The new PowerPoint Designer and Morph features are here! See the evolution of PowerPoint.
Post by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office team.
Exclusively available to Office 365 subscribers, PowerPoint Designer and Morph are premium authoring and editing features. PowerPoint Designer and Morph are available first in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows desktop and Windows Mobile, but expect to see these same features rolling out to other platforms in the coming months.
Following on the past weeks November Update to Windows 10 and Xbox being updated to Windows 10, Microsoft has released the ISO of the Enterprise Edition of Windows 10 1511. This does fall in line with Microsoft’s insistence that Windows 10 is now ready for the Enterprise with version 1511.
Within this version corporate users will be able to try out all of the new features designed for business in Windows 10 including Windows Update for Business, Windows Store for Business, and Azure Active Directory Join. In addition there are security upgrades including the ability to turn off the collection of telemetry data.
These are much requested features by businesses before they begin to look at rolling Windows 10 out across their organizations, so it is great to see them becoming available. Microsoft is looking to impress businesses with these features to encourage their quick adopting of the new OS and avoid another Windows XP problem. Microsoft has already announced that 12 million business PCs have already been updated to Windows 10.
San Diego– November 2015 – Managed Solution announced today that the company has been recognized by the San Diego Business Journal as one of the Top Technology Solution Providers in 2015.
As a highly honored and tenured managed services company and pioneer in managed, utility-based cloud computing in the top 1% of Microsoft Cloud partners worldwide, Managed Solution is now the 7th top technology solution provider in San Diego, according to the San Diego Business Journal. Managed Solution has been named to the Business Journal’s 100 fastest growing companies for the past five years and has also been recognized this year in the World’s Top 100 Cloud Computing Companies in the Talkin' Cloud IT Channel list, on Penton Technology’s eighth-annual MSPmentor 501 Global Edition and as one of the Top Managed Service Providers in Pioneer 250.
“It’s exciting to be among the top San Diego technology companies in our community,” said Sean Ferrel, chief executive officer, Managed Solution. Being part of the dynamic business community here in San Diego for over a decade now, we’ve worked with companies large and small, empowering their business success with a tailored tech strategy. We have an All-Star team with a kick-butt company culture so much of our growth can be attributed to our dedication to our employees, and we’re excited about what’s ahead. We value high standards, honesty and integrity, proactivity, adaptability and passion.”
Managed Solution invests in their clients and staff to bring out the best in both. By aggressively incentivizing their staff to further their technical skill set, Managed Solution invests long term, contributing to a corporate culture that promotes an unmatched service to customers.
Managed Solution strives to recruit the best engineering staff and invest in the time it takes to nurture and maintain these employees, ensuring the best possible technology solutions for their customers. Managed Solution is poised for unparalleled growth and expansion and they’re always looking for MVPs to help them build something great.
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Microsoft recently introduced a new tool for Bing — a new Mobile Friendliness Test Tool, built for web developers and designers who build responsive websites. The Bing Mobile Friendliness Test Tool looks at several things on a web page which includes viewport control configuration, the width of page content, readability of text on a page, spacing of links and elements on a page, and use of incompatible plug-ins.
The tool is indeed pretty cool, and very useful for web developers. If you want to know more about how Bing determines a page to be mobile friendly, you can read the company’s detailed, technical blog post here.
Civic Tech Brings Power And Positivity To The People Via
By Stacy Donohue (@StacyDon) as written on Techcrunch.com
People have long had a complicated relationship with their governments — a tension that often is exacerbated by government policies and processes that cannot keep pace with today’s on-demand culture.
It doesn’t have to be like this. The tech community — especially those working in civic tech — know this to be true. From enabling crowdfunding campaigns to revamping entire cities’ tech infrastructure, civic tech empowers people to turn challenges and frustrations with government into opportunities for a new business, a new career or a new voice.
With the growing interest and support from the investment community, there has never been a better time to jump in to the civic tech movement.
The momentum is truly a tribute to those who have championed civic tech for years, including Jake Brewer, the senior policy advisor to U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith who died in a bicycle accident during a cancer charity ride. As President Obama noted, Jake “dedicated his life to empowering people and making government work better for them,” and his legacy will certainly help propel forward the civic tech movement for generations to come.
