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Microsoft released several new device management capabilities for its Intune solution in April 2024. The company highlighted several improvements, including streamlined app updates for better security and productivity and simplified troubleshooting for Microsoft 365 apps. Microsoft has introduced updated app supersedence to help administrators keep Win32 applications up to date. The supersedence feature lets IT…

Last year, Microsoft unveiled its plans to introduce a new Offline mode for the OneDrive web app. Now, the company has announced the rollout of new Offline capabilities for work and school accounts. With this new Offline mode, OneDrive lets users access their files via a web browser when offline and then automatically sync back…

Microsoft has recently announced the public preview of its new Trusted Signing solution. This fully managed end-to-end signing service is designed to streamline processes, allowing developers to effortlessly build and distribute apps. “The service supports both public and private trust signing scenarios and includes a timestamping service. With Trusted Signing, users enjoy a productive, performant,…

Microsoft Outlook is about to add a new meeting response option (RSVP) to the new Outlook for Windows and the Outlook web app. The new “Follow” option for meeting responses will provide users with a way to stay engaged even when they can’t attend. The new follow feature will inform organizers that the user won’t…

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s FY24 Q3 earnings beating all expectations as the company’s huge bet on Copilot and generative AI continues to pay off.

Microsoft has announced the general availability of the new multi-tenant organization (MTO) capabilities for Entra ID customers. The new feature is designed to enhance the cross-tenant collaboration experience in Microsoft Teams and Viva Engage. A multi-tenant organization is a group of up to five Entra ID tenants that are linked together by cross-tenant access policies…

Microsoft has announced its plans to significantly reduce the size of its updates for Windows 10 version 22H2. The company has introduced an improved cumulative update (CU) technology that promises expedited downloads, reduced network congestion, and optimized performance, particularly benefiting users on slower connections. In 2021, Microsoft detailed its efforts to cut down the size…

Microsoft will soon officially retire the classic version of Microsoft Teams. The company has announced on the Microsoft 365 admin center that the classic Teams desktop app will reach end of support in July this year. Starting July 1, 2024, Microsoft will begin informing its commercial customers through periodic in-app dialog messages that classic Teams…

Dropbox and Microsoft are teaming up to more closely integrate the cloud storage service into Microsoft 365. The company has announced today several new features aimed at improving organization and collaboration for Microsoft 365 customers. Microsoft Teams already allows users to search, preview, upload, and share files and other content stored in Dropbox. The latest…

Microsoft has announced the release of the update 2403 for Configuration Manager (Current Branch). Among its notable features are the rebranding of Azure Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID, a new monitoring dashboard for detecting software update issues, streamlined search capabilities, and more. Microsoft Configuration Manager is a software management suite that lets organizations manage…