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A new study claims that Microsoft Teams and Slack are basically operating systems, and yet they’re each missing a core piece of functionality.

Security researchers from Vectra Protect identified a major new vulnerability in Microsoft Teams, but Microsoft says there’s no need for a fix.

Canva is a great little service for those creating design elements for YouTube videos and social media. You’ll never believe what they’re doing next.

Next Tuesday, I’m hosting a free webinar with two speakers from Veeam called Native Microsoft 365 Recovery Pitfalls.

Today, Microsoft announced Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro and has made Microsoft Teams Rooms Basic available for free.

Microsoft is bringing a full-fledged To Do app to Outlook for Windows, and it should be a more versatile alternative to Outlook Tasks.

Responding to a three-year-old complaint, Microsoft today said that it would fix its unfair licensing terms in the EU.

Microsoft is getting ready to move the Mail, Calendar, and other modules in Outlook for Windows to the left of the folder pane to improve consistency with other platforms.

Microsoft is planning to give OneDrive for Web a fresh coat of paint to celebrate the service's 15th anniversary.

Microsoft has started rolling out a native version of Microsoft Teams for users with Apple Silicon Macs, and the new client should bring performance improvements on these devices.

Microsoft is working to fix a bug causing Outlook to become unresponsive when opening emails with tables, including Uber receipts.

Microsoft corporate vice president Charles Lamanna said that Power Platform was now a $2 billion business with over 7 million monthly active users.

After a strange bit of back-and-forth, Microsoft announced that it will resume blocking VBA macros in Office by default starting July 27.

At its Inspire 2022 virtual conference today, Microsoft announced Viva Engage and a host of other new features coming to Microsoft 365.

Two and a half years after he took over Google’s Workspace business, former Microsoft executive Javier Soltero is leaving the company.

Google has announced an interesting set of updates to its Workspace suite of cloud-based office productivity solutions.

Microsoft’s new cross-platform Defender app for individuals is officially launching today, and it requires a Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription.

Microsoft has reportedly started testing games in Teams internally, imagining scenarios where Solitaire and other casual games could be used to lighten the atmosphere during meetings.

Echo cancellation and de-reverberation are two new AI-powered features that have started rolling out in Microsoft Teams to improve audio quality during meetings.

Word for the web offers a useful feature not found in the desktop version: it can transcribe the speech in audio and video files.

Microsoft alerted its Microsoft 365 subscribers this past weekend to tell them that it will be removing two key features from Excel next year.

Microsoft Teams is getting a new collaboration feature named Live Share, updates for Loop components, as well as new Graph API enhancements.

Microsoft revealed today that it will soon allow developers to create Adaptive Card-based Loop components.

After years of leaks, Microsoft is finally ready to go public with Project Monarch, er ah, One Outlook, oops, the new Outlook for Windows!

Microsoft Teams is finally available to download from the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Well, after years of waiting, we’re finally getting our first peek at One Outlook. And … it appears to be an offline version of Outlook on the web.

Microsoft has started rolling out seamless account switching across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other Microsoft 365 web apps.