Here are three ways those in and out of Silicon Valley can help create positive change in the relationship between the governing and the governed.
Make It Personal
Civic tech entrepreneurs look at pain points as fuel for change. In fact, some of the best civic tech businesses have been born out of the challenges their founders faced.
Take Dan Brillman, an Air Force pilot who grew increasingly concerned as his military friends struggled with the difficult process to search for services and programs available for veterans. Brillman, fellow veteran Taylor Justice and military supporter Andrew Price didn’t wait for the government to come up with a solution. They took matters into their own hands and started Unite US, a free online platform that connects military members, veterans and their families to resources both in their local communities and at the national level.
Similarly, Rose Broome of HandUp created her company after coming across a homeless woman on a cold San Francisco night. Her realization and frustration that there was no sustainable way to help that woman led her to found HandUp. The site and its initiatives such as Homeless Outreach Day enable donors to connect directly with those in need in their communities, helping provide them with everything from funds for basic necessities to medical procedures to college tuition.
These are just two examples of how personal frustrations with government can translate into innovative businesses and offer entrepreneurs the chance to bring communities closer together.
Take A New Career Step
Civic tech is reshaping the resumes of Silicon Valley veterans, new tech talent and those preparing to graduate and enter the workforce. These individuals see the tech deficits in government as career opportunities and the chance to do meaningful work that improves the lives of millions of Americans.
Within the last year, Megan Smith and Alex Macgillivray left tech titans Google and Twitter, respectively, for top positions at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Minerva Tantoco, New York City’s first-ever chief technology officer (CTO), joined Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration after more than 25 years in the private sector. Peter Marx, now Los Angeles’ CTO, was once at Qualcomm Labs and Mattel. Today, he uses his background as an engineer, producer and technical director to drive innovative initiatives such as Los Angeles’ partnership with the popular traffic app Waze.
Civic tech can play an important role in empowering people to take action.
Opportunities to do meaningful work in this intersection are only increasing. President Obama recently announced that the Presidential Innovation Fellowships program — an experimental program to bring tech talent into federal government for “tours of duty” to enable innovation and best technical practices — will now become a permanent part of government.
Rethinking how your tech background could be applied in government could lead to a purpose-driven career trajectory that you never imagined.
Become An Active User — And Citizen
While the civic tech movement is inspiring many people to start businesses or use their skills to serve in government, there are also easy ways for everyone to make a difference in their communities.
You can invest in city infrastructure projects instead of waiting for tax dollars to trickle down through platforms such as Citizinvestor and Neighborly. For example, you can fund a new bike rack downtown or new trash cans for a park, improving your community at an on-demand pace.
Platforms such as SeeClickFix allow individuals to report and track unresolved potholes, graffiti, broken streetlights and vandalized playgrounds, putting a transparent spotlight on government responsiveness. An estimated 25,000 issues were addressed in September alone through this civic tech platform, fostering collaboration with other residents, local government, partner organizations and media.
From long lines at the DMV to ineffective procurement processes, our 21st century challenges with government shape many Americans’ negative perceptions. But for those in the civic tech community, these challenges are an opportunity to give back and make a meaningful difference in our society.
Technology is not the solution to every problem, to be sure. But in an era marked by political pessimism and ever-increasing frustration with government, civic tech can play an important role in empowering people to take action — as entrepreneurs, as public officials and as engaged citizens.
A private Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) was conducted for a company at Managed Solution headquarters today. CIE workshops are complimentary through the end of the year. Register for one today.
The Microsoft Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) is a hands-on introduction to Microsoft’s suite of productivity tools. A true-to-life user experience, CIE takes you through everyday business situations, such as working remotely, analyzing sales data and collaborating with coworkers, and lets you see how Microsoft products make it all easy, convenient and secure.
All products are setup and configured with representative (fictional) users and data, allowing real life scenarios to be instantly simulated.
The CIE is a great way to get hands on with the latest productivity tools including Office 365, SharePoint 2013, and Yammer, in an interactive, experiential and fun environment.
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San Diego– November 2015 – Managed Solution announced today that the company has been recognized by the San Diego Business Journal as one of the Top Technology Solution Providers in 2015.
