Microsoft Education Technology New England

Office 365 Education Directory Sync and Federation Webcast 5/2

Matt J. Hickey — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:47:23 GMT

Office 365 Education provides several options for directory synchronization and federation. In this session we will provide an overview of the DirSync and ADFS. Please join this webinar to learn more about the capabilities of these technologies for Education...(read more)

Webinar: StorSimple Storage Solution for Education - 5/7

Matt J. Hickey — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:32:02 GMT

StorSimple Storage Solution for Education Join us for a preview of the new StorSimple Solution and get details on a special offer just extended for a limited time. Schools and institutions can save up to 60 – 80% off their storage costs through...(read more)

Windows in the Classroom seminar for K-12

Matt J. Hickey — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:25:45 GMT

Microsoft would like to extend an offer to run a Windows in the Classroom seminar for your school leadership team. This complimentary seminar will help you explore the tools and technologies available to help educators teach 21st century skills and optimize...(read more)

10 Ways To Start Using Skype In The Classroom - Edudemic

Matt J. Hickey — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:12:43 GMT

Using Skype in the classroom shouldn't be a daunting task. In fact, it's a simple and effective education tool that not enough students get to try out! http://edudemic.com/2013/03/10-ways-to-start-using-skype-in-the-classroom/...(read more)

Upcoming Edu Webcast and on-demand webcasts

Matt J. Hickey — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:09:00 GMT

Live webcasts: -Successful BI for Educational Institutions 26-Mar 4PM - https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032545749&Culture=en-US&community=0 On demand Webcasts: -Getting Students College and Career Ready –...(read more)

Schools pick Office 365 for HIPPA and security and privacy

Matt J. Hickey — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:09:11 GMT

“While the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) generally applies to healthcare providers and related organizations, the act also imposes requirements on any institution that maintains health records on individuals, including...(read more)

Windows Intune Edu Webinar

Matt J. Hickey — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:53:00 GMT

The management of your desktop and mobile environment has become increasing more important over the last several years. Deploying patches and software updates while validating your environments security status is important, to not only protect this environment...(read more)

New Azure resources for researchers

Matt J. Hickey — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:01:05 GMT

Topline: 1. Microsoft will announce some key technologies/services for HPC (Azure) at Supercomputing 2012. 2. Microsoft will also announce a new algorithm on Windows Azure that enables Genomic Scientists to do large genome data analysis at our Genomics...(read more)

Office 365 New Teacher Training Materials

Matt J. Hickey — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:55:25 GMT

Announcing newly created teacher training materials for Office 365 in Education . The U.S. Partners in Learning and Office 365 teams collaborated to create teacher training materials on how to use Office 365 in Education. We encourage you to visit this...(read more)

Halo 4 rides Azure

Matt J. Hickey — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:54:00 GMT

Halo 4 First Major Game Backed by Windows Azure http://mashable.com/2012/10/31/halo-4-windows-azure/...(read more)