Pat Malatack (Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation) has a comprehensive series of webcasts on extending the JS Grid in Project Web App. Note:   This blog post was originally created Monday, April 19, 2010. The webcasts were missing for the past several months, but have been reinstated on the Microsoft Events site ( https://msevents.microsoft.com/ ). MSDN Webcast: Project 2010 JS Grid Extensibility: Project Web App (Part 1 of 3) (Level 400) Tuesday, April 20, 2010 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Pacific Time This is the first webcast in a three-part series on extending grid pages in Microsoft Office Project Web App. In this webcast, we focus on initializing custom grid code and interactions between the grid and the Project Web App Ribbon. In particular, we show you how to add additional functionality to the Project Center.   MSDN Webcast: Project 2010 JS Grid Extensibility: Project Web App (Part 2 of 3) (Level 400) Thursday, April 22, 2010 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Pacific Time This is the second webcast in a three-part series on extending grid pages in Microsoft Office Project Web App. In this webcast, we focus on the use of events and delegates to interact with the timesheet grid in a way that allows for the addition of custom features and functionality to that page.   MSDN Webcast: Project 2010 JS Grid Extensibility: Project Web App (Part 3 of 3) (Level 400) Tuesday, April 27, 2010 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Pacific Time This is the third webcast in a three-part series on extending grid pages in Microsoft Office Project Web App. In this webcast, we walk you through more grid customizations, including adding custom commands to the column header dropdown and custom row header states.

It’s been a busy past few weeks in the Enterprise Social Networking #esn world, but I wanted to take a quick pause to celebrate the consumer release of Office, more information below, in the meantime please find below a picture from my desk with some of my favorite products! Microsoft Releases Office 365 Home Premium Office 365: The Next Bold Step  

