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Microsoft has announced that the Workspaces feature is now available in limited public preview in Microsoft Edge. The new collaboration enables users to share a set of browser tabs and favorites with multiple people. Microsoft first unveiled the Workspaces feature for its Edge browser at Ignite 2022. Up until now, it was only available in…

Apart from the release of Windows 11 22H2 Moment 2, it’s been a fairly quiet month. But not for Windows Insiders, where there’s been a ton of new features added. So, let’s get started! Windows 11 22H2 Moment 2 now generally available The primary change in this update is to the Search box in the…

Microsoft has announced some new logging and metric improvements to provide more insights into Microsoft Azure Firewall traffic. The Latency Probe metric feature enables IT admins to monitor the overall latency and health of Azure Firewall to troubleshoot app performance issues. “In the case that Azure Firewall is experiencing latency, this can be due to…

Microsoft has released a new My Day view in the Tasks by Planner and To Do app for Microsoft Teams. The feature enables users to consolidate their task lists to effectively organize and prioritize important workflows. “’My Day’ view brings together tasks from various sources such as Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Planner (tasks assigned to…

Microsoft has started rolling out support for third-party accounts in its Outlook for Windows preview app, which is currently available for Office Insiders. The web-based version of Outlook now lets users add a Gmail account in addition to personal Microsoft accounts and work and school accounts, and the preview client also supports displaying calendars and…

Did someone say it’s already Spring? It sure feels like it with all of the Microsoft Power Platform changes and new AI-enhanced features that the company touted in March. Don’t worry though, we’ll whet your appetite and provide some links below. New Microsoft 365 Copilot If you missed the announcement of the Microsoft 365 Copilot…

Microsoft introduced yesterday its latest Surface Dock with Thunderbolt 4, which now uses a USB-C port to connect to Surface devices instead of Microsoft’s proprietary Surface Connect port. The Surface Thunderbolt 4 dock should be a good companion device for the latest Surface devices that also support Thunderbolt 4, and it’s also compatible with Windows…

Microsoft has recently unveiled several updates to improve threat intelligence in its existing products and services. The company has introduced a new Defender TI integration in Microsoft 365 Defender to protect enterprise customers against sophisticated cyberattacks. Microsoft explained that Defender TI capabilities are now directly available to licensed customers within the Microsoft 365 Defender portal….

Microsoft announced some changes yesterday to its release schedule for Microsoft Configuration Manager updates. The company is switching the product from its usual tri-annual updates to a bi-annual release cycle. Microsoft Configuration Manager is a tool that enables IT admins to manage large groups of Windows machines. It helps to deploy applications, automate patch management…

Microsoft has announced several new features coming to Windows Autopatch next month. These enhancements will notify IT admins about expiring licenses and access issues related to Windows Autopatch. Windows Autopatch is a new cloud service that enables customers to automate the patching of Windows, Microsoft 365 apps, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Teams. The managed service…

Last month, Microsoft unveiled that it’s adding green screen background support to improve Teams meetings. The company announced this morning that the new feature is now available in the Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows and macOS. “Microsoft Teams now supports a green screen feature which provides an enhanced virtual background effect. Green screen improves…

Microsoft has introduced a new Incident Response Retainer service for enterprise customers. The new service provides flexible pre-paid hours for specialized incident response and recovery before, during, and after a security attack. Microsoft Incident Response is a process that enables organizations to identify and respond to security incidents in their network. It aims to streamline…