Key takewaways: Microsoft will offer cheaper Microsoft 365/Office 365 commercial suites in the EU and Switzerland that don’t include Teams starting on October 1, 2023. Customers who already pay for a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 subscription that includes Teams will be available to continue doing so. Microsoft will also create new documentation for developers interested in integrating their apps with Teams, and make it easy to integrate Office web apps in third-party solutions. After the European Commission started investigating Microsoft’s bundling of Teams with its Microsoft 365 and Offic ..read more

An Office 365 tenant to tenant migration can be a complex undertaking that requires careful planning and execution. Whether due to mergers, acquisitions, or organizational restructuring, a tenant to tenant migration project involves transferring data, applications, and configurations while ensuring minimal user disruption. In this article, I will guide you through the essential steps to plan for a successful Office 365 tenant to tenant migration project, covering pre-migration preparation, data assessment, migration strategy selection, user communication, and post-migration tasks. I will also ..read more

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, organizations are generating an increasing volume of emails and other electronic communications. Efficiently managing this growing influx of messages while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements has become a critical aspect of modern business operations. One effective solution offered by Microsoft’s Office 365 suite is the archive mailbox feature. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to enable archive mailboxes in Office 365. What is an archive mailbox in Office 365? An archive mailbox is an additional mailbox storage space within Office 365 ..read more

Microsoft 365 includes powerful collaboration features that allow teams to work on and share Office documents more easily than ever before. But do you understand how file sharing works within Microsoft 365 and how to manage and secure your files?  In this article, we’ll take you through the basics of file sharing and collaboration in Microsoft 365, and how you can control who can share what, and with whom, in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. We’ll also be discussing Microsoft 365 Groups, what they’re for, and how to boost your productivity with them. You will also learn how Micro ..read more

In this guide, we’ll show you how to schedule an email in Outlook for Windows and other platforms. This is a really handy feature that gives you the flexibility to send emails at a specific time. Instead of creating reminders to send some of your emails, Outlook can schedule them for you at the time you want, and this feature works across almost all platforms. Scheduling emails with Outlook also enables you to better communicate with people across different time zones. It’s usually best to send emails when people are likely to read them, as this can prevent your messages from getting lost in t ..read more

It’s time for you and your team to take a short break from your busy work demands and deadlines to refresh, revitalize and invest in yourselves at ESPC22, Nov 28 – Dec 1 – Europe’s premier Microsoft technologies conference. ESPC22 offers you the choice of 9 expert-led full-day Microsoft 365 and Azure tutorials. This is a real chance to dive deep into your chosen topic while learning from some of the industry’s foremost speakers. With 4 Microsoft Corporate Keynotes and 120+ sessions catering to a wide variety of levels, topics and interests, there is value for each team member to gain at ESPC22 ..read more

MC360766 – Updated April 19, 2022: Microsoft has updated the content with additional details. Loop components are live, interactive, collaborative objects that you can embed in team chats and now also on emails. When you send a Loop component, everyone in the email can edit it inline—and see changes instantly. That means you can collaborate right inside an email message. To give it a try, compose a new email or reply to an existing one and insert a Loop component via the toolbar or copy and paste components between email and Teams chats.  This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Road ..read more

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is getting a new update that lets enterprise admins prioritize threat protection for critical users. The priority account protection feature, which was announced back in February, started rolling out earlier this week, and it should hit general availability next month. For those unfamiliar, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 introduced priority accounts support back in 2020. The feature enables IT admins to tag sensitive email accounts in an organization to prevent sophisticated attacks and security breaches. It is designed to protect employees such as managers ..read more

Microsoft has announced that it’s increasing the pricing for most of its non-profit Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscription plans later this year. This pricing update applies to all new and existing non-profit customers, and it follows the pricing changes for Microsoft 365 commercial plans last month. The Redmond giant explained on its Partner Center support page (via The Register) that it had added more than 1,400 new capabilities to its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 offerings over the past decade. These include new features for AI and automation, communication and collaboration, as well as ..read more

Microsoft has announced its plans to launch Office 365 Government Secret, a new cloud offering for government agencies and their partners. The company says that this new security offering is currently in government review, and it’s expected to become generally available in mid-2022. Microsoft highlighted that the Office 365 Government Secret cloud service is built on its Azure Government classified environments. This service supports Impact Level 6 (IL6), and it’s designed for the US government agencies who need to manage secret classified data. The goal is to modernize the existing legacy inf ..read more