Office 365

On Thursday, Microsoft announced an agreement with the Sao Paolo State Department of Education (SEE) to offer Office 365 free of charge to more than 4 million students from the state education network through the Student Advantage program. This joint initiative with the SEE represents an investment of almost $900 million, based on the individual subscription costs for Office 365.

In this week’s Garage Series show, hosts Jeremy Chapman and Vijay Kumar tackle one of the most common questions asked about cloud services, “How safe is my data?”

A critical milestone was reached this month in the State of California with the Department of Justice and Microsoft jointly signing an agreement confirming that Office 365 helps organizations meet strict federal regulatory requirements around security and privacy.

The move to Office 365 enables MetLife to reinvest cost savings into mission-critical technologies, which translates to a customer-first approach.

The United States Army announced Monday that Microsoft now has the opportunity to provide Office 365 to the Department of Defense (DoD) and its mission partners. It’s a big step that the DoD is entrusting this move to Microsoft, as they did with their enterprise email.