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Microsoft Teams Update Adds Workplace Check-In Feature That Detects Office Presence Using Wi-Fi
Microsoft is rolling out a new feature for Microsoft Teams that can automatically detect when employees are in the office. The company says that the Workplace Check-In feature works in tandem with Microsoft Places to detect the user’s connection to a corporate Wi-Fi network. The capability, first spotted on Microsoft's roadmap last year, can auto...
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Microsoft's New AI Coworker Never Sleeps: Can Scout Manage Your Job While You Switch Off?
Microsoft has unveiled Scout, an always-on AI assistant that can manage emails, calendars, meetings and workplace tasks around the clock.
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Microsoft Teams Update Could Show Exactly Where You Are In Office, Experts Call It "Creepy"
Depending on how detailed the company's wireless infrastructure is, the system may be able to identify not just whether someone is in the office but also the specific building, floor, or even a particular room they are in.
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Microsoft to Shut Down Skype Today in Favour of Microsoft Teams: How to Transition and What’s Next
Microsoft will be retiring its legacy video-conferencing platform Skype today (May 5). It offered Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-based video telephony, video-conferencing and voice calling capabilities. The announcement was made in February, with the Redmond-based tech giant prioritising Teams app as the main free consumer communications offer...
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Microsoft to Shut Down Skype in May Following Emergence of Microsoft Teams
Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down Skype — its legacy video-conferencing platform — starting May 5, 2025. Debuted in 2003, it was known for its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-based video telephony, video-conferencing and voice calling capabilities which led to its acquisition by the Redmond-based technology company in 2011.
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Skype Will Ring For Last Time In May As Microsoft Prioritizes Teams
Skype will ring for the last time this May as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders.
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Microsoft Said to Be Adjusting Office-Teams Pricing to Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft is mulling if it can widen the price difference between the software sold without the app and its Office product sold with Teams to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The move comes five years after Salesforce-owned Slack complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's tying of Teams with Office.
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Microsoft Teams Unified App for Personal, Work and Education Accounts Released on Windows, Mac Devices
Microsoft Teams was updates to a unified app for personal, work and other usage for Windows and Mac devices on Tuesday. With its introduction, the need for having two separate Teams apps installed on PCs has been eliminated, says Microsoft. Users can also easily switch between different accounts when joining video conferencing calls.
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Microsoft to Separate Teams and Office Globally Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the US tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.
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Microsoft To Separate Teams And Office To Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.
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Samsung Galaxy Book 4 With Microsoft to Allow Using Galaxy Phones as Webcam and More
Samsung Galaxy Book 4 series was unveiled in December 2023. At CES 2024, Samsung announced that these models will offer improved connectivity and AI features thanks to a partnership with Microsoft. The company states that Microsoft's artificial intelligence backing will enable a smarter and more adaptable experience for users on the Galaxy Book 4.
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Microsoft Bows To EU Competition Concerns, Unbundles Teams From Office
Microsoft will unbundle its Teams communications from its popular Office suite in an attempt to assuage EU antitrust concerns, the company said Thursday. The European Commission launched the investigation in July.
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EU Antitrust Body to Investigate Microsoft Over Teams' Inclusion in Office Bundle
EU antitrust regulators opened an investigation into Microsoft's tying of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, saying that this could be anti-competitive. The move by the European Commission followed a complaint by Salesforce-owned Slack in 2020 and after the US tech giant's offer of remedies failed to address the EU competition en...
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Microsoft 365 Services Back Up After Hours of Outage That Affected Thousands
Microsoft said on Monday that it had restored its online services after an outage affected thousands of users of its 365 software suite, including Teams and Outlook, for more than two hours. "We have resolved an issue preventing users from accessing some of our services," a Microsoft spokesperson said.
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Microsoft Teams Gets a Redesign, Now Claimed to Use 50 Percent Less Memory; Mac App Coming Soon
Microsoft has released a redesigned Teams app that is claimed to be two times faster than its current version, with functions such as launching the programme and connecting to video calls taking half the time. Microsoft also claims that the new Teams uses half as much memory.
