Brad Sams

In the Microsoft portfolio, the company has several planning applications including To Do, Planner, Tasks, and previously Wunderlist. At Build 2020, they are announcing other list-style application called Microsoft Lists. Lists, as the name implies, is designed to help you manage information and organize your tasks. The app has several different access points including web,…

At Ignite 2019, Microsoft announced a public preview of the company’s upcoming Fluid Framework. Since that announcement, the noise around the framework has been nearly silent aside from an early, but very limited look, at the functionality a few months back. This week at Build 2020, the company is once again talking about Fluid Framework and the…

This week, Microsoft’s Build conference is happening and the company is making announcements from updates to Windows development to new API features in Office. For users of Teams, and more specifically developers of apps for Teams, there are updates that you should know about. Microsoft has announced new extensions for both Visual Studio and Visual…

There are a lot of ways you can look at the Surface Go. Is it a consumer device, a firstline worker piece of hardware, both or neither? For this review, I’m focusing more on the firstline worker scenario. While there are certainly consumers who can and should buy this PC, the workplace and specifically, the…

This week, Microsoft has made available several Surface devices, like the brand new Surface Go 2. But arriving at my office today, is the other end of the spectrum, the Surface Book 3. The Book series from Microsoft is a high-end device that is designed for creative and other professionals who need workstation-class hardware in a…

For Surface fans, today has been a big day with the announcement of the Surface Go 2 that has a larger display and the Surface Book 3 with updated internals. Along with the new PCs, the company is announcing several new peripherals that IT Pros are likely interested in exploring. There are two new docks from the…

Today’s the day, the Surface Go 2 is here, and in the not too distant future, so will the Surface Book 3. For now, I am going to focus on the Go 2 as that’s the device in my hands and it is also the lowest-priced Surface you can buy today. The Surface Go 2 starts…

Microsoft is going to rebrand Office 365 Groups to Microsoft 365 Groups in the near future.

Microsoft is finally increasing Teams calling to support 9 participant streams, up from 4 but well behind Zoom.

Microsoft is changing the path ahead for Windows 10X which means a new focus and Surface Neo isn’t coming anytime soon.

Microsoft’s Teams has quickly found itself at the center of the work-from-home conversation that has kicked up during the past month. The company reported that they added 12 million new users in a week last month and coming next month, they will roll out a highly requested feature.

Microsoft is not planning to have an in-person event until after July of FY2021 concludes and is re-thinking its entire conference strategy.