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September 27, 2021

Enterprise Connect 2021: Microsoft announces 5 new Calling Plan countries taking total to 33.

At Enterprise Connect today, Nicole Herskowitz made a handful of announcements about further enhancements and improvements to a Teams including the announcement that Microsoft Teams Calling Plans is being expanding…
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September 21, 2021

What we might see at the Surface Event tommorow (22nd Sept).

Based on leaks, past years and media gossip we expect to see:- Surface Book 4 Surface Pro 8 Surface Go 2 Surface Duo 2 (aka surface phone) So as my…
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September 19, 2021

RIP Sir Clive Sinclair…Thank you for inspiring so many.

Just taking a moment to remember Sir Clive Sinclair. A man who inspired many (like me) to get into computing at a young age. I was never a #zx80, #zx81…
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September 15, 2021

Microsoft now lets you make your password more secure….by removing it completely!

Microsoft has made a giant leap forward in making your online world more secure by making passwords optional for personal MSA accounts like your personal Office 365 account/Hotmail etc. It’s…
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September 15, 2021

Real time co-authoring on protected files is now supported in Microsoft 365 Apps

Microsoft have announced that real-time co-authoring support for encrypted documents (which has been in preview for a while) is now generally available. Co-authoring is a feature that allows users to…
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September 9, 2021

How Microsoft is making Windows 11 run faster than Windows 10 on the same hardware.

Windows 11 will be the first version of Windows developed under the leadership of Panos Panay. In final stages of development, tweaks and bug squashes before the official release in…
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September 7, 2021

Microsoft kills off MSN and Starts.com again!!

Microsoft has annouced and launched (starting today) Microsoft Start, which is a new(ish)/revamped personalised news service which pulls together personalised and targeted news and information from the Microsoft anews Service…
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September 1, 2021

“Defender for Endpoints” will now be included for free as part of Microsoft 365 E3/A3

Microsoft have announced a more cost effective endpoint protection plan for Microsoft 365 and Windows customers. Named Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P1 this provides comprehensive threat prevention and protection for…
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September 1, 2021

More new stuff rolled to Teams while the kids on their summer 2021 holidays!

Here’s my summary of the top new capabilities and changes that were released in Microsoft Teams over the summer break. As usual the official teams blog details all the changes…
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