Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Release Preview build packs another wave of AI features — but the single addition many users want most is still gated behind Copilot+ hardware, and that restriction exposes the wider tensions in Microsoft’s AI-first roadmap for the OS.
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Microsoft has moved a long-requested enterprise printing capability out of preview and into production: Universal Print anywhere — Microsoft’s cloud-native “pull print” feature that lets users send a job to a tenant-wide queue and only release it at a physical device once they authenticate...
Microsoft has quietly but decisively closed one of the more embarrassing security gaps in everyday office life: printing confidential documents and walking away. The company's Universal Print service now offers a fully supported Pull print capability — marketed as Universal Print anywhere —...
Microsoft has moved Universal Print beyond preview with the general availability of Universal Print anywhere — a cloud-native pull print capability that lets employees send print jobs to a universal queue and only release them at a physical device after authenticating there, reducing unattended...
Microsoft’s mobile Outlook is set for another interface tweak — but the exact scope and timing reported in one headline require scrutiny. A recent item circulating in the tech press claims Microsoft will relocate the Send button from the bottom compose toolbar to the top header of the Compose...
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Microsoft is quietly shipping three compact Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — Calendar, File Search, and People — that live in the Windows 11 taskbar to give knowledge workers one‑click access to meetings, documents, and colleagues without opening full Office or Teams windows. et previewed the...
iManage’s latest update represents a significant step toward bringing explainable, traceable AI into the daily workflows of knowledge professionals, delivering a mix of interoperability, natural-language search, and a native AI assistant designed to keep answers grounded in an organization’s...
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Microsoft’s latest push to blur the lines between the cloud and the desktop has landed: a trio of lightweight Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — People, File Search, and Calendar — are now appearing in the Windows 11 taskbar for business and enterprise Microsoft 365 customers, offering one-click...
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Microsoft is quietly reshaping the Windows 11 taskbar into a mini‑workspace: a new suite of lightweight Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — People, File Search, and Calendar — is rolling out for business customers and will install automatically on eligible Windows 11 devices that already have...
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Microsoft 365 has quietly moved one of OneNote’s most praised inking features — the Fountain pen and Brush pen — into the core productivity apps, bringing a richer, more natural inking experience to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Windows devices.
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Microsoft has quietly begun planting tiny, purpose-built Microsoft 365 “companion” apps directly into the Windows 11 taskbar — compact People, File Search, and Calendar helpers that promise to shave dozens of small context switches out of the modern knowledge worker’s day. These mini‑apps are...
Microsoft has quietly begun embedding three new Microsoft 365 “companion” apps into the Windows 11 taskbar — Calendar, File Search, and People — small, focused helpers designed to pull calendar events, corporate files, and contact details one click away from the desktop and reduce time lost to...
Microsoft has begun deploying a new set of lightweight Microsoft 365 “companion” apps that live in the Windows 11 taskbar — offering instant access to people, files, and calendar items without launching full Office or Teams windows — and the release raises both productivity promises and...
Microsoft’s Copilot is coming to the rescue of night‑owl spreadsheet authors: the AI can now explain the formulas buried in your workbook, breaking down what each part does and why the output looks the way it does — and it does this inside the sheet so you never have to leave your workflow...
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HR365’s Employee Directory 365 arrives on Microsoft’s marketplace as a tightly scoped, SharePoint‑native directory that promises rapid deployment, deep Microsoft 365 integration, and AI‑enhanced search — a simple idea executed with cloud‑native discipline and aggressive go‑to‑market positioning...
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Microsoft is retiring the standalone Microsoft Lens mobile app and folding its scanning and capture capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app in a phased shutdown that begins on September 15, 2025 and culminates with the ability to create new scans being disabled on December 15...
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Microsoft is winding down Microsoft Lens — the compact, no-frills mobile document scanner that began life as Office Lens — and consolidating its scanning capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app as part of a broader product rationalization around AI-first experiences. The change is...
Microsoft’s Copilot just crossed a major milestone: the Copilot family — from Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot to Azure AI Foundry and the consumer Copilot apps on Windows and Edge — has been upgraded to use OpenAI’s new GPT‑5 models, and a built‑in Smart Mode now dynamically routes work...
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Satya Nadella turned Elon Musk’s blunt “OpenAI is going to eat Microsoft alive” jab into a public moment that highlighted both the high drama and the high stakes of the GPT-5 rollout, answering the provocation with measured confidence and a strategic emphasis on partnership, product integration...
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Microsoft has recently announced the comprehensive integration of OpenAI's latest language model, GPT-5, across its entire product ecosystem. This strategic move aims to enhance the capabilities of Microsoft's AI-driven tools, including Copilot, Microsoft 365, GitHub, and Azure AI Foundry, by...
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