New Office app for Windows 10 available soon for free
Microsoft will update the current My Office app with the same interface as Office.com. From next year around the summer, Windows 10 systems will be delivered with the Office app as standard. Companies can further customize the new portal with logos and other business apps.
Last year, Microsoft renew... Read more
Even people without a Google account will be able to edit G Suite files in the near future
Soon it will be easier for people who don't have a Google Account to work together on G Suite documents. Currently, the feature is still in the beta phase, but soon it will be possible for people without a G Suite subscription or Google account to work on files.
The new functionality works by means ... Read more
400 million Office 365 accounts were vulnerable to hack
A misconfigured Microsoft subdomain seems to have exposed the accounts of 400 million Office 365 users to a possible acquisition. That's what security researchers report, who found out that Microsoft hadn't properly secured a subdomain of Office.com.
The error was discovered and reported by the Indi... Read more
Microsoft Teams for the first time more popular than collaboration app Slack.
The days when Slack was dominant in the workplace collaboration apps market seem to be over. A new study shows that Microsoft Teams is now the most popular collaboration app among companies. It also seems that this will continue to be the case in the future.
At least that is what Spiceworks states o... Read more
Large Office 365 redesign starts with new icons
For the first time in five years, Microsoft is redesigning the icons of its Office applications. The new icons are part of a broader redesign that the company is implementing through Office 365.
According to Microsoft, the new icons are more modern and simple, so that they are more visible on the di... Read more
Dutch government: Microsoft infringes GDPR rules with Office
The Dutch government is of the opinion that Microsoft is infringing the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Dutch government has identified eight obstacles when it comes to the ProPlus subscriptions of Office 2016 and Office 365. There are also problems with the web version of Of... Read more
Microsoft enables automatic migration from G Suite to Office 365
Microsoft is going to add a migration experience around the Google G Suite to Office 365. The company mentions this in the roadmap of its popular product. The offer is still under development and, if everything goes according to plan, will be ready in the second quarter of calendar year 2019.
On the... Read more
Microsoft comes back to idea of mail tips to all business Office 365 users
Microsoft wanted to send standard tips via e-mail to business users of Office 365. But the company's coming back to that now. There were too many people who objected to the plans and turned out not to be happy at all with e-mails from Microsoft.
Just a week ago, Microsoft informed system administrat... Read more
Microsoft adds 3D animations and artificial intelligence to Word and PowerPoint
Microsoft adds some new features to Office 365. In November, PowerPoint and Word in particular will be given new functions with which users can create content. It should also be easier for people to make their content look better.
Microsoft reported this today in a blog post about the upcoming updat... Read more
Microsoft unveils dozens of updates to Azure and Office 365
Microsoft has unveiled dozens of new updates for its cloud products, such as Azure and Office 365. Most products have to do with artificial intelligence (AI).
Office 365 will get two new AI tools that should change how employees use the suite. The first tool is Ideas, which should enable an engine ... Read more