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Microsoft just kicked off its Ignite 2022 conference this morning, where Microsoft 365 CVP Jared Spataro announced some important updates for Microsoft 365 apps and services. The company has unveiled a “working hours and location” feature coming to Outlook and Teams to help users schedule in-person meetings. “The new working hours and location feature will…

Microsoft has announced its plans to roll out a new Advanced Management Suite in March 2023. The cloud-based Microsoft Intune Premium Suite is a cost-effective premium endpoint management plan, which will include Endpoint Privilege Management, Remote Help, Microsoft Tunnel for Mobile App Management as well as advanced endpoint analytics capabilities, with support for more features…

Microsoft has announced a range of new chat and meetings features for Teams at its Ignite 2022 event. The biggest news is that Microsoft plans to release some updates to improve the existing channel experience in Microsoft Teams. For starters, Microsoft is moving the recent posts and compose box to the top of the page,…

Microsoft is set to introduce a new service plan called “Microsoft Teams Premium” for commercial customers. The company announced the new Teams Premium add-on at its Ignite 2022 conference this morning, which will bring several new features to make the meeting experience more personalized and secure. The core meeting features in the Microsoft Teams Premium…

Microsoft is getting ready to release a new Microsoft 365 app available for Windows, mobile, and web users. The new app will be an evolution of the existing all-in-one Office app, and it will provide a central hub for launching Office apps, surface shared documents, meetings, and other organizational content personalized for each user. “Microsoft…

Microsoft kicked off its Ignite 2022 conference today, and there’s some big news regarding the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. The company announced the private preview of Microsoft Loop, a new collaborative canvas that lets employees collaborate across Microsoft 365 apps. “The Microsoft Loop app, in private preview, will help teams to think, plan and create together….

Microsoft has announced a new Designer app that provides AI-powered design suggestions to let Microsoft 365 subscribers quickly create invitations, graphics, social media posts, digital postcards, and much more. The new graphic design app is an evolution of the Designer feature that is already available in PowerPoint. “Our cutting-edge AI supercharges your ideas. With Designer,…

Microsoft has officially announced new Surface devices this morning, a new Surface Laptop 5, Surface Studio 2+ all-in-one PC, as well as a better version of Surface Pro with Thunderbolt 4 support and new AI-powered features. First off, Microsoft finally took the wraps off its new Surface Laptop 5, which is an iterative update over…

Microsoft has released yesterday the October 2022 Patch Tuesday updates for all supported versions of Windows. This includes Windows 11 version 22H2, the latest version of the OS that has just started rolling out to more users.  Overall, Microsoft fixed 85 security flaws in Windows, and there are also 11 fixes for Microsoft Edge vulnerabilities…

Microsoft recently announced a new channel type in Teams: shared channels. Microsoft Teams shared channels allow organizations to create more flexible teams that can welcome people who don’t work together regularly. This article will explore how to enable shared channels and the advantages of using them. With shared channels, you can invite people from other…

Google has announced plans to bring its physical cloud infrastructure to more customers worldwide. Indeed, the company is opening Google Cloud regions in five new countries, including Austria, Greece, Norway, South Africa, and Sweden. Back in August, Google unveiled that it’s adding new cloud regions in New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, and Mexico. This latest announcement…

Google Cloud has announced several new security tools, products, and services to help organizations better protect their cloud environments. The company is introducing a new fully managed software supply chain security product dubbed Software Delivery Shield (SDS). The Software Delivery Shield solution is designed to help developers, DevOps, and security teams protect their cloud applications….