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Microsoft has introduced a new policy that allows IT admins to disable roaming signatures for Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows. The company has started rolling out the update, and it’s expected to become generally available for commercial customers in mid-November. Roaming signatures is a convenient feature that lets users save…

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott look at Microsoft’s first quarter earnings for its fiscal year 2024, as well as a long interview of Satya Nadella looking back at his biggest regrets as the CEO of Microsoft.

Microsoft has released a slew of new capabilities and improvements for Microsoft Intune. The first new feature that the company highlighted today enables IT admins to install and remove line-of-business (LOB) applications on devices running Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Up until now, IT admins had to use third-party applications to manage AOSP line-of-business required…

Microsoft Teams is set to release a new update that will allow users to forward messages between chat conversations. The new feature will let users forward messages to 1:1 chats, meeting chats, and group chats, accessible on the Microsoft Teams desktop, web, and mobile apps. The forward messages feature aims to simplify the process of…

Microsoft has released a new update that streamlines the device connectivity and onboarding experience for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The new feature is currently available in public preview for Windows PCs, with macOS and Linux support to follow in the coming months. Up until now, security teams were required to separately set up and manage…

Microsoft has introduced a new policy that enables organizations to bid farewell to passwords and embrace the era of passwordless authentication on Entra ID-joined Windows 11 devices. The passwordless authentication experience rolled out to commercial customers with the September 2023 update for Windows 11 version 22H2. “Phish-resistant credentials like Windows Hello for Business or FIDO2…

Microsoft has introduced new Copilot features in Dynamics 365 Customer Service, improving the way customer service agents interact with their clients. These enhancements allow agents to ask questions in natural language, draft personalized email responses, and monitor Copilot usage across an organization. “Copilot provides real-time, AI-powered assistance to help customer support agents solve issues faster…

The inner workings of the Windows operating system are a labyrinth of files and folders, each with its own specific role and significance. Among these, the AppData folder is a critical yet often overlooked, or possibly misunderstood component. In this article, we will delve into the AppData folder in Windows, exploring its purpose, structure, and…

Microsoft is set to introduce a new time management feature in Microsoft Outlook. This update will allow users to retain declined events, helping Outlook show declined meetings within their calendars, offering a streamlined solution for easily viewing and tracking information related to these events. Currently, when events are declined, they are relocated to the Deleted…

Qualcomm has just kicked off its Snapdragon 2023 Summit in Hawaii, and the company announced the new Snapdragon X Elite chip designed from the ground up for high-end Windows on Arm PCs. Snapdragon X Elite multi-threaded performance The Snapdragon X Elite features the custom integrated Oryon CPU and Qualcomm claims that it offers 2x better…

Microsoft has introduced support for Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Intune in its Windows LAPS solution. This update enables organizations to easily configure local administrator password policies in Entra LAPS to protect Windows devices against cyberattacks. Microsoft started rolling out Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (Windows LAPS) in April 2023. The solution replaces the legacy…

Microsoft Syntex has announced several new capabilities to improve content management and discovery for Syntex pay-as-you-go customers. The major highlights include Syntex taxonomy tagging and image tagging, extended support for optical character recognition (OCR), and much more. Microsoft Syntex is a service that uses AI and machine learning to find, organize, and classify documents in…