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VINCI Moves 183,000 Employees to Office 365
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over 2 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Another major win for Microsoft this week. VINCI, the world’s leading facilities management and construction group, recently replaced Google Apps for Business and two other collaborative working solutions with Microsoft Office 365. ...
Four Great Reasons to Cast Your Vote for Microsoft Office 365
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over 2 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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How do you decide who should get your vote in this election? From races for city council across the United States to the race for U.S. president, there’s no shortage of campaign literature out there. What is the candidate’s experience? What...
Google's Outlook Sync Tool: Out of Sync with Customers
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over 4 years ago
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brandonhoff
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My name is Brandon Hoff and I am a Technical Product Manager here at Microsoft and have been working on Exchange for almost 10 years. Since the introduction of Outlook into the Office suite in 1997, I have come across my fair share of connectors (IBM...
Why Microsoft
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over 4 years ago
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akisslo
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Hi, my name is Andrew Kisslo and I am Sr. Product Manager inside the group that delivers Office, SharePoint and Exchange, including all our cloud offerings. The best part about my job is the unique opportunity I get to meet with customers of all different...
Is Google App Engine Enterprise-Ready?
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over 4 years ago
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JohannaBeatrice
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Hi folks, my name is Johanna White, and I’m a senior product manager in Microsoft’s Online Services group. I’ve been at Microsoft for three years, first running the Ramp Up program (a free online learning program for developers)...
Cloud Power or Cloud Compromises: You Choose
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over 4 years ago
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Thomas Rizzo
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We announced today that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA ) is ready to go live with the premier productivity cloud solution: Microsoft Online Services. The USDA brings us the food pyramid, organic certification, food safety, and the...
The ‘Priority Inbox’ and Information Overload
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over 4 years ago
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akisslo
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Earlier this week, Google announced the 'Priority Inbox' (PI) which aims to help users sort through emails by having a machine filter and auto-sort messages in your inbox. I haven't yet tested it but conceptually, it's a really great idea, minus of course...
Look Before You Leap
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over 3 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Top Resources on Why Microsoft Website: Part 2 of 3 Last week in part 1 of the Top Resources on the Why Microsoft web site: “ Office Web Apps vs. Google Docs - See for Yourself ” we illustrated that when you use Google Apps to open a Word...
Microsoft Leads in 10 Gartner Magic Quadrants
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over 3 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Top Resources on Why Microsoft Website: Part 3 of 3 “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a...
Firm Moves from Google Gmail to Microsoft Office 365 to Improve Customer Service
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over 3 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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In today’s post we hear from C&I Engineering on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move off Gmail to embrace business-ready cloud computing! “Whatever problem the business faces, Office 365...
Why Small Businesses Buy Office 365: Saving Money and Usability
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over 3 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Three weeks have passed since Office 365’s launch and I’m very happy to share the feedback coming in from customers using Office 365 all over the world. As they see the value of the service for their small businesses, several are outlining...
Growing Firm Plans to Save 30 Hours a Day and Avoid $100,000 a Year with Office 365
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over 3 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Today we hear from Travelers Haven on why Office 365 was the best choice in their decision to embrace cloud computing! “I knew that cloud-based computing was the way that businesses would operate in the future. I didn’t bother...
Whither art thou, Google Apps offline?
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over 3 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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It’s been a cool summer in Redmond, and we’ve been working hard preparing some pleasant surprises for the next quarterly release of Office 365, developing features to improve enterprise productivity. Looking back, I recall Google’s Senior...
A Tale of Two Clouds: Google and Microsoft
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over 3 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Binary Tree , a leading provider of cross-platform messaging migration and coexistence software and a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner, has helped over 5,000 customers around the world to migrate more than 20,000,000 users. In this guest blog, Binary...
Dealership to Boost Collaboration with Move from Google Apps to Microsoft Online Services
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over 3 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Let’s learn from Santa Margarita Ford why Microsoft was the best decision for their business' move from Google Apps, gaining new capabilities and support with Microsoft Online Services, and now Office 365! “By using...
Construction Group Finds Microsoft Solution Better for Business than Google Apps
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over 3 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Today we hear from United Kingdom-based VINCI PLC on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move off Google Apps! “When we looked at the size of our business and our plans for the future, we felt...
“Down and Out” for Google Apps Users
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over 2 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Outages will happen, whether we use applications managed by a supplier in the cloud, or use applications managed by in-house, IT staff. Some of the news lately has been about Google Apps' service outages. Yet, if we have tools to be productive in our...
Real World with Cloud Services: Interview with Muttia Alkhayyat, Chief Information Officer, UrbaCon General Contracting
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over 2 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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As part of the Real World with Cloud Services series, we spoke to Muttia Alkhayyat, Chief Information Officer at UrbaCon General Contracting about why, after adopting Google Apps for Business, UrbaCon switched to Microsoft Office 365. Here’s what...
Beauty Product Company Selects Office 365 over Google Docs to Broaden Reach
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over 2 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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In today’s post we hear from the beauty products company, Naturally Me, on why a Microsoft cloud productivity solution was the best choice for their growing business! “We tried to use Google Docs, but it didn’t work...
Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 5/4/2012
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over 2 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Quest Rolls Out Options for Office 365 Migrations OnDemand Migration for Email is a relatively new service designed to help organizations and...
Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 3/23/2012
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over 2 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Early Office 365 Adopters: What Drove Them and What Have They Learned? Both companies trialed alternative online and cloud-based messaging...
Growing Business Uses Online Tools to Add Flexibility, Teach in More Classrooms
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over 2 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Companies of all sizes, all around the world are moving to the cloud. In today’s post we hear from Imagination Yoga on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move to expand and embrace cloud computing! Imagination Yoga...
Google Apps’ Collaboration Red Herring
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over 2 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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In today’s workplace, a core competency for information workers is the ability to work together. As a result, we likely spend a lot of time in meetings. But we also spend a lot of time working independently—like doing the leg work to facilitate...
Google Apps: Forcing a Square Peg into a Round Hole
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over 2 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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It’s been said that: “People who look through keyholes are apt to get the idea that most things are keyhole shaped.” We all know people who see things as black-and-white, who view the world in over-simplistic terms. By taking an all...
A Day in the Life of a Student
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over 2 years ago
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Tony Tai - MSFT
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Whether you are a school’s IT leader, an educator, a parent, or someone who values learning, you know students and care about their success. Successful students are excited about learning, are well-organized and make good use of their time. With...
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