I had a post on the Yammer network to provide news about updates to the readers of the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook (see https://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/2016/06/02/introducing-office-365-for-it-pros-third-edition-now-available/), so I'll create one here. The latest update for the book is now dated July 20. The EDF and EPUB formats are available online now and the updated Kindle version will be available in Amazon soon. To see the details of what's been updated, go to our change log at http://wp.me/pSH8B-1kg Thanks to all who support us in this effort to document what's happening inside Office 365.Tony

Whopping update for Office 365 for IT Pros: Teams, new DLP, and more info on expandable archives. Updates now available. http://wp.me/pSH8B-1kg I have not been posting here to remind people that we produce a weekly update. This one happens to be pretty large, so I was reminded to come back here and update. Looking at the way the book has developed, I see: 1st Edition (May 2015): 623 pages 2nd Edition (October 2015): 750 pages (note - we changed the margins to fit more onto a page)3rd Edition (May 2016 on): Originally 800 pages, now 954 pages In effect, we have added a complete average-sized book to Office 365 for IT Pros since the third edition first appeared as we included coverage of new applications like Teams and StaffHub and expanded coverage of existing functionality. We have even removed some now-obsolete material, so the count of new pages is more likely closer to 180. All in all, creating and publishing this eBook has been a hell of an experience... And we have the 4th Edition coming soon... TR

Now that we have had time to digest some of the material that Microsoft shared at Ignite, we have created another update. The new date for the book is 17 October 2016. See http://wp.me/pSH8B-1kg for details about the changes.

The book has been updated again. Lots of changes in different chapters. See the change log for details https://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/2016/06/09/office-365-for-it-pros-3rd-edition-list-of-updates-applied/. Keeping up with Office 365 changes is such fun! TR

Office 365: Microsoft doesn't seem to be able to publish the oft-promised Microsoft Office 365 Administration Inside Out book, but the best-selling Office 365 for IT Pros ebook continues to be updated on a weekly basis. https://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/2016/12/04/office365-books-updates/ Quite a few updates this week, including all about unified DLP...

Listen to why Steve Goodman (OOF until the 8th Aug 🏖) and the @TheUCArchitects think that Office 365 for IT Pros is the only Office 365 book http://www.theucarchitects.com/1602 - and BTW, we updated the book today! See http://wp.me/pSH8B-1kg for details.

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Ofrates C Siringan, MIT
Copper Contributor
Aug 09, 2016
Sir Tony, thank you for the information on Office 365 for IT Pros eBook.
- TonyRedmond
  MVP
  Aug 09, 2016
  Thanks... but plain Tony will do just fine!
  - TonyRedmond
    MVP
    Aug 10, 2016
    We've updated the book again and the current version is now dated 10 August. Since July 4, we have added an extra 39 pages of content to the book. This reflects both our determination to keep the content updated to match developments within Office 365 and the rapid cadence of change that occurs within the service. See the change log for details:
    https://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/2016/06/09/office-365-for-it-pros-3rd-edition-list-of-updates-applied/
TonyRedmond
MVP
Aug 05, 2016
Listen to why Steve Goodman (OOF until the 8th Aug 🏖) and the @TheUCArchitects think that Office 365 for IT Pros is the only Office 365 book http://www.theucarchitects.com/1602 - and BTW, we updated the book today! See http://wp.me/pSH8B-1kg for details.
TonyRedmond
MVP
Aug 05, 2016
Updated today to a new version dated 5-August-2016.
TonyRedmond
MVP
Aug 02, 2016
Office 365 for IT Pros eBook updated to 2 Aug version. Change log at https://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/2016/06/09/office-365-for-it-pros-3rd-edition-list-of-updates-applied/
TonyRedmond
MVP
Jul 28, 2016
July 28 update issued. See change log at https://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/2016/06/09/office-365-for-it-pros-3rd-edition-list-of-updates-applied/ for details.
SergeiBaklan
Diamond Contributor
Jul 27, 2016
Tony, thanks for repeating this here. i still prefer Yammer, but let it'll be...
- TonyRedmond
  MVP
  Jul 27, 2016
  I still prefer Yammer but in this interim period...
TonyRedmond
MVP
Jul 26, 2016

July 26 edition now available. Changes made to chapters 9 (Groups) and 19 (Auditing and Reporting).
TonyRedmond
MVP
Jul 22, 2016
July 22 update issued for Office 365 for IT Pros - the addition of the minimal configuration for hybrid connections is the big update (chapter 6). See change log for details https://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/2016/06/09/office-365-for-it-pros-3rd-edition-list-of-updates-applied/

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