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Craft a compelling resume with Resume Assistant, powered by LinkedIn—now available
Last November, we announced Resume Assistant, a new feature in Microsoft Word to help you craft a compelling resume with personalized insights powered by LinkedIn. Today, this new experience begins rolling out to Office 365 consumer and commercial subscribers on Windows. Writing a compelling resume can be a difficult process, but we’ve heard from customers![Image of two firstline workers sitting behind a desk making plans on their laptops.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/microsoft-365/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2018/02/Planner-FI-1-300x183.png)
Conquer time with new features in Microsoft Planner
Teams and individuals depend on Microsoft Planner to get organized quickly, work together effortlessly, and stay on the same page—no matter how large or small the project. Four new features for Planner will give you greater visibility into project schedules, let you group and filter tasks, allow you to receive notifications of upcoming deadlines, andPublic preview: “What If” tool for Azure AD conditional access policies
Hi folks, Azure AD Conditional Access (CA) has really taken off. Organizations around the world are using it to ensure secure, compliant access to applications. Every month, Conditional Access is now used to protect over 10K organizations and over 10M active users! It’s amazing to see how quickly our customers have put it to work!![Image of a woman checking her phone while working at her desk.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/microsoft-365/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2018/01/New-in-January-featured-image-1-300x113.png)
New in January—enriching teamwork across devices
Today’s post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office team. We’re launching into 2018 by bringing great new value to Office 365 subscribers, with updates that enhance how teams work together and unlock new ways to create and manage content across devices. Read on for details. Get more done in Microsoft![Image of a meeting, wherein four colleagues gather around a desk to discuss a project.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/microsoft-365/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2018/01/Microsoft-Teams-featured-image-2-300x183.png)
New ways to use apps and get more done in Microsoft Teams
New features in Microsoft Teams make it an even more powerful hub for teamwork by enabling you to use apps in new ways—including the ability to command apps and take quick actions from the command box, as well as include content from an app in a conversation. This marks the biggest single release of new![Image of a teacher checking her tablet in front of a classroom full of children at desks.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/microsoft-365/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2018/01/Office-365-Education-HOMEPAGE-1-300x183.png)
Office 365 Education delivers the next wave of innovation for inclusive and collaborative learning
Today’s post was written by Eran Megiddo, corporate vice president of Education. Our ongoing commitment to create more inclusive and collaborative learning environments continues today with the arrival of a number of powerful updates to Office 365 Education. Building on the momentum of OneNote Class Notebook, which has surpassed more than 15 million notebooks created![Two men sitting in an office working.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/microsoft-365/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2017/12/ca4a4f48e6c0b20faad74a8c321026a2-300x145.jpg)
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations—power through advanced workloads
In the new world of work, advanced professions increasingly require high-performance computing capabilities. We’re working to ensure Windows meets your needs, even in demanding and mission-critical scenarios, which is why we announced Windows 10 Pro for Workstations in August. For data scientists transforming big data into input signals and experimenting with multiple machine learning models,![](https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/microsoft-365/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2017/12/New-to-Office-365-in-December-FIb-1-300x183.png)
New to Office 365 in December—extending human ingenuity with everyday AI
Today’s post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office team. Earlier today in San Francisco, Harry Shum, executive vice president of Microsoft AI & Research, demonstrated how Microsoft is infusing intelligent technologies across our core products to make artificial intelligence (AI) available to everyone, with the simple goal of helping people![Commercial office space](https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/microsoft-365/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2017/12/d2bb52dcf6ceb3b61b5f4387f54ff2ed-300x200.png)
Accelerate Windows 10 Migration with Windows Analytics
Windows Analytics accelerates enterprise Windows 10 migration. Traditionally, migrating to a new operating system while ensuring legacy applications and drivers are compatible has been a time-consuming and costly project for organizations. Windows Analytics transforms this process. With Update Compliance and Device Health services now generally available, Windows Analytics provides an end-to-end upgrade solution with actionable![Image of a hand holding a pen and drawing on a tablet that displays Microsoft Whiteboard Preview.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/microsoft-365/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2017/12/Microsoft-Whiteboard-Preview-card-1-300x183.png)
Microsoft Whiteboard Preview—the freeform canvas for creative collaboration
Today, we are gradually rolling out the Microsoft Whiteboard Preview app—a freeform digital canvas where people, ideas, and content can come together for creative collaboration—available for download on Windows 10 devices.* Microsoft Whiteboard Preview is built for anyone who engages in creative, freeform thinking before getting to their final output. It’s designed for teams that![Five people participate in a meeting.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/microsoft-365/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2017/11/M365-Compliance-Manager-card-1-300x183.jpg)