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Finally – Skype for Business for Mac Plus Enhanced Mobile Application Sharing

Skype for Business Mac is now publicly available for download. The Mac client offers edge-to-edge video and full immersive content sharing and viewing. The result is a great first class experience for Mac users.

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Enhancements to Skype for Business mobile apps on Android and iOS

New capabilities in Skype for Business apps for iOS and Android are now available —including the ability to present PowerPoint files in a meeting and a faster, more reliable content sharing approach.

skype-for-business-announces-new-mac-client-and-new-mobile-sharing-experiences-2Present in a meeting from your mobile app—Now you can present content right from Android or iOS device. No more emailing files and links back and forth when you present from your phone or tablet. Now, sharing a PowerPoint deck in a meeting is as easy as selecting the file from your favorite cloud drive and presenting right from your phone. On Android, you can also share a file stored on the device itself. With swipe gestures, you can easily transition between different slides. Once shared, the PowerPoint file also becomes available in the meeting’s content bin for other participants to download or present.

Video-based Screen Sharing for mobile devices—Microsoft is also enhancing the content viewing experience with Skype for Business on mobile devices by using Video-based Screen Sharing (VbSS) for content viewing on iOS and Android apps. The initial setup is much faster, the experience more reliable, while also consuming network bandwidth efficiently. It provides a seamless viewing experience, especially if you are sharing animated content such as CAD models. Learn more about VbSS and how it can enhance your meeting experience.

If you haven’t yet checked the Skype for Business mobile apps for Android and iOS, visit Skype for Business Apps & Downloads so you can download the apps and experience meetings on-the-go today!

For additional information about Skype and Microsoft Office 365 please contact us at office365@atidan.com

 

Article credit: https://blogs.office.com/2016/10/27/skype-for-business-announces-new-mac-client-and-new-mobile-sharing-experiences/

 

New Intune Release – Desktop and Mobile Device Management and Security

As part of the name change to ‘Microsoft Intune’ a new look and feel has been released this week.  Contact the Atidan team at intune@atidan.com for information on how to manage and secure all of your devices.

New Intune standalone features that will be released as part of this service update include:

  • Enhanced user interface for Intune administration console
  • Ability to restrict access to Exchange on-premises email based upon device enrollment
  • Bulk enrollment of devices using a single service account
  • Lockdown of Supervised iOS devices and devices using Samsung KNOX with Kiosk mode
  • Targeting of policies and apps by device groups
  • Ability to report on and allow or block a specific set of applications
  • Enforcement of application install or uninstall
  • Deployment of certificates, email, VPN and WiFi profiles
  • Ability to push free store apps to iOS devices
  • More convenient access to internal corporate resources using per-app VPN configurations for iOS devices
  • Remote pin reset for Windows Phone 8.1 devices
  • Multi-factor authentication at enrollment for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices
  • Ability to restrict administrator access to a specific set of user and device groups
  • Updated Company Portal apps to support customizable terms and conditions

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Mobile Device Management (MDM)

With the increasing volume and diversity of corporate and personal devices being used in organizations today, a growing challenge for IT departments is keeping corporate information secure. Intune helps minimize complexity by offering mobile device management through the cloud with integrated data protection and compliance capabilities.

  • Provide a self-service Company Portal for users to enroll their own devices and install corporate applications across the most popular mobile platforms
  • Deploy certificates, WiFi, VPN, and email profiles automatically once a device is enrolled, enabling users to access corporate resources with the appropriate security configurations
  • Deliver comprehensive settings management for mobile devices, enabling the execution of remote actions such as passcode reset, device lock, data encryption, and full wipe to protect corporate data on lost or stolen devices
  • Protect corporate data by restricting access to Exchange email when a user tries to access resources on an unenrolled or non-compliant device based upon policies set by the administrator
  • Simplify enrollment of corporate devices with bulk enrollment using Apple Configurator or a single service account, enabling IT administrators to set policies and deploy applications on a large scale
  • Enable the enforcement of more strict “lock down” policies for Supervised iOS devices, Android devices using Kiosk Mode, and Windows Phone devices using Assigned Access
Mobile Application Management (MAM)

Employees are demanding access to corporate applications, data, and resources from their mobile devices. Intune addresses this challenge by building manageability and data protection directly into the Office mobile apps your employees are most familiar with. Intune also provides the flexibility to extend these capabilities to existing line-of-business apps and to enable secure viewing of content using the Managed Browser, PDF Viewer, AV Player, and Image Viewer apps.

