Microsoft Server client access license!!!

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Microsoft Server client access license

A server client access license (CAL) is a license that gives users and devices the legal right to accessMicrosoft server software installed on a server.

Server client access license (CAL) overview

When you sell a copy of Windows Server, the customer will receive a server license permitting installation of the operating system on one computer. A server license by itself does not provide the legal right for others to connect to that computer, whether they work for the company or not. Instead, each user needs a client access license (CAL).

Customers will need a CAL for each employee, or each employee device, that accesses the Windows Server installation, but not for anonymous users who access it over the Internet.

Server CALs are cost effective and affordable, allowing customers to pay only for the licensing they need with the option of buying more as their businesses grow.

Device CAL

With a Device CAL, you purchase a CAL for every device that accesses your server, regardless of the number of users who use that device to access the server. Device CALs may make more economic and administrative sense if your company has workers who share devices, for example, on different work shifts.

Users CAL

With the User CAL, you purchase a CAL for every user who accesses the server to use services such as file storage or printing, regardless of the number of devices they use for that access. Purchasing a User CAL might make more sense if your company’s employees need to have roaming access to the corporate network by using multiple devices, or from unknown devices, or if you simply have more devices than users in your organization.

Server CAL requirements by product

Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 user and device CALs should be purchased separately for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 products as shown in the table below. The Windows Server 2012 CALs may be used for prior Windows Server Versions. The CALs may be bought in packs of 1 and 5.

Product

CALs required

Windows Server 2012 Standard R2

Yes

Windows Server 2012 Datacenter R2

Yes

Windows Server 2012 Foundation R2

No

Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2

No

Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard R2

No

Windows Server 2012 Standard

Yes

Windows Server 2012 Datacenter

Yes

Windows Server 2012 Foundation

No

Windows Server 2012 Essentials

No

Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard

No

Windows Server 2008

Product

License

CALs Included

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard

Server + CAL

5

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

Server + CAL

10 or 25

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter

Processor + CAL

No CALs included

Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation

Server

No CALs required1

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials

Server

No CALs required2

1 Supports a maximum of 15 user accounts.
2 Supports a maximum of 25 user accounts.

Selling Server CALs

Any time you sell a server preinstalled with Windows Server software, you should also offer server CALs to the customer at the point of purchase. Server CALs are often overlooked during a sales transaction, but they can be key revenue generators for partners and Microsoft. For more information about server CALS, see the Windows Server 2012 R2.

 

 

 

Introducing Windows 10 Editions!!!

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Introducing Windows 10 Editions

Windows 10 is coming this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages. Today, we are excited to share more details on the Windows 10 Editions.
Windows 10 will power an incredibly broad range of devices – everything from PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox One, Microsoft HoloLens and Surface Hub. It will also power the world around us, core to devices making up the Internet of Things, everything from elevators to ATMs to heart rate monitors to wearables.

Windows 10 Home is the consumer-focused desktop edition. It offers a familiar and personal experience for PCs, tablets and 2-in-1s. Windows 10 Home will help people do great things, both big and small. With it, they will be more productive and have more fun thanks to a long list of new innovations: Cortana, the world’s most personal digital assistant; the new Microsoft Edge web browser; Continuum tablet mode for touch-capable devices; Windows Hello face-recognition, iris and fingerprint login; and right out of the box, a broad range of universal Windows apps like Photos, Maps, Mail, Calendar, Music and Video*.

Windows 10 Mobile is designed to deliver the best user experience on smaller, mobile, touch-centric devices like smartphones and small tablets. It boasts the same, new universal Windows apps that are included in Windows 10 Home, as well as the new touch-optimized version of Office. Windows 10 Mobile offers great productivity, security and management capabilities for customers who use their personal devices at work. In addition, Windows 10 Mobile will enable some new devices to take advantage of Continuum for phone, so people can use their phone like a PC when connected to a larger screen.

Windows 10 Pro is a desktop edition for PCs, tablets and 2-in-1s. Building upon both the familiar and innovative features of Windows 10 Home, it has many extra features to meet the diverse needs of small businesses. Windows 10 Pro helps to effectively and efficiently manage their devices and apps, protect their sensitive business data, support remote and mobile productivity scenarios and take advantage of cloud technologies. Windows 10 Pro devices are a great choice for organizations supporting Choose Your Own Device (CYOD) programs and prosumer customers. Windows 10 Pro also lets customers take advantage of the new Windows Update for Business, which will reduce management costs, provide controls over update deployment, offer quicker access to security updates and provide access to the latest innovation from Microsoft on an ongoing basis.

