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Jon Maunder on Jul 14 2021 07:55 AM

Today we are thrilled to announce the public preview of Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, available to managed service provider ...

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ThomasAbel on Jul 13 2021 09:00 AM

Today we are excited to announce Project “Orland” for Microsoft 365.

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Alberto Martinez Interiano on Mar 31 2021 08:00 AM

A one-stop content and training hub to assist IT partners in building a profitable managed services voice practice....

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Alberto Martinez Interiano on Mar 29 2021 12:00 AM

Resources and best practices to assist you in efficiently completing your Microsoft 365 Business Voice porting requests....

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Jon Orton on Mar 15 2021 04:49 PM

We've added a new antivirus management experience, plus the ability manage printers directly through a centralized cloud...

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Neha Bhaskar on Mar 04 2021 01:14 PM

To help IT partners in your journey to learn, deploy and sell Microsoft 365 Business Premium and build the right managed...

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David Bjurman-Birr on Sep 22 2020 07:59 AM

Deliver next level security by implementing the CIS Control framework with the Microsoft 365 Business Premium deployment...

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Vivek Kumar on Sep 22 2020 07:58 AM

Microsoft 365 Lighthouse will make it easier for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to deliver services at scale to small ...

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Vivek Kumar on Sep 22 2020 07:58 AM

Management capabilities for Microsoft Defender Antivirus are coming to the Microsoft 365 Business Premium plan

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Jon Orton on Aug 27 2020 10:15 AM

We’ve added a new setup experience to the Microsoft 365 admin center that allows you to establish a security baseline fo...

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Vivek Kumar on Jul 21 2020 11:00 AM

Now IT partners can discover devices managed by Intune and monitor those from SolarWinds N-central or RMM dashboards

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David Bjurman-Birr on May 05 2020 08:01 AM

This guide summarizes Microsoft’s recommendations for enabling employees at small and medium-sized businesses to securel...

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Jimmy Ward on Apr 30 2020 04:30 PM

Cloud phone solutions can support remote work, save costs, and simplify technology. A cloud phone system from Microsoft ...

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Ashanka Iddya on Apr 10 2020 11:21 AM

You don’t have to sacrifice security to enable productive collaboration when employees are working from home. In this bl...

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Neha Bhaskar on Apr 02 2020 11:08 AM

With Microsoft 365 Business Premium (previously Microsoft 365 Business), we’re on a journey to deliver a comprehensive p...

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Ashanka Iddya on Mar 30 2020 08:09 AM

Given the reality of recent times, where employees need to work from home, secure productivity is becoming an imperative...

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Ashanka Iddya on Mar 27 2020 11:36 AM

According to an internal survey, over 80% of SMBs collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and over 30% collect...

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Ashanka Iddya on Mar 23 2020 08:59 AM

Small & Medium Businesses (SMBs) are increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated cyber threats like targeted phishing or ra...

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Jimmy Ward on Mar 19 2020 05:55 AM

On April 1st, Business Voice will be available in the U.S. and in over 70 countries.

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Neha Bhaskar on Feb 27 2020 10:11 AM

All you need to know about Microsoft 365 Business and SMB security in February, including product news, security tips, n...

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Neha Bhaskar on Jan 28 2020 08:00 AM

The Monthly Microsoft 365 Business updates are designed to make it easy for customers and partners to stay updated on th...

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Neha Bhaskar on Dec 03 2019 10:18 AM

All you need to know this month about SMB security and Microsoft 365 Business

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Jon Orton on Nov 15 2019 11:30 AM

Want an easy way to learn how Microsoft 365 Business can help your business be more secure? Your new Chief Security Offi...

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Jimmy Ward on Nov 05 2019 12:00 AM

Today we are introducing Microsoft 365 Business Voice, a cloud-based phone system for small and medium businesses.

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Ashanka Iddya on Oct 08 2019 01:02 PM

We are excited to announce the general availability of Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) for Microsoft 365 Business Subscrib...

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Ashanka Iddya on Jun 12 2019 10:26 AM

Today, we are excited to announce the availability of Conditional Access for Microsoft 365 Business subscribers

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Ashanka Iddya on Apr 22 2019 10:10 AM

We are excited to announce the ability to enable shared computer activation for Office by Microsoft 365 Business subscri...

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Ashanka Iddya on Jan 09 2019 12:00 PM

Earlier this year we announced support for on premises Active Directory in Microsoft 365 Business. To facilitate identit...

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Ashanka Iddya on Oct 19 2018 11:04 AM

You can now enable features like Data Loss Prevention, Azure Information Protection, Advanced Threat Protection as descr...

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Ashanka Iddya on Sep 17 2018 11:40 AM

We know that there is a lot to do at Microsoft Ignite and tons of sessions to attend. And so, we wanted to help draw att...

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in Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is now in public preview on Jul 30 2021 12:10 AM

I have setup Lighthouse on my Tenant and am mighty please with what I see so far. One quick question. If I want to manage my own tenant which has BP license, can I do that? I want to eat my Dog Food first before I roll out to Customers. Any work around ?

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in Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is now in public preview on Jul 28 2021 09:19 AM

I have just been on the Partner webinar about Lighthouse, and was referred here about a tech issue I have.I added Lighthouse to our own Tenant last week, but there is a permissions problem somewhere. eg: All panes on the Home page show 'Access restriction - Insufficient or lack of permissions is cau...

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in Announcing Microsoft 365 Lighthouse for Managed Service Providers serving small & medium customers on Jul 26 2021 07:52 AM

That's cool, I'm looking forward to the tool that lets us review license utilization and all the secure scores + productivity score in one place for all customers so account managers can run a client review without pulling content from 5+ portals.

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in Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is now in public preview on Jul 19 2021 10:51 AM

Is it just a public view limitation or will that also be the limit for GA?

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in Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is now in public preview on Jul 19 2021 10:15 AM

The M365 Business Premium and 500 total user limit on the one hard are quite arbitrary, and on the other clearly focus Microsoft 365 Lighthouse on a product (M365 Business Premium) and a market segment (under 500 total users). It's a shame to conflate Microsoft 365 Lighthouse--which is narrowly focu...

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