by Brett

FISMA Added to Office 365 Security Certifications

Microsoft Office 365 continues to improve it's marketability by stacking up an impressive collection of security and compliance certifications. With FISMA (Federal Information Security Managment Act) federal agenices, there is an easier path to adoption of the services by federal agenices. For details see http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/05/03/fisma-security-certification-office-365.aspx

by Brett

This post is primarily for those atteding my session on Keeping up with Office 365 at  the Cloud Intellegence Conferene in Seattle

The slide deck for is here.

Service Descriptions

 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13602

 Deployment Guide and Deployment Readiness Tool

 http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/183/p/1541/5095.aspx

 Service Updates Wiki

 http://community.office365.com/en-us/w/office_365_service_updates/default.aspx

 Office 365 Technical Blogs

 http://community.office365.com/en-us/b/office_365_technical_blog/default.aspx

 Office 365 SSO Content Map

 http://community.office365.com/en-us/w/sso/default.aspx

 Exchange Online Performance Guide

 http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/183/t/45466.aspx

 Quickstart Online for Partners

 https://quickstartonlineservices.com

 Forum Assistant

 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27547

 Exchange PST Catpure

 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=28767

 Office 365 Desktop Readiness

 http://www.microsoft.com/online/office365-desktop-readiness-tool-form.aspx

 Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer

 https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/

 Who Can Federate with Lync Online Tool

 http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Who-Can-Federate-Tool-a9e00d23

 Exchange Federation Discovery Tool

 http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Exchange-Federation-fdf8a324

 MessageOps Office 365 Tools

 http://www.messageops.com/software

 Twitter:  @Office365

 Youtube

 http://www.youtube.com/microsoftoffice365

by Brett

Microsoft has released an important new paper on performance for Exchange Online migration. The paper has consolidated useful information related to planning for and managing timelines for migrations based on the migration scenario. There are some real world examples as well as key issues to consider provided in detail that I have not found elsewhere. While not a comprehensive treatment, as the issue of bandwidth is not addressed directly, it has solid advice has useful details on performance issues related to moving mail to Exchange Online.

See
http://community.office365.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-postattachments/00-00-15-53-58/O365_5F00_Exchange-Online-Migration-Performance-Guide.docx

by Brett

Microsoft has announced lower prices on Office 365 starting 03/16/2012.

The new pricing is below. Existing contracts are not effected until renewal or unless you add new seats. There is a post where Agile IT says you can ask for review of you pricing if you closed in the last 30 days.



First, the price for the P1 (Small Business and Professionals) plan ($6) and the price for Office Professional Pro Plus ($12) did not go down. However, the E plan prices have all been lowered. Since you can now buy an E plan for less then before, the value proposition for the P1 plan is diminished. You can lean about the difference in the P1 and E plan offerings from my article on this topic here

Let's take a closer look.

by Brett

Click here to register for this free webinar hosted by O'Reilly Press

A year in the making, Working with Office 365 by Brett Hill, focuses on the Small Business and Professionals Office 365 plan.. After a brief overview of the Office 365 services and solutions, you'll learn:

• Why this plan is such a great value
• Plan's limitations to be aware of
• Important new features to the services that have been released in the last few months

Join us for the informative dicussion on the Office 365 plans and features as well as side by side comparison of the Office 365 Small Business Plan and E plans.