Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue with its Outlook.com webmail service. The company confirmed on its service health website that the problem is currently preventing many Outlook users from sending, receiving, and searching for emails. Microsoft explained that the issue started at around 6 AM UTC on Tuesday morning, and it was caused by a…
Microsoft has announced a new Elgato Stream Deck integration with Microsoft Teams. Indeed, the company has released a new Teams plugin that enables users to manage their meetings with the streaming tool. The Elgato Stream Deck is a customizable control pad that is quite popular for Twitch live-streaming sessions. Microsoft explained that the Elgato Stream…
Microsoft has announced the release of a new update that brings improvements to reports in its Universal Print service. The company has made it easier for IT administrators to monitor print activity in their organization by updating the Usage and Reports page with new graphs, charts, and data points. Microsoft launched the Universal Print service…
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 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…
Last week, Microsoft confirmed a multi-hour outage that prevented users from accessing Azure, Microsoft Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services. The company has since published a preliminary post-incident report to update customers about the root cause of the issue. Microsoft explained that the disruption was caused by a router IP address change during a planned…
Microsoft is planning to make its Office apps more secure by blocking all Excel XLL add-ins downloaded from the internet. The company explained that this move should help to prevent malicious actors from abusing this popular avenue to target Microsoft 365 customers worldwide. Essentially, XLL files are dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) that enable users to use…
Microsoft is investigating a network configuration issue that is currently preventing users from accessing Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Azure, and other Microsoft 365 services. The company confirmed on the Microsoft Azure status page that the problem impacts customers in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East as well as Africa. Specifically, users all over the world started…
The world of hybrid meetings, hybrid working, meetings, webinars, and live events is firmly upon us. As of today, organizations have three options for creating a new video conference within Microsoft Teams: meetings, webinars, and live events. In this article, I will give you an overview of the different features of each option and provide…