On the heels of October's open beta, today Research in Motion (RIM) launched BlackBerry® Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365--a new service for organizations to extend Microsoft Exchange Online to BlackBerry® smartphones. The service ensures people have industry-leading business collaboration tools while on the go. Some of the key features include: Integration within the Office 365 Administrative Portal for easy management Wireless synchronization with Microsoft Exchange Online...

Powered by Exchange Online, Outlook Web App provides email and calendaring for Office 365 subscribers. Like Outlook 2010, Outlook Web App features a simple way to customize email messages with personal information, or meet regulatory compliance rules with legal disclaimers.

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Microsoft recently partnered with WIRED magazine to ask the WIRED.com community what they think is important when looking at cloud solutions. The answers are what everyone should expect from good business solutions.

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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...

Successfully moving a company's IT assets to the cloud requires thoughtful planning, alignment among stakeholders, and a thorough review of current and future technology needs. To support companies with more than 25 employees through this process, Microsoft provides a proven methodology-the Office 365 Customer Decision Framework. This approach is fully explained in a free whitepaper titled "Evaluating Microsoft Office 365 in the Enterprise: Capability and Technical Fit Assessment."

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Office 365 has opened up a new way of working for people across industries. Whether you're a road warrior or someone who likes to work from a coffee shop, there are generally two variables completely out of your control: power outlets and internet access. While we can't solve for the number of power outlets at an airport or coffee shop, we have built SharePoint Online for easy offline access to documents. As customer Hermi Valk, owner of BabyBloem, said, "[With Office 365] our productivity follows us wherever or however we want to work." 

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Today we are pleased to announce that more students than ever are using Live@edu, the world's leading cloud suite for education. Live@edu is used by more than 15M students worldwide , up from 11M just three months ago. In addition, we are sharing more information about Office 365 for education , our next generation cloud productivity service for schools and universities. Building upon on our success with Live@edu, Office 365 for education now delivers even more capabilities for students, enabling...

Earlier this year, the CTIA released a report stating that in 2011, 2.3 trillion text messages were sent in the United States alone. While many people might classify texting as a personal activity not tied to work, it's also useful for business communications.

Outlook Web App, part of Office 365, provides all-in-one messaging with email, voicemail, and text messages. Being able to manage these different types of communication from a single inbox provides more flexibility to work the way you want to, and that you'll have access to all of your important communication from wherever you are.

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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 embracing Microsoft Office, customers get a powerful set of tools that support the entire spectrum of productivity use cases, from the most basic to the advanced. By contrast, Google Docs has deficiencies. These gaps are just not advanced features used by a few people, but basic features. Learn more about what happens when you choose a productivity suite that has deficiencies.

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