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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…

Direct answer: The AppData folder is located at C:\Users\[Username]\AppData. It is hidden by default in Windows 10 and Windows 11 because it stores user-specific application settings, caches, logs, profiles, and temporary files. Quick method: Press Windows + R, type %appdata%, and press Enter. This opens the Roaming folder inside AppData. To open the main AppData…

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…

Microsoft Teams Premium is getting a new update with a suite of new features to improve the meeting and collaboration experience. From AI-enhanced meeting recaps to advanced engagement analytics and more customizable control for IT admins, these additions promise to streamline communication for organizations. Microsoft Teams Premium is an add-on license that provides AI-powered capabilities…

Microsoft recently unveiled updates to the default retention period for activity logs in Microsoft Purview Audit. This change is designed to enable organizations to access historical audit log data for longer periods, helping them better investigate security breaches and related incidents. Microsoft Purview Audit is a service that allows organizations to search for audit records…

Microsoft Entra ID, formerly Azure Active Directory (AD), is Microsoft’s cloud-native identity management platform. It only takes one compromised Entra ID user account to consent to a rogue app that siphons all the user’s Microsoft 365 data or to take over their mailbox. Business Email Compromise (BEC) amounts to $8 million in losses on a…