The Verge

MARCH 15, 2021

Microsoft Teams is currently down worldwide. Microsoft says it’s attempting to bring the service back online after “a recent change to an authentication system” took some Microsoft 365 services down. The issues started around 3:30PM ET, and Microsoft quickly confirmed they are affecting users worldwide.

Microsoft 119

Microsoft Authentication System 119

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2024

A new breed of AI assistant has set its sights on the enterprise user in recent months, with Microsoft and other vendors promising huge productivity gains that offset the cost. But Microsoft still has work to do on its value proposition. However, he doesn’t yet see a clear case for general-purpose office AI assistants like Copilot.

Microsoft 140

Microsoft Survey Enterprise Enterprise 140

The Verge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Microsoft is launching Office 2021 on October 5th, and the company is finally detailing the features and pricing today. Office 2021 will be the next standalone version of Microsoft’s Office suite, designed for businesses and consumers who want to avoid the subscription version of Office. Image: Microsoft.

Microsoft 126

Microsoft Windows Video Company 126

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

For the past 18 years, Sun worked at Microsoft, most recently as VP of AI for its business and applications platform group. Sun has a PhD from MIT and continued to publish academic research papers during his time at Microsoft, in addition to teaching at Seattle and Washington universities.

SAP 105

SAP Microsoft CTO Hire Artificial Intelligence 105

The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Microsoft’s new Bing logo. Microsoft is rebranding its Bing search engine to Microsoft Bing today as part of a rebranding effort. While the vast majority of people are likely to still just call it Bing, Microsoft unveiled its shift toward Microsoft Bing in a blog post today. Microsoft’s new Bing homepage.

Engineering 145

Engineering Microsoft Windows 145

The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The move surprised a bunch of G Suite users that have been using the service with custom domains, and now, Microsoft is trying to entice G Suite users to pay for Microsoft 365 instead with a 60 percent discount offer. “If Microsoft is trying to entice G Suite users over to Office.

Microsoft 77

Microsoft Google Small Business Storage 77

The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Microsoft is starting to roll out its new Office UI to all users this week. Now it’s starting to roll out to all Office 365 and Office 2021 users. It’s a relatively simple refresh, and Office will now match the dark or light theme that you set inside Windows. Image: Microsoft.

Windows 116

Windows Microsoft Mobile 116

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In fact, Microsoft’s second Annual Work Trend Index “Great Expectations: Making Hybrid Work Work” reveals that employees are calling for a ‘Free Dimensional’ Workplace. Now, more than ever, it is every business leader’s responsibility to balance employee interests with organizational success to do more with less.

Microsoft 98

Microsoft Cloud Energy Social 98

The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

Microsoft is teasing the future of its Office UI and design today, and it involves some big changes to the traditional ribbon interface. The next stage of Microsoft’s Office design sees the company focus even further on simplicity. Image: Microsoft. The future of Microsoft Office UI. Image: Microsoft.

Microsoft 121

Microsoft Mobile Research Software 121

The Verge

JUNE 17, 2021

The biggest change to Microsoft’s Office documents in decades is coming to life soon, as the company’s Fluid framework arrives in Microsoft Teams, OneNote, Outlook, and Whiteboard. Microsoft first unveiled Fluid last year, showing how the framework allows blocks of Office content to live independently across the web.

Microsoft 132

Microsoft Meeting Tools Program Management 132

The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2020

Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer 11 across its Microsoft 365 apps and services next year. In exactly a year, on August 17th, 2021, Internet Explorer 11 will no longer be supported for Microsoft’s online services like Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, and more.

Internet 145

Internet Microsoft Windows Enterprise 145

The Verge

MAY 22, 2020

Microsoft is finally bringing cloud support to Outlook for Windows email signatures. It’s a feature that Outlook users have been requesting for more than a decade, and it has remained at the top of Microsoft’s most-requested feature list for Outlook for Windows for nearly three years. Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge.

Windows 123

Windows Microsoft Cloud Company 123

GeekWire

APRIL 27, 2021

A quiet Microsoft campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Microsoft beats earnings estimates: The Redmond, Wash., Microsoft is inching toward the $2 trillion market capitalization milestone; shares have risen 20% this year. The segment was Microsoft’s largest division by revenue. Office 365 Commercial revenue rose 22%.