Lync-to-phone for Office 365 gives your business the power of a complete communications system without having to install any costly equipment. With an appropriate Office 365 service plan and a Lync-to-phone provider , you can give your users a complete unified communications experience: Make calls to, and receive calls from, any phone number, using your laptop with full support for Lync-optimized PC peripherals like speakerphones or headsets .  Includes full support for IP desk phones with Lync Phone Edition Get the calling features you need to stay in touch and stay productive wherever you go: Lync-to-phone feature Description Make calls to, and receive calls from, any phone number Extend the reach of Lync Online by connecting  to the traditional telephone network Forward calls Simultaneous ring Forward calls to another number, or have another  phone ring at the same time as your work number Transfer calls Transfer the call you’re on from your computer to your mobile phone or any other number Caller ID You can screen calls, and identify yourself to outside callers Call via your work number on your mobile device With the Lync client installed on your smart phone or tablet, you can display your work number to the person you’re calling Delegate calls to an assistant Set up an assistant to make and receive calls on your behalf Delegate calls to your team Define a group of colleagues who can pick up your incoming calls Access voice mail from Lync or Outlook With Exchange Online Unified Messaging, you can check your voice mail directly from Lync, and receive transcriptions in email. Requires Exchange Online Plan 2. Set up Unified Messaging access numbers If your business requires it, you can set up an external number that people can use to access their voice mail if they can’t get to a computer or mobile device. You can also add an auto attendant number for automated routing of incoming calls. The first qualified Lync-to-phone provider is Jajah Voice for Office 365 , with phone numbers currently available for the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK). Additional providers are currently under evaluation but there is no immediate timeline available. IMPORTANT : Lync-to-phone is not available in organizations with a hybrid server/service deployment. Service Details Your Lync-to-phone provider connects you to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). You can Re-use your existing phone numbers Get new local numbers Purchase domestic and international calling plans IMPORTANT : Lync-to-phone service is billed separately from Office 365. You’ll receive two bills: one from Microsoft for Office 365, and one from your Lync-to-phone provider for telephone network connectivity. Lync-to-phone is available with the following Office 365 service plans Office 365 service plan Additional licenses required Midsize business and enterprise plans E1, E2, or E3 Lync Plan 3 Exchange Plan 2 Enterprise Plan E4 None Service Coverage The first qualified Lync-to-phone provider is Jajah Voice for Office 365 , with phone numbers currently available for the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK). US and UK numbers can be assigned to users in other countries, or used by businesses located in other countries, as long as those countries have Lync Online audio service available, and can provide a US or UK billing address. Location of your business or your users Lync-to-phone numbers available US and Canada US numbers United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (with some exceptions ) UK numbers Emergency services All emergency calls are routed by your Lync-to-phone provider to a national emergency dispatch center. The dispatch center first determines if the caller is at the location of record for that phone number, or at another location, and if necessary, updates the callers location. The call is then connected to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (in the US) or British Telecom (in the UK).  How it works Lync-to-phone for Office 365 is a cloud-based voice solution that’s fully integrated with Lync Online and Exchange Online.  This makes your job as an admin much simpler: the network connectivity and routing has already been taken care of, and the Lync-to-phone service provider delivers full data-center resiliency. Once you’ve contacted a Lync-to-phone provider and purchase new phone numbers—or arranged to have your existing phone numbers ported over—all you need to do as an admin is Get the necessary licenses and assign them to users If you’ve purchased new phone numbers, assign them to users Set up your Lync-to-phone service provider in the Lync admin center Set up an Exchange Unified Messaging dial plan and assign it to users See Administering Lync-to-phone for details. Signaling and Media Flow Signaling for call setup and control flows between the Lync client and the Lync Online infrastructure. Call media flows directly between the Lync client endpoint and the target of the call, as shown in the following figures. In calls to or from the traditional telephone network, media flows between the Lync client and the Lync-to-phone provider’s PSTN gateway. Figure: PSTN call flow In a conference call, as shown in the figure below, media flows between Lync clients, PSTN callers, and the Lync Online conferencing server. Figure: Conferencing call flow Planning for Lync-to-phone Review and complete all the Lync Online configuration tasks . Of particular importance: You’ll need to make changes to your firewall and domain name servers for Lync and Lync-to-phone to work correctly. For best audio quality, order “Optimized for Lync” audio devices like speakerphones and headsets. IMPORTANT : If you plan to re-use your existing phone numbers with Lync-to-phone, make sure you complete the configuration steps in the following section before the ported numbers are activated. Administering Lync-to-phone Use the Office 365 portal to complete all of your Lync-to-phone configuration tasks: Assign licenses and phone numbers Access the Lync Online Control Panel and Exchange Control Panel Figure: Office 365 admin home page Once you’ve set up Office 365 and purchased Lync-to-phone service, complete these tasks to get up and running: Figure: Lync-to-phone set up overview Learn more: Download: Lync-to-phone Setup Checklist Video: Configuring Lync-to-phone for Office 365 Video: Configuring Lync-to-phone with Exchange Online Unified Messaging for Office 365 Where to go for support Both Microsoft and your Lync-to-phone provider are available to support their respective services.   In general, Microsoft should be contacted first for support unless there is a problem specific to PSTN calling or the associated billing. Contact Microsoft for these types of issues: Error when assigning phone number Call features not working – transfer, forward, simultaneous ring Exchange Voice Messaging not working Exchange Auto Attendant and Outlook Voice Access not working Audio Quality issues Contact your Lync-to-phone provider first with these kinds of issues Incoming calls not completing Outgoing calls not completing Caller ID issues Call transfer to a number fails and the user is always returned to the original conversation Call forward to a number fails with a disconnect tone Gets disconnected in the middle of the call Keypad commands (DTMF signals) aren’t recognized Billing questions

Author: Jeremy_MSFT Originally published to the Office 365 Preview blog. Office 365 ProPlus Preview enables users to install Office desktop apps directly from your organization’s new Office 365 site. The process is similar to Office 365 desktop app self-installation today, except with all of the technology enhancements with Office Click-to-Run along with streamlined experiences the process becomes faster and easier to navigate for new users. The section in the series provides screen-by-screen experiences for non-Administrator users to install Office 365 ProPlus and configure personal settings. Office 365 Sign In on www.office365.com User will click “Install software and connect it to the cloud” tile User then clicks “The latest version of Office” hyperlinked text Language and architecture settings are selected and user will click “install” Internet Explorer will then prompt to run Setup and a User Account Control dialog will appear Office 365 ProPlus streams to the PC and is available for use within a few moments The main things to be aware of before streaming Office 365 ProPlus are that your system needs to meet minimum requirements , you should have administrator rights to install the software and because Office 365 ProPlus improves side-by-side support, you don’t need to uninstall or upgrade your version of Office because the new Office will run alongside the old install.

