Has Docs caught up to Word as an enterprise productivity application? We compare the two word processors to see which wins in today’s online environment. Have you been thinking of reassessing which word processor your business should standardize on? The obvious choices are the two best known: Microsoft Word and Google Docs. But which is … Read more
The pandemic has given the latest version of Microsoft’s desktop-as-a-service offering unstoppable momentum. Talk about timing. With the coronavirus forcing a telecommuting sea change — we went from corporate workers begging, usually unsuccessfully, to be allowed to work from home to businesses insisting that they do so — Microsoft released its latest and best desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) program, Windows … Read more
The Chromium-based browser was supposed to roll out to users earlier this year. Microsoft now says expect that to take place over the next few weeks. Microsoft on Tuesday spelled out some of the business-designed additions and improvements it plans for the Edge browser. The Chromium-based Edge, which Microsoft debuted in stable form in January, … Read more
Here’s what to do before, during and after leading a video call in Microsoft Teams to ensure a beneficial experience for all. You may spend most of your time in Microsoft Teams collaborating with your co-workers via text chats, but with office workers around the world now working from home, conducting video meetings in Teams … Read more
A remote access tool that’s built into Windows 10 makes it easy to help a colleague, friend or family member with their PC. A little-known app that comes with Windows 10, Quick Assist is a remote-access tool that connects two PCs over the internet so that a person at one PC can remotely control the … Read more
It’s been a wacky Windows patching month, with seemingly random bluescreen and Bluetooth bugs, a recurrence of the “disappearing data” temporary profile bug, and an elusive bug in v4 printer connection – all punctuated by an extraordinary (and welcome!) solicitation for help from Microsoft. The patching pace this month returned to normal: We had the … Read more
As Microsoft has lengthened support times for various versions of Windows 10, it’s set up a calendar for later this year that will create a pile-up of deadlines for itself – and users. Microsoft’s recent adjustments to Windows 10 will create a pile-up of deadlines later this year when three different editions exhaust their support … Read more
The temporary deployment of Teams and other Office 365 tools is part of a wider effort by the sprawling agency to support staffers as remote work surges during the current pandemic. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is deploying a temporary remote work environment based on Microsoft Teams to connect millions of workers around the … Read more
In its latest moves related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft is extending support an extra six months for SharePoint Server 2010 and Windows 10 1809. Microsoft on Tuesday extended support by six months for more products, telling customers that SharePoint Server 2010 will now receive updates until April 13, 2021 and that Windows 10 1809 … Read more
Because it makes Windows and Office, two tech cornerstones of most modern corporations, Microsoft’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak matters a lot. Here’s a rundown of what’s changed. The COVID-19 pandemic has postponed the Tokyo Olympics, scrubbed all college sports and silenced presidential campaign rallies, so it shouldn’t be any surprise that the crisis has … Read more
