Skype for Business Online will be retired in 2021
Microsoft announced on July 31, 2019 that it will retire Skype for Business Online on July 31, 2021. The company intents to move Skype for Business Online customers over to Teams, an […]
Microsoft renames Office Online to Office
Microsoft announced yesterday that it decided to rename Office Online, a suite of Office applications on the Web, to just Office. Applications such as Word Online or Excel Online will be called […]
Microsoft Windows Security Updates July 2019 overview
Microsoft released security updates and non-security updates for Microsoft Windows (client and server) and other company products on the July 9, 2019 Patch Day. Our overview provides system administrators, organizations, and home […]
Microsoft may close accounts after two-years of inactivity, unless..
Microsoft started to send out emails to all Microsoft Account users recently in which it informed its customers about upcoming services agreement changes. The changes are listed on a special page on […]
Microsoft launches Hub for all Insider Programs
Microsoft's Insider program is a success and it should not come as a surprise that the company launched Insider programs for many of its core products in recent years. It all began […]
OneDrive: Personal Vault and storage changes
Microsoft announced two changes to the company's OneDrive service yesterday on the official Microsoft 365 website. The first increases the storage of the 50 Gigabyte storage plan to 100 Gigabytes without additional […]
Microsoft Windows Security Updates June 2019 overview
Microsoft released security updates for all supported versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system on the June 11, 2019 Patch Day. Our overview of the June 2019 Patch Tuesday provides with you […]
Microsoft announces major PC gaming changes
Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox and all gaming at Microsoft, announced changes today that change Microsoft's approach to gaming on PC fundamentally. To better understand these changes, it is necessary to rewind […]
Microsoft Windows Security Updates May 2019 overview
Welcome to the Microsoft Patch Day overview for May 2019. Microsoft released security updates and non-security updates for all supported versions of the Windows operating system -- client and server -- and […]
Microsoft releases buggy Office 2016 Patch KB4462238
Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft installed-based versions of Microsoft's Office suite on May 7, 2019. These updates address and fix issues in supported versions of Office but sometimes, they introduce issues […]
Microsoft promises to be even more transparent about data it collects
Microsoft announced three improvements in regards to privacy and data collection on April 30, 2019. The steps, revealed by Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Julie Brill, on the official […]
Microsoft Windows Security Updates April 2019 overview
Microsoft released security updates for supported versions of Windows and other company today on the April 9, 2019 Patch Tuesday. Updates are provided in various ways: via Windows Update, as direct downloads, […]
Microsoft is shutting down Books in Microsoft Store
Microsoft revealed today on a new support page that it is closing the books category in Microsoft Store effective immediately. Microsoft Store customers cannot buy new ebooks anymore from today on, the […]
Microsoft Windows Security Updates March 2019 overview
Today is the third patch day of the year 2019. Microsoft released updates for Microsoft Windows, Office, and other company products on March 12, 2019. The updates are already available via Windows […]
Microsoft's data-focused approach to Windows Updates requires an update
Microsoft uses a data-focused approach to determine if updates are ready for wider distribution and it appears that the company is very content with the approach. Issues of recent updates suggest that […]
The new Skype for Web does not work in Firefox or Opera
Microsoft's Skype team unveiled the new Skype for Web officially yesterday after an extended preview phrase that lasted more than two years. I noticed during the preview phase that Microsoft limited access […]
Microsoft Windows Security Updates February 2019 overview
Microsoft has just released security updates and other updates for Microsoft Windows, Office, and other company products. The updates are available through automatic updating systems, update distribution systems, and also manual download. […]
Microsoft: Don't buy Office 2019
It is rare that a company advises its customers to avoid a product that they produce. It sounds like a bad business decision, but that is exactly what Microsoft attempts to do […]