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Sway is Microsoft's digital storytelling app designed for creating interactive reports, presentations, newsletters, and personal stories. It offers a cloud-first canvas that blends elements of a presentation tool with a scrollable web document. Discussions on WindowsForum cover the retirement of the Sway Win32 desktop app by June 1, 2026, with users directed to the web client at sway.cloud.microsoft. Other topics include the integration of Sway with OneNote through preview add-ins, the availability of Sway for Windows 10, and its role alongside Copilot in Microsoft 365 for generating mood boards and visual content. Sway is positioned as a modern alternative to traditional presentation tools, emphasizing ease of use and polished output.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Copilot Mood Boards: Speed Up Design in Microsoft 365

    AI mood boards are the new sketchbook for many designers — a fast, conversational way to go from a brief to several distinct visual directions without leaving PowerPoint, Word, or Microsoft Designer. Background / Overview Microsoft positions Copilot as an assistant embedded across Microsoft 365...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Sway Win32 Desktop Retirement: Switch to the Web Client by June 1 2026

    Microsoft has quietly set a firm deadline for one of its long‑running, quietly useful apps: the Sway Windows desktop app (Win32) will be retired on June 1, 2026, and users will be funneled to the web client at sway.cloud.microsoft for all future use. Background Sway arrived as Microsoft’s...
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    • desktop microsoft 365 office web apps sway sway retirement web client migration web first delivery webclient win32 win32 retirement
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Exploring Microsoft's New Sway App: Features and Personal Relevance

    I found a fairly new App installed SWAY - at first sight it looks a bit like a new, modernized and enhanced form of PowerPoint And Skipe-video was reported as new on my computer. Are they really new? Don't we chose ourselves which Apps we need? Sway seems to be in-line with recent...
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    • Forum: Windows Software