Office 365

Microsoft UK Data Centre now available

On 7th of September 2016 Microsoft announced that Office 365 and Azure are now generally available from multiple data centre locations in the UK. This empowers businesses and public sector organisations to meet compliance and policy requirements. Dynamics CRM Online will be available from UK datacentres in first half of 2017. The Ministry of Defence […]

CRM Online Performance and Compatibility

Recently, we have been working with a few customers to fine tune the performance of their CRM Online systems. I would like to share the findings of our research with you. Most of the time, and very rarely otherwise, CRM online performance is defined by end user connection, equipment, software and system configuration. I will […]

Microsoft Office 365 Planner Preview

Office 365 Planner is in the process of being rolled out in preview to Office 365 First Release customers. Office 365 administrators who have opted into First Release will receive an email with instructions on how to set up the preview once it is available for their tenancy. Once administrators take the necessary actions, users […]

Microsoft Cloud Roadshow, Leeds

Recently, we attended the Microsoft Cloud Regional Roadshow in Leeds to catch up with all the latest Microsoft CRM and Office 365 news. New features coming soon to Office 365 include Unlimited Storage space in OneDrive for Business. Microsoft Lync is being rebranded as Skype for Business; this should be happening in May. Recent Office […]

Clutter for Office 365

Clutter is a new feature of Office 365 Exchange. Disabled by default, Clutter learns from your actions to determine messages you are likely to ignore. Once clutter is enabled, as new, less important messages arrive, they are automatically moved to your Clutter folder. It does this by leveraging Office Graph’s sophisticated machine learning techniques to […]

Skype for Business

Announcing Skype for Business, the new name for Microsoft Lync. In the first half of 2015, the next version of Lync will become Skype for Business with a new client experience, new server release and updates to the service in Office 365. Microsoft believe that Skype for Business will again transform the way people communicate […]

Unlimited OneDrive space for Office 365 subscribers

Today, Microsoft announced that users of OneDrive and OneDrive for Business will be upgraded to unlimited storage space at no extra cost. Home, Personal and University customers are being rolled out over the coming months with OneDrive for Business customers being upgraded from 1TB to unlimited space in early 2015. Home, Personal and University customers […]