“Webex is the backbone for collaboration”
Stories about collaboration platforms often revolve around what you as a user look at and think about when you hear the names Webex, Teams, Meet or Zoom. This is logical, because this is where people and platforms visibly and physically meet. At Cisco, however, they have a slightly different way of... Read more
Microsoft to add alerts for nation-state attackers to Defender
Microsoft is in the process to add a new security alert to the dashboard of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (formerly referred to as Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection). It will notify companies when employees are targeted by known nation-state threat actors.
The feature was first added on ... Read more
Microsoft Teams is getting a new “History menu” in February
This latest feature aims to make life easier for Teams users.
Tracking online meetings, video conferencing and other events in Microsoft 365 is about to get easier, thanks to a new "History menu" feature in Microsoft Teams.
The Microsoft 365 Roadmap entry indicates that the feature will launc... Read more
Microsoft 365’s Productivity Score: useful tool or spyware?
Critics claim the new productivity monitoring feature does more than measure engagement - it spies on employees.
Microsoft has come under attack for its new “Productivity Score” feature, a "tool" that allows IT managers (and hence bosses) to track workers’ productivity.
Wolfie Christl, ... Read more
Microsoft adds videos to Office 365 free photo library
Microsoft Office 365 users can now access free video content through the in-app library.
Microsoft Office 365 subscribers enjoy access to a broad library of stock images to enhance their Powerpoint presentations.
In April 2020, Craig Ellis and Aimee Leong, Product Managers on the Office team,... Read more
Microsoft updates Teams for iOS and Android, adding Cortana
The Android version of the update includes additional features not found on the iOS release.
Microsoft released two updates this week to enhance its popular Teams app on both Apple iOS and Google Android platforms. The Sept 17th update, Version 2.0.21, added support for Cortana, and today’s up... Read more
Microsoft’s will use “MetaOS” to restructure its 365 platform
The new system helps the company's pitch its products for consumers and business as a part of a "whole life experience."
Recently, Microsoft watchers have heard about the company's "MetaOS" that is being deployed to revolutionize Microsoft's productivity platforms across the board.
The new Me... Read more
Admins will now be able to run phishing simulations on Office 365
The best way to deal with phishing emails is to try and make sure that they never get to the destination inbox if they contain malicious files. However, Microsoft will deliberately push specific messages through email filters to allow admins to get training and awareness.
The company said, on th... Read more
Riverbed accelerates Microsoft collaboration applications
Riverbed introduces a number of solutions to improve the performance of Microsoft's cloud-based collaboration applications.
As a result of the current pandemic, employees are more likely to work from home and use cloud-based applications, especially collaboration applications. This has consequen... Read more
‘Microsoft shares Office 365 user data with Facebook’
Microsoft has been sued for sharing the user data of Office 365 users with Facebook. The data was allegedly shared with Facebook's app developers as well as Microsoft's partners and vendors. If this accusation turns out to be accurate, this is a major violation of Microsoft's own privacy policy.
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