Microsoft 127

Microsoft Advertising Cloud Fashion 127

GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see data about individual users, to address concerns from privacy experts that the tech giant had effectively rolled out a new tool for snooping on workers. Bigstock Photo.

Microsoft 144

Microsoft Meeting Tools Data 144

Forrester IT

JULY 28, 2016

Microsoft Stream, the company's enterprise video platform (EVP) bolted onto Office 365 could shake up the EVP market, but don't jump in head first just yet. Video used to be the domain of media and broadcasters, but now enterprises from healthcare to financial services have reason to be doing video.

Microsoft 150

Microsoft Video Healthcare Enterprise 150

GeekWire

APRIL 27, 2021

The news: Microsoft said there are now 145 million daily active users on Microsoft Teams, its fast-growing collaboration software. Teams has an advantage over competitors because it is offered as a component of the Microsoft 365 subscription plans that include the company’s widely used Office productivity software.

Microsoft 92

Microsoft Operating Systems Software Software 92

The Verge

JULY 27, 2021

Microsoft posted the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2021 financial results today , reporting revenue of $46.2 While cloud and Office services have boosted Microsoft’s revenues, it’s clear that the global chip shortage is taking its toll elsewhere. Microsoft’s Windows results this quarter reflect that.

Windows 106

Windows Microsoft Report .Net 106

The Verge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Microsoft posted the first quarter of its 2021 financial results today , reporting revenue of $37.2 While the ongoing pandemic continues to force many to work remotely during an economic downturn, Microsoft is benefiting from the shift in the way people are now working, playing games more, and connecting to others through videoconferencing.

Microsoft 111

Microsoft Cloud Windows .Net 111

The Verge

JULY 7, 2021

The new Office UI. Image: Microsoft. Microsoft has started testing its new Office design today. The software maker originally teased its design changes to Office last year before revealing last month that Office’s new UI is designed to match the redesigned Windows 11 operating system. Image: Microsoft.

Windows 105

Windows Microsoft Operating Systems Mobile 105

GeekWire

MARCH 16, 2022

Microsoft released new data on work trends at companies around the world, along with new Microsoft Teams features to support hybrid meetings. Microsoft Photo). An increase in average workday span and other remote work trends are remaining in place in the emerging era of hybrid work, according to a new Microsoft study.

Microsoft 138

Microsoft Trends Meeting Study 138

Computerworld Vertical IT

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Chat-based collaboration software is a must-have in today's business environment, with Slack and Microsoft Teams the two leading options for the enterprise. But now that Slack has sugar daddy Salesforce behind it, with a valuation north of $200 billion and annual income of more than $20 billion, it can better compete.

Microsoft 73

Microsoft Enterprise Enterprise Software 73

The Verge

JULY 14, 2021

Microsoft is threatening to bring back its annoying loveable Clippy character. The software giant claims it will replace the paperclip emoji in Microsoft Office with Clippy if the tweet below gets 20,000 likes. Born in Office 97, Clippy originally appeared as an assistant to offer help and tips for using Microsoft Office.

Microsoft 105

Microsoft Software Software Data 105

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Microsoft’s “Meeting Insight Computing System,” as described in patent filings, would use cameras, sensors, and software tools to monitor the people and the conditions in a meeting, as well as post-meeting surveys, to create a “quality score” for the meeting. Microsoft Diagram, via USPTO).

Meeting 145

Meeting Microsoft Data Tools 145

Vox

MARCH 16, 2023

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company’s Ignite Spotlight event in Seoul, South Korea, on November 15, 2022. SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Microsoft and Google are rolling out AI features to write your memos and emails for you. Microsoft is adding new AI features to its popular apps like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Microsoft 109

Microsoft Tools Meeting Google 109

The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Workplace integration into Microsoft Teams. Microsoft is partnering with Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, to integrate Microsoft Teams into Zuckerberg’s Workplace platform. Microsoft Teams and Workplace by Meta integration. Microsoft Teams will soon livestream into Workplace. Image: Meta. Image: Meta.

