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• WEBSITE: .future – A new series from Microsoft & Gimlet Creative about making the future happen
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On Oct 31, 2017, RPC over HTTP will be deprecated in Exchange Online in favor of MAPI over HTTP, a modern protocol that was launched in May 2014.

This change affects you if you’re running Outlook 2007 because it won’t work with MAPI over HTTP. (The successor protocol to RPC over HTTP)

It also affects Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013, and Outlook 2010 users who aren’t running updated versions of the products that may still leverage RPC over HTTP instead of the current MAPI over HTTP standard.

Why MAPI over HTTP?
MAPI over HTTP provides the following benefits:

1. Provides faster connection times to Exchange
2. Improves the connection resiliency when the network drops packets in transit
3. Enables more secure login scenarios like Multi-factor authentication for Office 365
4. Provides the extensibility foundation for 3^rd party identity providers
5. Removes the complexity of RPC over HTTP’s dependency on the legacy RPC technology

How do we address the sunsetting of RPC over HTTP?
To continue email connectivity:

• Outlook 2007 customers will have to update to a newer version of Outlook or use Outlook on the web.
• Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013, and Outlook 2010 users must make sure that the latest cumulative update for the version of Office installed is applied.

Microsoft recommends customers keep their users updated to the most recent product update, as several MAPI over HTTP bugs have been fixed between since December 2015. Office 365 customers should review this how-to article which outlines the steps necessary to upgrade users to the latest version of Office.

Additionally, customers may need to ensure their Outlook clients are not using a registry key to block MAPI over HTTP. Details about this registry key can be found in this KB article on our support site.

Lastly, customers should ensure that they do not have any Outlook add-ins or 3^rd party apps that rely on the RPC over HTTP protocol to connect to Office 365 data.

How can I confirm a client is enabled for MAPI over HTTP?
By default, when a mailbox is created in or migrated to Exchange Online, it is enabled for MAPI. You can confirm/verify that your mailboxes are enabled for MAPI connections using the following command from a Remote EXO PowerShell session to your tenant:

• Get-CasMailbox <mailbox> | fl *Mapi*
  (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124497(v=exchg.150).aspx.)

This might come in handy if you find someone is connecting via RPC/HTTP instead of MAPI/HTTP.

Another way to check is to look at Outlook’s Connection status (for older versions of Outlook): How to Check Outlook’s connection status – Connecting RPC will show RPC/HTTP in the Protocol column, Connecting MAPI/HTTP will show HTTP in the Protocol column.

Does this deprecation affect Outlook for Mac, iOS, Android, Windows 10 Mobile or the web?
No. This only applies to Outlook for Windows.

Does this deprecation in Office 365 affect customers using Exchange on-premises (Exchange 2007-2016)?
No. Customers using RPC over HTTP to connect Outlook and Exchange on-premises can continue to do so. This only affects mailboxes in Exchange Online.

For official information about what steps to take, or for a greater explanation of why this is happening, go to:

• INFO: RPC over HTTP deprecated in Office 365 on October 31, 2017
  https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/3201590/rpc-over-http-deprecated-in-office-365-on-october-31,-2017

This eBook provides an overview of Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive for Business security and compliance capabilities.

Microsoft has been building enterprise software for decades and running some of the largest online services in the world. We draw from this experience to keep making Microsoft SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business more secure for users, implementing and continuously improving security-aware software development, operational management, and threat-mitigation practices that are essential to the strong protection of your services and data.

The collaboration landscape has changed. Connectivity is ubiquitous, and the ability to work remotely has become an ingrained part of the work practice. People have come to expect to be able to access email and documents from anywhere on any device—and for that experience to be seamless.

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The eBook covers:

• Platform security
• Information governance
• Secure access & sharing
• Awareness and insights
• Compliance & trust

Get the book here:

• DOWNLOAD: Free eBook, “Securing your content in the new world of work with SharePoint and OneDrive” (.PDF, 22pgs)
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55242

With the release of Microsoft Stream, the Stream product group wants to be able to answer your questions!

To learn more about Microsoft Stream, join the “Ask Microsoft Anything” session on the Microsoft Tech Community site.

• DATE/TIME:
  June 29, 2017
  9:00 AM. PT
• LOCATION:
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Stream-AMA/bd-p/StreamAMA

Today, Microsoft Stream became generally available for Office 365 customers.

Introducing the new enterprise video service – Microsoft Stream

Microsoft Stream helps customers create a more collaborative and productive organization through the power of intelligent enterprise video.

Microsoft Stream integrates across Office 365 applications like Microsoft Teams, Yammer, SharePoint and more to enable users the ability to seamlessly bring videos and channels right into their apps.  It will be available to enterprise customers, as well as education and kiosk plans. 

Stream has the following goals:

Make it easy to participate

• Organize your content easily with channels & groups
• Watch trending videos or save them for later on your watch list
• Upload, manage, and share videos from your personalized home page
• Like videos, add comments, and follow your favorite channels
• Seamlessly share videos in Office 365 applications including Teams, SharePoint, Yammer, and OneNote

Add intelligence to every video

• Face timeline powered by automatic face detection makes navigating a video more interactive
• Automatic closed captions enhance accessibility getting your video to an even broader audience
• Auto generated speech to text transcript adds easy discoverability – jump to the moment that matters most
• Clickable time codes in the comments section, transcript or table of contents take you to the specific point in the video being referenced

Videos for a secure & connected organization

• Stay close to your content – cloud-based access means you’re always connected
• Videos are secure & encrypted across any device
• Video that works where you are – create or watch on any device anywhere
• Create groups to make access based management easy with Office 365 Groups
• Manage sharing permissions on videos with Azure Active Directory

Governance designed for your organization

• Manage licensing for employees and open support tickets with Microsoft
• Assign admins to manage the experience
• Restrict who can upload and create channels
• Moderate and edit content on an owners behalf when needed
• Set enterprise wide content policies and require employees to optionally accept terms before the upload

Read more on the product site below:

• SITE: Microsoft Stream
  http://stream.microsoft.com

Ever wanted to be able to easily speak to your computer & accurately have your speech be turned into text while using Outlook, Word, or PowerPoint?

