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We've been talking about this for a while, but this "Office Garage Series" episode covers the DLP and mail encryption capabilities of Office 365. We're consolidating all compliance policies in one place and letting you define a single policy that can apply across multiple services....
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Serving 26 million Texans with secure cloud-based computing—a leap forward for state government agencies
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A great blog post from the CIO of Texas discussing the success her state is having with Microsoft's cloud solutions. It's a quick read, but covers some of the important things that sets Microsoft apart from other cloud solution providers. http://blogs.office.com/2014/12/12/serving-26-million...
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Office 365 Government Community Cloud - new service description
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As the first part of Microsoft's effort to provide more detailed service information about the Office 365 Government Community Cloud (GCC), a new service description page has been added to Service Description pages on TechNet. At some point in the near future, we are also expecting a separate page...
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Office 365 Learning Resources
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I've been sharing this list of resources with my customers lately, so thought it would be good to post it here as well. Office 365 Success Center – adoption and deployment resources, including communications templates – IT and business focused. Office 365 Learning Center –...
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Office 365 receives FedRAMP Authority to Operate (ATO) from HHS OIG
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20 Nov 2014
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News: Microsoft Office 365 helps customers with IRS 1075 regulatory compliance
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Today, Microsoft announced the latest installment of our compliance commitment: With Office 365 for Government, Microsoft is able to support customer compliance with IRS 1075. IRS 1075 provides guidance to ensure that the policies, practices, controls, and safeguards employed by recipient agencies adequately...
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From Inside the Cloud: What does Microsoft do to prepare for emerging security threats to Office 365?
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Interesting blog posting on the measures that Microsoft has in place to prepare for emerging security threats to Office 365 as well as Microsoft Azure. Read it here: http://blogs.office.com/2014/11/05/inside-cloud-assume-breach-practices-action-microsoft-prepare-emerging-security-threats-office-365...
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Microsoft Virtual Academy courses—Office 365 security
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Three courses around Office 365 security are now available through the Microsoft Virtual Academy . Exchange Online Protection (EOP) Encryption in Office 365 Data loss prevention (DLP) in Office 365 As always, all training on the Microsoft Virtual Academy is free!
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19 Nov 2014
Blog Post:
Introducing Office 365 Video
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Microsoft has released a new component for Office 365, called Office 365 Video. This portal, built on top of SharePoint Online and leveraging Azure Media Services, will allow customers to build a secure, company-wide destination for posting, sharing and discovering video content. From onboarding new...
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