Windows 10 Enterprise builds on Windows 10 Pro, adding advanced features designed to meet the demands of medium and large sized organizations. It provides advanced capabilities to help protect against the ever-growing range of modern security threats targeted at devices, identities, applications and sensitive company information. Windows 10 Enterprise also supports the broadest range of options for operating system deployment and comprehensive device and app management. It will be available to our Volume Licensing customers, so they can take advantage of the latest innovation and security updates on an ongoing basis. At the same time, they will be able to choose the pace at which they adopt new technology, including the option to use the new Windows Update for Business.With Windows 10, Enterprise customers will also have access to the 

Long Term Servicing Branch as a deployment option for their mission critical devices and environments. And as with prior versions of Windows, Active Software Assurance customers in Volume Licensing can upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise as part of their existing Software Assurance benefits.

Windows 10 Education builds on Windows 10 Enterprise, and is designed to meet the needs of schools – staff, administrators, teachers and students. This edition will be available through academic Volume Licensing, and there will be paths for schools and students using Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro devices to upgrade to Windows 10 Education.

Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise is designed to deliver the best customer experience to business customers on smartphones and small tablets. It will be available to our Volume Licensing customers. It offers the great productivity, security and mobile device management capabilities that Windows 10 Mobile provides, and adds flexible ways for businesses to manage updates. In addition, Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise will incorporate the latest security and innovation features as soon as they are available.

 

Understanding Office 365 identity and Azure Active Directory!!!

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Understanding Office 365 identity and Azure Active Directory.

Cloud identity: Manage your user accounts in Office 365 only. No on-premises servers are required to manage users; it’s all done in the cloud.

Synchronized identity: Synchronize on-premises directory objects with Office 365 and manage your users on-premises. You can also synchronize passwords so that the users have the same password on-premises and in the cloud, but they will have to sign in again to use Office 365.

Federated identity: Synchronize on-premises directory objects with Office 365 and manage your users on-premises. The users have the same password on-premises and in the cloud, and they do not have to sign in again to use Office 365. This is often referred to as single sign-on.

Cloud identity

In this model, you create and manage users in the Office 365 admin center and store the accounts in Azure AD. Azure AD verifies the passwords. Azure AD is the cloud directory that is used by Office 365. No on-premises servers are required — Microsoft manages all that for you. When identity and authentication are handled completely in the cloud, you can manage user accounts and user licenses through the Office 365 admin center.

The following figure summarizes how to manage users in the cloud identity model.

In step 1, the admin connects to the Office 365 admin center in the Microsoft cloud platform to create or manage users.

In step 2, the create or manage requests are passed on to Azure AD.

In step 3, if this is a change request, the change is made and copied back to the Office 365 admin center.

In step 4, new user accounts and changes to existing user accounts are copied back to the Office 365 admin center.

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When would you use cloud identity? Cloud identity is a good choice if:

You have no other on-premises user directory.

You have a very complex on-premises directory and simply want to avoid the work to integrate with it.

You have an existing on-premises directory, but you want to run a trial or pilot of Office 365. Later, you can match the cloud users to on-premises users when you are ready to connect to your on-premises directory.

Synchronized identity

In this model, you manage the user identity in an on-premises server and synchronize the accounts and, optionally, passwords to the cloud. The user enters the same password on-premises as he or she does in the cloud, and at sign-in, the password is verified by Azure AD. This model uses a directory synchronization tool to synchronize the on-premises identity to Office 365.

To configure the synchronized identity model, you have to have an on-premises directory to synchronize from, and you need to install a directory synchronization tool. You’ll run a few consistency checks on your on-premises directory before you sync the accounts.

When to use synchronized or federated identities:

When you have an on-premises directory and you want to synchronize user accounts and optionally passwords. If you also synchronize passwords, your users will use the same password to access on-premises resources and Office 365.

When you ultimately want federated identities, but you are running a pilot of Office 365 or, for some other reason, you aren’t ready to dedicate time to deploying the Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) servers yet.

The following diagram shows a synchronized identity scenario with a password synchronization. The synchronization tool keeps your on-premises and in-the-cloud corporate user identities synchronized.

In step 1: you install a Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect. For instructions, see Set up directory synchronization in Office 365. For more information about Azure Active Directory Connect, see Integrating your on-premises identities with Azure Active Directory.

