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Microsoft Viva Goals, a new goal-setting and management tool that launched in private preview back in May is now generally available. The new Viva Goals app aims to help employees and organizations track progress towards their predefined goals with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). Essentially, OKR is a performance management framework that allows companies to…

Last month, Microsoft announced its plans to launch a new smaller and faster Outlook Lite app for Android. The Lite version of Outlook is finally available in select markets and it’s specifically designed for low-end mobile devices. Microsoft highlights that Outlook Lite brings performance improvements for lightweight phones with low storage and only 1GB of…

Cloudflare and Amazon CloudFront are two of the most renowned and reliable content delivery networks (CDNs) on the market. In addition to speeding up your content delivery and load times, they can both provide great benefits to your organization. In this Amazon CloudFront vs. Cloudflare comparison, we’ll walk you through the features, cost, performance, and other key…

It’s that time of year when the lightning strikes and the thunder rolls. I have to say the same for all the updates made this past month in the Power Platform, which includes a new Search pane in Canvas apps, a new way to embed a canvas app in Teams, and 44 new connectors. Keep…

As I sat down to write this month’s installment of What’s New in Windows, I thought that there hadn’t been much news in July. That is until I started checking the updates to builds in the Insider Program. It really is a lot. So, let’s get started with the most important news for Windows users…

Last week, Microsoft started rolling out an update to block all Office VBA macros obtained from the internet by default to prevent phishing attacks. Now, the threat actors are using container files and other tactics to distribute malicious payloads. A macro is an automated input sequence that enables users to automate frequently used tasks in…

Microsoft has detailed a round-up of new features that were added to Teams during the month of July. The company highlighted a new LinkedIn integration in chats, a Polls app for meetings, management & security features, Teams devices, and much more. Here’s a look at everything you need to know. Microsoft Teams gets a new…

VMware has announced the release of the Fusion 22H2 Tech Preview for Mac devices. This release adds the much-anticipated support for Windows 11 to Macs with Apple Silicon and Intel-based processors. “Many new enhancements and capabilities came together to bring Windows 11 to the Mac desktop with Fusion, and while they were designed with Windows…

Earlier this month, we reported that Microsoft Teams is adding a new feature in Together Mode to let meeting organizers assign seats to all participants. The company announced yesterday that this update is now available in public preview in the Teams desktop app for macOS and Windows users. Microsoft introduced the Together mode feature in…

Microsoft has released the Windows 11 preview build 25169 for Insiders in the Dev channel. The latest update brings two notable features including a new multi-app kiosk mode for IT administrators as well as improvements to Windows Spotlight. First up, Microsoft is introducing a new kiosk mode on Windows 11 that enables IT Pros to…

Windows Autopilot is a new Microsoft tool that IT pros can use to pre-configure, reset, or repurpose Windows devices. It’s a great tool to automate the process of deploying Windows devices in an organization. In this Windows Autopilot deployment step-by-step guide, we’ll explain how to get started with Windows Autopilot and set up new devices…

Amazon has released new security updates for its Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) services. First of all, Amazon GuardDuty is getting new malware protection capabilities to detect malicious files stored on container workloads or customer instances running on Amazon EC2. For those unfamiliar, Amazon GuardDuty is a managed cloud…