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Microsoft has released version 4.5.0 of the Teams PowerShell module. This update doesn’t bring any big changes but it includes a set of bug fixes and enhancements for IT administrators. The Microsoft Teams PowerShell module was released in April 2019. It allows IT admins to manage users, Teams, policies, and configuration through PowerShell. For instance,…

Microsoft is set to backtrack on its decision to block Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default across all currently-supported Office apps. Indeed, the software giant has announced in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center that it is rolling back this change based on user feedback. Back in February, Microsoft unveiled its plans to turn…

Microsoft recently announced a new Teams app called Admin, which brings a subset of the most commonly accessed admin settings to Teams in the form of a convenient app! So, let’s take a look! About This Week in IT This week in IT is a weekly podcast hosted by Petri’s Editorial Director Russell Smith. Each…

Microsoft has announced some important updates that should improve the new Outlook for Mac experience that launched in Fall 2020. First of all, the new Outlook for Mac is getting support for retention policies this month. Retention policies allow organizations to control how long messages will be saved within an Outlook folder. Microsoft says this…

Microsoft is getting ready to launch a new Outlook Lite app for Android. The software giant announced the new version of Outlook on the Microsoft 365 roadmap yesterday, and it is expected to become generally available worldwide later this month. Microsoft says that Outlook Lite should bring performance improvements for Android devices as compared to…

Microsoft has published a roundup of all the new features and enhancements rolled out to Microsoft Teams in the month of June. The company has made a couple of notable changes, such as new Teams chat integration with Dynamics 365, chat bubbles support on mobile, new policies for IT admins, and so much more. Live…

Microsoft introduced the Safe Attachments feature as part of its Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) offering in 2015. ATP is an option for Exchange Online Protection (EOP). It is included in the Office 365 E5 plan and can be licensed as an add-on for $2/user per month for other Office 365 plans. Now Safe Attachments can handle dynamic delivery and the improvement is noticeable.

Microsoft has started rolling out a new Quick Access filters experience in its unified Office app for Android. The feature helps users to increase their productivity by making it easier to locate files, images, videos, and other content. “With Quick Access, you can utilize multiple filters to view different content types. Content-usage filters, such as,…

Microsoft has indefinitely delayed its plans to block auto-renewals of monthly subscriptions that are currently sold by Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs). CSPs are partners that can directly provision, manage, and support customer subscriptions for Microsoft products. The software giant had planned to begin blocking automatic monthly renewals for older accounts on July 11. It planned…

The idle session timeout feature, which the company announced for its Microsoft 365 web apps back in March, is now generally available for customers. The new capability lets IT admins configure a policy to automatically sign out inactive employees from Microsoft 365 web apps. Previously, the idle session timeout setting was only available for Outlook…