  • Enable your workforce to securely access corporate information using the Office mobile apps they know and love while preventing leakage of your company’s data by restricting actions such as copy/cut/paste/save in your managed app ecosystem
  • Apply the same management policies to your existing line-of-business (LOB) applications using the Intune app wrapper, without requiring code changes in those LOB apps
  • Allow users to securely view content on devices within your managed app ecosystem using the Managed Browser, PDF Viewer, AV Player, and Image Viewer apps for Intune
  • Allow administrators and device users to protect corporate information through selective wipe of managed apps and related data when a device is unenrolled, no longer compliant, lost, stolen, or retired from use
  • Enable administrators to push required apps automatically during enrollment and allow users to easily install corporate apps from the self-service Company Portal
  • Provide the ability to deny specific applications or URL addresses from being accessed on mobile devices
PC Management

As the number of device types allowed in corporate environments grows, management becomes more challenging. Intune provides a comprehensive management solution through a single administrative console that allows you to manage across a variety of devices, including PCs and laptops.

  • Integrate your existing System Center 2012 Configuration Manager infrastructure with Intune, further enhancing your ability to manage PCs, Macs, and Unix/Linux servers, as well as mobile devices from a single management console, while building on existing investments and skills
  • Provide real-time protection against malware threats on managed computers, keep malware definitions up-to date, and automatically scan computers to help protect against malware infections and other potentially unwanted software
  • Collect information about hardware configurations and software installed on managed computers, allowing you to generate reports, organize groups of computers, and more effectively target software deployments
  • Simplify administration by deploying software and configuring Windows Firewall settings on computers based upon policies defined by the administrator

Calling All Office 365 Administrators – New Mobile Apps Released for Android, iOS and Windows Mobile

The Office 365 Admin app enables administrators to view the service health of their Office 365 environment on-the-go. Since it first launched on November 21st on Windows Phone 8, thousands of Office 365 administrators have downloaded the app. As of today, the app is now available for Android and iOS 7 Check the service health of your Office 365 service on the go.  

You must have an active Office 365 subscription with administrator user rights. Also, this app does not currently support Windows Azure Active Directory Multi-Factor Authentication.  

For Android (4.2.1 and up), download the app from Google Play.  

For iOS 7, download the app from the Apple App Store.

 

Microsoft launches official Remote Desktop app for Apple’s iOS and Android

Microsoft on Thursday released an official Remote Desktop application for Android, iPhone and iPad, giving Windows users the ability to access their Windows machine on the go.

Apple store:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id714464092?mt=8

Android store:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.rdc.android&hl=en

 

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Microsoft Remote Desktop is a free application available on the iOS App Store or Google Play,.. compatible with both iPhone and iPad. It’s a 12.6-megabyte download that requires iOS 6.0 or later.

According to Microsoft, the new application offers access to a Windows PC with RemoteFX. Features of the software include:

  • Access to remote resources through the Remote Desktop Gateway
  • Rich multi-touch experience with remote desktop protocol (RDP) and RemoteFX supporting Windows gestures
  • Secure connection to your data and applications with breakthrough Network Layer Authentication (NLA) technology
  • Simple management of all remote connections from the connection center
  • High quality video and sound streaming with improved compression and bandwidth usage
  • Easy connection to external monitors or projectors for presentations

 

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SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.1 app released

SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.1 app released

on October 14

Mark Kashman (@mkashman) is a senior product manager on the SharePoint marketing team.

Microsoft introduced the SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.0 app June 2013 enabling business users to access and view documents stored in SharePoint Online from iPhones and iPad. Our promise to deliver faster-paced, continuous innovation continues with today’s announcement of the SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.1 app.

SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.1 introduces a premier mobile editing experience for Office 365 for business users. The documents you work on remain in their original source location, SharePoint Online in Office 365, enabling you to work with your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote documents – to easily keep track of them, even while on the go. To provide this kind of rich editing experience, Microsoft developed a clear connection between SkyDrive Pro for iOS and other Office-related apps (Office Mobile for iPhone, Office Web Apps, and OneNote for iPhone/iPad).

Let’s see how it all works.

