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Es geht dahin: Microsoft hat die neue OneDrive API veröffentlicht, mit welcher Developer OneDrive in eigene Apps integrieren können. Diese ist für alle größeren Plattformen wie Web, Windows, iOS und Android verfügbar. Mit der neuen RESTful API können so Daten aus und in den Microsoft Cloud Speicher eines Benutzers gelesen und geschrieben werden. Hier geht es zur Ankündigung im blog.onedrive.com: The new OneDrive API Der Download ist auf GitHub verfügbar: Introducing the new OneDrive API ...

As announced here D365 version 3.2 has support of security groups. This also includes management of “mail enabled security groups”. The differences between “mail enabled security group” and “distribution group” are explained in TechNet, here´s a quick definition: Mail-enabled security group: A mail-enabled security group is an Active Directory universal security group object that can be used to assign access permissions to resources in Active Directory and can also be used to distribute messages. ...

If you are an ASP.NET developer you should be interested in the new ASP.NET vNext (or ASP.NET 5). Download this free eBook sponsored by tools producer Telerik: https://www.telerik.com/campaigns/aspnet/vnext After providing your name, your email address and your country you can download the free ebook “20 burning questions about ASP.NET vNext answered”. Enjoy!

SharePoint 2013 is in the market since more than two years by now. And SharePoint 2016 is about to come soon. Beside all the standard features the SharePoint framework can be extended with custom solutions to automate processes within the system. In 2013 we have a new App Model which solves a lot of issues we had with custom solutions in the previous versions of SharePoint. In this article I want to point out why using the App Model is a good idea and why I recommend using it. But let´s have a look into that step by step. We start with the types of solutions developers can build on top of SharePoint. ...

Am 26. Februar findet von 09:00 Uhr bis 13:30 Uhr bei Microsoft Österreich eine Veranstaltung rund um das Thema Datenschutz und Datensicherheit in der Microsoft Cloud statt. Die Veranstaltung richtet sich dabei an IT Entscheidungsträger, Sicherheits- und Datenschutzbeauftragte und Juristen von Unternehmen und soll helfen, ein gemeinsames Bild zur Entwicklung einer Cloud Strategie zu entwickeln und sich über die Rahmenbedingungen zu informieren. Cloud Computing ist in aller Munde, eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten, hilft Unternehmen neue Strategien und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten zu finden. Gleichzeitig schürt es Ängste und diese müssen sachlich adressiert werden. ...

With D365 version 3.2 there comes full support of security groups with two new modules: security groups for managing these groups and memberships and the new administration / assign security groups module for assigning existing security groups to a particular OU. The security groups list works in the same way as all other lists in D365: new security groups can be created, deleted, members can be added and deleted and the OU assignment of a group can be changed. The search helps for getting access to the desired groups quickly. ...

Für alle Developer und IT-Pros, die sich noch nicht (viel) mit Microsoft Azure befasst haben, gibt es ganz frisch ein kostenfreies eBook mit einem aktuellen Überblick über Azure und die wichtigsten Dienste in Azure. Das eBook “Fundamentals of Azure” ist das erste Buch aus der Reihe “Microsoft Azure Essentials” von Microsoft Press. Fundamentals of Azure wurde von Michael S. Collier und Robin E. Shahan geschrieben und umfasst 246 Seiten – mit einem Vorwort von VP Scott Guthrie. ...

We are very happy and also proud that our CEO, Martina Grom, was awarded as Microsoft Regional Directory (RD) shortly! There’s a lot going on over at Microsoft these days. The RD program is designed to honor world-wide technology leaders who are an active part of the community and who have impact in sharing knowledge around the globe. See the new RD-website https://msrd.io/ for mission statements. The Microsoft RD program exists since 1993 (for an older description see also wikipedia.org). ...

Delegate365 provides a user self service password reset (SSPR) function since version 2.1. If an user forgot his Office 365 password – and the admins allowed that function – he can self reset his password easily with D365. The SSPR feature comes automatically with Delegate365 at no additional costs. In contrast there´s Azure Active Directory in three editions (Free, Basic and Premium) where SSPR starts with the premium and basic features, see Self-service password reset for users in Azure Active Directory Editions. ...

In Office 365 IT Admins can define Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for their users to secure access for all or special user accounts. The good news is that Delegate365 supports the usage of MFA for the login process by default. MFA works exactly in the same way as usual. MFA consists of usually two factors: Something you know (typically a password) Something you have (a trusted device that is not easily duplicated, like a phone) ...