We have exciting news for Microsoft Online Services customers. We are in the process of updating pricing for Hosted BlackBerry Service for Exchange Online to make this service available free of charge. Starting today, BlackBerry mobile e-mail for new Exchange Online customers is now free through our Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). For existing customers, we expect to be able to provide more information later this month on how you can take advantage of this change. In addition, this free...

By: Clint Patterson Just one month ago, we introduced Office 365 to the world, and the response has been awesome. We continue to see great press and analyst coverage, fantastic partner support, and amazing customer interest. 5,000 people 'like' Office 365 on Facebook, more than 4,000 follow Office 365 on Twitter, thousands more read this blog every day, and more than 60,000 organizations have signed up for the beta - roughly 2,000 per day. With all the buzz, we've seen lots of questions about the...

Technology is changing our vocabulary. It's got us writing in shorthand (OMG, I'm ROTFL!), and it's given us new meanings for lots of words. When I was a kid, tag was something I played outside. Today it's how I track friends and family photos on Facebook.  As you look at productivity solutions in the cloud for your business, you're bound to come across many more terms with newly coined definitions. We've compiled a list of them to help you better understand what Office 365 delivers

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This first video shows the services that make up Office 365. In addition, there is an overview of Office Web Apps, which are online versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. Also included is an introduction to tools for collaboration, email, calendaring and instant messaging.

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Today, we are excited to announce that Office 365 is moving to public beta status! Last fall, we introduced Office 365 to the world, and the response was amazing. More than 100,000 organizations, big and small, signed up for to help us test-drive our latest service. Today, we make the beta available to millions more people in 38 countries and regions in 17 languages. You can secure your spot in the beta at www.office365.com , and if you have already signed up to beta test, hold tight because your...

If your customers or business contacts don't have Microsoft Lync Online they can still participate in online meetings with Microsoft Lync Online Attendee. Available to anyone as a free download, this software provides communication and collaboration tools like multiparty IM, computer audio and video, desktop and program sharing, file sharing, whiteboard, polling, and slide presentation.

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Today, we announced worldwide availability of the new Microsoft Office 365 services for business; the most complete Office cloud service to-date has new features and offerings tailored to meet the needs and budgets of small, medium and large organizations.

Since launching in mid-2011, Office 365 is one of the fastest growing businesses in Microsoft history. We are pleased to welcome new customers the Hamburg Port Authority, Sephora, and Midroc Europe to our growing family. Read on for more about their stories.

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Microsoft Office 365 is an online business service that was purposely built to optimize the flexibility, responsiveness, and efficiency of the cloud. It was also created with a strong emphasis on data protection and with Microsoft's three tenets of privacy - responsibility, transparency, and choice - at its core. This week we'll explore each principle as explained in the Microsoft whitepaper "Privacy in the Public Cloud: The Office 365 Approach" and on the Office 365 Trust Center , which provides...

Earlier this week we asked our Office 365 Facebook fans and Twitter followers their favorite thing about video conferencing. While the answers were varied and often humorous, they all emphasized the growing importance and comfort level with video in the work place. (In some cases, maybe too comfortable - check out Facebook to see for yourself!)

With Microsoft Lync Online, the cloud-based audio and video conference service that is part of Office 365, it's becoming easier to stay in touch from wherever you are working. But software is only the first part of the solution, with the second being hardware. Today there are more than 50 PCs, audio and video devices optimized for Microsoft Lync. A device with this label will provide a high quality experience, with "just works" installation, rich audio and video, and a lower total cost of ownership.

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As a boys' basketball coach, I always tell my sons that if you want to be a star, you've got to learn teamwork. If you hog the ball and constantly try to score yourself, both you and your team are going to get creamed. But if you know where your teammates are on the court, if you're constantly watching to see who's open and frequently pass the ball, you're going to find opportunities to score. The same is true for business. From The Wisdom of Crowds to Teamwork makes the Dreamwork , numerous books...