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Today marks the first anniversary of Microsoft Office 365! To celebrate, Microsoft is launching Office 365 for education; welcoming new enterprise and education customers; and announcing that Office 365 has expanded into 46 new markets, doubling its footprint...

Last week, we welcomed a handful of customers across professional services, air travel and healthcare industries to Office 365. ALECITA, Eurowings, Multidata-Bluegarden, Sygnity and WellPoint are saving time and money while increasing productivity with...

Today, the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Microsoft partner CSC with a contract to implement Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud-based productivity suite. The contract will provide 60,000 FAA employees...

Fashion retailer Otto Japan Inc. recently upgraded its email platform from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange Online as part of Microsoft Office 365. The company wanted a comprehensive email solution that allowed for large-capacity mailboxes, ease of use...

Today, Microsoft is excited to introduce Office 365 for Government to our line-up of cloud offerings. Office 365 for Government is a new multi-tenant service that stores US government data in a segregated community cloud. We’re also committed to...

The Catholic International Education Office (OIEC) has entered into an education alliance with Microsoft, to provide Office 365 for its community of Catholic schools across the world. Office 365 is now also the cloud solution of choice for iLUKA, an events...

Today, Microsoft welcomes Note, a large Scandinavian electronics manufacturer, to the Microsoft Office 365 family. Note adopted Google Mail in 2010, but quickly discovered Google’s collaboration features didn’t meet the company’s needs...

ZDNet recently published a debate that argued the merits of Microsoft Office 365 versus Google Apps. Office 365 emerged as the winner, and best online app for business, due to Microsoft’s commitment to customers and long-term investment in the enterprise...

Microsoft and “ Angel’s Gate ,” a groundbreaking Asian reality television series, today announced Microsoft will offer its Office 365 cloud productivity service for free to entrepreneurs across Asia who have been shortlisted to participate...

See how Microsoft Office 365 stacks up versus Google Apps to improve the day of a financial analyst. The latest post from Tony Tai on Why Microsoft reveals how Office 365 can help anyone working with lots of data develop secure reports, with accurate...

Today, the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing team announced that Microsoft Dynamics CRM has joined the Cloud Security Alliance’s (CSA) Security and Assurance Registry (STAR). Both Microsoft Office 365 and Windows Azure have self-assessments published...

Eight more companies and public agencies have joined the increasing number of organizations that have adopted Microsoft Office 365 to increase collaboration and communication, enhance productivity, and boost efficiency with the popular cloud-based service...

Spring has sprung, and it’s the perfect time for some technology cleaning and sprucing up to make your business as productive as possible. With Microsoft Office 365, smart businesses have straightened up overflowing email inboxes, PC desktops...

Office 365 provides secure, anywhere access to email, shared calendars, instant messaging, video conferencing, and document collaboration. To show the experience of using Office 365 from a worker’s perspective, Microsoft has developed a five-point...

With a team of contributors and freelance writers located around the world, Wine & Spirits Magazine handles a lot of business online. When its employees used Google Docs for document management, collaboration became difficult and inefficient –...

Careful planning and a thorough review of current and future technology requirements are essential to determine if, and when, the cloud is the right fit for your business. For companies with more than 25 employees, Microsoft de-mystifies the process...

There are lots of technical considerations to take into account when choosing cloud-based productivity solutions. Applications including email, calendaring, document creation, and collaboration are business-critical, so moving them to the cloud requires...

Spring is here, but snow and extreme weather can still make a surprise appearance. Be prepared to stay productive with Microsoft Office 2010, whether you’re traveling, at the office, or stuck at home. Check out www.office.com/snoworshine for...

The Microsoft Project Conference 2012 started today in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. Project 2010 continues to evolve to meet the changing collaboration and project management needs for organizations of all sizes. Since its launch in May 2010, Project has climbed...

Today, Microsoft announced OneNote Mobile for Android is now available in the Android Market app store. OneNote Mobile for Android allows people to easily capture and access notes and ideas on the go. With SkyDrive, notebooks are always up-to-date...

Today, Microsoft reached an important development milestone: the beginning of the “Office 15” Technical Preview Program. Office 15 is the codename for the next generation of the Microsoft Office cloud services, servers, and mobile and PC clients...

Microsoft welcomes JetBlue, Patagonia, and the American Heart Association to the Office 365 Family! These companies are joined by other recent customers new to Office 365 - Campbell Soup Company, Marie Claire, Hersing Corp, UL (formerly Underwriters Labs...

Microsoft has partnered with Guy Kawasaki, author and venture capitalist, on a series providing guidance and sample Office documents for making business dreams a reality. In the four-post series on Guy’s blog he reveals exclusive tips for aspiring...

In a continuing trend to put the latest technology in the palm of small businesses, Microsoft with the help of MasterCard is working to bring additional incentives for small businesses upgrading to Office 365 . Today, we announce that MasterCard will...