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Microsoft recently described SharePoint Online intranet-adoption growth stats, as well as new and notable features, and it outlined potentially breaking changes for users of "classic" search.
12/10/2020
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Microsoft's venerable flowchart app had been getting a little dusty, but some recent tweaks have managed to bring it closer in line with modern IT needs.
12/09/2020
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Microsoft is suspending the delivery of the Windows 10 Team 2020 Update for Surface Hub 2S conference devices via the Windows Update service due to problems.
12/07/2020
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Microsoft recently provided an update on new and coming devices for making Microsoft Teams conference calls, and also described some coming Teams Calling features.
12/06/2020
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Salesforce on Tuesday announced the purchase of collaboration software-maker Slack for an estimated $27.7 billion.
12/02/2020
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MessageOps, one of the pioneering toolsets for Office 365, is now part of Sirius Computer Solutions.
12/02/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The Windows indexing feature doesn't always deliver the correct results of a file search. Here are five troubleshooting steps you can take whenever Windows indexing acts up.
12/02/2020
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The Microsoft 365 Admin Center, used for setting up and managing various Microsoft services, is getting a more lightweight interface designed for "very small businesses," according to a Tuesday Microsoft announcement.
12/01/2020
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Microsoft announced a new SharePoint Success Site template for SharePoint Online intranet users on Tuesday, adding another tool to better steer site creators.
12/01/2020
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it is removing the ability to show user names from its newly released Productivity Score product.
12/01/2020
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Microsoft on Monday announced new Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online improvements that are getting rolled out to subscribers.
11/30/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Content indexing works well for finding files that contain text, but it's no help when searching for non-text data. Brien's workaround is to take advantage of Windows 10's file metadata feature.
11/30/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Brien has long been a loyal user of Dragon's dictation feature. How do Microsoft Word's latest transcription improvements compare to that old stalwart?
11/18/2020
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The Microsoft Dataverse for Teams data platform for use with Power Platform tools has reached the "general availability" commercial-release stage, Microsoft announced on Monday.
11/16/2020
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Microsoft this week announced that the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Extended Security Update (ESU) program is approaching Year 2.
11/13/2020
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The Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention service, used to protect data accessed on devices, reached "general availability" commercial-release status, Microsoft announced this week.
11/12/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's plans for its enterprise video streaming platform could greatly improve how organizations manage, store and search through video data.
11/10/2020
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Quest Software announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Quadrotech, a partner company providing Office 365 migration and management solutions.
11/10/2020
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Microsoft 365 subscribers are getting the ability to use Project for the Web and the Project Roadmap app within Microsoft Teams, according to a Microsoft announcement this week.
11/06/2020
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A more unified Microsoft Search reporting capability for IT pros overseeing SharePoint Online sites will be arriving sometime next month, Microsoft announced this week.
11/04/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The pandemic has forced IT pros to work much longer hours than usual to keep their organizations running. Reclaiming that personal time can be tough, but help is available from an unlikely source: Microsoft 365.
11/02/2020
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Microsoft on Thursday announced some Excel and Power BI enhancements that add "connected data types" on top of the standard strings and numbers options.
10/29/2020
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Accessing Windows 10 drivers classified as "optional updates" will be more of a manual seek-and-install type of experience, starting on Nov. 5, 2020, Microsoft explained in a Wednesday announcement.
10/29/2020
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Microsoft Teams usage keeps surging to new highs as COVID-19-related remote work has moved the conferencing, chat and collaboration platform to center stage.
10/28/2020
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Microsoft last week announced that users of Surface Hub 2S videoconference screens soon will be getting the latest Windows 10 feature update.
10/27/2020