View, share, and edit files stored in SkyDrive Pro from your iPhone

1.       Make sure you have both SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.1 installed and the latest update of Office Mobile for iPhone from the App Store. Both apps now support iOS 7.

2.       Launch SkyDrive Pro for iOS and open one of your Office documents. It will launch in View mode using the embedded Quick Look iOS technology.

3.       In the upper right, select the more options button, and then select Edit. The document opens in Office Mobile for iPhone, while maintaining file integrity in-place in SharePoint Online.

4.       Make your edits, review and add comments.

5.       Save the file to SkyDrive Pro.

Select Edit to launch Office Mobile for iPhone from SkyDrive Pro for iOS on your iPhone.

View, share, and edit files stored in SkyDrive Pro from your iPad

1.       Make sure you have the latest SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.1 installed.

2.       Launch SkyDrive Pro for iOS and open one of your Office documents. It will launch in View mode using the embedded Quick Look iOS technology.

3.       In the upper right, select the more options button, and then select Edit. The document opens in the corresponding Office Web App within the native iPad Safari browser.

4.       View and edit your Word document, present a PowerPoint presentation, or even co-author an Excel workbook. All your files are at your fingertips, managed and shared by you from your SkyDrive Pro.

5.       Save the file to SkyDrive Pro. Share with a colleague. Get work done.

 

Select Edit to launch the corresponding Office Web App on an iPad in the native Safari browser.

 

Open OneNote files from SkyDrive Pro directly to OneNote for iPhone and iPad

The OneNote for iPhone and iPad apps recently added support for Office 365. Now, in combination with this update to the SkyDrive Pro for iOS app, you can both view and edit OneNote notebooks stored in your SkyDrive Pro, natively within the iOS OneNote apps. Your notes appear the same-even rendering ink-across all your devices (Windows, Windows Phone, Android, iOS). The OneNote file remains connected to your SkyDrive Pro in Office 365, allowing you to keep track of your work notes, all in place, even on the go.

1.     Make sure you have the OneNote app installed on your iPhone or iPad.

Install OneNote for iPhone and OneNote for iPad from the App Store.

2.     In the SkyDrive Pro app, select the file from the folder view, and then select Edit.

3.     Review and add to your notebook.

4.     Save your notebook to SkyDrive Pro.

 

Select Edit to open a notebook directly in OneNote in SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.1 on your iPad (shown here) or iPhone. 

What do you want to see next from SkyDrive Pro for iOS? Let us know in the comments section below, after you play with the latest version. Help shape the future.

Thanks,

–Mark Kashman

Senior Product Manager – SharePoint

@mkashman

 

FAQ

Q:  Which Office 365 plans can use the SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.1 app?

A:  The SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.1 app is designed for Office 365 for business users who have usage rights to SkyDrive Pro.  Specifically, these plans are:  Office 365 Small Business (P1), Office 365 Small Business Premium (P2), Office 365 Midsize Business, Office 365 Enterprise E1, E3, and E4, Office 365 Education A2, A3, and A4, and Office 365 government G1, G3, and G4.  Please note that Kiosk users and external users do not have usage rights for SkyDrive Pro personal storage.

Q. Does this announcement apply to Office 365 Home Premium subscribers?

A. No. SkyDrive Pro is not the same as SkyDrive. The “Pro” is based on SharePoint, enterprise-grade content management. Thus, this article does not apply to Office 365 Home Premium, which combines the latest Office applications with 20 GB of SkyDrive storage, which can then be accessed via the SkyDrive for iOS app.

Q. Does this announcement apply to Office 365 dedicated subscribers?

A. No. The SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.1 app does not yet support Office 365 dedicated plans. We are committed to providing SharePoint Online Dedicated customers access in a future app release.

Q. Does this announcement apply to customers who have deployed SharePoint 2013 on-premises?

A. No. The SkyDrive Pro for iOS v1.1 app does not yet support SharePoint on-premises. We are committed to providing on-premises customers access to their SkyDrive Pro in a future app release.

Q. What is SkyDrive Pro?

A. SkyDrive Pro is cloud storage for organizations and their employees. With SkyDrive Pro, you can upload, browse, and share files across all of your devices, including accessing your most recently used files. And you get all of the security and tools that SharePoint Online offers to help you be more productive at work. To learn more, watch this SkyDrive Pro video and read the “What is SkyDrive Pro?” article on Office.com.