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We are proud to announce that we have reached a set of new competencies in the Microsoft Partner Program. atwork now owns five gold and two silver competencies in the Microsoft Partner Network. atwork in Microsoft Partner Program We are highly specialized in Microsoft technologies and are very successful in delivering consulting and software solutions to our customers and partners. So it´s great that our technical skillset is also represented in our new partner logo. Voila, here it is! ...

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) ...

Delegate365 version 3.1 brings improvements and new features. As already announced in Delegate365 version 3.1 outlook we have some new modules and an unified user interface. Here´s a list of the main changes. New: Unassign users in the administrator menu: With this new module users who are already assigned to an OU can be unassigned. This module is only available for portal admins and works exactly in the same way as the assign users module: Search the users, mark them and click the “Unassign” button. ...

Since today the Download of Windows 10 Technical Preview ISO is available for members of the Windows Insider program. Follow the link here: https://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso The x64 download is 3.92 GB and the x86 3.01 GB. Happy downloading and testing! For news about Windows 10 check out Windows 10: The Next Chapter event webcast!

Delegate365 is continuously improving. We were busy and implemented new features and optimized some code in the Delegate365 solution. So, in the next version we will have some improvements, here´s a first outlook: We have completely rewritten the logging operations and are now using a new event store for protocoling detailed actions of operations. This means with version 3.1 the event sourcing is made step by step and saves all changed fields with old and new values. Starting with v3.1 all operations in D365 are protocolled step by step. Additionally we are developing an additional protocol source which delivers an overview and is good readable for humans. ...

In large organizations it´s often useful to create an own Exchange administrator for performing tasks against the Exchange API´s, f.e. with PowerShell or with third party tools like our Delegate365 solution. Here´s how to create an Exchange Admin in Office 365. There are two ways to accomplish this task: The easy way is to simply create (or use) a gobal administrator in Office 365. This user gets all rights in all services of Office 365 (AAD, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync) automatically. The second way – if your want to have an own Exchange administrator - is described here. Login in as global admin First, open the Office 365 portal https://portal.office.com with a global admin account to get full rights in that Office 365 tenant. ...

…as highlighted about almost a year ago here, see some impressive current numbers** published by Microsoft at https://news.microsoft.com/bythenumbers. Some highlights: In the last year Office for iPad apps have been downloaded more than 45 million times. SharePoint is now a $2 billion business for Microsoft. Microsoft has more than 430.000 partners. Microsoft Azure is available in 140 countries. On average more than 1000 customers sign up for Microsoft Azure daily. ...

And now for something completely different: Have a look at an interesting visualization of the current world population with dense population density and some impressive numbers. Source: https://all-that-is-interesting.com/map-population-density At a glance we see India, China, Mexico, Indonesia and Japan in very dark red, also parts of Europe have a dense population. See also https://www.census.gov/popclock with the Top 10 most populus countries worldwide: On top there is China with about almost 1.4 billion inhabitants, followed closely by India with almost 1.3 billion people and USA with about 320 million people. Indonesia, Brazil and Pakistan follow with about 250 to 200 million people. Even tiny states like Bangladesh have almost 170 million inhabitants, more than huge Russia! Also Japan with about 127 million people is in the top 10 list. ...

We are very happy to announce that Martina Grom, CEO of atwork, was awarded for the 5th year in a row with the Microsoft MVP Award for Office 365! “Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs are exceptional community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world deep technical expertise with the community and with Microsoft. They are committed to helping others get the most out of their experience with Microsoft products and technologies. Microsoft has recognized exceptional, independent community leaders who share their passion, technical expertise, and real-world knowledge of Microsoft products with others.” ...