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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…

Windows has had a slow start to 2023. But nevertheless, there are some interesting pieces of news to share, including a 39 percent drop in Windows revenue from PC makers in FY2023 Q2, tabs coming to Notepad, an updated design for File Explorer, and more. So, let’s get started. Windows revenue plummets 39 percent in…

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…

Microsoft Sentinel, which was previously known as Azure Sentinel, is a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution for Azure and Microsoft 365. Just like other SIEM solutions, it combines Security Information Management (SIM) and Security Event Management (SEM). In this article, we’re going to explain how Microsoft Sentinel works and how this solution can…

Uncovering Hidden Risks is a new monthly podcast from the Microsoft Security team that looks at taking the data security conversation beyond compliance and classifications. How do you protect data but still make sure people are productive? Host Erica Toelle talks to Microsoft and industry experts about reducing the risk of data breaches by taking…

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…

There have been some exciting new developments within the Power Apps and Power Automate spaces in January. We’ve had an interesting spin on pay-as-you-go licensing, a new Shared Device Mode for frontline workers, a cool new way to work with SharePoint data in Dataverse, plus that big AI revolution that everyone is talking about. Overall,…

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…