If you use Office 365, you may have noticed that Microsoft recently changed the settings layout within the Office 365 Portal. This means that there is a new path for creating and updating app passwords. If you aren’t sure what app passwords are, your organization probably isn’t using them. App passwords are used for Mutli-Factor Authentication within Office 365 to add a second level of security to your Office 365 files.

Last month Microsoft ended support for Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10. This means those versions of IE will no longer get security patches and technical support. It is critical that you get security updates to ensure your system doesn't get compromised by malware, spyware, adware, or any other malicious code. In addition, you'll want to be on an updated version of IE to ensure any web pages you visit will work properly.

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a cool new feature for Office 365 Business that gives you the power to move and re size your apps within the Office 365 app launcher. This is an exciting feature for people that use the app launcher to switch between Office 365 apps and for those who don’t use the app launcher, this will be a fun way to get into a habit of using it more.

Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella took to the stage at the Future Decoded conference today to announce two new Azure data centers opening in the UK in 2016. Microsoft recently completed Azure datacenters in Ireland and the Netherlands, but this will be the first datacenter in the UK. The expansion will allow UK businesses and government organizations using Azure to store and backup data within the UK region for the first time.

One of the new features of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 is the ability to copy information from an Excel Spreadsheet and paste it into a General Ledger entry in GP. For any of you that have used Integration Manager to import General Ledger transactions into GP, you are probably jumping up and down with joy and high-fiving everyone at the office. A process that used to involve preparing your Excel document, saving it as a tab-delimited file, configuring your integration, and then troubleshooting any errors you might receive with your integration has been simplified into preparing an Excel document and simply pasting it into GP. Neat right? The only thing to keep in mind is that your columns have to be ordered in this sequence: Description, Account Number, Debit, and Credit.