Is data your currency? Need analytics best practices and strategies you can put to work immediately? Then the  PASS Business Analytics Conference is the place to be between April 10th and 12th, 2013. You’ll return to your job armed with newfound expertise and connections required to make an immediate organizational impact.  Register now to: Access, mash-up, and analyze data from virtually any source and rapidly create compelling analytical models with PowerPivot in Excel 2013 and Office 365 Provide stunning data visualization to discover new insights with a highly interactive and familiar data exploration, visualization, and presentation experience with Power View in Excel 2013 and Office 365 Learn from top industry and Microsoft experts about real solutions and get practical guidance on capturing the value of business analytics for your business Be inspired by keynote speakers: Dr. Steven Levitt — co-author of Freakonomics; and Microsoft BI experts Kamal Hathi and Amir Netz . REGISTER NOW     Have questions?  Send mail to PASS , they have all the answers. Looking for sponsorship opportunities?  Contact Al Shuler , +1 614.532.5539

To sign up for this webcast please download and save the attached calendar invite below where you will find the Webcast Meeting information.  We are excited to announce our next Ignite Webcast that will help you Understand Identities and Single Sign On. You can view the original blog post on the Ignite site here . Ignite Webcasts are online sessions led by Microsoft Office 365 Product Managers, Engineers and Support staff. The Ignite webcast series addresses Office 365 technical subjects and scenarios and is beneficial to anyone who wants to increase their knowledge of the Office 365 suite. View the Ignite Site for more information about Ignite programs and webcasts. You can view past Ignite Webcast sessions and materials here and be sure to see upcoming Ignite Webcasts on the Ignite Events Page .     Our Ignite Webcast series is the best place to get technical Office 365 content, and our latest webcast does not disappoint. This session will cover the various Office 365 identity types, the requirements for Single Sign On and how different device types connect and authenticate to Office 365 endpoints. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and join a discussion with our Microsoft presenter. Bring your questions! Our webcast will be led by Daniel Kenyon-Smith. Daniel is an Office 365 Architect in Microsoft Consultancy Services in the UK. Daniel works with large enterprise customers to help them migrate to Office 365.   Remember, to sign up for this webcast please  download and save the attached calendar invite below . We are excited to see you there!    —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Presenter :  Daniel Kenyon-Smith, Office 365 Architect in Microsoft Consultancy Services in the UK.   Date/Time:  Thursday February 14 th , at 9:00 AM Pacific Time . (1 Hour presentation) Live Meeting Information: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Join online meeting https://join.microsoft.com/meet/v-joshto/F00T8BQY Join by Phone  +14257063500        +18883203585          Find a local number   Conference ID: 27579341    Forgot your dial-in PIN?  |    First online meeting?      [1033])!]   Audience: Office 365 for professionals and small businesses Office 365 for enterprises

Here’s some basic information you’ll want to have if you want to support SkyDrive Pro libraries and Sync services in your organization. If you just want to get your bearings around SkyDrive Pro, you can start here: https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/what-is-skydrive-pro-HA102822076.aspx   Regarding SkyDrive Pro prerequisite software and services: To support SkyDrive Pro libraries in your organization, the latest SharePoint or Office 365 personal sites (also known as My Sites) need to be deployed in your organization, and the user profile service needs to be running. This is because social features, such as sharing documents, depend on personal sites and user profiles. To support Sync in SkyDrive Pro (the ability to synchronize SkyDrive Pro documents with local desktops), make sure that either Office 2013 (Standard or Professional) or an Office 365 subscription that includes the Office 2013 applications is running on Windows 7 or Windows 8 client devices.  Regarding security concerns: SkyDrive Pro client exchanges with SharePoint sites rely on synchronization protocol and external mechanisms for security, such as those provided by VPNs or Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. SkyDrive Pro data is not encrypted over the network when the SkyDrive Pro client talks to SharePoint (which is required to support SkyDrive Pro), unless the transport protocol is being used for server communication is through https (which uses SSL or Transport Layer Security – TLS). Server administrators can configure SSL encryption for data sent over the network between the SkyDrive Pro and the SharePoint servers. On-disk data can be encrypted using the Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption. For more information see ‘BitLocker Drive Encryption’ at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=163122 . Note: SSL is recommended for SharePoint connections from outside a corporate domain. If you’re using Active Directory, you can configure the following Group Policy setting: Sync Only On Domain Network: Requires a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection for SkyDrive Pro clients trying connect to SharePoint Server 2013 (or SharePoint 2010) from outside the organization’s intranet. In addition, you can secure the SharePoint site from unauthorized access by setting access control lists appropriately. For guidance about how to set access control for users to synchronize with SharePoint libraries and lists, see ‘Overview of site permissions in SharePoint 2013’ at  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219771.aspx .

