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Copilot to get GPT-4 Turbo and more in early 2024
Read more: Copilot to get GPT-4 Turbo and more in early 2024Microsoft announced yesterday (5th Dec 2023) that Microsoft Copilot will soon be updating again and is set to include new enhancements which include transition to GPT-4 Turbo, a new advanced…
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What is Google Gemini and when is it available?
Read more: What is Google Gemini and when is it available?Google announced that they are upgrading their Bard AI generative AI chat bot with the highly anticipated “Gemini” model, which Google say will create a vastly superior chatbot. In this…
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Windows 10 Security Updates to be chargeable from 2025
Read more: Windows 10 Security Updates to be chargeable from 2025Just like with Windows 7, Microsoft are introducing a new “Extended Support Updates” (ESU) program for Windows 10 which will be available after the end of support date in October…
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Microsoft are investing £2.5 billion for AI Data centres skills in UK
Read more: Microsoft are investing £2.5 billion for AI Data centres skills in UKMicrosoft has announced its biggest investment in the UK in its 40-year history, with a commitment to spend £2.5 billion over the next three years to expand their AI data…
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Why I can’t stop using Windows 365 CloudPC
Read more: Why I can’t stop using Windows 365 CloudPCI wanted to share my personal experience of using Windows 365 Cloud PC as my main device for the past 4 weeks since getting access to this as part of…
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Intro and demo of Microsoft Copilot Studio
Read more: Intro and demo of Microsoft Copilot StudioCheck out my 5-minute overview and demo of Copilot Studio to create a Generative AI chat bot based on data from websites or documents.
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Copilot coming to Windows 10
Read more: Copilot coming to Windows 10At Ignite 2023 last week, which was heavily centred about AI and Microsoft Copilot which is going to showing itself in pretty much every OS, app and service in the…
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Microsoft Ignite 2023: A new family of Copilots announced.
Read more: Microsoft Ignite 2023: A new family of Copilots announced.At Day One of Microsoft Ignite 2023 yesterday [Microsoft Ignite is Microsoft’s annual conference for IT techies, leaders and business decision makers, which is being held digitally and in-person at…
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Meet “Meet” in Teams
Read more: Meet “Meet” in Teams“Discover, prepare, and recap your meetings in one place with the Meet App in Microsoft Teams”. If you haven’t seen or used the new Meet app in Teams you are…
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Be a meeting Ninja with Scheduling Polls in Outlook.
Read more: Be a meeting Ninja with Scheduling Polls in Outlook.Microsoft has replaced the legacy FindTime plug in for Outlook with a new native experience called “Scheduling Polls” which is now built directly into Outlook on desktop and the web…
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You’re missing a trick not using Surface and Pen in meetings
Read more: You’re missing a trick not using Surface and Pen in meetingsWhy trading in traditional paper notebooks or clamshell laptops for Surface Pro and pen is a must in business. Benefits include improved focus and retention, a natural writing experience, real-time…
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Cisco go Beyond Expectation with huge upgrade to partner incentive program at 2023 Partner Summit.
Read more: Cisco go Beyond Expectation with huge upgrade to partner incentive program at 2023 Partner Summit.At Cisco’s 2023 Partner Summit this week, Cisco annouced a massive shakeup in their partner incentive programme. I my experience (and from the partners I work with), this makes Cisco’s…
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Microsoft Authenticator now protects against “MFA Bombing” .
Read more: Microsoft Authenticator now protects against “MFA Bombing” .The Microsoft Authenticator is getting a backend upgrade in which it now be able suppresses risky sign notifications in an attempt to mitigate against “MFA fatigue” caused by this new…
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Windows 11 2023 Update (23H2) is now available.
Read more: Windows 11 2023 Update (23H2) is now available.Last month, Microsoft rolled out the moment 4 update to Windows 11 22H2 which included loads of new AI features as well as a Windows Copilot. I cover this in…
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Microsoft 365 Copilot – what makes good AI “prompts”
Read more: Microsoft 365 Copilot – what makes good AI “prompts”Microsoft 365 Copilot was released to GA today with a minimum price tag of three hundred licenses at $30 US dollars per user per month [around $108k minimum]. My last…
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Microsoft 365 Copilot: What is the ROI?
