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Microsoft has just published its monthly roundup covering everything added to its Teams collaboration platform in January 2022. This month, the biggest improvements include a new “Press to unmute” feature for meetings, a Front row layout for Teams Rooms devices, updates for Teams Phones, and much more. Here’s a look at everything you need to…

Microsoft has released a list of twenty-five legacy group policies that should be disabled on Windows 10 and Windows 11. The company is urging IT Admins to stop using these group policies in order to improve overall performance on Windows PCs. The Redmond giant officially launched Windows 10 version 1511 back in 2015. The company…

In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company employees; some will be IT pros. We will be tackling various subject areas in the form of 30-minute audio interviews. I will be asking the questions, the…

Microsoft Teams is getting a new update that will allow users to mute notifications during Teams meetings. The company has recently announced that the Mute notifications feature is now available in public preview for desktop and web users. The Mute notifications feature expands the existing capability in Microsoft Teams that lets users customize their notifications…

In the first four parts of my occasional series on Microsoft 365 backups, I’ve been fairly cynical. In my final part in the series, I’m looking at Microsoft 365 backup solutions from an angle that provides value; self-service restore. This article is sponsored by afi.ai Firstly, as a quick recap if you missed the first…

Microsoft has announced its Defender for Endpoint solution has added support for zero-touch onboarding on iOS. This feature is now available in public preview, and it should enable IT administrators to quietly install the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint app on enrolled iOS devices without any user interaction. “With this new capability, enterprises can now deploy…

Microsoft Teams is set to introduce a new feature that may help users reduce meeting fatigue and distractions. This new feature will let users hide their own video feeds from the meeting stage, while still keeping their video available for other meeting participants. “Currently, it is not possible to hide your own video on the…

It was a quiet month, as expected. But there were a few significant announcements. Most notably for enterprise IT, Microsoft Edge Cloud Site List Management is now generally available, and Microsoft is bringing some basic customization options to the Windows 11 Start menu. Microsoft Edge Cloud Site List Management now available First available in public…

Microsoft Teams has released a new update that brings some improvements to the raise-hand feature in meetings. As pointed out by Microsoft MVP Cameron Dwyer on Twitter, the Teams desktop client now allows meeting organizers to view the numerical order in which the participants have raised their hands. The Microsoft Teams desktop app introduced the…

Microsoft has announced the release of a new Skype update, which brings several new platform-specific functionalities. The biggest addition is a “Zoom-In” feature for video meetings that lets users quickly zoom in with their mouse or handy controls on the shared screen. The Zoom-In feature aims to improve the screen-sharing experience in the app by…

Microsoft Edge has started testing a new update that will allow users to capture screenshots from PDF documents. The feature was recently spotted by Reddit user u/Leopeva64-2, and it’s currently available for select Microsoft Edge Insiders in the Canary channel (version 99.0.1111.0). Microsoft introduced the new Web Capture tool in its Edge browser back in…

  In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company employees; some will be IT pros. We will be tackling various subject areas in the form of 30-minute audio interviews. I will be asking the questions,…