Microsoft 365 for Small business

Published April 19, 2016

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New Office 365 Project Portfolio Dashboard apps are live

The Project Portfolio Dashboard apps announced last fall are now available in the Apple and Office app stores! These apps come pre-configured with powerful dashboards allowing business leaders, portfolio managers and project managers to gain insights into areas such as resource utilization, project portfolio performance, costs, active risks/issues and key milestones.

Published April 13, 2016

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Introducing a new home page experience for Office 365 users

We’re constantly looking for opportunities to improve the way our users get things done. That’s why we’re excited about a fresh new look and feel for the Office 365 welcome page, and a range of new features for both administrators and users.

Published April 12, 2016

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Outlook on the web makes going on vacations less stressful

Outlook on the web makes it easier to clear your calendar before you head out and will automatically decline meetings—if they are set for a date in which you are gone—while you are away from the office.

Published April 7, 2016

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Introducing Wunderlist, Facebook and Evernote in Outlook on iOS and Android

With Calendar Apps, you can connect your apps—Wunderlist, Facebook and Evernote to start with—to see all your tasks, events and notes from your digital life in one place: your Outlook calendar.

Published March 25, 2016

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Introducing Office 365 Connectors

Last November, we announced a limited preview of Office 365 Connectors, a brand new experience that brings relevant interactive content and updates from popular apps and services to Office 365 Groups. We are now bringing this experience to you, our Office 365 customers.

Published March 24, 2016

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PowerPoint Designer—what’s new and what’s next

Four months ago, we launched PowerPoint Designer and Morph, new intelligent tools in PowerPoint that automate the creation of slides and presentations. This marked the starting point of an evolution PowerPoint is undergoing to help users unlock even more value from the app.

Published March 21, 2016

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Excel Online—what’s new in March 2016

We are pleased to announce several updates for Excel Online that help you with some of your most common spreadsheet tasks, including new ways to format data, use hyperlinks in your spreadsheet and explore data using PivotTables.

Published March 11, 2016

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Make the move from Evernote to OneNote today

OneNote has become one of the most popular note-taking apps as a result of hard work we’ve done to deliver a superior experience across all platforms. We even hear from Evernote users that they want to make the switch but that their notes reside in Evernote.

Published March 4, 2016

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Announcing the new Office 365 admin center

We are excited to announce availability of the new Office 365 admin center. The new admin center makes it faster, easier and more efficient to manage Office 365—and it’s rolling out now! Enhancements include improved navigation, search and new reporting capabilities.

Published February 23, 2016

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6 new Excel functions that simplify your formula editing experience

The Excel team is happy to announce six new functions that simplify some of your common calculations and help you avoid the tedious work of building your own custom functions to accomplish the same tasks.

Published February 17, 2016

9 min read

Outlook.com—out of preview and better than ever

The Outlook team is on a mission to bring you the best email and calendar experience—at work, at home—across all your favorite devices. Today, we are announcing an important milestone for Outlook.com—the new version of Outlook.com is now out of preview!

Published February 2, 2016

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Microsoft Ignite 2016: Registration is open—sign up now

It’s time—register now for Microsoft Ignite and mark your calendar for September 26–30, 2016. Be there when top industry leaders talk about what’s next, get direct access to the people who built the products you use every day and surround yourself with smart people talking tech.

Audience: Small business

New Office 365 Project Portfolio Dashboard apps are live

Introducing a new home page experience for Office 365 users

Outlook on the web makes going on vacations less stressful

Introducing Wunderlist, Facebook and Evernote in Outlook on iOS and Android

Introducing Office 365 Connectors

PowerPoint Designer—what’s new and what’s next

Excel Online—what’s new in March 2016

Make the move from Evernote to OneNote today

Announcing the new Office 365 admin center

6 new Excel functions that simplify your formula editing experience

Outlook.com—out of preview and better than ever

Microsoft Ignite 2016: Registration is open—sign up now

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