Last month, Microsoft announced at its Ignite 2022 conference that a Microsoft 365 app would replace the existing Office app on Windows, mobile, and the web. A new message posted on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center yesterday indicates that the new Microsoft 365 web app has started rolling out this week, with Windows and mobile…
Microsoft has announced a new Webinars experience for its Teams collaboration service. The updated Webinars experience is based on the customers’ feedback, and it will begin rolling out to all Microsoft Teams users in late November. Microsoft Teams introduced support for interactive webinars for up to 1,000 attendees back in May 2021. The feature provides…
Microsoft claims that it has optimized the Microsoft Teams desktop app to reduce latency in key scenarios, such as switching between chats, channels, and activity feed. The company detailed in a blog post that these under-the-hood improvements are a result of an upgraded Teams framework introduced this month. According to Microsoft, the performance upgrades are…
After a whirlwind of news from the first annual Microsoft Power Platform Conference in September, we now have all the news from Microsoft Ignite 2022! We’ve got previews for creating Power Automate flows with natural language, creating complex Power Automate expressions by feeding it examples, the general availability of 2022 Release Wave 2 for Dynamics…
Microsoft is getting ready to release an update for the Outlook for Windows client that will let users store their Signature settings in the cloud. The company has been testing this feature with Office Insiders in the Beta channel for quite some time to incorporate user feedback before making it generally available for everyone. Microsoft…
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Because it’s that time of the quarter, this special edition of Short Takes will focus exclusively on Microsoft’s latest quarterly earnings report.
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The number of phone calls we make has been decreasing globally over the past several years. And there is a growing trend in using text-based messaging solutions, like WhatsApp, for contacting sales and support teams. This post is sponsored by 3CX Omnichannel is a term used within eCommerce and retail to define a business strategy…
Microsoft has started rolling out Windows 10 version 22H2, also known as the Windows 10 2022 Update, to all Windows 10 users. The latest feature update will be rolled out gradually via Windows Update, and the installation process should be pretty quick for users already running Windows 10 21H2 Windows 10 22H2 has been in…
Microsoft has announced a range of new chat and meetings features for Teams at its Ignite 2022 event. The biggest news is that Microsoft plans to release some updates to improve the existing channel experience in Microsoft Teams. For starters, Microsoft is moving the recent posts and compose box to the top of the page,…
Microsoft is getting ready to release a new Microsoft 365 app available for Windows, mobile, and web users. The new app will be an evolution of the existing all-in-one Office app, and it will provide a central hub for launching Office apps, surface shared documents, meetings, and other organizational content personalized for each user. “Microsoft…
Last Update: Oct 18, 2022
Microsoft kicked off its Ignite 2022 conference today, and there’s some big news regarding the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. The company announced the private preview of Microsoft Loop, a new collaborative canvas that lets employees collaborate across Microsoft 365 apps. “The Microsoft Loop app, in private preview, will help teams to think, plan and create together….
Microsoft has announced a new Designer app that provides AI-powered design suggestions to let Microsoft 365 subscribers quickly create invitations, graphics, social media posts, digital postcards, and much more. The new graphic design app is an evolution of the Designer feature that is already available in PowerPoint. “Our cutting-edge AI supercharges your ideas. With Designer,…