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Administrator Access to SkyDrive Pro

SkyDrive Pro is an excellent web-based, enterprise ready, personal storage and collaboration tool...

Author: Mark Dunkel Date: 05/15/2013

Virtual Teams Project at NUI Galway – uses Office 365

When we first launched Office 365 for education back in June 2012, UMass Amherst and NUI Galway...

Author: jonnychambers Date: 05/14/2013

Connecting SharePoint Online to CRM Online using BCS

Girish Raja from our CRM team just posted a fairly extensive blog on how to connect SharePoint and...

Author: jonnychambers Date: 05/14/2013

Is there a way users can self-migrate from Google Apps Gmail into Office 365?

I get asked about how to migrate from Google Apps for Education to Office 365 Education every day...

Author: markga Date: 05/11/2013

A Faster, More Effective Way to Communicate With Students Using SharePoint Online and Connect Yard

Once upon a time, e-mail was the fastest and easiest way toreach your student body, particularly...

Author: bill hagen Date: 05/06/2013

Grants for educators using Windows Azure in their curricula

On April 16, Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services. ...

Author: jonnychambers Date: 05/02/2013

Update the Live@edu SSO Toolkit to maintain single sign-on access on Office 365 Education

** Update October 8, 2014 ** Please check the Office 365 Message Center for the most recent...

Author: Zion Brewer Date: 05/02/2013

Can’t convert domain to federated

I ran into an interesting problem setting up ADFS 2.1 on Windows Server 2012 for Office 365...

Author: markga Date: 04/30/2013

Partner Offering: Live@edu Upgrade Training

Oxford Computer Group, a Microsoft Gold Partner, are running a series of one day training events...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 04/16/2013

Alumni Address Book Policy in Office 365 Education

We recently took a look at one of the ways you can address the question of supporting alumni users...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 04/15/2013

Collabco is a specialist Microsoft Partner focused on SharePoint, Dynamics CRM, Lync, UAG, Mobility...

Author: jonnychambers Date: 04/12/2013

Dell’s OnDemand Migration for Email – Migration with ZeroFOOTPRINT

Next up in our partner blog post series is some great information from long-time partner Dell. A lot...

Author: jonnychambers Date: 03/26/2013

High quality event production with Microsoft Lync and EventBuilder: L+

If you are looking to take your Lync web conferencing to the next level you have to check out...

Author: bill hagen Date: 03/23/2013

BFC Networks tackles SharePoint Online customization for learners

The third partner guest blog post series is from a UK ISV that has a Microsoft SharePoint MVP at the...

Author: jonnychambers Date: 03/19/2013

Two Accounts after Live@edu to Office 365 Upgrade

Check out this video explaining the two accounts users will have after their institution upgrades...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/18/2013

IT Academy: Office 365 Education Training & Certification

The upgrade process from Live@edu to Office 365 Education has begun, and if your organisation has an...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/14/2013

Top User Tips #10–Blogging in SharePoint Online

It’s time for our final post in the top user tips series, and today it’s all about blogging in...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/13/2013

Top User Tips #9–Multiple Co-Authoring in Office Web Apps

In the eighth instalment of our top user tips we looked at Excel Surveys using the Excel Web App,...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/12/2013

Top User Tips #8–Excel Surveys

We’re into the final three top user tips in our series, and today it’s all about a topic we covered...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/11/2013

Top User Tips #7–Following Content in SharePoint Online

Having looked at the new social networking features of SharePoint Online back in the 2nd edition of...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/08/2013

Top User Tips #6–Outlook Web App on Mobile Devices

We’re over half way through our top user tips series (there are only 10, I promise!) and today we’re...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/07/2013

Top User Tips #5–Multiple Calendar Views in OWA

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s top user tip about SkyDrive Pro we’re back with our fifth instalment...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/06/2013

Where can I learn and prepare for the new Office 365 Education?

We just launched the new Office 365 Education suite last week so you might be asking where can I...