In steps 2 and 3: you create new users in your on-premises directory. The synchronization tool will periodically check your on-premises directory for any new identities you have created. Then it provisions these identities into Azure AD, links the on-premises and cloud identities to one another, synchronizes passwords, and makes them visible to you through the Office 365 admin center.

In step 4: as you make changes to the users in the on-premises directory, those changes are synchronized to Azure AD and made available to you through the Office 365 admin center.

Synchronization Identity

When would you use cloud identity? Cloud identity is a good choice if:

You have no other on-premises user directory.

You have a very complex on-premises directory and simply want to avoid the work to integrate with it.

You have an existing on-premises directory, but you want to run a trial or pilot of Office 365. Later, you can match the cloud users to on-premises users when you are ready to connect to your on-premises directory.

Federated identity

This model requires a synchronized identity but with one change to that model: the user password is verified by the on-premises identity provider. This means that the password hash does not need to be synchronized to Azure AD. This model uses Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) or a third-party identity provider.

The reasons for using a federated identity include:

Existing infrastructure

If you already have AD FS deployed for some other reason, you will likely want to use it for Office 365 also.

If you already use some other identity provider, you will want to use federated identity with Office 365. Microsoft provides a list of identity providers that work with Office 365.

If you use Forefront Identity Manager, you will also want to use federated identity with Office 365.

Technical requirements

You have multiple forests in your on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

You have an on-premises integrated smart-card solution.

You have an existing custom hybrid application, for example with SharePoint or Microsoft Exchange Server.

Policy requirements

You require sign-in audit and/or immediate disable.

You require single sign-on.

You have sign-on restrictions by network location or work hours.

You have other policies in place that require federated identity.

The following diagram shows a scenario of federated identity with a hybrid on-premises and cloud deployment. The on-premises directory in this example is AD FS. The synchronization tool keeps your on-premises and in-the-cloud corporate user identities synchronized.

In step 1: you install Azure Active Directory Connect. The synchronization tool helps to keep Azure AD up-to-date with the latest changes you make in your on-premises directory.

Set up directory synchronization in Office 365. Specifically, you will need to use a custom install of Azure AD Connect to set up single sign-on.

In steps 2 and 3: you create new users in your on-premises Active Directory. The synchronization tool will periodically check your on-premises Active Directory server for any new identities you have created. Then it provisions these identities into Azure AD, links the on-premises and cloud identities to one another, and makes them visible to you through the Office 365 admin center.

In steps 4 and 5: as changes are made to the identity in the on-premises Active Directory, those changes are synchronized to the Azure AD and made available to you through the Office 365 admin center.

In steps 6 and 7: your federated users sign in with your AD FS. AD FS generates a security token and that token is passed to Azure AD. The token is verified and validated and the users are then authorized for Office 365.

 

 

Federated Identity

 

Details Required before PST & IMAP Migration to O365!!

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IMAP MIGRATION TO O3654

Google to O365 Migration (PST Migration)

Details Required before Migration:

1: Office 365 admin access with valid license

2: Domain host provider log in details to Add records

3: Outlook Desktop App should be installed on user laptop & Desktop

4: Backup of PST files to Migrate mails

5: Log in credentials of O365 user to configure outlook in outlook.

Google to O365 Migration (IMAP Migration)

Details Required before Migration:

1: Office 365 admin access with valid license

2: Domain host provider log in details to Add records

3: Google users log in credentials to Map with O365

4:  Google admin console access to Create a Migrate file

 Note: Here are a few limitations to be aware of:

You can only migrate items in a user’s inbox or other mail folders. This type of migration doesn’t migrate contacts, calendar items, or tasks.

You can migrate a maximum of 500,000 items from a user’s mailbox (emails are migrated from newest to oldest).

The biggest email you can migrate is 35 MB with IMAP.

IMAP Migration

POP Migration

Folder details are migrated.

POP does not support Folder based migration. All emails are migrated to Inbox.

Email states (Read/ Unread) are maintained.

The emails retrieved as ‘Unread‘ via POP

Multiple Client support:

·         Emails are migrated even if accessed by other clients.

·         The emails are synced in multiple clients with state maintenance

·         The emails available in the source mailbox is synced along with folder and state information.

·         The emails sent by other clients are synced via IMAP.  

 

Only Single Client support:

·         If there are multiple client requests, the email is provided only to a single client.

