SharePoint Launches Files Restore and New Admin Center

SharePoint Online and Groups
SharePoint Online and Groups

Microsoft announced the Files Restore feature for SharePoint Online on April 22. It’s the kind of news we can expect as the SharePoint conference draws near, and it’s good news for Office 365 tenants. Some backup vendors might not be so keen as Files Restore makes it a tad harder for them to sell their backups. Small Office 365 tenants also got the news that the new SharePoint Admin Center is becoming the default. The new portal might even be ready soon.

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New Teams and Skype for Business Online Admin Center Appears

Teams Skype Console

Office 365 has a new admin center for Teams and Skype for Business Online. It’s still early days for the TSBAC, as I like to call it, but you can see where Microsoft is going as it unifies the disparate parts of Teams and Skype for Business Online into one uber-admin center to beat them all.

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Data Breach as Office 365 Admin Center Displays Usage Data from Other Tenants

The Office 365 Admin Center experienced a problem on August 3 when it began to include data from other tenants in its usage reports. It seems like the problem arose in a flawed code change and Microsoft fixed the issue quickly. What’s worrying is what data breaches like this mean in the context of regulations like the EU GDPR.

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SharePoint Online Administration Joins the 21st Century. Office 365 Admins Relieved

Microsoft gave details of many new features at the SharePoint Virtual Summit. Introducing a modern SharePoint Admin Center is the best feature in my eyes, but then again, I am not a SharePoint Pro.

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New Office 365 Admin Center Takes Over

Office 365 Admin Center reaches GA

The advent of the New Year is a catalyst for change. One change that’s been coming for a while is the “new” Office 365 Admin Center. Now it’s time for the “old” to be swapped out and the “new” to be used everywhere. The change is good. At least, I think it is.

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How To: Activating and Configuring Microsoft Teams in the Office 365 Admin Center

If you are an Office 365 Business or Enterprise subscriber you can begin testing out Microsoft Teams right away. Here is how you activate the service for your subscription and a summary of the customization options that are available.

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New Admin Center Begins Rolling Out For Office 365

New Admin Center Dashboard - Courtesy of Microsoft

Managing Office 365 for a business can be tedious but is mission critical. To help IT administrators do their job, Microsoft has the Office 365 Admin Center and is currently rolling out their latest and greatest version right now. The new Admin Center is not complete and in the blog post announcing the rollout Microsoft has […]

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