Feb 21, 2014 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, web_services
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Microsoft! On the heels of the OneDrive rollout, Microsoft changed the name of its browser-based versions of Word, Excel and Powerpoint to Office Online. The actual online programs aren’t new but most people never discovered them...
Sep 4, 2013 | mail, Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, web_services
Office 365 business users are getting more storage space for free. Exchange mailboxes are doubling in size, permitting storage of up to 50Gb per mailbox, and Skydrive Pro storage capacity is being increased from 7Gb to 25Gb for each user. The increased mailbox space...
Aug 26, 2013 | Office, Office 365, Outlook
I made a trivial change to Outlook that made me so happy I have to share it with you. Like many of you, I use Outlook’s calendar to view one week at a time. It shows work appointments during the week, plus personal events on the weekend. It’s always been vaguely...
Aug 11, 2013 | Microsoft, Office 365, web_services
Microsoft assembled some numbers to show that Office 365 has had almost no downtime for the last year. For four quarters in a row, the Office 365 services (hosted Exchange email, Sharepoint, Lync, and Office Web Apps) were up and running more than 99.9% of the time –...
Aug 7, 2013 | mail, Microsoft, Office 365, Outlook, web_services
Microsoft has been upgrading Office 365 subscribers to new servers during 2013, with improved webmail and a completely overhauled dashboard for users and the latest versions of Exchange Server and other server platforms on the back end. The upgrades haven’t all gone...
Aug 1, 2013 | Android, Apple, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, phone
Microsoft released Office Mobile for Android phones this week, with versions of Word, Excel and Powerpoint optimized for small screens. Here’s where you can download it from the Google Play store. The apps are very similar to the Office Mobile app released for iPhones...
