Transcript Maintain an evergreen service Provide a platform built on security, privacy, and trust Offer highly configurable and scalable services.

Maintain
an evergreen
service
Provide a platform built
on security, privacy,
and trust
Offer highly
configurable and
scalable services
Highly configurable and scalable
Office 365 is highly configurable with some customization
Customers can mix and match services to meet their requirements
Choose the flexibility between cloud and hybrid deployment
Redundant datacenters and financially backed SLA
provide uninterrupted and reliable access
Maintain an
evergreen
service
The New
Office
Exchange Online
Archiving add-on
SharePoint
Online Platform
Improvements
Directory Sync
Max Objects
Auto Increase
Retention policy and
tag management
Exchange Online Address Book
Policies
Office Mobile for iPhone &
Android phones
Excel Web App update
Office 365
Adapter
Admin Add
Improved Sharing
Emails
OWA for iPhone
& OWA for iPad
Power Map for Excel
SkyDrive Pro
Storage
increase
Azure AD
Password Sync.
Lync Online Q&A
manager
Shared with Me
IM mute
Office on the
Web
Exchange group
naming policy
SkyDrive Pro apps for
Windows 8 & iOS
Message Center
Office 365 Admin
Mobile App
Office 365
Switch Plans
50 GB mailbox
2013
Go Daddy
Integration
OneNote
for iPad
Lync meeting
scheduling from OWA
Connecting
Skype & Lync
Lync mobile
clients
Rights Management
Services
Embedded
Images
SharePoint
Newsfeed App
for Windows 8
Q&A manager
OneNote for iPhone
and Android phones
Updated Lync mobile
clients
PDFs in Word
Web Apps
Yammer basic
integration
SkyDrive Pro Sync
for Windows
EXO: 50 GB Mailboxes
Encrypted Data
Lync Online Integrated
Reporting
Exchange Online
Inactive Mailboxes
Office Web
Apps Update
PDF support for
SharePoint Online
DirSync Scoping
and Filtering
Project codename
“GeoFlow” preview
for Excel
Lync and SharePoint
Service Reporting
Windows Azure Active
Directory Sync
Tool-update
Office 365 SSO with SAML
2.0 Identity Providers
Lync Online Remote
PowerShell
Directory Sync Max Objects
Auto Increase
Windows Azure Active
Authentication
Directory Sync Max Objects
Auto Increase
Office Web Apps
real-time co-authoring
Impact of wave releases
Running a service brings Microsoft closer to the customer than ever before
Customer engagement
Old
Send-a-smile in-product feedback
New
Support and community aggregate
customers’ issues
Quality
Security
Speed
Agility
Transparency
Roadmap disclosure
Feature release process
Communications policies
Functionality updates
Platform updates
First release
New opt-in program available to all customers
Provides first access to select major end user
feature updates
First public availability of fully supported, vetted,
documented end user facing service updates
Scope
Benefit
Mail
Office
dashboard
users & groups
licensing
service
service settings
settings
service health
reports
email
sites
voice & conferencing
downloads
purchase services
passwords
manage feature rollout
Admins control how new features are rolled out to people in their organization. Learn more
First release
Select this option if you want people to receive new features as soon as they are available
from Microsoft.
ON
domains
support
Calendar
When will my change take effect?
It can take up to 24 hours for this change to take effect.
People
Newsfeed
projects
Documents
updates
Sites
Admin
Alan Smith 6
NDA
Roadmap
Design/
Develop/
Test
Internal
Dog
food
MSFT IT
Release
GA
customer
notification
Public
Roadmap
(T-30-90)
Design/
Develop/
Test
Internal
Dog
food
First Release
GA (T)
First
Release
MSFT IT
First Release
notification
(T-7)
Standard
Release
All GA (T)
(First Release
T+14)
System Requirements & lifecycle policy
Web browser
• Current and previous version of
Internet Explorer and Firefox
• Current versions of Chrome
and Safari
• Any Office client in mainstream
support
Office client
Older clients
• Office 365 won’t deliberately block connections
• Existing features may operate differently and not work over time
New features may not be available
• Office 365 will only offer security fixes. No code fixes.
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/
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• http://blogs.office.com/2014/04/01/managing-change-with-message-center/
Functionality updates
Platform updates
Public Roadmap
1-3 months
Message Center
At availability
Public Roadmap
Up to 12 months
System Requirements
12+ months
Message Center
At 12 months (ongoing)
Message Center
1-12 months
Service Health Dashboard
5 day minimum
(planned maintenance outage)
Provides tenant specific Office 365
service health and maintenance
information on the go
Available for Windows Phone, iOS
and Android devices
Ability to query a tenant
and see service health
results and Message
center information.
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