Today, during a global webcast from Microsoft headquarters, we announced that Microsoft Teams—the chat-based workspace in Office 365—is now generally available in 181 markets and in 19 languages.
“At eBay, we were built on the belief that we can empower and connect people to create more opportunity, specifically through commerce. Within our own company, we’ve mirrored that same belief by leveraging technology and tools that enable our employees to easily connect and collaborate with one another.
“Willis Towers Watson drives business performance for our clients by helping them unlock potential. We aim to do the same for our global workforce. The Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5 solution provides the advanced enterprise security, collaboration and intelligence from Office 365, which our colleagues can use to drive business results.
“In a business where rapid change is the norm, we need to accelerate how we do business. We use Office 365 to expedite teamwork, break down barriers across functions and improve mobility and personal productivity.
“The notion of continuous improvement is well established, but we wanted to make sure we’re capturing opportunities to enhance operations across every facet of our business, from the IT department to the factory floor. We’re supporting that effort with Microsoft Office 365.
“The cyber security team at Georgia State University had noticed a steady uptick in malware attacks, particularly phishing, and it felt like we were fighting fires every day. To address the issue, we selected Advanced Threat Protection, because detection and protection against malware attacks would be handled within a Microsoft cloud environment.
The Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom employs more than 230,000 people. They have added Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection and Customer Lockbox to protect and further safeguard their employees.
“We’ve transformed our stores through technology by giving our leaders all the communication, information, and data they need at their fingertips, without tethering them to a desk. By providing Microsoft Surface devices, we’ve made them mobile.
“Hershey is a highly collaborative company, and we sought out a technology solution that would enhance the strong spirit of teamwork in our corporate culture. Moving to the Microsoft Cloud was a natural evolution toward enterprise connectivity, helping us meet the fast-paced changes in the global snacking industry and stay ahead of customer behavior.
Leading U.S. competitive energy provider and Fortune 100 company, Exelon, is adding Customer Lockbox for the entire workforce of 45,000. Customer Lockbox gives Exelon unprecedented control over their data in Exchange Online and SharePoint Online.
“We looked at other cloud-based solutions, but our employees wanted business tools they knew and were comfortable with. We use Office 365 to provide the connected and mobile workplace that employees expect today.
Today, we are pleased to announce the general availability of a Microsoft Excel API for Office 365—allowing developers to access all the rich functionalities users love in Excel across their own apps.