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

New to Microsoft 365 in June—updates to Microsoft Cloud App Security, PowerPoint, Outlook, and more

This month, we’re announcing updates to Microsoft Cloud App Security and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Conditional Access policies that help you improve your organization’s security posture, updates to Microsoft Teams and Yammer that help you meet compliance obligations, updates to PowerPoint Designer that help you build visually impactful presentations, and updates to Outlook that…
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OneDrive Personal Vault brings added security to your most important files and OneDrive gets additional storage options

With the growing presence and sophistication of online threats, it’s increasingly important to have the right protection and tools to help safeguard your devices, personal information, and files from being compromised. Today, we’re excited to announce OneDrive Personal Vault—a new layer of security coming to your OneDrive personal account to further protect your most sensitive…
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PowerPoint AI gets an upgrade and Designer surpasses a major milestone of 1 billion slides

Let’s face it—presentations can be stressful. You have a goal and you want to be successful, and that’s when the fear, stress, and discomfort becomes real. Are you ready? Will your presentation help you land your message? Can you deliver the presentation effectively and in a way that maximizes your success? These are all real…
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Microsoft, Nasdaq, and Refinitiv empower everyday investors with real-time data and insights in Excel

Financial investments are among the more important things we need to track in everyday life, and millions of people choose Excel to manage their budgets and track their assets. To help make this seamless, last year we introduced Stocks, a Data Type in Excel powered by artificial intelligence (AI), which turns a stock ticker into…
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New to Microsoft 365 in May—new tools to streamline compliance and make collaboration inclusive and engaging

This month, we’re introducing new tools to help simplify compliance, app updates to boost productivity, and features to foster secure, collaborative user experiences. Here’s a look at what’s new in May. Updates from Microsoft Build to help develop people-centered experiences with Microsoft 365 At Microsoft Build this month, we announced several new capabilities in Microsoft…
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Take your analog data digital for a faster, more efficient way to work

We live in an increasingly digital world. We’re used to having almost all the data we need at our fingertips with the click of a button or a tap of the screen. But frequently information still gets relayed to us in ways that aren’t digital—such as paper receipts, handouts at conferences, or notes from a…
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New SharePoint home sites headline Microsoft 365 innovations for the intelligent workplace

Today at the SharePoint Conference (watch the keynote online today at 12 PM PT at the SharePoint Virtual Summit), we showcased recent and upcoming innovations in SharePoint and across Microsoft 365—including SharePoint home sites, a dynamic, engaging, and personalized employee experience for your organization. These innovations power the intelligent workplace, where teams can collaborate and…
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Building the inclusive workplace we imagine, together

Today marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day, one of the days we get to celebrate the progress our customers and partners have made to make their workplaces more inclusive, and then look ahead to what more we can do as a community to empower everyone in the workplace. We celebrate because our customers are empowering their…
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Minimize distractions and stay focused with AI-powered updates in Microsoft 365

It’s no secret that work and life are speeding up. It’s not uncommon to spend all day in meetings, writing emails, or on the phone, leaving little time to focus on what is most important to you. Many of us have never-ending to-do lists and spend time working after hours to complete pressing tasks. MyAnalytics,…
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New people-centered experiences in Microsoft 365, the world’s productivity cloud

Today at Microsoft Build 2019, we announced the latest innovations in Microsoft 365. We first launched Microsoft 365 almost two years ago by bringing together Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security into a single solution. Since then, we’ve introduced new offerings like Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Search, and Microsoft Stream to create a…
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Helping small businesses protect their greatest asset—their data

Entrepreneurs around the world face a range of challenges—from attracting and retaining talent in a tight labor market to changes in workplace norms—that make having the latest tools available on any device a competitive imperative. Being more efficient can free you up to do what you do best—and put your focus on customers and employees.…
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Microsoft Office brings you new privacy controls

Earlier this week, Julie Brill, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft, published a blog that outlined Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to privacy and provided details on the direction we are taking as a company. In her blog, Julie introduced principles that guide our approach to increasing transparency and customer control over data collected…
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