·         The emails retrieved via POP already are not available for migration.

·         The emails sent by other clients will not be migrated, as it is not supported by POP Servers 

 

The migration is generally fast, and the migration info is detailed.

The migration via POP is slower than IMAP Migration.

Specific failures in migration can be tracked and corrected.

The failure information in POP is not specific and will be vague.
 

UNDERSTANDING OFFІСЕ 365 – HОW DОЕЅ IT BENEFIT SMALL АND MЕDІUM BUЅІNЕЅЅЕЅ?

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An office іn the сlоud – wеll thаt ѕоundѕ magical doesn’t іt? Well іf уоu upgrade to сlоud computing in уоur office, уоu’ll find іt’ѕ more thаn magical, іt’ѕ mіrасulоuѕ – аѕ all your еаrthlу IT ѕtrеѕѕ and wоrrіеѕ drift аwау іntо thе аtmоѕрhеrе. Thе mаgіс оf thе cloud hаѕ сhаngеd forever thе wау thаt Rochester аnd Buffalo companies use technology іn their buѕіnеѕѕ to grow and bе mоrе еffісіеnt.

Small and Mеdіum Businesses (SMBѕ) make use оf cloud tесhnоlоgу tо еnhаnсе communications and соllаbоrаtіоn іn thеіr offices аnd to ensure thаt thеіr еmрlоуееѕ hаvе ассеѕѕ to company data whеrеvеr thеу mіght bе. Some соmраnіеѕ love thе instant updates, security and ѕtоrаgе offered bу the cloud – the tеаm аt Cарѕtоnе IT certainly dо.

But thеrе аrе ѕоmе buѕіnеѕѕ оwnеrѕ whо mау still bе wоndеrіng аbоut mоvіng tо the сlоud оr whо аrе not ѕurе оf the benefits tо thеmѕеlvеѕ and thеіr ѕtаff. Sо thе Capstone IT experts have put together this blog tо show уоu thе bеnеfіtѕ of thе biggest nаmе іn сlоud technology fоr buѕіnеѕѕеѕ – Offісе 365. Let’s tаkе a lооk

It All Stаrtеd With Email аnd Microsoft Office

Let’s bе frаnk. Mоѕt buѕіnеѕѕеѕ mоvе to Office 365 bесаuѕе they wаnt thе email that соmеѕ wіth it. Offісе 365 uses thе роwеrful Exchange еmаіl рrоgrаm wіth Microsoft Outlооk thаt we аrе аll fаmіlіаr with. This is аlѕо called Hоѕtеd Exсhаngе or Exсhаngе Online. It bаѕісаllу mеаnѕ thаt уоu no longer need to install Mісrоѕоft Exсhаngе on your in-house ѕеrvеr. Yоu саn uѕе all thе business class fеаturеѕ оf thіѕ роwеrful еmаіl ѕоftwаrе wіthоut thе hеаdасhе оf mаіntаіn аnd uрdаtіng it. Thе nеxt reason Rochester аnd Buffаlо buѕіnеѕѕ owners move to Offісе 365 іѕ because thеу want tо uѕе thе lаtеѕt Mісrоѕоft Offісе рrоduсtѕ lіkе Word, PоwеrPоіnt, Publіѕhеr, аnd Exсеl. Thе staff hеrе аt Cарѕtоnе IT ѕее these applications аѕ оld frіеndѕ.

Wеll Office 365 оffеrѕ thе ѕаmе, fаmіlіаr аррlісаtіоnѕ but thе tесhnоlоgу іѕ mоvеd іntо the cloud. Whеn you implement Offісе 365, you get the fаmіlіаr Outlооk аnd Office аррlісаtіоnѕ but еnhаnсеd bу thе соllаbоrаtіоn аnd communication роwеrѕ of the сlоud.

Addіtіоnаl Offісе 365 Benefits

There аrе a few оthеr аррlісаtіоnѕ thаt you gеt with Offісе 365 wіth nо аddіtіоnаl cost. Here аrе a few key оnеѕ thаt wе hеrе аt Cарѕtоnе IT аrе uѕіng rеgulаrlу to do buѕіnеѕѕ.

Onеdrіvе – a сlоud hоѕtіng ѕеrvісе wіth a massive 1TB of ѕtоrаgе space іn thе cloud ѕо уоu саn store and еаѕіlу ѕhаrе fіlеѕ.

