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Cisco’s new Enterprise Agreement is great for partners and customers
Read more: Cisco’s new Enterprise Agreement is great for partners and customersI feel I must congratulate Cisco on the annoucement of their new partner and customer centric Enterprise Agreement. Simple and Inclusive This looks and feels like one of the simplest…
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Office.com is getting a huge AI powered overhaul
Read more: Office.com is getting a huge AI powered overhaulOffice.com is getting a AI infused overhaul. learn about how these changes will make it even easier to find all the content associated with you, and how Office will help…
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What is Microsoft Loop?
Read more: What is Microsoft Loop?At Microsoft’s semi annual Ignite conference this week, they announced a new productivity tool designed to make it easier than ever for teams to think, plan and create together across…
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Microsoft announces first party Contact Centre Solution within “Dynamics 365 Customer Service”
Read more: Microsoft announces first party Contact Centre Solution within “Dynamics 365 Customer Service”Today at Ignite, Microsoft has announced “voice channel for Dynamics 365 Customer Service”. This basically means that “Dynamics 365 Customer Service” is expanding to become a first party Contact Centre…
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Microsoft beats revenue expectations, reporting 22% growth in Q1 2022
Read more: Microsoft beats revenue expectations, reporting 22% growth in Q1 2022Microsoft Q1 2022 revenue grew almost 22% year over year, which is the fastest growth since 2018 with revenue growth of 21% over the previous quarter. Intelligent Cloud – which…
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Cisco Webex will soon let employees connect their Webex Cloud Calling number to their mobile number.
Read more: Cisco Webex will soon let employees connect their Webex Cloud Calling number to their mobile number.Cisco has annouced a new upcoming enhancement to their Webex Calling platform that extends phone numbers natively to a employees mobile phone allowing them to use the phones keypad rather…
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Windows 11 is now available globally
Read more: Windows 11 is now available globallyHere’s what #Windows11 brings to the table for Business and Consumer for productivity and security in todays hybrid world…..
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New 6-year Microsoft 365 for Education plans annouced
Read more: New 6-year Microsoft 365 for Education plans annoucedMicrosoft has announced a more simple and affordable licensing option for education, with a new inclusive 6 year subscription at less than $5.50 per device per year. The aim: to…
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Enterprise Connect 2021: Microsoft announces 5 new Calling Plan countries taking total to 33.
Read more: 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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What we might see at the Surface Event tommorow (22nd Sept).
Read more: 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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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair…Thank you for inspiring so many.
Read more: 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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Microsoft now lets you make your password more secure….by removing it completely!
Read more: 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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Real time co-authoring on protected files is now supported in Microsoft 365 Apps
Read more: Real time co-authoring on protected files is now supported in Microsoft 365 AppsMicrosoft 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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How Microsoft is making Windows 11 run faster than Windows 10 on the same hardware.
Read more: 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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Microsoft kills off MSN and Starts.com again!!
Read more: 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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“Defender for Endpoints” will now be included for free as part of Microsoft 365 E3/A3
Read more: “Defender for Endpoints” will now be included for free as part of Microsoft 365 E3/A3Microsoft 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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More new stuff rolled to Teams while the kids on their summer 2021 holidays!
Read more: 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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Windows 11 release date announced …
Read more: Windows 11 release date announced …Microsoft announced today that Windows 11, will be officially released on October 5, 2021 and will start rolling out to “eligible” Windows 10 devices on that date onwards. Windows 11…
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PSTN dial-in for Microsoft Teams meetings is now free and unlimited for enterprise, business, frontline, and gov.
Read more: PSTN dial-in for Microsoft Teams meetings is now free and unlimited for enterprise, business, frontline, and gov.In addition to the recent price rises annouced last week to almost all Microsoft 365 plans (other than the highest E5 plans), Microsoft also annouced some good value news for…
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Latest updates to Microsoft Whiteboard bring new collaboration capabilities for Windows, Teams, iOS and Web.
Read more: Latest updates to Microsoft Whiteboard bring new collaboration capabilities for Windows, Teams, iOS and Web.Announced this week on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, the latest version of Whiteboard is now rolling out to Microsoft Teams and Web users but is also coming soon for…
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Microsoft 365 E5 becomes more “cost efficient” as non E5 SKUs get first price increase in years..
Read more: Microsoft 365 E5 becomes more “cost efficient” as non E5 SKUs get first price increase in years..Microsoft’s have annouced the first ‘substantive’ price increase for many of its commercial Office 365/Microsoft 365 subscription plans is coming in March 2022. On March 1, 2022, Microsoft will be…
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Microsoft and Rubrik Partner to bolster Zero Trust,and Ransomware protection
Read more: Microsoft and Rubrik Partner to bolster Zero Trust,and Ransomware protectionMICROSOFT and Rubrik (a US-based, Gartner leading data backup and protection company) have announced a new strategic partnership which will see them working together to providing Zero Trust data protection…
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Microsoft Teams will finally let users “swap” meeting content with the Gallery view
Read more: Microsoft Teams will finally let users “swap” meeting content with the Gallery viewMicrosoft Teams is getting a new much needed feature that will allow users to swap between shared content and the Gallery view during meetings. Now in Public Preview, this new…
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Microsoft launches Windows 11 Innovation Portal
Read more: Microsoft launches Windows 11 Innovation PortalThis week (end of July 21), Microsoft made Windows 11 available to #WindowsInsiders in the BETA channel (it’s been available for a month now in the DEV channel). To help…
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Microsoft adds SafeLinks protection to Teams
Read more: Microsoft adds SafeLinks protection to TeamsMicrosoft 365 now has “Safe Links” protections across Microsoft Teams for any organisation that uses Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (formally Office 365 ATP). What is Safe Links? Safe Links…
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New “Side-by-Side” and “Reporter” Presenter modes coming in August to Teams
Read more: New “Side-by-Side” and “Reporter” Presenter modes coming in August to TeamsComing to complement the newly released “Standout mode” that rolled out to Microsoft Teams last months, 2 new immersive presentation modes are about to start rolling out. This update is…
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Microsoft buys CloudKnox, the only multi-cloud, hybrid cloud permissions management platform
Read more: Microsoft buys CloudKnox, the only multi-cloud, hybrid cloud permissions management platformAfter their acquisition RiskIQ just last week and ReFirm the month before, Microsoft have just annouced they are now aquiring CloudKnox, a leader in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM). Who…
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Windows Server and SQL 2008 and 2012 – Extended Support Options
Read more: Windows Server and SQL 2008 and 2012 – Extended Support OptionsSQL and Windows Server 2008 Extended Security Updates were made available (at a cost) by Microsoft for both SQL Server and Windows Server versions 2008 and 2008 R2 since “official…
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Zoom gets into Contact Centres with acquisition of Five9
Read more: Zoom gets into Contact Centres with acquisition of Five9After experiencing huge growth like many Cloud UC vendors) during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom has made its first major acquisition by agreeing to buy cloud contact center Five9 for $14.7…
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The next version of Microsoft Teams is coming… ditches ‘electron’ and looks very different..
Read more: The next version of Microsoft Teams is coming… ditches ‘electron’ and looks very different..The next big update to #MicrosoftTeams (dubbed Teams 2.0) will be faster, allow multiple accounts, provide seemless integration into #Windows11 and will look and behave much more like a native…