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The Problem

Our team recently ran into an unusual problem at the office. For a reason unknown to us at the time, users were unable to autosave any PowerPoint (PPT) file that was hosted in SharePoint. Collaboration on a PPT document was also no longer possible. What was even more bizarre was that no other Microsoft Office product was affected by this issue!

For those working with Office 365 and Exchange Online, you already know that the Exchange Online PowerShell modules have been evolving and is now existing with a ‘version 2’ (see https://t.co/EdWQQr2g8U).

If you use Exchange Online, you already know it comes with a level of security and protection against malware and spam called Exchange Online Protection.

Microsoft has added core Visio functionalities to any Office 365 commercial plan at no additional cost.

This was something missing in the security and device management offers from Microsoft since the move to cloud services; there was no integrated solution to manage web content filtering (you could still buy third party solutions).

For those who have been working with SharePoint (both on-premises and online) you already know there used to be a ‘View in Explorer’ option to allow you open a document library using Windows Explorer.

If you use SharePoint Online, you already know the navigation bar (also known as Quick Launch) is displayed on the left side (as shown below).

As you may already know, Exchange Online has a specific archive feature to automatically expand the archive limit.

As Exchange Online administrator, you may be already aware there has been a new and modern Exchange Online administration portal available (https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/).