Microsoft adds free version of Visio to its MS 365 offering
Business users of the platform will have access to a "lightweight" version of the Visio web app
Microsoft announced this week that it is is adding a new, scaled-down version of its Visio diagramming web app to Microsoft 365 for business customers. This marks the first such offering the company ...
Commvault Expands its Metallic SaaS Portfolio
The company is building out its integrated Portfolio with HyperScale X and Metallic Backup for Microsoft 365.
This week Commvault announced the expansion of its Metallic software as a service (SaaS) portfolio and a new unified Intelligent Data Services Platform. The new offerings aim to help org...
Microsoft makes Teams platform more suitable for building apps
Hybrid working has taken shape through COVID-19 and Microsoft sees opportunities to play a larger role in this with Microsoft Teams. Employees need to be able to work well together and, with 145 million daily users, Teams already plays a major role in this. With the announcements during Build, that...
Microsoft Teams to offer auto transcripts in “near real time”
The real-time transcription service for Teams meetings will only be available for some subscription packages.
Microsoft this week unveiled its AI-powered live transcription service in Microsoft Teams. The addition of the feature marks Microsoft's somewhat belated entry into the race to provide a...
Box’s integrations with Microsoft 365 and Teams expand
Box is expanding its integrations with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams, to make it easier for users on the platforms to collaborate on projects by easily accessing content. For instance, the integrations today enable Box notifications to show up in Microsoft Teams so users get crucial updates on ...
‘Most Microsoft 365 customers saw attempts for account takeovers’
Intrusion attempts on Microsoft 365 accounts appear to be very widespread. The vast majority of companies that purchase Microsoft 365 have seen malicious attempts to take over employee accounts.
This is according to a report by cybersecurity firm Vectra, which surveyed 1112 IT decisionmakers. Th...
Microsoft says it is going after Excel macro malware
Since the 90s, macro malware has been a big part of a hacker’s toolkit. Even in recent times, the technique has continued to endear itself to cybercriminals, with its simplicity, which makes malware infections easy to initiate.
Last month, Ukraine accused Russian government spies of uploading ...
Microsoft launches three new industry-specific cloud services
The company has unveiled cloud offerings for the financial, manufacturing and nonprofit verticals.
Microsoft is continuing its push to deliver vertical cloud solutions for specific industry sectors. This week the company announced three more of these "industry clouds" for financial services, man...
Microsoft to further integrate Teams, Outlook with Dynamics 365
New integration features will be announced at Microsoft's MyIgnite event next week
Microsoft is preparing to push forward with integrating its two premiere subscription-based productivity suites, Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 CRM/ERP.
The new features are building on the already existing D36...
Microsoft lets Office users stay offline for longer periods
Microsoft has added an option to its 365 suite for computers that are offline for a longer period of time. Normally, licences have to be checked every month.
The company announced the feature, which it calls "extended offline access", in a blog. In the blog, Microsoft acknowledges that in some l...
Microsoft announces Office without subscription model
Despite the fact that Microsoft puts a lot of emphasis on the subscription structure of Office 365, the company continues to offer variants for users who only want to pay for the software once. For this purpose, the company is introducing Office LTSC.
In the announcement, Microsoft writes that O...
Microsoft adds webinar feature to Teams
Microsoft has announced Teams Pro. It consists of a couple of additional features, such as holding a webinar. It will be part of Microsoft 365. Two new Power Apps have also been added to the software.
Many details about the webinar function are not yet known. The website Petri also speaks of a '...