Microsoft has put a generative AI assistant where most knowledge workers spend the bulk of their time: directly into Excel’s grid with a new COPILOT function that lets Microsoft 365 Copilot run natural-language prompts inside individual cells and return multi-cell arrays, categories, summaries...
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TrustedTech’s move from a licensing-focused reseller to a full-spectrum Microsoft cloud and AI services partner marks a deliberate pivot into higher‑value professional services, signalling ambitions to capture demand for Copilot deployments, Azure migrations, and enterprise managed security—an...
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Microsoft’s push to make AI the backbone of enterprise contract automation has moved from proof-of-concept to platform play, blending massive infrastructure bets, partner-led solutions, and an explicit governance narrative — all while forcing painful trade-offs across its workforce and...
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Microsoft’s recent policy updates around Office distribution have been widely misunderstood: the company is not locking Office into the Windows Store — it is effectively retiring the Microsoft Store installation type for Microsoft 365 (Office) apps and steering users toward Click-to-Run delivery...
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NVIDIA’s decision to host Omniverse Cloud on Microsoft Azure marks a turning point for enterprises that want to build large-scale, secure digital twin and industrial simulation environments without the friction of managing complex, GPU‑heavy infrastructure themselves. The collaboration —...
Microsoft’s plan to add Linux and Android subsystem support to Windows 365 Cloud PCs — long visible on the Microsoft 365 roadmap — resurfaced in headlines recently, but the full story is more nuanced than a single preview date. Microsoft documented nested virtualization for Cloud PCs (the...
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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 introduced the Fountain pen...
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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