Microsoft 98

Microsoft Meeting Virtualization Video 98

The Verge

MARCH 15, 2022

Within the last year, Microsoft not only revealed a new generation of Windows, it fully dived in by launching Windows 11 last fall, and now it’s scheduled another preview event to discuss the “exciting future” of “Hybrid Work, Powered by Windows.” Image: Microsoft. A Microsoft Teams interface demo showing off a remote meeting.

Windows 92

Windows Microsoft Meeting Cloud 92

The Verge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Microsoft posted the first quarter of its 2022 financial results today , reporting revenue of $45.3 Microsoft has seen strong revenue performance in its cloud, server, and Office businesses this quarter. Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Studio. Microsoft’s Xbox Series S and X consoles. Image: Microsoft.

Windows 72

Windows Microsoft Cloud .Net 72

The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Microsoft is improving the dark mode in Word to make it even darker. This has been a long-requested feature from many of Office Insiders and we’re excited to make it happen,” explains Ali Forelli , a program manager on Microsoft’s Word team. Image: Microsoft. Word will get a new switch mode button for its darker canvas.

Microsoft 126

Microsoft Program Management Programming Software 126

The Verge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The biggest change to Microsoft’s Office documents in decades is expanding into Microsoft Loop, a hub for a new way of working in Office. Microsoft Loop is the new branding for Microsoft’s Fluid work , blocks of collaborative Office content that can live independently and be copied, pasted, and shared with others.

Microsoft 130

Microsoft Company 130

GeekWire

AUGUST 17, 2021

Manik Gupta , an investor and startup advisor who worked previously as Uber’s chief product officer and a Google product leader, has joined Microsoft as a corporate vice president for Teams Consumer, Skype, and GroupMe. He is scheduled to start at Microsoft Aug. 30, based in the Bay Area and reporting to Teper.

Microsoft 116

Microsoft Transportation Google Software 116

The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Microsoft Viva is Microsoft’s new push for helping businesses with remote work and a big bet on this new way of life becoming the norm. Microsoft is launching Viva today, with parts of the platform rolling out throughout 2021. “We Image: Microsoft. Image: Microsoft. As the world recovers, there is no going back.

Microsoft 139

Microsoft Training Trends Resources 139

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Microsoft is acquiring Clipchamp, a browser-based video editing tool, and is hinting that it will be a great fit for Windows. Microsoft is now looking to integrate Clipchamp into its Microsoft 365 offerings, and perhaps even Windows itself. Microsoft says Clipchamp is a great fit for Windows.

Windows 84

Windows Video Microsoft Dell 84

GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2020

Testing the new transcription feature, available starting today in Microsoft Word on the web. There are hundreds of millions of Microsoft 365 subscribers who have access to Word and other Office programs, increasing the potential impact of Microsoft’s move.

Microsoft 119

Microsoft Artificial Intelligence Programming Meeting 119

The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Microsoft posted the second quarter of its 2021 financial results today , reporting revenue of $43.1 We saw some impressive growth for Surface, Xbox, and cloud-related services in Microsoft’s previous quarter , and it’s very much the same this time around. Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox consoles. Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 3 lineup.

Cloud 86

Cloud .Net Microsoft Windows 86

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Meta and Microsoft are teaming up. based tech giant to integrate the collaboration tool Workplace into Microsoft Teams. The development deepens an ongoing partnership, as joint customers of both Microsoft and Meta were already able to integrate Workplace with SharePoint, OneDrive and the Office 365 suite.

Microsoft 97

Microsoft Tools Enterprise Enterprise 97

GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft Build developer conference in Seattle in May 2019. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) When I met Satya Nadella in 1992, we were both engineers at Microsoft, and I never would have guessed we’d go on to be life-long friends or that he’d end up running the company for over a decade.

Microsoft 129

Microsoft Open Source Cloud Apple 129

Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Russian hackers breach HPE corporate email accounts ​The HPE data breach investigation has been intensified following Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s recent disclosure that, in May 2023, their Microsoft Office 365 email system fell victim to a cyber incursion.

Data 78

Data Microsoft Groups Enterprise 78