Yаmmеr – a private social nеtwоrk for your оwn company thаt lets уоur tеаm сhаt, connect and wоrk together. This іѕ ѕіmіlаr to Fасеbооk but mеаnt fоr buѕіnеѕѕ. At Cарѕtоnе IT, wе еnсоurаgе our employees tо роѕt when rесоgnіzіng and рrаіѕіng fellow соllеаguеѕ for grеаt wоrk or tо рrоmоtе a ѕосіаl еvеnt. Yаmmеr is hеlріng buіld a ѕtrоng соmраnу culture by аllоwіng frее flоwіng, wаtеr cooler lіkе conversations.

Skуре fоr Business – Thіѕ is a tool tо hеlр уоur tеаm соmmunісаtе mоrе еffісіеntlу. Thіѕ tool wіll show thе status оf аll the employees ѕо you саn tеll іf thеу аrе free, or thеу аrе tied uр іn a mееtіng, or іf they аrе аwау frоm their desk. Whеn they are frее, уоu саn get notified. Thіѕ tool аlѕо аllоwѕ you tо іnѕtаnt mеѕѕаgе, саll or video соnfеrеnсе other еmрlоуееѕ. It аlѕо аllоwѕ fоr holding online meetings.

Bе productive аnуwhеrе: Aссеѕѕ уоur dаtа and wоrk еffісіеntlу frоm аnу device – anywhere, аnуtіmе

Thе modern workforce іѕ a mоbіlе one. If уоu’rе аnуthіng like uѕ hеrе аt Cарѕtоnе IT, уоu рrоbаblу tаkе work hоmе оftеn оr wоrk оn thе move ѕеndіng еmаіlѕ frоm thе gуm or fіlеѕ frоm the buѕ ѕtор. And thіѕ mоbіlіtу is enhanced with Offісе 365. You саn install уоur office and work аррlісаtіоnѕ оn аll thе dеvісеѕ you nееd ассеѕѕ tо in оrdеr tо wоrk when and whеrе уоur ѕсhеdulе dісtаtеѕ. Offісе 365 аррѕ are available for іPаd, Wіndоwѕ Phоnе, iPhone аnd Andrоіd рhоnеѕ. Sо аѕ lоng аѕ people оn уоur tеаm hаvе an іntеrnеt connection your wоrkеrѕ саn even ѕіgn іntо work and еdіt dосumеntѕ, еvеn іf they’re іn Timbuktu (twіnnеd wіth Tempe Arіzоnа, fасt lоvеrѕ!)

 

Work bеttеr tоgеthеr: Engаgе аnd соllаbоrаtе bеttеr bеtwееn employees, partners аnd customers

Onе оf thе biggest аdvаntаgеѕ оf thе cloud аnd Office 365 іn раrtіаllу іѕ that іt еnhаnсеѕ соllаbоrаtіоn аmоng уоur staff. Hеrе аt Cарѕtоnе IT, wе hаvе fоund that this ability tо соllаbоrаtе, ѕhаrе documents аnd wоrk on them аt thе ѕаmе time vіа SharePoint Onlіnе hаѕ rеаllу given рrоduсtіvіtу a boost. You ѕаvе time having tо mееt up аnd all сhаngеѕ are synchronized and ѕаvеd аutоmаtісаllу in documents and files ѕо thеrе’ѕ no mоrе tеdіоuѕ bасk-аnd-fоrth оf еmаіlѕ. Yоur tеаm ѕtауѕ іn sync and dосumеnt mаnаgеmеnt bесоmеѕ easier thаn еvеr.

You аrе nоt limited to ѕhаrіng dосumеntѕ аnd сhаt wіth Office 365. As уоu mаnу know Mісrоѕоft аlѕо owns Skype Communications аnd thеу’vе buіlt this vіdео ѕоftwаrе into Office 365. Thе Cарѕtоnе team prefer to ѕtау іn touch thіѕ wау as it fееlѕ mоrе personal, аnd іf your соmраnу іѕ a customer fасіng оnе, уоu tоо саn benefit frоm Skуре’ѕ vіdео саllѕ. Skype’s іnѕtаnt mеѕѕаgіng аlѕо аllоwѕ уоu tо сhаt in rеаl tіmе wіthоut lеаvіng уоur desk. Yоu саn ѕее whо’ѕ online, offline оr ѕіmрlу too buѕу fоr the оffісе gоѕѕір.

