Send text messages with Office 365 and Outlook Web App (Video)

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Earlier this year, the CTIA released a report stating that in 2011, 2.3 trillion text messages were sent in the United States alone. While many people might classify texting as a personal activity not tied to work, it's also useful for business communications.

Outlook Web App, part of Office 365, provides all-in-one messaging with email, voicemail, and text messages. Being able to manage these different types of communication from a single inbox provides more flexibility to work the way you want to, and that you'll have access to all of your important communication from wherever you are.

In the video below, Microsoft MVP Brett Hill explains how to use Outlook Web App for text messaging. This post originally appeared on the Office 365 Grid blog where Brett stated: "I discovered this feature while looking for a way to have Office 365 send a text message instead of an email alert. Very easy to setup and not a feature you hear much about, but very useful when you want to be alerted about an event that needs your immediate attention."

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Working with Nothing but a Windows Phone, Part 1 (Messages & Social)

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If you wake up in the middle of nowhere--or have to work regardless of the weather--you can get a lot done with a Windows Phone.  That's because it gives you lots of ways to reach people.  In this video I show you some of them --including how Windows Phone lets you text by voice, send group emails, and stay completely connected to Facebook. Watch:

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Stay tuned, part 2 is next week.

--Doug Thomas

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On the way? Respond to messages with Outlook on

Matt today's post was Shelton answers on the use of Office and automatic response to send e-Mail, if you are traveling. Matt, a senior writer, focuses on creating Office content for teachers and students.

If you cannot reply to E-mails during the working day (or if you are not at your computer), you know how email can accumulate. And it can be frustrating if you someone with a question e-Mail and you received no reply. For days. From later said that they were on vacation.

Enter the out-of-Office Assistant, and automatic replies. You can use an automatic email response to anyone that you send e-Mails during the time that you are not at your desk. If you are on holiday in an extra long meeting, or just taking a lunch break, using Office to instruct the sender, where you are when you are back, and point of contact in your absence.

What is your best out of Office history?

--Matt Shelton

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