Hi, over the last 4 weeks you’ve seen some of the ways in which you can easily share documents and information, simplify routine business processes, and provide everyone with access to critical business information when and where they need it. Today we’re going to focus on SharePoint Search. With SharePoint Online search you can: Find important documents and people easily Refine your search by document type, author or even when the document was created View documents in the browser using...

By Cindy Bates, Vice President, US SMB, Microsoft Corp. Yesterday was a bit of a different day for me. Instead of conducting business meetings, I found myself paddling down rivers and riding on rainbows. Of course, these were metaphoric rivers and rainbows. In reality, I spent the morning doing imaginative yoga with a class of pre-K students at Carden Cascade Academy in Hillsboro, Oregon. This class teaches kids to use their imaginations in the practice of yoga. The class was being taught by Jamie...

Since the launch of Office 365 back in June, we have heard hundreds of great stories from our customers showcasing the exciting and innovative ways our customers are growing their businesses on top of our cloud technology. We also heard from hundreds more customers as part of our Ready for Work Facebook Contest , crowning our winners a month ago. But here in Redmond, we can’t get enough of hearing from our customers. Here are a few of our favorites: "What we get for a total of $12 a month is...

We are 8 weeks into the Office 365 beta and are truly flattered with the tremendous interest small businesses have shown in helping us test drive our latest service. With the launch of our public beta, we also launched the “Ready for Work” Facebook contest , where we’ve invited small businesses around the world to share their 365-word stories answering the question: “What inspires you to come to work each day, and how can Office 365 help you achieve your business vision in...

Beta is in full swing and we’re excited to announce our first weekly “ Ready to Work ” contest winner: Rik Bijl ! Rik wins a Windows Phone 7 this week just for sharing his small business story with us. If you’re a small business and haven’t entered yet, what are you waiting for? We’ve got an awesome Microsoft prize pack with over $50,000 in services and a day with a Microsoft Executive, ready to roll up their sleeves and work for you! Free Training for IT Professionals...

Wortell is a Microsoft Systems Integration Partner from Holland / Europe. Chosen as the Microsoft Online Services Partner of the Year 2010, Wortell has proven to be very innovative towards offering cloud solutions to their customers. In this guest blog, Danny Burlage, founder and CTO of Wortell shares his initial thoughts and excitement around the launch of Office 365. -- Office 365 enables new partner offerings Office 365 will hit the market soon. In my opinion, this launch will be especially interesting...

Today, Toyota Motor Corporation announced the company will provide Microsoft Office 365 to more than 200,000 employees of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. and other affiliates in North America to streamline its communications and collaboration capabilities.

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At Microsoft's first-ever Lync Conference last month, Tony Bates, president of the Skype Division of Microsoft, said Microsoft's goal is to rehumanize communications , from the living room to the boardroom. Our communications need to put people first, he said. They need to let people communicate how and when they want. And they need to be simple, convenient and natural. Introducing the New Lync Online The new Lync Online takes a large step in that direction by making virtual meetings almost as simple...

Financial services firm Goodbody wanted to leverage the power of cloud technology and needed a solution with robust security technologies. After evaluating Google Apps, it decided to adopt Microsoft Office 365. We recently spoke to Stuart Halford, Head of Technical Projects and Service Assurance at Goodbody, to learn why: Q: Please tell us about Goodbody. Stuart Halford : Goodbody is one of the oldest stockbroking firms in Ireland, with a reputation for expertise, innovation, and trust. We offer...

Caltex Australia needed better communication and collaboration tools to promote productivity and mobility for its dispersed workforce, but it didn't want to upgrade its on-premises solutions. The company decided to implement Microsoft cloud-based business productivity services. We recently spoke to Steve Fox, Chief Information Officer at Caltex, to learn how the company is benefiting.

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