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Microsoft described a new “reporting portal” that’s rolling out as early as today for Office 365 subscribers.

This reporting portal shows user activity within the Office 365 Admin Center, which is the new management portal for organizations that Microsoft began turning on for its subscribers earlier this month. The older “classic” management portal is being replaced by the Office 365 Admin Center.

This first release of the new reporting portal, which shows data in the form of charts and graphs, just displays some Office 365 user activity information at present. The types of user activities that can be seen in this release include:

Even if you only use the Exchange Server and Microsoft Office services, making the jump to Office 365 will be well worth the investment for your enterprise.

Office 365 adoption continues to gain momentum and Microsoft is adding new features all the time. Even so, there are still plenty of organizations that haven’t transitioned to Office 365. Believe me, I get it. Some organizations may have concerns about cost, privacy, compatibility or may just feel as though they do not have a justifiable need for Office 365 — and that’s OK.  Even so, there are two key areas in which Office 365 will probably be of a huge benefit to your organization even if you choose not to go “all in” and leverage every available Office 365 component.

Microsoft has improved the user profile feature of its Delve solution that’s offered with Office 365 subscriptions.

The improved profile now shows a user’s contact information, photo and recent activities. It also shows shared documents plus the people the user works with in an organization, according to Microsoft’s announcement today.

The updated profile feature will gradually reach Office 365 subscribers. It’ll be available to “first release” testers “over the next several weeks.” The general rollout is expected by Q2 of this year.