Microsoft is not reopening its campus or offices anytime soon
Microsoft may have made plans to reopen its Redmond offices and other offices across the world, but COVID-19 was busy making new variants that aren’t without surprises. The reopening plans are now on hold.
Jared Spataro, Microsoft's modern work CVP, said that due to the uncertainty of COVID-19... Read more
Microsoft Teams adds hybrid meeting features, with AI functionality
Microsoft is adding hybrid meeting features into Teams, including the inevitable application of AI for multiple uses. The features aim to make the hybrid working model better for office/remote meetings.
There’s even an AI-powered ‘speaker coach’ that will notify users who interrupt others.... Read more
You can manually install Windows 11 on older PCs, but without updates
Microsoft does not want to publicly say it will not stop you if you manually install Windows 11 on older or incompatible PCs. It doesn't however supply security updates to those systems. The company has come under fire for the stringent hardware requirements of its upcoming operating system, slated... Read more
RingCentral adds new features to facilitate hybrid work
The company is introducing new features to improve its unified communications platform.
This week, RingCentral announced several new capabilities for its Message Video Phone (MVP) unified communications platform. According to the company, these new features will make meetings more secure, dynami... Read more
Microsoft Teams has a new feature to share content
Microsoft’s latest addition to its Teams platform allows users to exchange content when participating in a gallery with up to 49 people on the screen. With the update, users can click on the participant videos in the gallery view to swap content with the gallery when someone shares content.
Th... Read more
Webex gets makeover: to Webex or to Zoom, that’s the question
How do you get a platform like Webex, which fell behind to the competition, back up to date? Cisco may not be there yet, but in the past 12 months it has taken very large steps in the right direction. We discuss the developments of the past year with Jeetu Patel, the SVP at Cisco responsible for (a... Read more
Rapid Circle bolsters portfolio with Adopt & Embrace acquisition
Earlier this year Microsoft cloud specialist Rapid Circle announced a double acquisition, of Portiva and Insync Technology. Less than six months after that acquisition, Rapid Circle now reports that it is acquiring Adopt & Embrace. Together with its existing offerings, this acquisition should b... Read more
Logitech introduces Zone True Wireless (and Wired) Earbuds
If you're in calls a lot, you know that good tools are important. One of the pieces of equipment you use then is a headset. For the business market there is already quite a large selection from several manufacturers. However, a fully wireless (true wireless) set of earbuds speficially aimed at the ... Read more
Microsoft Teams adds Safe Links phishing protection feature
On Monday, Microsoft announced the addition of a new security feature to Microsoft Teams. Dubbed ‘Safe Links’ and residing in Microsoft Defender for Office 365, the feature is designed for use by organizations to protect their users from phishing attacks.
The malicious attacks are usually ex... Read more
Preview: Windows 11 – The modern Windows 8 with two start menus?
Microsoft presented Windows 11 a few weeks ago. We have now been able to work with the new operating system. Although it is a preview, Microsoft clearly shows its vision. Where other media are talking about a simple redesign, we really see some differences. First of all, Microsoft is doing a big cl... Read more