Microsoft Teams Adds Community Feature to Help You Connect Away From Work

Those documents are also easier to sort with new content filters. Whoever sets up the community will have complete control over its guidelines and moderation, too. Community features have already begun rolling out for the free version of Microsoft Teams foriOSandAndroid. Microsoft Microsoft

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 43 words · Daniel Clark

Microsoft Teams and Google Hangout Premium Available Free for Now

Microsoft and Google would definitely like you to use their specific product while you do so. This will remain available until July 1, 2020. Become an Expert on Remote Conferencing

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 30 words · Theresa Gonzales

Microsoft Teams Is Adapting for Hybrid Meetings

Remote and in-office team members will be able to interact and collaborate with their coworkers more effectively. New video conference layouts aim to make it easier for everyone to stay engaged and responsive. Microsoft Thursday’s announcementon Microsoft 365 shows thatTeams Rooms,Fluid, andVivaare the main focus of these updates. Microsoft Fluid’s big change is its reach is expanding to include Teams, OneNote, Outlook, and Whiteboard. This will allow team members to collaborate both synchronously and asynchronously across several Teams and Office apps....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 82 words · Brittney Roberts

Microsoft Teams up With Boosteroid to Expand Game Streaming Globally

Instead, the plan is to make more Microsoft properties available for streaming to more users globally. Additionally, Microsoft plans to bring Game Pass to PC users in Ukraine sometime in the spring of 2023. So Ukrainian players looking to stream their games will have another potential option to choose from. Oksana Nazarchuk M / Getty Images

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 56 words · William Mcintyre

Microsoft Testing New Photos App for Windows 11

This reflective backdrop is known as Mica Material and serves as the base for many apps. A new feature is the ability to open third-party photo editors and use their tools. Other third-party apps include Picsart and Affinity Photo, with more on the way. Microsoft

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 45 words · Christine Raymond

Microsoft Testing Night Mode for Xbox Consoles

HDR also can be blocked. HDR influences the level of brightness of a display by enhancing the level of detail and contrast shown. Gamers can join Alpha Skip-Ahead byapplying via the Xbox Insider Hubon their consoles. Westend61/Getty Images Other fixes, including some audio issues, are coming down the pipeline, according to the post. Microsoft has yet to say when this feature and the other fixes will become available as permanent features....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 73 words · Christopher Nelson

Microsoft to End Windows Thin PC Support in October

The virtual desktop doesn’t measure up to more currentremote desktopservices. Luis Alvarez / Getty Images If you use Chrome’s web internet tool, there’s alsoChrome Remote Desktop. Or there are several otherfree remote access toolsavailable. Erik Von Weber / Getty Images Microsoft officially will be discontinuing support for Windows Thin PC on October 12. Luis Alvarez / Getty Images

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 58 words · Richard Clark

Microsoft to Unify Its OneNote Apps on Windows

The merger also will include new features and a redesign Over the next year, Microsoft will merge its OneNote apps on Windows for have a single experience across its platform for users. The announcement was made onMicrosofts Tech Community blog, which states the unification will happen via a series of updates and include a redesign, as well as some new features. MoMo Productions/Getty Images Currently, there are two versions of the OneNote app on Windowsthe app installed with Office and OneNote for Windows 10 available from the Microsoft Store....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Kristin Wall

Microsoft Wants to Make It Easier to Buy an Xbox Series X

Xbox unveiled the Console Purchase Pilotin a tweetfrom the Xbox Insider account. You still need to have an Xbox One connected to your account to be eligible. Alternatively, you also can choose to get the first available system that pops up. Microsoft

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 42 words · Norma Smith

Microsoft Warns of New Vulnerability for Internet Explorer

Microsoft no longer supports Internet Explorer and recommends that you update to the newerEdge online window. Head to their site todownload the newest version. What threat actors do is create a Microsoft Office document that houses a malicious ActiveX control. Bill Hinton/Getty Images ActiveX controls are small bits of software that allow websites to provide content on Internet Explorer. Once a user opens the infected document, the malicious ActiveX control implants malware onto the targeted computer....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Robert Mays

Microsoft Warns of Phishing Attack Targeted at Office 365 Users

Users are taken to a fake sign-in page where their credentials are stolen, leaving them compromised. Open redirectors have been abused in the past to direct users to malicious sites. The Intelligence Team advises users to hover over the link in an email to check the destination before clicking. CHUYN/Getty Images Google, on the other hand, has a different opinion. However, Google doesn’t offer any sort of advice on defense other than contacting them....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Brianna Clay

Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update

For basic OS information, like system requirements, see ourWindows 8article. Check ourWindows 8.1summary for more on Microsoft’s first major update to this version of Windows. Microsoft isn’t planning a Windows 8.1 Update 2 or Windows 8.2 update. If it wasn’t, you should see it there in the list of available updates in Windows Update. Select them all after selecting theDownloadbutton. If you haven’t yet updated to Windows 8.1, you’ll need to do that first....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Mr. Jeff Mitchell

Microsoft Word for Free: Uncover the Best Options for Every Device

Microsoft offers a few really simple solutions. Microsoft Word Online One free Microsoft Word method isWord Online. It’s the quickest and easiest way to use Word without paying. Word Online automatically usesMicrosoft OneDrivefor storage, so saved documents are accessible on any machine with an internet connection. Like Word Online, the mobile app requires a Microsoft account and will save documents to OneDrive by default. And it bundles Word with other popular Office apps including Excel and PowerPoint....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Tonya Stephens