Google has a cunning plan to dethrone Microsoft 365 Google has revealed a new plan to help customers squeeze even more value from its productivity software and collaboration tools. At its annual Google Cloud Next event, the company announced it will invest heavily in the Google Workspace Marketplace, the third-party app library that services its product suite. The goal is to create...
Microsoft Teams update will eliminate a major distraction Microsoft is preparing a pair of upgrades for collaboration platform Teams that will help users customize their video feeds to better suit their needs. As per two new entries in the company’s product roadmap, Teams will soon allow users to hide their own video feed during calls and, conversely, to pin it to the...
Microsoft quietly revealed the deeper secrets of Windows 11 (you may be stunned) You think you completely get where Microsoft is coming from with Windows 11? Please think again. There's so much more. You're now completely prepared for October 5. Windows 11 is an upcoming release of Microsoft's flagship operating system and the successor to Windows 10. You've researched whether your computer will be...
Microsoft Teams 2.0 will deliver much-needed improvements on Windows 11 The next generation of Microsoft Teams is set to feature several important updates and upgrades. The video conferencing service has rapidly grown to become one of Microsoft's most important software offerings over the past 18 months as workers and consumers look to stay in touch during the pandemic. Now, the company is prepping...
Microsoft to Revamp OneNote Desktop, Kill Windows 10 Client Microsoft had previously revealed that it would move forward with the desktop version of OneNote and OneNote for Windows 10. Now, the software giant says that it will revamp OneNote desktop to adopt the Windows 11 look and feel and will kill OneNote for Windows 10. “We’re excited to share that OneNote on...
Microsoft Teams is finally about to give your presentation this vital upgrade As students and teachers prepare to head back to school, Microsoft is working on a new feature that will make it easier to share content when delivering presentations in Teams. Earlier this summer, the software giant revealed that it's working on two new presentation views called Reporter and Side-by-Side for...
Microsoft Teams hits 250 million monthly active user milestone Microsoft Teams is continuing to grow like gangbusters and is now up to 250 million monthly active users, up from the 145 million daily active user number Microsoft execs shared in April. Microsoft officials say the Teams collaboration platform has hit the 250 million monthly active user milestone, up from the 145 million...
Microsoft Teams: Here comes new protection against phishing attacks Microsoft Teams has gained new Defender 'Safe Links' phishing protection to protect users against potentially dangeros phishing URLs. The additional phishing protection in Teams is available for organizations using Defender for Office 365 to guard against phishing attacks that use weaponized URLs. While email is the standard medium for delivering phishing links, Teams...
Zoom Apps for meetings are here to compete with Microsoft Teams Zoom just greatly expanded the capabilities of its meetings by launching Zoom Apps for meetings. Zoom already had integrations with 1,500 apps, but Zoom apps allow people to integrate third-party apps directly with Zoom. There are over 50 Zoom apps available at the moment, including Asana, SurveyMonkey Enterprise, and Dropbox...
Microsoft Integrates Dynamic 365 And Teams Even More Last week, Microsoft held its annual Inspire conference and announced many new features and collaborations. My first blog of the Inspire event covered Microsoft’s new DaaS platform Windows 365. Now, I want to cover Microsoft’s changes to its collaboration application Teams. Teams is Microsoft’s workspace collaboration hub for Microsoft 365. It came out in...
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