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What Does the Microsoft Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Mean for You?

What Does the Microsoft Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Mean for You?

Microsoft recently announced it would be purchasing Activision Blizzard for a sum of $68.7 billion. This will make it one of the most significant acquisitions in video gaming history. So, what does […]

Every Microsoft Company Logo From 1975-2022

Every Microsoft Company Logo From 1975-2022

Microsoft has prospered since it was founded in 1975. They've given the world new products and offerings that have changed how people manage their work and personal life. Microsoft has also changed […]

Microsoft 365

What Is Microsoft 365?

Microsoft 365 is the new name given to the Office 365 subscription by Microsoft. Microsoft 365 includes everything from Office 365 and much more. When you subscribe to Microsoft 365, you get […]

How to Turn On Inline Message Translation in Microsoft Teams

How to Turn On Inline Message Translation in Microsoft Teams?

Have you had trouble communicating with team members across the world because of a language barrier? Microsoft's inline message translation can now ease your worries. The translation service supports over 60 languages […]

How to Remove an Email Account From Microsoft Outlook

How to Remove an Email Account From Microsoft Outlook?

There are times when you add a particular email account to Microsoft Outlook and then decide you don't want it. This guide will show you how to remove your account from Outlook […]

Microsoft Teams adds new Communities feature

Microsoft Teams adds new Communities feature

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic caused lockdowns around the world, the digital transformation of our everyday lives has been picking up the pace. One of the most recognizable aspects of this is […]

Microsoft Subscriptions Are Coming to Windows 11's Settings App

Microsoft Subscriptions Are Coming to Windows 11's Settings App

The last few months have kept Microsoft bust with the launch of their new Windows 11. New features are slowly being rolled out as part of the new OS. One of the […]

How to Contact Microsoft Office 365 Support

How to Contact Microsoft Office 365 Support?

If you're using Microsoft Office 365, you've most likely encountered a situation where something is not working right. This can happen in various forms, and maybe you are just curious to get […]

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Microsoft has discovered a new scam targeting crypto firms on Telegram

The cryptocurrency market has grown considerably in recent years, although not in recent months admittedly, and in the process has attracted a wide variety of phishing scams and scammers targeting crypto enthusiasts. […]

Microsoft's New OneNote for Windows Looks Great

Microsoft's New OneNote for Windows Looks Great

Microsoft has made some significant improvements to the new OneNote app that provides you with a better-looking and more engaging experience when it comes to taking notes. One of the significant changes […]

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Microsoft and Adobe announce new Adobe Acrobat integration in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft and Adobe have improved the integration of Adobe Acrobat in Microsoft Teams. The new functionality provides a seamless experience for users who work with PDF document. The integration extends the basic […]

How To Create a Microsoft Account

How To Create a Microsoft Account?

How to create a Microsoft account? How to sign into your Microsoft account with your email address and password? If you are new to the world of Microsoft services, it can be […]

How to recover your forgotten Microsoft account password

How to recover your forgotten Microsoft account password

I know what it’s like to forget my password. Even though I have all my credentials saved in note files, I sometimes can’t remember where I saved them. Yes, browsers have password […]

What Is Xbox Live Gold, and Is It Worth It

What Is Xbox Live Gold, and Is It Worth It?

Xbox Live Gold has been around for many years, but we’ve slowly seen new subscription services with the new generation of gaming and cross-play with PC. With many gamers now moving over […]

How to Add a Drop-Down List to a Word Document

How to Add a Drop-Down List to a Word Document

A drop-down list is an interactive list of options that allows the user to choose one value from a list. This guide will walk through how to add a drop-down list to […]

How to Create a Template in Microsoft Word

How to Create a Template in Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is the most popular word processor on the market, and many people use it to write articles, reports, and other documents. It's so popular that Microsoft Office is available as […]

Misconfigured Microsoft Endpoint exposed B2B customer data

Security researchers at SOCRadar informed Microsoft about a misconfigured data bucket that exposed 2.4 Terabytes of data to the public. The data includes sensitive information, including personally identifiable information, product orders and […]

Ads in Microsoft Outlook app for Android and iOS are getting worse

Ads in Microsoft Outlook app for Android and iOS are getting worse

The Microsoft Outlook app for Android and iOS is displaying more ads than before. The new banners are appearing right in the inbox. Microsoft is displaying more ads in its Outlook app […]

Microsoft OneDrive turns 15

Microsoft OneDrive turns 15; gets a redesigned web interface called OneDrive Home

Microsoft's OneDrive has turned 15. The Redmond company is marking the occasion by introducing a new design called OneDrive Home. The cloud storage service debuted in August 2007, under the name Windows […]

