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Microsoft has updated the preview release of Windows Terminal to version 1.17. The latest update brings several new features and enhancements based on customer feedback, including Mica and process restart support, dropdown menu customizations, an updated color schemes page, and much more. First off, Microsoft has added support for dropdown menu customization to help users…

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…

Microsoft has released a new feature that adds support for concurrent license assignments in Exchange Online. The latest release enables organizations to assign more than one Exchange Online license to each Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) user. Previously, the Microsoft 365 admin center and Azure AD PowerShell restricted IT admins from allocating concurrent Exchange Online…

Microsoft 365 includes powerful collaboration features that allow teams to work on and share Office documents more easily than ever before. But do you understand how file sharing works within Microsoft 365 and how to manage and secure your files?  In this article, we’ll take you through the basics of file sharing and collaboration in Microsoft…

Microsoft has announced that it’s rebranding the Office Insider program as the Microsoft 365 Insider program. The company says that this name change aligns with the rebranding of the Office app to Microsoft 365 on Windows, iOS, Android as well as the office.com web portal. Microsoft launched its Office Insider program about seven years ago….

Happy new year, Power Platform Community!  As we all move into the new year, let’s take a look at the latest updates Microsoft announced for its Power Platform in December. We’ll be highlighting the ones we are most excited about in this article. Power BI Slicer Type The Power BI team has moved the Slicer…

Microsoft announced yesterday that it has started rolling out the Automate tab to Excel for Windows and macOS. The latest update lets desktop users create and edit Office scripts to automate their repetitive spreadsheet tasks or workflows. Up until now, the Automate tab was only available for customers in Excel on the web. With this…

Microsoft Teams is getting a new update that brings co-organizer support for managing breakout rooms. The company has recently announced that this feature is rolling out in public preview to the Windows and macOS desktop apps. Just like meeting organizers, Microsoft Teams now allows co-organizers to create and manage Breakout Rooms. The feature also enables…

Microsoft has announced the release of PowerShell Crescendo 1.1.0-preview01. The latest version brings error-handling improvements, a new schema, argument value transformation support, a new way to bypass the output handler, and more. PowerShell Crescendo is a popular platform that helps to create PowerShell cmdlets for command line applications. It improves the original command-line experience with…

Microsoft has just published a roundup of new features added to its Teams collaboration service in November 2022. The list of recent updates includes scheduled messages, instant polls, new Teams devices, and management features. Here’s what you need to know: Scheduled messages First up, Microsoft introduced a new chat feature that allows desktop and mobile…

Microsoft Teams has recently introduced a new accessibility feature called “sign language view.” This release enables participants who are deaf or hard of hearing and their interpreters to prioritize each other during video calls and meetings. Up until now, Microsoft Teams’ organizers had to manually pin interpreters and enable live captions for each meeting. The…

Microsoft has launched a new Games for Work app that allows users to play casual games during Teams meetings. The company announced this morning that the new app is only available for Microsoft Teams enterprise and education customers. The Microsoft Casual Games team, a part of Xbox Game Studios, has built the new Games for…