We are excited to announce our next Ignite Webcast featuring more information on one of the most exciting Office 365 Deployment features called Click-to-Run. You can view the original blog post on the Ignite site here . To sign up for this webcast please download and save the attached calendar invite below where you will find the Webcast Meeting information.   Ignite Webcasts are online sessions led by Microsoft Office 365 Product Managers, Engineers and support staff. The Ignite webcast series addresses different Office 365 technical subjects and scenarios and is beneficial to anyone who wants to increase their knowledge of the Office 365 suite. View the Ignite Site for more information about Ignite programs and webcasts. You can view past Ignite Webcast sessions and materials here .     In this session, we will be providing an overview of the new Office 365 ProPlus delivery technology, Click-to-Run. Come hear about how Click-to-Run works, how it enables “Side by Side” use of Office, and how it makes upgrading Office a lot easier, faster and cheaper. You will have a great opportunity to ask questions and discuss with our presenter. Bring your questions! Our webcast will be led by Curtis Sawin. Curtis Sawin is a Senior Consultant, specializing in Office Compatibility and Office Deployment issues. Further, he dabbles in Windows Installer and SQL Server Reporting Services development. Sawin has spoken at several industry conferences, including MMS (Microsoft Management Summit), TechEd, SPC (Microsoft SharePoint Conference), and TechReady. Sawin has been with Microsoft since 2007.   Remember, to sign up for this webcast please  download and save the attached calendar invite below . We are excited to see you there!    —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Presenter :  Curtis Sawin , Senior Consultant specializing in Office Compatibility and Office Deployment Issues Date/Time:  Tuesday January 29 th , at 10:00 AM Pacific Time . (1 Hour presentation) Live Meeting Information: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Join online meeting https://join.microsoft.com/meet/v-joshto/F00T8BQY Join by Phone  +14257063500        +18883203585          Find a local number   Conference ID: 27579341    Forgot your dial-in PIN?  |    First online meeting?      [1033])!]   Audience: Office 365 for professionals and small businesses Office 365 for enterprises

Audience: Live@edu; Office 365 for education Editor’s Note: Please be sure that the contact information for your institution is up to date to be alerted to key Live@edu to Office 365 upgrade information. Sign in to the Service Management Portal (SMP)  and update the critical notification field with all updated contacts for your institution.    Institutions using Live@edu are being upgrade to Office 365 for education. This upgrade builds on existing Live@edu deployments, meaning there’s no need to move mailboxes, calendars, or contacts, and no need to re-provision accounts. Furthermore, users can count on continued email access throughout the upgrade process.    If your institution is using Live@edu, here’s what you can expect: Your institution will be assigned an upgrade date in the next few months, and you can expect an email notification at least 30 days prior to the scheduled upgrade date. Once you receive your date, you have the option to start the upgrade any time before the upgrade date, knowing that this won’t disrupt your users throughout the upgrade process. You may also choose not to take any action, and we’ll take care of the upgrade to Office 365 for you, automatically, on your scheduled date. If you’re ready to start before receiving an upgrade date, you can contact Live@edu support and they will schedule the upgrade for you. After the upgrade, your primary domain (and any accepted domains) will be subscribed to Exchange Online Plan 1 for academic. You will then have the option to subscribe to any of the Office 365 for education plans to get SharePoint Online, Lync Online, and Office Web Apps. Since the upgrade builds on your existing Live@edu deployment, you may be ready to upgrade now. To get started: Make sure your contact information is up to date. Review the resources on the Upgrade Center and complete the before upgrade checklist . Start the upgrade to Office 365 or contact  Live@edu support to initiate the upgrade. We look forward to having your institution on Office 365 so you can extend your Live@edu investment and enable your students, faculty, and staff to communicate and collaborate easier.        

Microsoft is preparing to roll out the new SharePoint Online as a part of Office 365. As a result of this initial phase of the SharePoint Online service update, you may be affected by some of the design changes. Below is a consolidated list of items with pointers to documented fixes and posted workarounds: Install SharePoint Designer 2013 (free download here ). Previous versions of SharePoint Designer are not compatible with the new SharePoint Online. Apply the Hotfix for SharePoint Designer 2013 to work properly with InfoPath 2010 – start here . Apply the Hotfix for SharePoint Workspace 2010 to work properly with the new SharePoint Online – start here. In addition to the above items, there are several known issues previously posted here that Microsoft is working on to resolve in real-time. These issues are not broadly impactful and most have a corresponding knowledge base (KB) article with posted manual solution steps.     Note that you will not yet have access to the new SharePoint features or the new user interface. Rather, during this preparation phase, you will only see the new enhancements to the Office Web Apps as we previous communicated here . In addition, we’d like to reiterate Office 365 no longer supports Internet Explorer 7 (IE7).   Some CRM Online customers are also impacted within this phase of the SharePoint Online service update. Please review the in-depth blog post that articulates the recommended “list component” fix here .   Thank you, The SharePoint Online Team    * The Office 365 ProPlus Preview can run side-by-side with previous versions of Office. Users who have use rights to Office as a subscription will have the use rights to final Office 2013 RTM once available and no longer need the Preview version.