Microsoft

Microsoft founded a separate division within the company, called Microsoft Research, back in 1991 as a global think tank of sorts to move computing, engineering, physics, science, and mathematics forward. It was, and is, a place for scientists, researchers, mathematicians, and otherwise incredibly bright people, to have the freedom to think about amazing ideas and […]

As we wrap up 2015, I took a look back at my articles for the year and revisited the topics. This was my second year posting here on the Perficient blogs and I managed to more than double last year’s 21 posts with 45 new posts. Quantity of posts is by no means the goal, […]

Through the web, in-print, and from subject matter experts you can find many materials, scenarios, and use cases on how to migrate to Office 365. It is likely that your unique situation has been partly documented somewhere or an external resource can ease your mind as you begin to evaluate unplugging on-premises hardware. Don’t forget […]

Just a quick post today on a topic that is loosely related to Office 365 but certainly can be important… It’s no secret that a good part of the management within Office 365 is done via PowerShell. Whether you’re writing the scripts yourself or downloading scripts from the “PowerShell for Office 365” site, you’re going […]

As we complete the last full work week of 2015 I thought it would be interesting to look back at our Microsoft blogs over the course of the year. Here are the top 10 Microsoft blogs for 2015 (do you see a pattern?): Office 365 – Using the New PST Import Service Office 365 – […]

The report of my death was an exaggeration – Mark Twain & SharePoint Server On-Premises SharePoint Server On-Premises was, in the recent past, presumed obsolete. While Office 365 and Cloud Computing are juggernauts, compelling use cases continue to exists for On-Premises deployment. Realizing this need, Microsoft is working toward a Q1 2016 release of SharePoint […]

The fight against email spam is an on-going battle for mail administrators and while cluttering up a mailbox with junk mail is undesirable, phishing campaigns can be a serious security issue. Those with malicious intent are highly motivated and their practices have evolved over the years; fortunately, the technologies available to protect against such attempts […]

Microsoft Azure is an integrated cloud service that combines analytics, computing, database, mobile networking, storage, and the web to help organizations make faster, better-informed decisions and save money. Download our latest guide – Getting Started with Microsoft Azure to learn more.

Did you know that there are two different Azure portals for deploying and maintaining your Azure subscriptions?  For folks that have been working with Azure for some time or taking the exams, this is should be old news… for others, it might come as a surprise.  So, what are the key differences and why should […]

As we look towards the New Year I thought it would be interesting to take a step back and learn from where we’ve come from. As you know, we have worked with a lot of organizations this past year on digitally transforming their business (see our recent guide: Reimagine Your Business in a Digital-First World […]

Back in April 2015, Microsoft announced their new Exchange Online “Advanced Threat Protection” (ATP) feature. A month later, I saw it for the first time at the Microsoft Ignite conference and it looked like something well worth checking out later. Microsoft later made it available as a purchased add-on for existing licenses and released a […]

As more and more data moves to the cloud and adoption of cloud SaaS products continues to increase, we need more sophisticated ways to extract, transform, and interact with that data. This spring at the //build conference, Microsoft previewed the “Office 365 Unified API”. That product is now in full production and has been renamed […]