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#Outlook for Android released with some minor spelling mistakes :-) – #Office365, #Microsoft, #Mobility via @Office365 and @Outlook
Microsoft has now released the Outlook app from Android, it’s no longer a preview.
There has been a lot of debate around this app and how it handles your credentials etc. but I must say that from a usability point of view it’s good!
One little fun thing that I saw is that they have missed how they spelled Dropbox in the “getting started intro” of the app… š
Today we are excited to announce we have removed the preview label from Outlook for Android.
In January, we released Outlook for iOS and a preview of Outlook for Android. At the time, the iOS version of Outlook was ahead of the Android version in terms of features and performance. We set a high bar for where we wanted Outlook for Android to be before we removed the preview label. Since our preview release weāve updated Outlook for Android 17 timesāthatās more than one update per weekāto meet this bar. A big part of that work has been improving the performance and stability of the app along with work on localization, accessibility and other fit and finish pieces. The other part of this work was about delivering features to add new value, match the iOS version and respond to your feedback.
Along with apps like Sway, the new Office universal apps for Windows 10, OneNote and othersāOutlook is an example of Officeās new development model for building mobile appsādeliver a great first version of our apps and then iterate quickly with the help and feedback of our users. This removal from preview is not a change in that plan or a statement that we are ādone.ā We will continue our pace of updates to make the app better each week in response your feedback.
In case you havenāt been using Outlook as your primary email app yet, here are some of the end user features we have delivered in the past three months:
Improved look and feel
Weāve continued to polish the look and feel of the app. We updated our icon sets and simplified our fonts to provide a more consistent Outlook experience across operating systems and devices. But it was also important for Outlook to feel like a natural part of Android. We use common Android design principles like the Navigation Drawer to house the multiple tools offered in the app and have common actions like settings available in the App Overflow menu.
IMAP support
NutaniXpress – January 2014 – #Nutanix, #IaaS, #Virtualization, #Storage
Great NutaniXpress release!!!! There is a good prediction and I must say that I’m really impressed with this company and their product!!!
Read the whole NutaniXpress January 2014 article here!
| Deliver High Performance & Scalable Microsoft Exchange with NutanixWith more than 50% of Microsoft Exchange installations now virtualized, it is critical to select the right server and storage architecture to support such critical workloads. Read this solution brief to learn how the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform overcomes the challenges of legacy storage architectures and makes for an ideal solution for your Microsoft Exchange virtualization needs. |  |
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Learn More:Ā Microsoft Exchange Solution Brief |
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| Microsoft SQL Server on Nutanix: Best PracticesThis document makes recommendations for the design, optimization and scaling of Microsoft SQL Server deployments on Nutanix. It shows the scalability of the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform and provides detailed performance and configuration information on the scale-out capabilities of the cluster when leveraged for MSSQL deployments. |
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Learn More:Ā Microsoft SQL Server on Nutanix: Best Practices |
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iOS 6.1 banned from corporate servers due to Exchange snafu – via @rspruijt
Summary:Ā iPads and iPhones running the newest version of iOS are being blocked in some enterprises because bugs are overloading corporate Exchange servers.
One of the benefits of Apple’s iOS devices such as the iPad and iPhone is that you canĀ upgrade to the latest versionĀ as soon as it comes out. Being on the cutting edge is usually a good thing, but sometimes it can come back to bite you. If you are connecting to an Exchange server for mail and calendar services, the latest version of iOS has an unpleasant surprise in store for you.
Reports started surfacing in late January about excessive logging on Exchange servers caused by the upgrade to 6.1. AĀ report on Microsoft Technet states:
I had a user upgradeĀ toĀ 6.1 and immediately after he finished, his phone/IPAD startedĀ causing excessive logging on the exchange server.Ā Ā
I found the problem by using exmon and saw the CPUĀ utilization in conjunction with high session count.
He shut down Outlook and the problem remained.Ā He turned off his iPad and the problem went away.Ā The only change he said he made that morning was upgrading to iOS 6.1.
This problem has been confirmed by many sources. Windows IT Pro’sĀ Tony Redmond reports:
Iāve picked up a few other reports that cannot be publicly attributed at this point that also refer to excessive transaction log generation after iOS 6.1 devices are introduced into Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2007 environments. I assume the same is true for Exchange 2013 as the underlying cause is likely to be in Appleās mail app code that calls ActiveSync…
Continue reading here!
//Richard
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