Microsoft is gearing up to introduce support for Personal plans in Microsoft Planner. These new Personal plans will provide users with a more tailored approach to managing tasks, granting creators exclusive ownership and access to their plans. Microsoft Planner is a popular task management service that allows enterprise teams to create, assign, and organize work…
Microsoft has announced that its new web-based Outlook for Windows client is now generally available for consumers. The new app is also available to download on the Microsoft Store for commercial customers, and it will be shipped in tomorrow’s optional update, as well as Windows 11 version 23H2. In a separate blog post for IT…
Multi-tenant organizations (MTOs) are a new feature in Microsoft 365 and Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) that has reached the public preview stage in mid-2023. An MTO is a group of up to five Entra ID tenants linked together to offer your users seamless collaboration and the sharing of resources. In this article, I’ll…
Microsoft is gearing up to launch Microsoft 365 Copilot to enterprise customers, with a scheduled launch on November 1. The company announced this morning that this AI-powered assistant will be accessible to specific Microsoft 365 business and enterprise plans, with a pricing set at $30 per user per month. Microsoft 365 Copilot is powered by…
Microsoft is set to enhance how organizations harness real-time data during Teams meetings with an upcoming update. The Real-Time Analytics feature will enable IT administrators to retain telemetry data for up to seven days, empowering them to swiftly detect and address call quality issues. In Microsoft Teams, Real-Time Analytics allows IT administrators to view details…
Microsoft has recently sent ripples through the developer community with its announcement of the retirement of the Exchange Web Services API. The company will begin blocking EWS requests from non-Microsoft applications to Exchange Online starting in October 2026. Exchange Web Services (EWS) is a cross-platform managed API that allows developers to build custom applications that…
The European Commission is gearing up for a formal antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s contentious bundling of Teams with its Office 365 suite. According to a report from Bloomberg, the EC is preparing a statement of objections to send to Microsoft in the coming months. In July 2020, Slack filed an anti-competitive complaint against Microsoft with…
Microsoft has partnered with Motorola to launch an enhanced Windows 365 App experience for Android devices. The new built-in feature is designed to enable seamless connectivity between Lenovo ThinkPhone and Windows 365 Cloud PCs. Microsoft launched the Windows 365 app in public preview in March this year. It allows users to directly access their Cloud…
Microsoft has unveiled its strategy to replace the classic Outlook desktop application, but the transition won’t be a swift one. In a recent announcement, the company confirmed that this monumental shift will be a gradual process, stretching over at least a couple of years for its commercial customers. Last week, Microsoft published a new YouTube…
Microsoft 365 Defender, Identity Protection, and Microsoft Sentinel generate an avalanche of security incidents that require attention. In this article, I will give you an overview of what tools are at your disposal, what incidents are useful, and how to make Microsoft Sentinel reduce alerts. Security incidents in a single pane of glass Today’s security…