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Microsoft Adds Hybrid Site Creation Option to SharePoint 2013

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.

Microsoft Teams Becomes Generally Available

Microsoft on Tuesday began its global rollout of the new Microsoft Teams chat service for Office 365 business subscribers.

Microsoft To Start Integrating SharePoint Lists with Flow

Microsoft is readying a preview of a new capability that would integrate the "modern" SharePoint command bar with Microsoft's Flow workflow tool, the company said this week.

As Microsoft Teams Release Looms, MVPs Give Their Verdict

A number of Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) recently gave their assessments of Microsoft Teams, which is scheduled to become generally available on Tuesday.

Google, Slack Get Serious About Overtaking Microsoft in Enterprise

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.

Azure AD Data Protection Tool for SharePoint, OneDrive Hits Preview

Microsoft on Thursday announced a preview of a new Azure Active Directory management option called "Limited Access to SharePoint and OneDrive."

Microsoft Gives Progress Report on 'Project Olympus'

Microsoft put the spotlight on its datacenter design effort called Project Olympus, including its partnerships with chip makers, during this week's Open Compute Project (OCP) U.S. Summit event.

Microsoft Confirms Windows Server Support for ARM

Microsoft revealed this week that it is currently running Windows Server on ARM machines in its datacenters using chips from multiple vendors, including Qualcomm and Cavium.

Microsoft Bringing News Feed Improvements to SharePoint Online

Many of the SharePoint user improvements that Microsoft promised at its SharePoint 2016 launch event last year are starting to take shape.

The 10 Steps to Partner-to-Partner Success

Becoming great in P2P so that it becomes a practice isn't something that will happen overnight.

Microsoft Road-Testing Smaller Update Sizes for Windows 10

Windows Insiders are currently putting Microsoft's newly reformatted Windows 10 update packages through their paces.

How Can Microsoft (and Its Partners) Leverage LinkedIn?

With Microsoft’s monster acquisition closed, partners look ahead to the opportunities. Dynamics 365 and Learning are obvious highlights, but details from Redmond remain scarce.

Microsoft Adds Visio Online to Office 365

Most commercial Office 365 subscribers now have access to the Visio Online process-mapping service, Microsoft announced last week.

Microsoft Integrating Yammer with Office 365 Groups

In a bid to give end users more collaborative tools, Microsoft said it will begin connecting its Yammer enterprise social networking solution with the Groups functionality in Office 365.

Microsoft Starts Selling 'Premium Assurance' for SQL Server, Windows Server

Organizations anticipating difficulties in carrying out future Windows Server or SQL Server upgrades can now purchase insurance-type plans from Microsoft.