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Brad Sams has more than a decade of writing and publishing experience under his belt including helping to establish new and seasoned publications From breaking news about upcoming Microsoft products to telling the story of how a billion dollar brand was birthed in his book, Beneath a Surface, Brad is a well-rounded journalist who has established himself as a trusted name in the industry.

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Microsoft’s Bringing ‘in-house’ ads to the Teams Activity Feed

Microsoft has announced that it will start telling your users that they can also use Teams for personal use with a new banner notification in the activity feed.

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Microsoft’s Adding ‘Supervisor’ Functionality to Monitor Teams Private Chats

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft will roll-out a new feature later this year that should will increase visibility for Teams private chats.

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GET-IT Practitioners Guide to Ignite is Happening Today

Petri’s GET-IT Practitioners Guide to Ignite is designed to help keep you updated on the key announcements from Microsoft’s second virtual installment of their largest IT Pro conference.

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How to Set an Out of Office Message in Teams

Last Update: Jun 07, 2025

Here is the simple way to set an out of office message using Microsoft Teams.

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Microsoft Azure AD Outage Highlights Upcoming SLA Updates

If you had trouble yesterday accessing many of Microsoft’s services, you are not alone. For several hours, late into the afternoon on the East coast, Teams, Azure AD, and many other services were inaccessible. While outages are infrequent, they do happen with Microsoft 365 and each time this occurs, the company will post a triage…

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Microsoft Releases Box to Microsoft 365 Migration Tool

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has a new tool that will make it easier for companies to migration from Box to OneDrive/SharePoint.

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Microsoft Releases ‘One-Click’ HAFNIUM Mitigation Tool

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has a new tool that will make installing a temporary patch much easier to block known HANFIUM attacks.

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Microsoft adds Extended Update Cadence for Edge Enterprise Users

Microsoft is adding a new update option to Edge for Enterprise customers.

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Microsoft Begins the Process to Shutdown Window Store for Business and Education

And now it looks like Microsoft is taking more decisive action, at least for the business and education storefronts. The company has announced, via MC244068, that the company is starting to wind down the business and education stores.

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Microsoft to Unveil New Webcam this Spring

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft is working on a new webcam that should arrive this spring alongside several other peripherals and an updated Laptop 4.

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How to Turn Off Cortana Daily Briefing Emails

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

If you do not want to receive the Cortana Daily Briefing email for yourself, your tenant, or a group of users – this is how you turn that off.

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Microsoft has Shutdown Several UserVoice Feedback Forums

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft has shutdown its UserVoice feedback platform without warning, leaving many users out in the dark when it comes to hunting down issues.

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