continue to drive innovation and expand into new geographies to empower more customers with Office 365, the world’s leading cloud-based productivity solution, with more than 180 million commercial monthly active users. Today, we’re taking another step in our ongoing
Microsoft Teams reaches 13 million daily active users, introduces 4 new ways for teams to work better together
Two years ago this week, we launched Microsoft 365, an integrated set of apps and services designed to help customers transform workplace collaboration, streamline business processes, and protect critical information. At the center of Microsoft 365 is Microsoft Teams, the hub for teamwork that combines group chat, video meetings, calling, and files into a single,
Improving the Office app experience in virtual environments
Microsoft 365 is designed to help organizations digitally transform workplace collaboration. Many customers that I work with use virtualization, and they’re always looking for ways to cut costs and improve the user experience. To help, we acquired FSLogix last November, and today I’m pleased to announce four new capabilities to further improve the user experience
New to Microsoft 365 in June—updates to Microsoft Cloud App Security, PowerPoint, Outlook, and more
This month, we’re announcing updates to Microsoft Cloud App Security and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Conditional Access policies that help you improve your organization’s security posture, updates to Microsoft Teams and Yammer that help you meet compliance obligations, updates to PowerPoint Designer that help you build visually impactful presentations, and updates to Outlook that
OneDrive Personal Vault brings added security to your most important files and OneDrive gets additional storage options
With the growing presence and sophistication of online threats, it’s increasingly important to have the right protection and tools to help safeguard your devices, personal information, and files from being compromised. Today, we’re excited to announce OneDrive Personal Vault—a new layer of security coming to your OneDrive personal account to further protect your most sensitive