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Microsoft's new Outlook for Windows app (One Outlook) has added support for multiple accounts. You can now add personal Microsoft accounts in addition to work and school accounts, with support for third-party email accounts coming later.

Microsoft Teams enterprise and education customers can now play Solitaire, Minesweeper, and other casual games in Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft’s Office Mobile app is about to lose its Nearby Share and Transfer Files features ahead of the transition to the new Microsoft 365 branding.

We can chalk this one up to another classic Microsoft miscommunication, but the Microsoft Office brand is not disappearing. At least not yet.

The Microsoft 365 brand will replace the decades-old Office brand, though Microsoft will keep offering existing Office 365 subscriptions and Office perpetual licences.

Outlook is getting support for working hours and locations, Meeting recaps, and other features for hybrid workers.

Microsoft Teams is getting a new Premium add-on with exclusive meeting features, and Mesh Avatars for meetings are also launching in private preview.

Microsoft announced this morning some new creator tools in Microsoft 365 alongside its new Surface devices and PC accessories.

Microsoft is making its new web-based Outlook for Windows app available for more testers.

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 backtracking on its plan to block all Office VBA macros obtained from the Internet by default.

Coming later this month, Outlook Lite will provide a faster and lighter alternative to the regular Outlook app for users with low-end devices.

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

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.

Microsoft’s Outlook Mobile app is about the add an algorithmic newsfeed for enterprise accounts that will display updates from SharePoint and Yammer.

Microsoft has restricted hiring for its Windows, Office, and Teams groups, according to a report from Bloomberg.

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

Microsoft announced last week that it was increasing rewards for its Microsoft 365 Bounty Program by up to 30%.

Microsoft’s Outlook app for Android is about to leave some users in the dust, as the email client will start requiring Android 8.0 or newer in May.

Microsoft is making its Office apps more secure by blocking Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros obtained from the Internet by default.

The inimitable Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft’s “Project Monarch,” sometimes called “One Outlook,” is still on the way after many delays.

Microsoft today announced the immediate availability of a new “My Day” pane to Outlook.com and Outlook on the Web.

Yesterday, users of the Outlook desktop application noticed that many emails were displaying as blank pages. Microsoft has already fixed the issue.

Microsoft announced that Office LTSC for Windows and Office 2021 for Mac are now available in commercial preview.

Microsoft has quietly ported its unified Office app to the iPad, one year to the week after it was released for the iPhone. What took so long?

Microsoft enthusiasts have had a lot to complain about over the past several years. But it looks like the firm may finally address two of the bigger issues.