Author: markga Date: 03/05/2013

Top User Tips #4–Drag ‘n’ Drop in SkyDrive Pro

So far in our top user tips posts we’ve looked at scheduling online meetings with Lync Web...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/05/2013

Top User Tips #3–Lync Online Web Scheduler

Last week, in part 2 of our top user tips we looked at the social networking features of SharePoint...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/04/2013

Learning Possibilities LP+4 – now with extra Office 365

Next up in my partner guest blog post series is a UK ISV that has been building solutions on the...

Author: jonnychambers Date: 03/03/2013

Top User Tips #2–SharePoint Online Social Networking

In part 1 of our bite-size top user tips we looked at Offline Access. Today, in part 2, we look at...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/01/2013

Top User Tips #1–Offline Access

Over the next few days we’ll be posting up some bite-size tips about some of the cool features...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 02/28/2013

The new Office 365 Education is here!

Yesterday Microsoft launched the next generation of Office 365, but did you know this included...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 02/28/2013

Office 365 Virtual Launch–February 27th

Join us at our Virtual Launch Event on February 27th as we celebrate the availability of a major new...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 02/21/2013

Office 365 Address Book Policies

Good news! In the next round of updates to Office 365 (Exchange Online) we’ll be adding...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 02/20/2013

Max’s Toolbox for Office365 – SharePoint for young learners

The new Office 365 is just around the corner, interested parties can access a preview today,...

Author: jonnychambers Date: 02/13/2013

Office 365 University

With emphasis of services and devices our priorities are adapting to Office on your terms...

Author: bill hagen Date: 01/29/2013

Contoso Learning Companion – check it out

“The Contoso Learning Companion is a modern Windows 8 application built to work with...

Author: jonnychambers Date: 01/26/2013

Managing Office 365 for education using PowerShell

PowerShell is cool – at least I think it is! We’ve been talking about using PowerShell...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 01/23/2013

Office 365 Identity (Azure AD) now working with IT Academy

Hi folks, We have a lot of customers out there in edu-land that are subscribers to not only Office...

Author: jonnychambers Date: 01/22/2013

Configuring Lync Custom Statuses To Support Assessment for Learning

In our last post our guest contributor Mandeep Atwal talked about using Lync client to support...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 01/22/2013

Assessment for Learning with Lync Online!

As a technical guy, I spend most of my days talking to customers about how they can deploy Office...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 01/21/2013

Decommissioning Exchange 2010 servers in a Hybrid Deployment

Often customers I speak to like the idea of a hybrid deployment in order to keep their staff users...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 12/28/2012

Using SharePoint Online & OneNote Web App for better notes, everywhere!

I have always been meticulous awful when it comes to keeping notes; whether it’s actions from...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 12/27/2012

5 Top Tips for upgrading from Live@edu to Office 365 for education

I like to get out of the office whenever I can, and last week I visited a local junior school to...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 12/12/2012

Accessibility in Office 365 for education

The Microsoft Accessibility team run a wide range of initiatives, including a global network of...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 12/11/2012

Live@edu Upgrade Update

By September 2013, all Live@edu customers will need to complete the upgrade to Office 365 for...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 11/27/2012

Parent Access to SharePoint Online using PALs

There’s all sorts of information that schools need to provide to parents, and traditionally...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 11/26/2012

Office 365 today or wait for the next version

As you may have seen our Office Team is targeting simultaneous releases of the Office 365 service,...

Author: Michael Icore Date: 10/16/2012

Getting started with your upgrade from Live@edu to Office 365 for education

Are you planning and preparing for your upgrade to Office 365 from Live@edu? You may already have...

Author: DerekSeymour Date: 10/10/2012

Office 365 for education Deployment Resources

Over the last few months I’ve come across some fantastic resources to help customers deploy...

Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 10/05/2012

FBA customization with Office 365 and ADFS

First I'd like to give a shout out to Dmitrii who recently provided instructions on updating the FBA...

Author: GregK Date: 10/03/2012

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