Exchange Online now has capacity for "public folder hierarchies of up to 500K public folders," Microsoft announced this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 25, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is changing its default security settings for Outlook and SharePoint Online groups to make them private by default, instead of public.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 25, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Three Windows Phone applications are set to get "retired" on May 20, 2018: Skype for Business, Teams and Yammer.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 24, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements set to become law on May 25, Microsoft is working to get its cloud services and customers compliant.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 23, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Administrators overseeing Office 365 tenancies can now test drive a new Privileged Access Management capability.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 23, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft gave a thorough progress report on its security portfolio at the RSA security conference this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 20, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's the end of the road for Microsoft's OneNote desktop application, as Microsoft plans to cease development on the product beyond the current OneNote 2016 version.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 19, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Previews of SharePoint Online user interface improvements will arrive in the coming week, plus there's a new migration tool beta available, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 11, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to end the "native" SharePoint Online public newsfeed for Office 365 tenancies in June, and instead steer organizations toward Team News, Communication Sites or Yammer feeds for company posts.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 09, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's plan to merge Skype for Business Online into its Teams service went another step further this week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 06, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Office 365 users will get the ability to set retention policies for Microsoft Teams by mid-April, Microsoft announced recently.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 03, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently began rolling out new improvements and feature previews to Office 365 subscribers as part of its March update.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 02, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to host a brand-new conference this summer that's focused on its business intelligence (BI) technologies, as well as its various "365"-branded products.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- March 28, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is preparing to roll out its SharePoint Hub Sites intranet feature to select Office 365 users by the end of March.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 22, 2018
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a bid to expand the global reach of its Azure and Office 365 services, Microsoft this week shared plans to increase its number of cloud datacenter regions worldwide.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 15, 2018