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In this article, we’ll explain how to install Grammarly for Word and Outlook and why it can be a great writing assistant for both students and professional writers. Grammarly is a popular AI-powered writing assistant that allows users to check spelling, punctuation, grammar, clarity, and writing style in their documents. How to install Grammarly for…

Microsoft is getting ready to sunset its Kaizala group messaging service next year. The company has informed its partners that it plans to retire the Kaizala platform on August 31, 2023, and transition all existing customers to Microsoft Teams (via ZDNet). “Kaizala will be retired on August 31, 2023. Between now and then, current Kaizala…

Microsoft unveiled its plans to integrate Viva Engage within Teams at Inspire 2022. The company announced this morning that the Facebook-like enterprise social networking platform is now generally available for customers. Viva Engage is built on Yammer, and it helps employees connect with their colleagues, ask questions, and share news and strategies. It also provides…

Microsoft has launched a new Experience Insights dashboard this week. It is designed to give organizations an overview of several user experience metrics for Microsoft 365 apps and services. “You’ve told us that in large organizations, it’s often challenging to measure and manage employees’ end user experience with cloud services like Microsoft 365, because data…

In this article, we will explore in detail what AWS IoT is, what components it offers, and how developers can start building solutions with AWS IoT at the core. AWS IoT is a collection of Amazon cloud services that organizations can use to connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices to other devices and the Amazon…

Microsoft Teams for macOS is finally getting native support for Apple Silicon devices. The company has just announced that the new Teams app has started rolling out to all users with M1/M2-powered Macs. Microsoft highlights that a native version of Teams has been one of the highly requested features from Mac users on its feedback…

Last month, Microsoft announced its plans to launch a new smaller and faster Outlook Lite app for Android. The Lite version of Outlook is finally available in select markets and it’s specifically designed for low-end mobile devices. Microsoft highlights that Outlook Lite brings performance improvements for lightweight phones with low storage and only 1GB of…

It’s that time of year when the lightning strikes and the thunder rolls. I have to say the same for all the updates made this past month in the Power Platform, which includes a new Search pane in Canvas apps, a new way to embed a canvas app in Teams, and 44 new connectors. Keep…

VMware has announced the release of the Fusion 22H2 Tech Preview for Mac devices. This release adds the much-anticipated support for Windows 11 to Macs with Apple Silicon and Intel-based processors. “Many new enhancements and capabilities came together to bring Windows 11 to the Mac desktop with Fusion, and while they were designed with Windows…

Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure Active Directory Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) back in February. Now, the software giant has released some enhancements for the new service based on customer feedback. Certificate-based authentication (CBA) is a robust service that lets organizations validate a user’s identity with X.509 certificates against Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). It…

Back in February, Microsoft announced that it would begin blocking Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default in its Office apps. The company started rolling out this change to Office Insiders in April before pausing it to incorporate user feedback. In a recent update to the Microsoft 365 message center, Microsoft notified IT admins…

SQL Server is Microsoft’s premier enterprise database platform. But in today’s world of rapid-fire releases and continuous updates, the new SQL Server 2022 release seems like it has been a long time in coming. But it includes some great new features. SQL Server 2019 was the last major release of SQL Server. With every release,…