Cheaper Microsoft 365 bundle without Teams is available for the EU
Starting in October, Teams will no longer be a default application bundled in Office 365 and Microsoft 365. In fact, a new and cheaper Microsoft 365 subscription without Teams will become available. Microsoft is making the adjustment to address EU concerns and is therefore making the change only in... Read more
Microsoft streamlines Teams experience for multi-tenant enterprises
Microsoft is releasing new features for multi-tenant enterprises. These companies feature multiple access management solutions in the form of Azure Active Directory.
New features for multi-tenant organizations (MTOs) on Teams should make it easier to collaborate and access files and folders fro... Read more
Google Duet AI for Workspace is now available everywhere
Duet AI, the AI assistant for Google Workspace, has just been made available for almost all Workspace applications. During Google Cloud Next, the tech giant detailed how the generative AI tool is capable of all sorts of tasks that ease the daily workload an employee faces. Within Slides, Meet, Gmai... Read more
Remote work policies divide tech industry: Amazon takes a firm stance
The debate around working from home has been going on since the waning days of the pandemic. At Amazon, CEO Andy Jassy wants to leave no doubt about it: he wants employees to be in the office at least three days a week. In doing so, in a leaked internal meeting he refused to provide data to support... Read more
Zoom CEO: Zoom doesn’t allow colleagues to have good debates
At the height of the pandemic, Zoom became a platform of global prominence. Everyone went "Zooming" when office life was temporarily impossible. By now, working from home is ingrained in many a company. However, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan thinks it's better to come into the office more often anyway. Becaus... Read more
New APIs and developer platform for Lucid Software
Lucid Software has unveiled new APIs and a developer platform along with it. These innovations are already being put to use by Salesforce, Slack, ServiceNow and Notion, and others.
Lucid touts the Visual Collaboration Suite as useful for creating applications and integrations to make collaborati... Read more
The end is near for videoconferencing platform BlueJeans
Verizon has decided to no longer offer the videoconferencing platform BlueJeans. The telecom operator lists "changed market conditions" as the main reason for the discontinuation.
Verizon bought the videoconferencing platform BlueJeans in 2020 during the height of the Covid pandemic. At the time... Read more
Zoom lets organizations share YouTube videos with Zoom Clips
Zoom is introducing the Zoom Clips tool. It allows users to record and share short videos for offline collaboration.
The immediately available Zoom Clips tool allows employees to support each other with video or exchange important information when they are unable to meet physically via the video... Read more
Microsoft introduces scheduling app Classwork in Teams for Education
Microsoft has added the planning app for teachers Classwork to Teams for Education. This should make it easier for teachers to create, organize, manage and distribute their teaching materials to students via Teams.
According to Microsoft, the now-released planning app Classwork is an application... Read more
Google Calendar lets users specify office attendance more precisely
Google Calendar now allows users to specify more precisely where a worker is located on a given day. Previously, the option existed to schedule a work day by default for home or office work, for example.
The feature can be helpful in a team to coordinate when someone is in the office, as it can ... Read more