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Re: Microsoft forms auto-fill suggestion
You would need to use a "canvas" Power App instead of Microsoft Forms. That lets you put a people picker for anyone in your org's directory. Or if they aren't in your directory you could do a lookup against a CSV or SharePoint List (a little bit more complicated)34KViews2likes0CommentsRe: Roadmap for PDF reader in Microsoft Edge
Aditi_Gangwar I just want to add my voice to this to stress exactly why not previewing PDFs is such a big blocker for the organisations I work with. The majority of interactions users have with PDFs is either when browsing the web or receiving an email. As most organisations use the Outlook Desktop app they are used to the Attachment Preview feature that lets them quickly scan through an attachment without needing to open the full app. In the past, organisations would always install a 3rd party PDF reader like Acrobat or Foxit to enable this functionality. However, with modern devices using Windows 10 the trend is to use a native app wherever possible, not only reducing the management overhead but also reducing possible malware attack vectors. So it doesn't matter how great a PDF viewer the new Edge is, if all a user sees is "PDFs can't be previewed" error multiple times a day in Outlook. It is really jarring and interrupts their flow. We also don't expect 2 apps in the Microsoft ecosystem (i.e. Edge & Outlook) to not take advantage of each other's features. If this feature was brought in (or at least a proper planned activity) then it would give organisations comfort that Edge is "good enough" (if not better) for the majority of cases for reading PDFs3.9KViews1like0CommentsRe: Roadmap for PDF reader in Microsoft Edge
This! As an IT consultant I see this blocker all the time - why should a company set Edge as their default PDF viewer if it means they need to deploy and maintain a 3rd party app just to preview PDFs. I believe this is something Edge needs to configure rather than Outlook, i.e. register itself as a compatible PDF previewer3.9KViews1like0CommentsRe: Project Online Disaster Recovery Details
Michael Shea I know this is a bit out of date but it was the first search result on Bing! I was looking for more info too - this is what I found in the official Online Service Description: Data backup and retention Project for the web and Project Online both have the same data backup and retention policy as Office 365. For details, see Data Retention, Deletion, and Destruction in Office 365. It's still not particularly clear, especially where we are trying to list the RPO and RTO of all our services. From what I can gather you get 90 days to recover elements out of online recycle bins but if an admin deletes something out of a recycle bin then it's gone permanently.1.6KViews0likes0CommentsRe: OneDrive bandwidth calculator
There is now official guidance here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/network-utilization-planning There is also a Microsoft tool on GitHub that may help (I've not used it before) /Office 365 Network Bandwidth meter/ This is a beta solution we released recently in September 2018 to: 1, Measure network bandwidth usage for pilot users on-boarded to Office 365 or network bandwidth usage of on-premises users. 2, Build and maintain endpoint monitoring dashboards post on-boarding users to Office 365 This solution uses Azure monitoring, specifically Service Map. You can apply this concept for measuring any SaaS/PaaS traffic, not just Office 365. https://github.com/microsoft/Office365NetworkTools5.8KViews0likes0CommentsRe: OneDrive for Business Client Network Bandwidth Calculator
There is now official guidane here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/network-utilization-planning There is also a Microsoft tool on GitHub that may help (I've not used it before) /Office 365 Network Bandwidth meter/ This is a beta solution we released recently in September 2018 to: 1, Measure network bandwidth usage for pilot users on-boarded to Office 365 or network bandwidth usage of on-premises users. 2, Build and maintain endpoint monitoring dashboards post on-boarding users to Office 365 This solution uses Azure monitoring, specifically Service Map. You can apply this concept for measuring any SaaS/PaaS traffic, not just Office 365. https://github.com/microsoft/Office365NetworkTools6KViews0likes0Comments
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