Microsoft recruits top Apple chip architect to work on Azure servers
Microsoft sets its sights on developing proprietary processors for Azure servers. For this purpose, the tech giant is recruiting Mike Filippo, a prominent Apple chip architect.
Bloomberg reports that Microsoft recently hired Mike Filippo from Apple. Filippo is an experienced semiconductor design...
Microsoft will play a bigger role in devices from Zebra and Samsung
Microsoft announces multiple collaborations and integrations with frontline employee platforms. The tech giant is strengthening ties with Samsung, Zebra Technologies, Workday and Espressive.
According to Microsoft, usage of Teams grew by 400 percent among frontline workers in the past two years....
Microsoft confirms ‘mute notifications’ will arrive in February
Microsoft announced an upcoming update for the Microsoft 365 suite of tools. The update will allow users to mute notifications. Microsoft sent a message to customers on the Microsoft 365 message centre saying that they would be able to turn off notifications during meetings and events by February.
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Recordings from Microsoft Teams automatically deleted after 60 days
Recordings of Microsoft Teams conversations will now be automatically deleted after 60 days. Microsoft added the functionality in the December update.
With the arrival of the December update, recordings in OneDrive or SharePoint are automatically deleted after a period of 60 days. The setting is...
Microsoft releases Visual Studio 17.1 Preview 2
Increased Git productivity tops the list of new improvements
Microsoft has announced the second preview of Visual Studio 2022 17.1. This release includes new features that align with themes of Visual Studio 2022, such as productivity.
New Git productivity features will make day-to-day w...
Qualcomm and Microsoft join forces for AR chips and Metaverse glasses
Qualcomm and Microsoft collaborate to boost the adoption of Augmented Reality (AR) solutions among companies. To this end, the organizations are developing new AR chipsets for virtual glasses.
Comprehensive Augmented Reality (AR) solutions for businesses have been the promise of many tech compan...
Microsoft’s Dec 2021 Windows Insider Preview is in the Beta Channel
Microsoft released a new Office Insider Preview Build 14822.20000 for Windows users to the Beta Channel of the Office Insider program. The new build comes with many fixes. Many of these fixes are aimed at Excel, Outlook, and Word.
The official changelog shows what changed. Here is a quick rundow...
Big tech companies added $2.5 trillion in value to 2021
Big Tech pushed US stocks to the third straight winning year in 2021. Giants like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and others, continue to experience demand, even as the economy slogs on to the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The most notable names, Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Amazon, Mi...
Microsoft fixes Exchange bug that was blocking email traffic
Microsoft released a quick patch for a Microsoft Exchange server bug that occurred on January 1 of this year. The bug prevented on-premises Exchange servers from sending emails.
The problem was caused by date checks after the year change. The bug caused Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2...
Log4j update in Microsoft 365 Defender causes stream of false notifications
The recently released Log4j update for Microsoft 365 Defender generated a stream of false notifications. Microsoft has since fixed the problem.
This week, Microsoft released an update for Microsoft 365 Defender to address the notorious chain of Log4j vulnerabilities. Unexpectedly, the update gen...
The next Windows 11 update may not appear until summer of 2022
Microsoft says their "focus on quality" means the release will come in the second half of the year, not the first.
The version of Windows 11 currently available to qualifying Windows 10 users and new buyers is not impressive. Importantly, most Windows watchers expected Microsoft to be rolling o...
Microsoft issues Defender updates to address Log4j vulnerability
Microsoft updated several Defender solutions to defend users against exploits of Log4j. Among other things, the updates allow companies to identify and resolve Log4j vulnerabilities faster.
Specifically, Defender for Containers and Microsoft 365 Defender solutions underwent a change. Among other...