Microsoft is replacing the Office 365 brand with Microsoft 365

Along with several new announcements, Microsoft today announced that it is rebranding Office 365 as Microsoft 365. Going forward, Microsoft use Microsoft 365 brand for Office 365 subscriptions for consumers, small and medium-sized businesses and Office 365 ProPlus subscribers. Microsoft announced the following name changes: Office 365 Home will become Microsoft 365 Family.Office 365 Personal will become Microsoft 365 Personal.Office 365 Business Essentials will become Microsoft … Continue reading Microsoft is replacing the Office 365 brand with Microsoft 365 →

Custom backgrounds coming to Microsoft Teams within the next few months

At Build 2019 Microsoft announced an improvement to their Background Blur feature in Microsoft Teams which would use AI to let you completely replace your environment with whatever image you want, without an inconvenient green screen. Since then it seems Microsoft employees have been having great fun with the feature, but regular users have been … Continue reading Custom backgrounds coming to Microsoft Teams within the next few months →

Microsoft imposes service restrictions on Office 365 to cope with demand

The Novel Coronavirus outbreak has forced employees to work from home which has increased the stress on different service providers. We recently saw companies like Netflix and YouTube reduce the streaming quality to take some weight off the infrastructure. Now, Microsoft has sent out an advisory notifying Office 365 tenants of imminent changes to reduce the load on the … Continue reading Microsoft imposes service restrictions on Office 365 to cope with demand →

Save the date Microsoft may announce Teams for Life at upcoming virtual press event

Microsoft is holding a virtual press event on the 30th March where they are expected to announce new Office 365 features for consumers. The invitation to the virtual event notes: We’d be happy to have you join the upcoming digital briefing to unveil the latest from Microsoft, including how to be more productive across work, … Continue reading Save the date Microsoft may announce Teams for Life at upcoming virtual press event →

Video :Reimagined Windows 10 experience concept

Genrole Caspe, a Philippines-based designer has reimagined Windows with a beautiful concept, check it out from the video above. As you can see from the video, this concept does not introduce a radically new UX, instead, it tries to deliver a better UX by making changes to the current design of Windows 10/Windows 10X OS. … Continue reading Video :Reimagined Windows 10 experience concept →

Cortana might get a new name , Microsoft is planning to rebrand it

Microsoft last week revealed the future of Cortana. Instead of a digital assistant, Microsoft is now positioning Cortana as a personal productivity assistant. Microsoft also announced that it is removing music, connected home and third-party skills of Cortana. The updated Cortana experience in Windows 10 will be available as a free update to the latest version … Continue reading Cortana might get a new name , Microsoft is planning to rebrand it →

Play my emails feature to come to more outlook users : Microsoft

At Ignite 2019, Microsoft announced a brand-new feature for Outlook Mobile called Play My Emails. This feature will read out emails received in the Outlook app in what Microsoft calls a “natural” voice; using the technology behind Cortana’s natural speaking capabilities. When you are on your commute, multitasking or anytime your hands may be busy doing other … Continue reading Play my emails feature to come to more outlook users : Microsoft →

Office App for android now available to download

In November 2019 Microsoft released a new Office app on the Google Play Store for Android users. The beta app named Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint & more combined all the popular and powerful Office tools such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into a single monolithic application. Today the app has become available to all Android … Continue reading Office App for android now available to download →

Is Google planning to play the long game, will start playing nice with Microsoft office

Google's hired Microsoft's former head of strategy to lead up its own G Suite wing, and it's starting to show in how the Mountain View giant looks at its competitors in the productivity space. Much like Microsoft's own shift to a more platform-agnostic, we'll-work-with-everyone attitude following Satya Nadella's taking of the helm, former Microsoftie Javier … Continue reading Is Google planning to play the long game, will start playing nice with Microsoft office →

Microsoft Teams has new competitor from Google

If Microsoft has Office 365 Google has G suite , Microsoft has Microsoft Teams whereas Google?Yes, Google is developing another messaging service. According to The Information, Google is now working on an enterprise communication service that brings together several Google products including Hangouts Meet, Hangouts Chat, Gmail and Google Drive. Just like Microsoft Teams, Google … Continue reading Microsoft Teams has new competitor from Google →

Microsoft plans to add the ability to send email from aliases to Outlook

Although this feature will not be launched immediately, but as per the office 365 roadmap, Microsoft has announced about their plans to bring the ability to send email from alias email address to outlook web app. They also go on highlight the advantages of this feature of sending email from a proxy address other than … Continue reading Microsoft plans to add the ability to send email from aliases to Outlook →

Microsoft confirms Cortana for iOS and Android killed off everywhere except USA, reveals when Surface Buds are coming

Speaking to VentureBeat, Microsoft’s Andrew Shuman, the successor to Javier Soltero and Corporate Vice President for Cortana, confirmed that Cortana for iOS and Android would be withdrawn from all international markets except USA. Microsoft has previously announced that the app will no longer be supported in only 8 countries, Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Mexico, Spain, and the … Continue reading Microsoft confirms Cortana for iOS and Android killed off everywhere except USA, reveals when Surface Buds are coming →

Outlook for Android will now show your meeting-related files and documents in the event description

Microsoft outlook on android gets another new update. This new update comes with an important new feature. The new version of the app numbered 4.0.88, makes it easier to find files and documents related to the meeting by making them appear in the event description. You can read the official changelog below CHANGELOG New life … Continue reading Outlook for Android will now show your meeting-related files and documents in the event description →

Did Microsoft leak new windows logo?

Microsoft Design team revealed that it has been working along with various product design teams across the company to redesign over a 100 product icons. All the design teams followed Microsoft’s Fluent Design System to design these icons to make them authentically represent the larger Microsoft brand. While Microsoft Design only talked about products such … Continue reading Did Microsoft leak new windows logo? →