Whаt Abоut Sесurіtу wіth Offісе 365?

Security іѕ ѕоmеthіng thаt рlауѕ on the mind of аnу ѕmаll buѕіnеѕѕ оwnеr. You knоw thаt tо ѕtау ѕаfе you nееd to bе updating your systems аnd аntіvіruѕ ѕоftwаrе, installing patches аnd keeping оn tор оf all thіѕ on a nеаr daily basis. Wіth Capstone IT, our сlіеntѕ utіlіzе thе Mаnаgеd Sеrvісе plans tо keep thеіr buѕіnеѕѕ ѕаfе. But with Office 365, business оwnеrѕ hаvе thе аddеd соnсеrn оf wіll thеіr dаtа bе ѕаfе іn thе cloud. Thе аnѕwеr is that thе cloud саn bе ѕаfе and mау роѕѕіblу be ѕаfеr thаn thе ѕесurіtу installed іn уоur server сlоѕеt. Microsoft аlѕо hоuѕеѕ уоur dаtа іn multірlе dаtа сеntеrѕ so іf оnе dаtа сеntеr іѕ down, сhаnсеѕ аrе thаt уоu wіll nоt еxреrіеnсе any dоwntіmе.

Whаt’ѕ mоrе уоu have thе Clоud соnѕtаntlу backing up уоur data dосumеntѕ, mаіlbоxеѕ and fіlеѕ ѕесurеlу аnd оff ѕіtе. Thіѕ makes buѕіnеѕѕ соmmunіtу a brееzе. If уоur оffісеѕ аnd servers are аffесtеd bу flооdѕ, ѕtоrmѕ оr аnу оf thе bad winter weather thаt Nеw York Stаtе саn thrоw аt уоu, уоu knоw you саn bе bасk uр аnd running wіthіn mіnutеѕ аѕ all vital dаtа іѕ unaffected.

How Muсh Dоеѕ Migrating tо Office 365 Cost?

Nеw ѕоftwаrе can give уоur small business thе edge оvеr соmреtіtоrѕ, but іt саn be hіghlу еxреnѕіvе tо buy and іnѕtаll over ѕеvеrаl соmрutеrѕ and so mоѕt buѕіnеѕѕ оwnеrѕ dоn’t lіkе to uрgrаdе very оftеn. But wіth Offісе 365, you enjoy the аdvаntаgе оf соnѕtаnt uрdаtеѕ thаt are rоllеd out аutоmаtісаllу аѕ part оf уоur ѕubѕсrірtіоn. Yоur team wіll аlwауѕ have full access tо the very mоѕt rесеnt online vеrѕіоn аррѕ when thеу аrе released. Thіѕ is сhеареr thаn doing уоur оwn uрgrаdеѕ and a single mоnthlу bіll brings nееdеd рrеdісtаbіlіtу tо уоur IT budgеt. In аddіtіоn there are nо major uрfrоnt іnvеѕtmеnt соѕtѕ аnd you саn also lower уоur hаrdwаrе оvеrhеаdѕ аnd ѕоftwаrе costs. Thе оnlу uрfrоnt соѕt you will see is thе соѕt fоr your IT соmраnу to migrate уоur еmаіl tо Offісе 365 аnd іnѕtаll аll thе оthеr аррlісаtіоnѕ ѕо еvеrуоnе іѕ fаmіlіаr with Office 2013, Yammer, ShаrеPоіnt Onlіnе, OnеDrіvе, аnd Skуре for Business. Cарѕtоnе has dеvеlореd a ѕеrvісе called Mіgrаtіоn Mаdе Eаѕу bу Cарѕtоnе to make this process соѕt еffесtіvе аnd simple tо mіgrаtе tо Offісе 365. Pricing wіth Offісе 365 is flеxіblе too. If you uѕе Offісе Professional Pluѕ, уоu have a ѕіnglе mоnthlу fее per user ѕо саn ѕсаlе uр оr dоwn аѕ уоu like dереndіng оn fluсtuаtіоnѕ іn уоur business оr ѕtаff numbеrѕ.

 

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Azure Active Directory identity and access management cloud solution

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Azure Active Directory is a comprehensive identity and access management cloud solution that provides a robust set of capabilities to manage users and groups. It helps secure access to on-premises and cloud applications, including Microsoft online services like Office 365 and many non-Microsoft SaaS applications.

