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As described here we are pleased to announce the new Shared Mailboxes support in D365 version 2.9. Shared Mailboxes are an Exchange feature where many users can access a common mailbox, f.e. for departments or customer contact etc. Admins who are entitled to use this function now easily can manage Shared Mailboxes in D365. Besides, Shared Mailboxes do not need an Office 365 license since it´s a common mailbox for multiple (licensed) users. ...

As described here we are pleased to announce the new design of our D365 portal in D365 version 2.9. We completely rebuilt the design and optimized the website performance to reduce load time. We now make use of the latest Bootstrap framework and optimized all Client-side Styles and Code to reduce load time as well as using the Javascript framework AngularJS and SignalR for receiving a great website performance. The whole website now uses these technics for a good user experience with immediate response times – the user sees what´s going on, f.e. when opening a distribution list manipulating members of a distribution list or when syncing data. ...

Delegate365 version 2.9 is a new milestone in the evolution process of our Office 365 Delegation Add-On product. Have a look at the great new features: New Design We completely rebuilt the design and optimized the website performance. We now make use of the latest Bootstrap framework and optimized all Client-side Styles and Code to reduce load time as well as using the Javascript framework AngularJS and SignalR for receiving a great website performance. The whole website now uses these technics for a good user experience with immediate response times – the user sees what´s going on, f.e. when opening a distribution list manipulating members of a distribution list or when syncing data. The page setup is renewed and the menu has been cleaned up somewhat. See the details here. ...

As described here we are pleased to announce the new synchronization function in D365 version 2.9. We completely rebuilt the sync process and added rules for automatic user assignment to specific OU´s. Why Sync? Since D365 needs to deal with (ten)thousands of users in an AAD D365 uses an cache layer to deliver a good user experience and performance. So changes which are made outside of D365 - like in the Office 365 portal, via PowerShell or another App – may not be visible immediately in D365. ...

Since yesterday the new edition “Visual Studio Community 2013” is available for download on the Visual Studio product website Visual Studio Community 2013 - A Full-Featured IDE – FREE. Visual Studio Community 2013 includes the full functionality of Visual Studio Professional 2013! This version is FREE – for non commercial use! Details: vs_community.exe is a small downloader. If you have installed VS Professional 2013 you have to uninstall it before. This version corresponds to Visual Studio Professional 2013 and includes Update 4. ...

Today Microsoft Connect(); Event Day 1 took place in New York. The Keynote and the sessions can be watched or downloaded at channel9.msdn.com/Events/Visual-Studio/Connect-event-2014/011. Microsoft had a lot of announcements for developers. See a short summary in screenshots here! ScottGu opened the event (in his classic red poloshirt and jeans). As of today Microsoft runs 19 datacenters worldwide (much more than Amazon and Google). Microsoft wants to push .NET and developers using .NET, Visual Studio and Azure. The numbers are impressive. ...

Very short info for Microsoft MVP´s found on Twitter during MVP Summit 2014: Telerik Offers Its Best Tools to Microsoft MVPs - for Free Simply send an email to sales@telerik.com with a link to your MVP profile. Developers, enjoy!

In the coming week there will be the next update of Delegate rolled out. This will be Delegate version 2.9 which includes these updates: New Synchronization: We improved the sync processes (for domains, security groups, distribution lists and user and licenses) which now are combined in one simple step. The user import now can be configured with rules for putting users in specific OU´s depending on special properties (country, security groups, AAD properties…) ...

In Delegate365 version 2.8 there´s a new setup wizard included (as announced here). With this function companies no longer need to create a (temporary) administrator user for doing the setup process of Delegate365 but instead can setup their Azure Active Directory on their own for working with Delegate365. Prerequisites To configure your real company AAD with Delegate365 you get two access information by atwork: The Setup-URL (which usually goes like https://[yourcompany].azurewebsites.net/setup) and a configuration password (which is in fact a code) to give you the access for the setup process. This code is important and valid for this specific Delegate365 appliance. With that code you can setup the service accounts till the code is changed. More about that later. ...

Heutzutage erwarten Anwender funktionelle und “schöne” Websites, Webforms und Tools. Auch wenn ein Entwickler eine App oder ein User-Interface mit “es funktioniert” als erledigt zur Seite legt… es gibt Hilfsmittel um ansprechende Webforms zu erstellen. Neben dem großen Angebot an professionellen Website-Templates gibt es im Web viele kostenfreie HTML-Templates wie etwa Free-CSS.com und viele mehr. Auch für das Design von Websiteobjekten wie Textboxes, Buttons, Texteffekte und Co. stehen im Netz Hilfsmittel bereit. ...