Microsoft will not ban legitimate paid open source programs

Microsoft Store will not ban legitimate paid open source programs

A few days ago, Microsoft published an update to a policy, forbidding open source programs from being sold on the Microsoft Store. This didn't sit well with some developers, who caused an […]

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Microsoft warns admins about upcoming Server retirements

Several of Microsoft's Server products will reach end of support in 2022 and 2023. The products are Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2, and SQL Server 2012. Additionally, Windows Server 2008 and […]

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Don't redeem Microsoft Rewards points right now: you may get banned

Microsoft customers who plan to redeem Microsoft Reward points should not do so right now, as redeeming points may result in a ban of the associated Microsoft account. Microsoft Rewards gives customers […]

Microsoft Turing Image Super Resolution promises to do away with low-res images everywhere

Did you ever have to look at or work with bad quality images? Maybe an image from an old camera that is low resolution, a badly taken photo of an eBay auction […]

Has Microsoft Been Hacked?

Microsoft is investigating claims that internal source code repositories have been accessed and data has been stolen. The alleged hack is linked to the hacking group Lapsus$, which attacked companies such as […]

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Skype teases "next version", promises all browser support, forgets Firefox icon

Microsoft revealed its future plans for Skype, the communication service that it acquired  in 2011 for $8.5 billion. The next version of Skype will be "improved, faster, reliable, and super modern-looking" according […]

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Microsoft Silverlight support ends October 12, 2021: here is what you need to know

Microsoft will end support for all versions of the Silverlight development framework on October 12, 2021. Silverlight applications, which are still supported by the company's web browser Internet Explorer 11, will continue […]

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Never enter Microsoft account passwords again with the new passwordless account feature

Microsoft announced the general available of a new passwordless account feature for personal Microsoft accounts today. The feature is being rolled out to all personal Microsoft account customers over the course of […]

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Microsoft Start: news and interests expanded to the Web and Apps

Microsoft announce the new news and interests platform Microsoft Start today, designed to provide users of the product with access to information across platforms. When Microsoft rolled out the News and Interests […]

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Microsoft Office 2021 for Windows and Mac will be released later this year

Microsoft revealed plans to release a new Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release of Microsoft Office for Windows and Mac devices today. Microsoft Office 2021 will be the successor of Office 2019, and […]

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Microsoft increases OneDrive's maximum file size to 250 Gigabytes

Microsoft announced yesterday that it raised the file size limit of its OneDrive file storage platform to 250 Gigabytes per uploaded file for all Microsoft 365 customers. The previous limit was 100 […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates January 2021 overview

Today is the first patch day of the year 2021. Microsoft released security updates and non-security updates for the company's Windows operating system and other company products such as Microsoft Office. In […]

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Microsoft is working on unifying Outlook into "One Outlook"

Several different versions and editions of Microsoft Outlook exist today; there are desktop versions of Outlook for Windows and Mac devices, the Microsoft 365 subscription-based version, versions for Android and iOS, and […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates December 2020 overview

Today is the last Microsoft Patch Day of the year 2020. Microsoft released security updates and non-security updates for all supported client and server versions of the company's Windows operating system, and […]

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Microsoft .NET Core updates will be offered via Microsoft Update

Microsoft announced this week that .NET Core updates will be offered via Microsoft Updates on Windows as of December 2020. The terminology may be confusing, especially to home users who may only […]

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Add To OneDrive is now available for all users

Add to OneDrive is a new feature for Microsoft's file hosting and sharing service OneDrive that makes it easy for users of the service to add shared folders to their OneDrive. Microsoft […]

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Microsoft releases .NET 5.0 Final

Microsoft has released .NET 5.0 final on November 10, 2020. The new version of the company's .NET framework is available for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and ARM operating systems.  Microsoft promises that […]

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0Patch promises to provide security updates for out-of-support Office 2010

Support for Microsoft Office 2010 ended in October 2020. Microsoft released a last batch of security updates for Office 2010 on the October 13, 2020 Patch Day before it changed the status […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates October 2020 overview

It is the second Tuesday of October 2020 and that means that it is Microsoft Patch Day. Microsoft released security updates for all supported versions of the company's Windows operating system as […]

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Internet Explorer: end of support for Microsoft Accounts and Apps in November

Microsoft is putting Internet Explorer slowly but steadily to rest. The company's Microsoft 365 team announced in August that it would phase out support for Internet Explorer 11 starting with the end […]

Microsoft plans to release a standalone version of Microsoft Office next year

Microsoft released Office 2019 two years ago on September 24, 2018. The new version of Office was released exclusively for Windows 10 and Mac OS X and included a number of fundamental […]


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