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Australia’s competition watchdog has taken Microsoft to the Federal Court, alleging the company misled roughly 2.7 million Microsoft 365 subscribers by bundling its Copilot generative‑AI assistant into Personal and Family plans while obscuring a cheaper, non‑AI “Classic” option and thereby...

Microsoft’s consumer-facing Copilot rollout has landed the company in federal court in Australia after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) accused Microsoft of misleading roughly 2.7 million subscribers by bundling Copilot into Microsoft 365 personal and family plans while...

Australia’s competition regulator has launched a Federal Court action accusing Microsoft of misleading roughly 2.7 million Australian consumers after the company bundled its Copilot generative‑AI features into Microsoft 365 and raised subscription prices — and the case now tests where...

Microsoft has formally announced that Office Online Server (OOS) — the on‑premises product that delivered browser‑based Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote to enterprise datacenters — will be retired and reach end of support on December 31, 2026, forcing organizations that require in‑browser...

Microsoft’s Copilot Chat has moved from a promising sidebar experiment into a full-featured productivity assistant that lives inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote — and, when used correctly, it can shave hours off repetitive tasks while keeping work anchored to your existing...

Microsoft has confirmed that Office Online Server (OOS) will be retired and reach end of support on December 31, 2026, a move that removes Microsoft’s supported on‑premises browser-hosted Office experience and forces organizations that rely on in‑browser editing on their own servers to choose...

Microsoft’s pitch that “Copilot opens up exciting possibilities for elevating everyday life” is no marketing fluff — it reflects a sweeping shift in how AI is being embedded into consumer software, turning routine tasks like email drafting, schedule management, and quick research into...

Microsoft has acknowledged and begun to address a disruptive bug that in some instances prevents the classic Outlook for Windows from launching — an error that leaves affected Microsoft 365 users locked out of the desktop client — but its official guidance still lists Outlook Web Access (OWA)...

The Server Side’s recent coverage of MS-900 Microsoft 365 Fundamentals practice exams surfaces a clear and timely debate: practice exams are a legitimate, high-value study tool when used responsibly, but the expanding market for “actual exam” dumps presents legal, ethical, and career risks that...

Microsoft’s September update for Copilot Studio pushes the platform from “authoring copilots” toward a full enterprise-grade agent runtime — adding UI automation, richer channel deployment, testing tools, code execution, lifecycle tooling, and tighter admin controls that together make Copilot...

Microsoft’s new consumer guidance, framed as “5 Smart Ways to Use Copilot Today,” shifts Copilot from a novelty chat window into a practical, multi-surface productivity layer—one that promises immediate time savings across writing, meetings, spreadsheets, presentations and shopping while also...

Microsoft’s consumer-facing advice — framed as “5 Smart Ways to Use Copilot Today” — is less about flashy demos and more about practical, repeatable workflows that real people can start using immediately: draft better writing, tame overflowing inboxes and meetings, get hands-on help with Excel...

Anthropic’s Claude is now embedded directly into Microsoft 365 and Teams, giving enterprise users a conversational interface that can search, summarise, and analyse content from Word, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive without manual uploads — a move that deepens Anthropic’s enterprise...

Anthropic’s Claude is now able to access and reason over content inside Microsoft 365 — including SharePoint libraries, OneDrive, Outlook mailboxes and Teams chat — after the company released a Microsoft 365 connector that exposes those services to Claude through the Model Context Protocol...