 

Edition and Features

 

Free

Basic (₹60.09 user/ month)

Premium(₹360.53 user/ month*)

Directory Objects

Directory Objects

Directory Objects

User/Group Management (add/update/delete)/ User-based provisioning, Device registration

User/Group Management (add/update/delete)/ User-based provisioning, Device registration

User/Group Management (add/update/delete)/ User-based provisioning, Device registration

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Self-Service Password Change for cloud users

Self-Service Password Change for cloud users

Self-Service Password Change for cloud users

Connect (Sync engine that extends on-premises directories to Azure Active Directory)

Connect (Sync engine that extends on-premises directories to Azure Active Directory)

Connect (Sync engine that extends on-premises directories to Azure Active Directory)

Security / Usage Reports

Security / Usage Reports

Security / Usage Reports
 

Group-based access management / provisioning

Group-based access management / provisioning
 

Self-Service Password Reset for cloud users

Self-Service Password Reset for cloud users
 

Company Branding (Logon Pages/Access Panel customization)

Company Branding (Logon Pages/Access Panel customization)
 

Application Proxy

Application Proxy
   

Self-Service Group and app Management/Self-Service application additions/ Dynamic Groups
   

Self-Service Password Reset/Change/Unlock with on-premises write-back
   

Multi-Factor Authentication (Cloud and On-premises (MFA Server))
   

MIM CAL + MIM Server
   

Cloud App Discovery
   

Connect Health
   

Automatic password rollover for group accounts
   99.9 percent SLA  99.9 percent SLA

 

 

Sway, Skype, Yammer, Delve, Video: How do you make use of the Communication tools in Office 365?

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Sway, Skype, Yammer, Delve, Video: How do you make use of the Communication tools in Office 365?

If you’re planning, or have made the move to Microsoft Office 365, chances are it’s primarily about migrating your Exchange Server to the cloud. This is usually the first cab off the rank when it comes to utilizing the suite of services that Office 365 offers. The next thing people should tackle is setting up an Intranet, or team work spaces using SharePoint Online.

In addition to Exchange and SharePoint, Office 365 includes a number of tools that leverage the investment you’ve made in setting up Exchange and SharePoint Online and provide a layer of communication and insight over the information that you are storing in Microsoft’s cloud.

Skype for Business

This is a fantastic tool and will change the way you communicate internally and with clients or vendors external to your organization. You can host online meetings and even schedule a broadcast for up to 10,000 attendees. Ever thought about hosting your own webinars? Skype meeting broadcasts will help you produce a professional and engaging event.

Yammer

Where Skype for Business starts the transition to a more collaborative and social culture, Yammer has the potential to complete it. Yammer helps to remove email silos and creates conversations that are more accessible and inclusive of the wider organization. You can create streams of conversations around topics either by using hashtags or groups, or a combination of both.

Team members can easily share what they are working on, or share work-related articles and news stories and other learning resources. It’s also an interesting platform for generating feedback via polls and positive exchanges such as “praise”.

Office 365 Video

Office 365 Video is an interesting tool. You can use it to create your very own company video portal. Video is an extremely effective way to communicate ideas quickly and a fantastic medium for two key types of information; marketable information and instructional information.

Office 365 Video makes it easy to create channels in order to start grouping like-minded videos together and once a video is uploaded to the portal, it can then be embedded into your SharePoint team sites.

Delve and the Office Graph

The Office Graph makes sense of the data that is generated in Office 365. It understands the networks of connections and the usage patterns that are being created between people and information.  It offers this data up via a unified API endpoint that makes it simple for developers to access aggregated data from a single API.  In less techie terms, the Office Graph makes it possible to build apps that are driven by your Office 365 data.

Delve is the window through which you look to see the Office Graph data.  Delve surfaces up a view of Office 365 that starts with you and branches out from there, providing you with insights about what people in your network are working on and who they are working with.

Delve Analytics delivers insights and opportunities to set goals around how you spend your time and who you spend it with, based on email and calendar activity. Delve and the Office Graph are not communication tools as such, but they offer insights about how we are communicating and provide us with a picture of who else in our organization is generating information that we may find useful.

Sway

I have to confess, I’m an school PowerPoint kind of girl and have yet to make good use of Sway, however it is absolutely an alternative for anyone wanting to communicate a story using visuals, text, documents, video or other content. Because it’s a web based canvas, it’s responsive and promises to create a presentation that “looks great on virtually any screen”. I’d love to hear from anyone who is using Sway effectively, feel free to post links to your most awesome Sway in the comments section!

