Microsoft in Education blog

Your Privacy is Our Priority

Education in the Cloud — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:28:17 GMT

Microsoft has been investing in a comprehensive privacy program, consumer education and policy initiatives for more than a decade. Our customers tell us they expect strong privacy protections to be built into our products, devices and services, and for...(read more)

Over 18 million students and staff to benefit from faster, more secure cloud-computing

Education in the Cloud — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:53:14 GMT

As part of our on-going commitment to add value to the education community we serve, we are thrilled to be working with Janet to provide additional support and services to their user base. Janet provides and develops a network infrastructure to support...(read more)

Launch of the Microsoft Certified Educator

Lauren Woodman — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:35:00 GMT

Access to quality professional development is critical to build educator capacity to ensure students are graduating with the skills needed for workplace success. Governments around the world continue to struggle to find scalable, quality professional...(read more)

Parameterizing an Excel Spreadsheet

Patrick_LeBlanc — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:56:43 GMT

I've had a few discussions in the past week about not only including Excel spreadsheets on PerformancePoint dashboards, but specifically about how to pass values from Filters to the spreadsheet. I did a few demonstrations to show the capability to some...(read more)

Administrator Access to SkyDrive Pro

Education in the Cloud — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:16:40 GMT

SkyDrive Pro is an excellent web-based, enterprise ready, personal storage and collaboration tool for faculty, staff, and students. Unlike the consumer version of SkyDrive, SkyDrive Pro provides institutions with rich features to remain compliant. Technically...(read more)

Windows 8 Wednesday: Creative Collaboration between Students and Teachers at Cincinnati Country Day School

Microsoft Education Team — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:01:00 GMT

Cincinnati Country Day School (CCDS) prides itself on its trailblazing ways and is recognized as an international leader in educational technology integration. A college-preparatory school, founded in 1926 and located in Cincinnati, Ohio, CCDS has always...(read more)

Virtual Teams Project at NUI Galway – uses Office 365

Education in the Cloud — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:59:48 GMT

When we first launched Office 365 for education back in June 2012, UMass Amherst and NUI Galway recorded a showcase video with us, highlighting their use of our Office 365 platform . If you have not seen that, check it out ! Following on from this...(read more)

Connecting SharePoint Online to CRM Online using BCS

Education in the Cloud — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:49:46 GMT

Girish Raja from our CRM team just posted a fairly extensive blog on how to connect SharePoint and CRM Online using Business Connectivity Services (BCS). Check it out! Now why would an education customer want to do this? I can think of a number...(read more)

Microsoft Announces U.S. Imagine Cup Finals Demo Day Winners

Microsoft Tech Student — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:22:00 GMT

Today, Microsoft hosted the 2013 U.S. Imagine Cup Finals Demo Day in Silicon Valley. The top 10 U.S. teams pitched their ideas and solutions to investors, entrepreneurs, and technology professionals for a chance to win cash prizes and support for their businesses. COMPETITIONS WORLD CITIZENSHIP: Students had the opportunity to create an app that will help solve global challenges, such as reducing world hunger, providing better treatment for disease, raising awareness around environmental issues or providing better access to education. The top team in this category wins $5000. The winner...(read more)

The Tale of One Tabular Model and Excel 2013 with Multiple Power View Reports

Patrick_LeBlanc — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:27:00 GMT

SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services introduced Power View, which was initially available only in SharePoint. This limited the use of Power View only to those individuals and organizations that had SharePoint deployed in some environment. To make Power...(read more)