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May 7, 2014

Outlook Web App shines when it comes to efficient calendar delegation and management

To show how Office 365 can increase productivity for everyone, including top-level executives, Arushi Agrawal collected feedback from executive admins at companies that had considered Google Apps for business, but instead chose Office 365 for their cloud-based productivity solution.

May 7, 2014

Now available: Updated white papers on software supply chain security, critical infrastructure protection

In “Toward a Trusted Supply Chain: A Risk Based Approach to Managing Software Integrity,” Microsoft’s framework for incorporating software integrity risk-management practices in both the product development process and online services operations is described, writes Kevin Sullivan, Trustworthy Computing principal security strategist.

May 6, 2014

Xbox E3 media briefing coming June 9: Get the latest on games on the way

You can stream “Xbox: Game On” live beginning at 9 a.m. PT that day, with pre-show coverage on Xbox.com, Xbox Live, and Windows Phone globally. You can also watch “Xbox: Game On” at 9:30 a.m. PT on Spike TV in the U.S. and Canada.

May 6, 2014

How to make your extra long-distance Skype Mother’s Day call a memorable one

When Jeannette Kaplun left her family in Chile 17 years ago, she missed being close to loved ones on special dates like Mother’s Day. This year, her mom and her grandmother will be in Santiago, and her other grandmother in Houston, Texas. She’ll use Skype to give them virtual hugs, and has some tips for everyone doing the same to create some meaningful moments.

May 6, 2014

New York MTA chooses Microsoft Office 365

New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, the largest transportation network in North America, has chosen Microsoft Office 365 for cloud-based email and productivity at a potential savings of more than $6 million. But, more importantly, this migration may save lives.

May 6, 2014

Microsoft StorSimple helps answer storage needs in healthcare

To answer the need for different kinds of storage demands by healthcare providers, Microsoft’s StorSimple hybrid cloud, combined with Microsoft Azure, is a solution that is cost efficient and provides data protection.

May 6, 2014

Surface joins start-up LeanBox to revolutionize healthy vending

LeanBox co-founder Shea Coakley explains that the Surface gives the customer a nice, clean, easy checkout, while providing the company with the full Windows backbone needed for their robust backend inventory system. Their software utilizes classic Microsoft components such as SQL, .NET and ASP.Net for a dependable consumer platform.

May 6, 2014

Advertisers: Use Bing Ads to reach customers searching for summer travel

Travel sites see a spike in May and June as people start thinking seriously about their summer plans, while searches peak in July as people finalize plans. If you hope to catch that increase in travel searches, your campaigns should be going out at the start of summer.

May 6, 2014

LEGO robotics competition brings technology to playroom

Teams from Amazon, Egencia, Expedia, HTC, Microsoft, Nordstrom and Zulilly each had three weeks to build a solution using an EV3 kit. As you can see from the video here, they showed off their work at the Experience Music Project.

May 6, 2014

Reducing Microsoft’s carbon footprint: ‘We take energy, and we transform that into data’

In a new video, Brian Janous, Microsoft’s director of energy strategy, discusses how the company’s work with datacenters fits into both its energy strategy and its overall environmental sustainability strategy.