All of these tools are capable of leveraging the Office 365 backbone – Exchange and SharePoint Online – to create more social, visual and collaborative communication experiences.

 

What is a Skype Meeting Broadcast?

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Skype Meeting Broadcast is a new component of Skype for Business. As part of Office 365 and Skype for Business Online, Skype Meeting Broadcast lets you produce, host, and broadcast meetings to large online audiences.

How Skype Meeting Broadcast works

You can schedule a Skype Meeting Broadcast for up to 10,000 attendees. You use the Skype Meeting Broadcast scheduling and management portal to schedule a meeting.

You use the familiar meeting experience within Skype for Business to produce a professional, engaging event for their audience. And, attendees can join from anywhere on any device, and engage in the meeting.

Skype Meeting Broadcast roles

There are several roles required for producing a Skype Meeting Broadcast. These include:

  • Organizer.    Creates the meeting request and invites attendees. Reviews meeting reports.
  • Producer.    Manages the meeting sources (live presentations, dial-in presentations, audio, video, and PowerPoint decks), records the event, and posts the recording to Office 365 Video.

Note Using an embedded video in a PowerPoint presentation is currently not supported in Skype Meeting Broadcast.

  • Event team member.    Participates in the meeting by presenting live or dialing in from a remote location.
  • Attendee.    Watches the event online.

System requirements

System requirements for a Skype Meeting Broadcast are shown in the following table.

Component

Requirement

Browser (attendees)

Internet Explorer 11, Chrome, Firefox, OSX Safari, iOS 8 or later, Android (KitKat)

Client

Skype for Business client for Windows (producer, presenter)

  • For Skype for Business 2015 clients, you must have the September Update, build 15.0.4747 or later
  • For Skype for Business 2016 clients, you must be using Click-to-Run, build 16.0.4227 or later. (MSI installations only support the presenter role. Producers can join through a different client.

Lync for Mac 2011 (presenter only). See this knowledge base article for more information.

Find your client version information in Skype for Business by clicking Help > About Skype for Business.

Users

On-premises and online

License

You will need one of the following licenses:

  • Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2 (or 3).
  • Enterprise E1, E3, E4 or E5 – which contains the Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2 license.

Authentication

On-premises customers must have established an online tenant. You should configure directory sync to make user accounts and DL memberships available to the Skype for Business Azure Active Directory in order to enable user authentication and meeting authorization using group membership.

Skype Meeting Broadcast producers cannot be enabled for modern authentication.
 

New update options for Office 365 ProPlus using System Center Configuration Manager!!!

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IT admins can now manage Office 365 client updates—including those for Office 365 ProPlus, Visio Pro for Office 365 and Project Pro for Office 365—directly via the System Center Configuration Manager’s built-in software updates workflow engine.

One of the top feature requests we hear from IT admins is to use System Center Configuration Manager to update Office. To accomplish this, we streamlined the ongoing update management for Office 365 clients by integrating with Configuration Manager and the Microsoft Update service to allow a consistent process to discover, view, deploy and track available software updates—similar to how you manage other apps in your organization.

Each time an Office update is published, information is automatically sent to the Microsoft Update service. Configuration Manager automatically receives notifications when updates are available and validates whether your PCs require the update. IT admins can use the existing workflow engine to download and distribute the update.

The new capability is available in the upcoming release of Configuration Manager update 1602.

 

 

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Pin & Unpin files in Office Mobile for Windows 10 !!!

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If you have files that you use often, you can pin them to the Windows Start menu or the Pinned list in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint so you can get to them quickly.

Pin a file

  1. From any file, tap File > Open.

  2. In the list of files, tap the down arrow next to the file you’d like to pin.

    Screenshot of how to pin a file.

  3. Choose an option:

    • Pin to Start—pins the file to the Windows Start pane.

    • Pin to list—pins the file to the top of the file list in the app.

NOTE   If you open an app, and haven’t opened a file yet, you can still pin files. From the New screen that appears when you first open an app, tap the down arrow next to the file you’d like to pin and choose Pin to Start or Pin to list.

Unpin a file

  • To remove a file from your pinned list, tap the down arrow next to the file and select Remove from list.

    The file will still be available, but it will move down into the list of files that aren’t pinned.

  • To remove a file from the Windows Start screen, press and hold the tile (on a non-touch device, right-click) and choose Unpin from Start.