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Microsoft has announced a new Elgato Stream Deck integration with Microsoft Teams. Indeed, the company has released a new Teams plugin that enables users to manage their meetings with the streaming tool. The Elgato Stream Deck is a customizable control pad that is quite popular for Twitch live-streaming sessions. Microsoft explained that the Elgato Stream…

Microsoft has announced the release of a new update that brings improvements to reports in its Universal Print service. The company has made it easier for IT administrators to monitor print activity in their organization by updating the Usage and Reports page with new graphs, charts, and data points. Microsoft launched the Universal Print service…

Microsoft is adding a new policy that enables IT admins to customize the Windows Search experience on the Windows 11 taskbar. The company announced yesterday that the feature is already available in the latest Windows 11 preview builds for Insiders in the Beta and Dev channels. Microsoft recently started testing improvements to the search experience…

Microsoft has introduced new generative AI-based capabilities to improve the customer service experience in Viva Sales. Powered by OpenAI’s GPT 3.5, the new AI tool will automatically generate preformatted email responses with personalized text, promotion offers, pricing details, and deadlines. Microsoft’s new research indicates that an average seller spends more than 66 percent of their…

Microsoft announced yesterday the general availability of its Azure Load Testing service. The new fully managed service is designed to help developers and quality assurance (QA) teams optimize the performance and scalability of their apps and services. Load testing is a technique that enables developers to test the performance of their applications under real-life conditions….

Microsoft has announced that Teams Premium is now generally available for enterprise customers. The new add-on subscription, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 technology, brings advanced webinar capabilities to improve the collaboration and meeting experience in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft unveiled Teams Premium with a host of other new features at its Ignite 2022 conference in October last…

Security researchers have discovered a phishing campaign that tricked users into authorizing permissions for malicious OAuth applications. Microsoft has disabled several fraudulent Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) accounts that breached organizations’ cloud environments. Microsoft explained in a security advisory that the security firm Proofpoint discovered the campaign in early December. The threat actors initially impersonated legitimate…

Microsoft has officially stopped selling downloadable licenses for Windows 10 Home and Professional editions on its website. Indeed, the company has discontinued sales of the Windows 10 product keys and is redirecting customers to Windows 11 product pages instead. Last week, Microsoft quietly updated its Windows 10 product pages with an alarming message that January…

Microsoft has announced a new design for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows. The company announced yesterday that the upcoming update (version 4.16) should bring a new look and feel to align with the user interface of Teams Rooms on Android devices. “Users will first notice the vivid new ambient screens and a refreshed calendar on…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Office 365 Government Secret service. The new cloud SKU supports Impact Level 6 (IL6) and helps to meet the security and compliance requirements of the US government agencies and partners that manage classified data. Microsoft first unveiled Office 365 Government Secret back in March 2022. At that…

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has introduced device isolation support in public preview on onboarded Linux machines. The security feature enables IT admins to isolate Linux machines manually via the Microsoft 365 Defender portal or API requests. According to Microsoft, the threat actors will no longer be able to remotely connect with the isolated Linux devices….

Last week, Microsoft confirmed a multi-hour outage that prevented users from accessing Azure, Microsoft Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services. The company has since published a preliminary post-incident report to update customers about the root cause of the issue. Microsoft explained that the disruption was caused by a router IP address change during a planned…