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Microsoft Adds Two New Power Apps to Teams

Microsoft this week announced the immediate availability of two new Power Apps for Teams, Bulletins…

Microsoft is Testing a New Dark Mode for Word

Microsoft Word for Windows is picking up a major improvement to its dark mode implementation:…

Microsoft Announces Viva, an Employee Experience Platform

At a virtual event today, Microsoft announced a new initiative called Viva, an Employee Experience…

Microsoft Announces a Slew of Mobile App Updates

Microsoft is making sweeping updates to its productivity apps on mobile, including Outlook, Teams, the…

Office Lens is Renamed to Microsoft Lens

Microsoft revealed today that it has rebranded Office Lens mobile app to Microsoft Lens and…

Report: Microsoft Soars with Teams, Struggles with Chromebooks in Education

At a company-wide all-hands meeting, Microsoft executives touted the success of Teams in education while…

Microsoft Pushes PCs, Teams at Education Event

But the software giant didn’t mention Windows 10X at all, leading to some understandable speculation…

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What I Use: Photo Management (Premium)

Last week, I explained how I managed my work-related documents and other files. This week,…

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Microsoft Mulligans (Premium)

Microsoft enthusiasts have had a lot to complain about over the past several years. But…

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Thurrott.com Top 10 Articles of 2020

It’s that time of the year, so here’s a quick rundown of the top 10…

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Native Microsoft 365 Apps for Apple M1 Are Now Available

Microsoft announced today that it has released new versions of many Microsoft 365 for Mac…

Google Workspace Extends Office Editing to Attachments

In the wake of adding native Microsoft Office editing capabilities to its Workspace services, Google…

Microsoft’s Holiday Commercial is for the Dogs

Microsoft has a new holiday commercial for 2020 that is full of dogs but no…

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Email (Re)Consolidation (Premium)

In 2018, I reexamined the way I managed email across several different accounts. Two years…

Salesforce to Acquire Slack for $27.7 Billion

Salesforce announced today that it will acquire struggling Slack for $27.7 billion in a bid…

Microsoft Steps Back from the Productivity Score Cliff

Last week, Microsoft 365’s Productivity Score functionality came under fire from privacy advocates who warned…

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