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Microsoft Teams Update Adds Workplace Check-In Feature That Detects Office Presence Using Wi-Fi
Microsoft is rolling out a new feature for Microsoft Teams that can automatically detect when employees are in the office. The company says that the Workplace Check-In feature works in tandem with Microsoft Places to detect the user’s connection to a corporate Wi-Fi network. The capability, first spotted on Microsoft's roadmap last year, can auto...
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Microsoft's New AI Coworker Never Sleeps: Can Scout Manage Your Job While You Switch Off?
Microsoft has unveiled Scout, an always-on AI assistant that can manage emails, calendars, meetings and workplace tasks around the clock.
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Microsoft Teams Update Could Show Exactly Where You Are In Office, Experts Call It "Creepy"
Depending on how detailed the company's wireless infrastructure is, the system may be able to identify not just whether someone is in the office but also the specific building, floor, or even a particular room they are in.
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Microsoft to Shut Down Skype Today in Favour of Microsoft Teams: How to Transition and What’s Next
Microsoft will be retiring its legacy video-conferencing platform Skype today (May 5). It offered Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-based video telephony, video-conferencing and voice calling capabilities. The announcement was made in February, with the Redmond-based tech giant prioritising Teams app as the main free consumer communications offer...
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Microsoft to Shut Down Skype in May Following Emergence of Microsoft Teams
Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down Skype — its legacy video-conferencing platform — starting May 5, 2025. Debuted in 2003, it was known for its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-based video telephony, video-conferencing and voice calling capabilities which led to its acquisition by the Redmond-based technology company in 2011.
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Skype Will Ring For Last Time In May As Microsoft Prioritizes Teams
Skype will ring for the last time this May as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders.
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Microsoft Said to Be Adjusting Office-Teams Pricing to Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft is mulling if it can widen the price difference between the software sold without the app and its Office product sold with Teams to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The move comes five years after Salesforce-owned Slack complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's tying of Teams with Office.
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Microsoft Teams Unified App for Personal, Work and Education Accounts Released on Windows, Mac Devices
Microsoft Teams was updates to a unified app for personal, work and other usage for Windows and Mac devices on Tuesday. With its introduction, the need for having two separate Teams apps installed on PCs has been eliminated, says Microsoft. Users can also easily switch between different accounts when joining video conferencing calls.
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Microsoft to Separate Teams and Office Globally Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the US tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.
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Microsoft To Separate Teams And Office To Avoid EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.
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Samsung Galaxy Book 4 With Microsoft to Allow Using Galaxy Phones as Webcam and More
Samsung Galaxy Book 4 series was unveiled in December 2023. At CES 2024, Samsung announced that these models will offer improved connectivity and AI features thanks to a partnership with Microsoft. The company states that Microsoft's artificial intelligence backing will enable a smarter and more adaptable experience for users on the Galaxy Book 4.
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Microsoft Bows To EU Competition Concerns, Unbundles Teams From Office
Microsoft will unbundle its Teams communications from its popular Office suite in an attempt to assuage EU antitrust concerns, the company said Thursday. The European Commission launched the investigation in July.
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EU Antitrust Body to Investigate Microsoft Over Teams' Inclusion in Office Bundle
EU antitrust regulators opened an investigation into Microsoft's tying of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, saying that this could be anti-competitive. The move by the European Commission followed a complaint by Salesforce-owned Slack in 2020 and after the US tech giant's offer of remedies failed to address the EU competition en...
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Microsoft 365 Services Back Up After Hours of Outage That Affected Thousands
Microsoft said on Monday that it had restored its online services after an outage affected thousands of users of its 365 software suite, including Teams and Outlook, for more than two hours. "We have resolved an issue preventing users from accessing some of our services," a Microsoft spokesperson said.
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Microsoft Teams Gets a Redesign, Now Claimed to Use 50 Percent Less Memory; Mac App Coming Soon
Microsoft has released a redesigned Teams app that is claimed to be two times faster than its current version, with functions such as launching the programme and connecting to video calls taking half the time. Microsoft also claims that the new Teams uses half as much memory.
