Microsoft last week added three new management tools to its Office 365 Groups service.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 10, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Starting in June, Microsoft will begin to phase out SharePoint Online's Access Services.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 05, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday released a number of Office 356 security products, including the Advanced Data Governance solution and the Threat Intelligence service.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 04, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A slew of new capabilities are rolling out to Office 365 subscribers this month, including a preview of Microsoft Graph reporting APIs.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 04, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Polycom, a maker of video conferencing solutions and a major collaborator with Microsoft in the unified communications (UC) space, this week unveiled a new solution that promises to widen the reach of Microsoft's Skype for Business product.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 30, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft began to roll out two new features to its Skype for Business service this week: "Auto Attendant" and "Call Queues." 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 29, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Office 365 users in the western United States reported problems accessing their services beginning Friday afternoon.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 24, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Educators and academic institutions can now access the new Microsoft Teams chat-based workspace solution through their Office 365 subscriptions.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 23, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new tool from Microsoft Gold ISV partner Harmon.ie aims to leverage Microsoft Graph APIs to make the Outlook mail and calendar application the center of the digital workspace.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 22, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday said it is expanding the range of Office 365 plans that will have access to its new Bookings scheduling service.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 21, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft policy change that affects how groups function in Outlook will hit Office 365 business subscribers this month.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 20, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week unveiled a new SharePoint Server 2013 feature called "Hybrid Self-Service Site Creation," enabling organizations running on-premises SharePoint to direct user site creation requests to Office 365 services.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 15, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday began its global rollout of the new Microsoft Teams chat service for Office 365 business subscribers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 14, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A number of Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) recently gave their assessments of Microsoft Teams, which is scheduled to become generally available on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 13, 2017
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Office may still be the suite to beat in the enterprise productivity race, but a stodgy reputation and competition from upstart firms are putting its lead in peril. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 13, 2017