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After its misfortunes in the phone space, Microsoft finally has something to smile about. General Electric is deploying its 300,000+ staff worldwide in over 170 countries with Office 365.

Perth-based engineering and construction specialist, Decmil has deployed Office 365, Dynamics CRMOL and Power BI from Microsoft’s local data centres as well as Windows 8.1 tablets, Surface Pro 3 and Lumia 630/830 devices across the organisation.

Unified identity management software vendor Centrify has announced what it says are significant feature enhancements in secure user provisioning, licence management, single sign on (SSO) and mobile device management for Office 365.

Marine Rescue Queensland has deployed Microsoft’s Office 365 across its state-wide network of 1,500 volunteers enabling a centralisation of systems and facilitating faster, more efficient contact throughout the organisation.

Long time ERP rivals NetSuite and Microsoft have announced a long-term product alliance under which NetSuite’s cloud based financial and business applications will be more closely integrated with Microsoft’s Office 365 personal productivity tools.

Global interconnect and data centre company Equinix will offer direct access to Office 365 via Azure ExpressRoute and Equinix Cloud Exchange from Q3 2015.

Hosting provider OzHosting.com aims to make it easier for businesses to migrate to Office 365.

When Microsoft bought Skype in 2011 for US$8.5 billion many puzzled analysts were scratching their heads because the company already had Windows Live Messenger and its enterprise version Lync, which together had a much larger user base than Skype. However, one key thing the Microsoft messaging products did not have was traditional telephony integration. Enter Skype and, this week, Skype for Business Online.

Australian customer-owned financial services company Beyond Bank has selected UXC Eclipse to play a key role in the organisation-wide roll-out of Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Office 365.

Apart from speed increases for local users, and geo-redundant backup it also satisfies certain requirements for Australian data to be stored in Australia subject to its law.

Five years after Office 2011 for Mac was released, Microsoft has finally gotten around to releasing its long-awaited update as a free preview, dubbed Office 2016 for Mac.

Service provider hosted apps and desktops are being taken up mainly by the top end of the SME market, according to Citrix.

ManageEngine has added Office 365 bulk licence support to ADManager Plus, and Exchange Online reporting to ExchangeReporter Plus.

Two of Microsoft's flagship SaaS products will be available from Australian data centres in a few months.

Many wondered if it would ever happen – Dropbox support in the Office mobile apps on iOS and Android devices, plus Dropbox for Windows Phone. Now it shall.

Office 365 subscribers get more than just Office apps and email; here is how to use SharePoint to build your own basic customer management tool.

Microsoft has revealed plans to release a new version of Office for Mac next year. For now, users must be content with an updated version of Outlook for Mac.

Office 365 subscribers are being tempted with unlimited storage limits at no additional monthly cost, with Microsoft starting the rollout of the upgrade from today.

Microsoft and Salesforce.com have announced the first fruits of their strategic partnership.

A sub-$200 Windows 8 tablet goes on sale this week.