Read more: Microsoft 365 Copilot: What is the ROI?So, who is excited then? Microsoft 365 Copilot will be officially GA from 1st of November 2023 at a cost of $30 per user per month for commercial customers. That…
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Microsoft Envision 2023 – AI is the fuel for the next generation of digital transformation
Read more: Microsoft Envision 2023 – AI is the fuel for the next generation of digital transformationYesterday, I had the pleasure of attending Microsoft Envision in London. Hosted by Clare Barclay [Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft UK], this was the first in-person only event Microsoft had run…
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Microsoft Teams can now proactively monitor meeting quality.
Read more: Microsoft Teams can now proactively monitor meeting quality.Microsoft have annouced that users with Teams Premium licenses can now be proactively monitored with IT being alerted to users that are experiencing poor meeting experiences in Teams. Users under…
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Windows 11 gets Copilot upgrade as “moments 4” update rolls out.
Read more: Windows 11 gets Copilot upgrade as “moments 4” update rolls out.Microsoft’s AI infused update is now rolling out for the masses. The update started rolling out last Tuesday and is the lastest next major feature update for Windows 11. It…
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The end of Windows Server 2012 – Band-aid it or innovate it?
Read more: The end of Windows Server 2012 – Band-aid it or innovate it?What has happened? Support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 ended on 10th Oct 23. This means that the security updates that rolled out in this month’s…
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Bing Image Creator gets an upgrade – now powered by DALL-E 3
Read more: Bing Image Creator gets an upgrade – now powered by DALL-E 3Bing image creator has recently been upgraded to use OpenAI’s DALL-E 3, resulting in significantly better quality, more creative and more realistic images from using natural language prompts. DALL-E 3…
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Microsoft unveils OneDrive 3.0
Read more: Microsoft unveils OneDrive 3.0Microsoft ran a special OneDrive event yesterday (3rd October) where they announced a major new update for their OneDrive platfom (which provides cloud file storage, management and sharing) for Microsoft…
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Microsoft launches Teams Town Hall – Replaces Live Events
Read more: Microsoft launches Teams Town Hall – Replaces Live EventsMicrosoft is replacing Microsoft Teams Live Events with a new “Town Hall” in the experience. Users with Team Premium licenses will also gain exclusive access to new “advanced features”. What…
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Meta AI to use Microsoft Bing
Read more: Meta AI to use Microsoft BingMicrosoft and Meta have announced that they are expanded there AI partnership which will see Bing and Meta (who own Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram) working together to create enhanced user…
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Microsoft Mesh to enter public preview in October
Read more: Microsoft Mesh to enter public preview in OctoberYes, I thought Mesh was dead too – but it’s not! Today (Sept 26th), Microsoft announced that Microsoft Mesh will be going into Public Preview in October 2023. What is…
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Microsoft September 2023 News: The new and exciting stuff
Read more: Microsoft September 2023 News: The new and exciting stuffMicrosoft hosted a live Surface and AI event on Thursday 21st September where they announced a lot of new and exciting features and products across its various platforms and services.…
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Microsoft unveils the Surface Hub 3
Read more: Microsoft unveils the Surface Hub 3Microsoft have announced the Surface Hub 3 and along with a way to breathe new life into Surface Hub 2S with an upgrade module for the Surface Hub 2S. Surface…
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Cisco to Aquire Splunk
Read more: Cisco to Aquire SplunkCisco has announced that it will acquire Splunk, a cybersecurity and observability platform platform for $28 billion. Cisco say that acquisition is expected to help them create the next generation…
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Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Copilot availabilty
Read more: Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Copilot availabiltyToday (Thursday 21st September) at a live event in New York, Microsoft announced their “revised” vision, release date and confirmation of pricing for Copilot – a “digital companion for your…
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Oracle database services to be run from Microsoft Cloud
Read more: Oracle database services to be run from Microsoft Cloud“Rival” tech giants Microsoft and Oracle have announced a deepening of their four-year cloud partnership in a move that will see Oracle physically locating their Exadata hardware in Microsoft’s data…