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Here is the simple way to set an out of office message using Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft held a media event yesterday to announce a new version of its Bing search engine that leverages a next-generation OpenAI model. The new AI-powered Bing is launching as a limited preview, and Microsoft believes that it will redefine what we should expect from search engines.  “There are 10 billion search queries a day, but…

This week, during its quarterly earnings call, Microsoft reported that revenue is up two percent year-on-year. But there were definitely some winners and fairly major losers. Not to diminish the layoffs that Microsoft announced the week before but the future looks solid. Windows revenue from PC makers plummets What might have been a shock for…

Because it’s that time of the quarter, this special edition of Short Takes will focus exclusively on Microsoft’s latest quarterly earnings report.

Because Microsoft announced its quarterly and annual earnings this week, I’m back with a new edition of Short Takes that looks exclusively at the results across all of the software giant’s major business units.

Microsoft has announced a free one-to-one consultation service for small businesses, including retailers, nonprofits, education institutions, and more. This new online consultation service is quite similar to the sales support plan introduced back in 2020, and it aims to assist SMBs and education customers with their digital transformation efforts. The Redmond giant explained in its…

Microsoft is planning to make some changes to the way it licenses its products to customers who wish to use them on rival cloud platforms. According to a new report from Bloomberg, several customers have filed complaints against Microsoft’s policies regarding running Windows and Office on other cloud-computing services such as Google Cloud Platform or…

Microsoft is reportedly planning to acquire a US-based cyber security company Mandiant. According to a new report from Bloomberg, this new acquisition will help the Redmond giant to beef up its portfolio of security offerings to protect its customers from cybersecurity threats and data breaches. For those unfamiliar, Mandiant is a cybersecurity research firm that…

Ignite Hero The second installment of Microsoft Ignite November 2021 kicks off today, November 2nd, at 4.15 CET with the opening keynote by Satya Nadella. The conference runs through to November 4th. Many of the sessions can be watched on-demand after the event but not all of them. In this article, I’m going to cut…

Because Microsoft announced its quarterly and annual earnings this week, this edition of Short Takes looks exclusively at the results across all of the software giant’s major business units.