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New to Office 365 in July—Microsoft 365, business apps and more

This month, we announced Microsoft 365, debuted three new business apps and introduced features to help Office 365 subscribers present ideas in more creative and polished ways.

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Outlook

Introducing the Outlook.com beta

Starting today, you can opt in to the Outlook.com beta—where our engineers and designers deploy their newest ideas—so you can tell us what you think. Together we’ll shape the future of Outlook.com.

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OneDrive

Microsoft OneDrive recognized as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Collaboration Platforms

Today, we are happy to announce that Gartner has recognized Microsoft as a leader in the new CCP (Content Collaboration Platforms) Magic Quadrant Report for 2017. In addition to being positioned as leader, Microsoft was placed highest for Ability to Execute.

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Outlook

Redesigned navigation, conversations and search in Outlook for iOS and Android

New Outlook experiences make it easier for you to communicate, collaborate and manage your time while on the go.

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Office 365

New business apps in Office 365 Business Premium help you run and grow your small business

To make Office 365 more valuable for small businesses, we are announcing the preview of three new applications—Connections, Listings and Invoicing. We’re also introducing a Business center and adding MileIQ for Business Premium subscribers.

Office 365

Introducing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 brings together Office 365, Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility + Security, delivering a complete, intelligent and secure solution to empower employees.

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Office 365

Transform your organization with Microsoft Workplace Analytics

Microsoft Workplace Analytics, a powerful new organizational analytics solution, is now generally available as an add-on to any Office 365 enterprise plan. Workplace Analytics provides unprecedented behavioral insights that can be used to improve productivity and employee engagement.

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Excel

June 2017 updates for Get & Transform in Excel 2016 and the Power Query add-in

Today, we released eight data transformation and connectivity updates for Get & Transform—a powerful set of Excel 2016 features based on the Power Query technology, which provides fast, easy data gathering and shaping capabilities.

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SharePoint

SharePoint communication sites begin rollout to Office 365 customers

SharePoint communication sites are beautiful, dynamic sites that let you reach a broad internal audience. They look great on the web, in the SharePoint mobile app, on PC and on Mac. Today, we’re excited to announce that communication sites are now rolling out to Office 365 First Release customers, followed by full worldwide rollout to Office 365 customers in the coming months.

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OneNote

What’s new with OneNote in the classroom—LMS integrations, Researcher and more stickers

Today, we are rolling out updates for the OneNote Class Notebook add-in.

Office 365

New to Office 365 in June—classroom experiences in Microsoft Teams and more

At the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference next week, Microsoft will showcase the latest ways we’re empowering the students of today to create the world of tomorrow. This month’s Office 365 updates are another step on this journey, with the broad availability of new classroom experiences in Microsoft Teams, security enhancements and more.

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Office 365

Microsoft Forms Public Preview for Office 365 commercial customers

Today, we’re rolling out the public preview of Microsoft Forms to our Office 365 commercial subscribers, so you can collect information from customers, employees and partners.

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Visio

Gain complete insights with the Visio visualizations in Power BI Preview

Visio and Power BI now work together. With just a few clicks, Visio diagrams become an interactive Power BI visualization to help you drill into specific data points, gain a better understanding of the overall picture and make informed decisions faster.

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