Dictate is an free Microsoft Office add-in for Outlook, Word and PowerPoint which converts speech to text using the state of the art speech recognition behind Cortana and Microsoft Translator. Currently available for Windows OS.

Dictate, a Microsoft Garage Project

Dictate is unique in that has the following features:

• Supports more than 20 languages for dictation
• Real time translation to 60 languages
• Commands like "new line", “stop dictation” and "enter" to give more control while dictating
• Two modes of punctuations: Auto and manual for English
• Visual feedback to indicate that speech is being processed

Here’s a quick example of what I cranked out in just 60 seconds.  Note: I didn’t correct anything written.

It supports the following commands:

• New Line: Takes cursor to new line
• Delete: Removes the last line you dictated
• Stop Dictation: Terminates the dictation session
• Full stop or period: Types period character (.)
• Question mark: Types (?)
• Open Quote: Types (“)
• Close Quote: Types (”)
• Colon: Types (:)
• Comma: Types (,)

Get started by downloading the free “Dictate” for Microsoft Office 2013/2016 (32-bit/64-bit) today!

• BETA: “Dictate” – a free Microsoft Garage project for Speech-to-Text in Office (2013+)
  http://www.dictate.ms/
• FAQ:
  http://www.dictate.ms/FAQ.aspx
• Contact:
  http://www.dictate.ms/ContactUs

There are 76 video recordings posted from the Microsoft Data Insights Summit 2017 (June 12-13, 2017) as of this week.

SUMMARIES:
There are summaries posted of both days:

• Microsoft Data Insights Summit 2017 Day 1 Recap
• Microsoft Data Insights Summit 2017 Day 2 Recap

KEYNOTES:
The opening keynote is here:

Opening Keynote Session: James Phillips, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft

RECORDINGS:
Video recording session categories include:

• Keynotes
• General or Introductions
• Dashboards/Reports & Design
• Developer
• Administration & Governance
• Advanced Analytics
• Business Applications for Connected Data
• Data Prep & Modeling
• Distribution & Deployment

View the video recordings here:

• TRAINING: Recordings from Microsoft Data Summit 2017
  https://www.youtube.com/user/mspowerbi/playlists?sort=dd&shelf_id=9&view=50&utm_source=Direct

Have you ever wondered how Microsoft broadly deployed Windows 10?

Get your questions answered about how Microsoft IT approaches migrations and rollouts

Performing a system-wide migration across a large or complex environment is no easy task, but new Windows 10 deployment options, streamlined application rollouts, and enhanced cloud capabilities can ease the path. Find out how Microsoft IT approached the deployment of Windows 10 across a global user base, plus how they think about Windows as a service.

You’ll also hear about Microsoft IT’s best practices and lessons learned—from application compatibility testing and upgrade strategies to smoothing the deployment path through end user readiness.

Join this webinar to:

• Learn how Microsoft IT is using new features in the Windows 10 Creators Update.
• Find out how Windows IT approaches Windows 10 update management.
• Get your questions answered in a live Q&A.

Details below:

• DATE/TIME:
  June 20, 2017
  10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET
• REGISTRATION:
  https://info.microsoft.com/en-us-landing-windows10deploymenttipsandtricksfrommicrosoftit.html?wt.mc_id=AID619029_QSG_PD_SCL_159316

If you’re an IT professional that knows networked Windows desktop games, this announcement should excite you.

Join us on Sunday, June 11th to celebrate E3 with special guest host  Ahman Green at Microsoft Store Westfield Century City.

The in-store viewing event and Forza Motorsport 6 tournament will be hosted by the 4 time Pro Bowler and avid gamer who will mix and mingle with fans and be there to experience all of the exciting announcements coming out of E3. Then put your Forza skills to the test for a chance to win exclusive Xbox One prizes!

Tournament participants must be 13 years of age or older. No purchase required. Open to players 13+, some restrictions apply. See store for full Official Rules.

• DATE/TIME:
  Sunday, June 11th
  • 1:00pm PST — Registration begins.
  • 2:00pm PST — Event begins.
  • 3:30pm PST — Event ends.
• LOCATION
  Microsoft Store Westfield Century City
  10250 Santa Monica Blvd.
  Space #1045
  Los Angeles, CA 90067
  310-228-355
  http://msft.it/AhmanGreenMGLOC

See rules and FAQ: http://msft.it/AhmanGreenMGFAQ

• Does the event cost anything?
  No there is no cost.
• Do I have to RSVP?
  No, you don’t need to RSVP, all are welcome. The first 32 to register will be able to participate in the Forza Motorsport 6 tournament
• Do I have to buy anything?
  No purchase is required. 
• What time can I start lining up?
  The line will open at 1pm. The first 32 in line can participate in the Forza Motorsport 6 tournament but everyone is welcome to come into the store and watch all of the exciting announcements out of E3.
• PRESS: Who should press contact to cover the event?
  Please direct all Microsoft retail store media inquiries to the Assembly PR team at: MicrosoftStorePR at assemblyinc dot com