Tag Archives: SharePoint Online

Contemplating Yammer

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft’s $1.2 billion purchase of Yammer in June 2012 is now starting to get traction as the technology becomes more integrated with the rest of the Office suite. Officially described as an internal social network, Yammer is sometimes compared to … Continue reading →

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Evolving Office 365 monitoring tools

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Tony Redmond

I’ve been playing around with the Office 365 Admin app, now available for Windows Phone 8 and due to be available “soon” for Android and Apple iPhone. Think of the Windows Phone users like myself as the advanced beta testers … Continue reading →

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Office 365: A pretty good first year

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Tony Redmond

On June 28 it will be a year since the formal launch of Office 365 in New York. I guess that we’ve learned a lot since. When they brief the press, Microsoft likes to discuss the 50-odd enhancements that they’ve … Continue reading →

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Office 365 dedicated subscriptions: service descriptions available now, service in 2012

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft released the service definition documents for the dedicated versions of Office 365 on October 4, 2011. The dedicated subscription plans add to the existing range of “P” (professional and small business) and “E” (enterprise) plans that are available now. … Continue reading →

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Have hosting companies a future competing against Office 365?

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft has a habit of introducing products that suddenly set a new price point for a market. The best example I can offer is SharePoint 2001. Prior to its launch, products that allowed enterprises to build portals that allowed users … Continue reading →

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Interesting price differences for Office 365 accounts

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Due to be formally launched in NYC on Tuesday, June 28, there’s no doubt that Microsoft has had enormous success with its Office 365 beta program. Depending on whom you talk to, tens of millions of people signed up to … Continue reading →

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