collaboration tools

Blank slides at 1 a.m. are finally getting a competitor: AI add-ins and web-first presentation builders now shave hours from the deck‑building process, but the modern market is a careful trade-off between speed, polish, and corporate governance. Our hands‑on evaluation and the field reporting we...

Microsoft's Surface Hub has quietly crossed an important enterprise milestone while getting a major software refresh: the Windows 10 Creators Update is now available for Surface Hub, bringing the new Microsoft Whiteboard app, deeper Office 365 integration, improved meeting experiences and a...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot update shifts the assistant from a solitary chat utility to a multi‑person, cross‑account productivity engine — adding group collaboration, explicit Google account connectors, one‑click document export to Office formats, new memory and persona controls, and expanded...

Microsoft’s decision to formally separate Teams from Office 365/Microsoft 365 marks the close of a high‑stakes regulatory chapter and creates a new competitive baseline for enterprise collaboration tools worldwide. The European Commission and Microsoft reached a negotiated package of commitments...

Microsoft’s Copilot is no longer an experiment you can buy and forget; it’s a capability that demands the same programmatic rigor as ERP, CRM, or any other enterprise-grade system if organizations want predictable ROI and real, sustained change. Background: why Copilot adoption matters now...

Microsoft’s new Copilot Pages is a notable entry in the rapidly expanding field of AI notes—a simple, writable workspace amplified by generative models that aims to make research, study and creative projects feel less like data wrangling and more like conversation-driven composition. Early...

The launch of Thorium, the open-source malware analysis platform unveiled by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), marks a significant milestone in the evolution of threat intelligence and response capabilities for organizations worldwide. With cyberattacks growing in...

An unmistakable shift is reshaping the SaaS landscape as organizations around the world rethink their digital toolkits, prioritizing efficiency and consolidation over sheer quantity. In a year marked by economic headwinds and growing demands for operational simplicity, companies are scrutinizing...

Microsoft Excel users are entering a new era of productivity this August, as fresh features arrive across Windows, Mac, and the web—moving the world’s leading spreadsheet platform ever closer to a seamless, modern, and highly collaborative experience. These updates, mainly available to Microsoft...

Nigeria’s technology landscape is in the midst of a quiet revolution, and at its core lies a shift in how businesses adopt and use digital workplace tools. Many professionals in Lagos, Abuja, and beyond still think of Microsoft 365 as just ‘the place we get Outlook’. But a growing number of...

Microsoft Teams, the widely adopted collaboration platform within Microsoft 365, regularly evolves to address the complex realities of modern work. Its latest update, the introduction of a new meeting join bar—also referred to as a meeting join banner—marks a notable leap in usability and...

When unboxing a brand-new laptop, many users encounter an all-too-familiar prompt: the invitation to sign up for Microsoft 365 to unlock Microsoft Word, along with the rest of Microsoft’s flagship productivity suite. While Microsoft 365 brings a wealth of advanced features and cloud...

When you unbox a new laptop and find that Microsoft Word is conspicuously absent, it’s a moment that gives pause—especially for users who’ve depended on Microsoft’s productivity suite for years. With Microsoft 365 now the default route to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more, many are left asking...

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) has announced the implementation of "Sensitive" and "Restricted" labels within Microsoft 365, effective July 25, 2025. This initiative is a significant step in the university's ongoing efforts to enhance data security and compliance by facilitating the approved...

The employee experience (EX) landscape in 2025 is redefining itself at breakneck speed, leveraging technological innovation and strategic intent to address some of the most pressing challenges faced by HR and IT leaders today. Gone are the days when employee engagement was confined to periodic...

A new era of working has taken hold, and with it comes a dramatic shift in how we approach daily productivity, digital overload, and work-life balance. Enter Microsoft Copilot—billed as your AI wingman at work. This generative AI assistant, built on the power of Microsoft 365 and deeply...

As Microsoft approaches the official end-of-support deadline for Office 2016 and Office 2019 on October 14, 2025, millions of users around the world are facing a pivotal transition in their daily productivity tools. This change signals more than just the cessation of regular security patches or...

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The way organizations connect, collaborate, and communicate has been fundamentally altered by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Where once the workplace was a fixed physical space and communication a largely manual process, today’s unified communications and collaboration (UCC) platforms...

Attackers are upping their game in the world of phishing, combining the power of artificial intelligence and native cloud tools to build attacks that are nearly indistinguishable from legitimate IT workflows. The latest trend, “native phishing,” leverages trusted Microsoft 365 (M365)...