Windows 10 Launches This Summer

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The exact date has not been specified yet, but it was officially announced that Windows 10 will be out this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages and it will be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users for one year after the operating system launches.

So, it will be launched sooner than expected.

Windows 10 will also be available for smartphones and the Xbox One. It will include Windows Hello biometric authentication – providing instant access to your devices. You’ll be able to unlock your devices with your face, fingerprint and iris scan, instead of a password.

For now, you can download the Windows 10 Technical Preview build 10041 here.

Read more about Windows 10 features on our previous blog post ‘Windows 10 – One OS to Rule Them All’.

Skype for Business Launches on March 18th

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Lync will become Skype for Business officially on March 18th. Rebranding will bring a new modern UI with elements from Lync and Skype and it will include well known Skype icons for calling and call monitor, possibility of calling any Skype user on any device, etc.

“A new client experience, new server release, and updates to the service in Office 365.”

Users with on-premises Lync servers will have to upgrade Skype for Business manually. For Office 365 for business customers, it will be done automatically.

SEMINAR: Power BI As a Tool For Making Business Decisions

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Power BI brings all your data together, from Excel spreadsheets, cloud services, on-premise data sources, etc. It helps you to explore your data, monitor what matters and analyze data in a short time. With Power BI you can create interactive dashboards, monitor your campaign effectiveness and make smart decisions.

Sign up for the seminar on the link below:

Sign up

Details:

Date and time: Tuesday; March 10th, 2015; 9 AM – 12 PM (CET)
Location: Microsoft Hrvatska, Horvatova 82 (6th floor), 10010 Zagreb, Pharos room
Price: Free
Contact person: Hrvoje Kusulja, COO 3 PRO d.o.o., +38513333850

Agenda:

9:00 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 11:30 Power BI – Business data analysis | Hrvoje Kusulja
11:30 – 12:30 Questions & Answers, fingerfood

 

Microsoft Adopts the ISO/IEC 27018 Privacy Standard

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Microsoft has adopted the International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission’s standard 27018 for their cloud offerings. That is a big step in setting a uniform, international approach for protecting the privacy of data stored in the cloud.

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“ISO/IEC 27018:2014 establishes commonly accepted control objectives, controls and guidelines for implementing measures to protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in accordance with the privacy principles in ISO/IEC 29100 for the public cloud computing environment.”

Azure is the first cloud platform which adopted the  ISO 27018 set of privacy controls. Office 365, Dynamics CRM Online and Microsoft Intune have also adopted the standard for protecting customer’s privacy. There are defined regulations for transmitting data over public networks, data storage and strict processes for data recovery.

You can see here all security certifications related to Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online.