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Microsoft Expands Access to Microsoft 365 Copilot, Adds New Features

Microsoft is expanding access to its GPT-4-powered Microsoft 365 Copilot and is adding new AI capabilities to its productivity tools.

May 9, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is expanding access to its GPT-4-powered Microsoft 365 Copilot via an invitation-only early access program that will roll out to an initial wave of 600 customers. This company’s announcement comes after they unveiled Microsoft 365 Copilot–a generative AI tool for Microsoft 365 productivity apps–in March and began testing it with 20 enterprise customers. In […]

Microsoft Announces cloud.microsoft as New Unified Domain for Microsoft 365

Microsoft is bringing authenticated, user-facing Microsoft 365 apps onto a single, consistent and cohesive domain: cloud.microsoft.

May 1, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is introducing cloud.microsoft, a new unified domain for Microsoft 365 apps and services designed to make it easier for IT to manage them and reduce end user complexity. According to the Redmond, Wash. IT powerhouse, it is bringing authenticated, user-facing Microsoft 365 apps onto a single, consistent and cohesive domain. Currently, there are dozens […]

Microsoft Launches AI-Powered Dynamics 365 Copilot

Dynamics 365 Copilot uses generative AI to automate tasks such as data entry, content generation and notetaking for sellers and marketers.

March 7, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on March 7, 2023 and has been updated on April 20, 2023, to relfect activity Microsoft has since taken to integrate Copilot into other products.  After beginning to integrate generative AI tools from ChatGPT throughout its product portfolio, Microsoft is launching Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot, bringing interactive, AI-powered […]

Microsoft Announces New Smart Store Tech, Retail Communication Tools

Microsoft's new retail solutions include smart store technologies, management tools and more retail-specific Microsoft Teams features.

January 12, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is releasing several new capabilities through Microsoft Cloud for Retail designed to help retail organizations communicate while digitizing the physical store and the front-line worker experience, including new computer-vision powered autonomous store offerings and management tools. The new offerings, detailed in a blog, as part of Microsoft’s retail industry cloud offering, come in advance […]

Microsoft: Organizations Are Focusing Too Much On Employee Productivity

Microsoft's latest Work Trends Index report shows that leaders are focusing too much on employee productivity and not enough on impact.

September 26, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Hybrid and remote work have been widely accepted as the new normal, but leaders and managers are beginning to express concerns about employee productivity while at home, according to new Microsoft research. This comes as executives are also growing increasingly worried about the strong possibility of a recession, the company says in a new Work […]

SharePoint vs. Microsoft Teams: Which Tool To Use? 

Some organizations feel that SharePoint and Microsoft Teams are solving the same problem, and others disagree. So what should you do? 

February 25, 2022 Yaroslav Pentsarskyy Leave a Comment

Have you found yourself asking this question, “Should I implement SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, or both in my organization?” Many business leaders ask themselves this same question, and this post aims to make things clearer.  Why the confusion about which tool to use?  Both SharePoint and MS Teams are Microsoft products, but:  MS Team is four […]

Microsoft Announces Frontline Worker Features For Teams, 365

Improvements include new features in Endpoint Manager for shared devices, a new Onboarding Wizard, Viva Connections and new integrations.

October 20, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has announced several new features in Microsoft 365 and Teams designed to support frontline workers, including new features in Endpoint Manager for shared devices, a new Onboarding Wizard, Viva Connections and new integrations. The new features, outlined in a Tech Community blog, will be discussed in more detail during Microsoft’s Ignite event next month. […]

UKG Expands Strategic Collaboration with Microsoft

September 13, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Software Companies Further Enhance Technology Experience for Millions of Employees Globally LOWELL, Mass. & WESTON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#EmployeeExperience–UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), a leading global provider of human capital management (HCM), payroll, HR service delivery, and workforce management solutions, today announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft that can enhance the employee technology experience at thousands of organizations […]

AVI Systems’ Velocity Signature Launches, Unveils New Brand Identity for Magenium, Offerings Expand

AVI Systems launches Velocity Signature systems, rebrands Microsoft Consulting Practice, Magenium; expands AVI Vision.

April 20, 2023 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

In AVI Systems news this week, the global AV/UC systems integrator announced a new Velocity Signature Meeting space system to meet Microsoft Teams Room specifications. In addition, the company also unveiled a new brand and visual identity for Magenium, its Microsoft Consulting Practice. The company also expanded its global program management offering, AVI Vision. AVI […]

ChatGPT Now Available in Azure OpenAI Service

Microsoft is making ChatGPT available in preview in Azure OpenAI Service, allowing developers to integrate the chatbot into their apps.

March 9, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is now making ChatGPT available in preview in Azure OpenAI service, giving developers the ability to integrate custom AI-powered experiences directly into their own applications. According to a Microsoft Azure blog, this allows developers to leverage the generative AI technology to enhance existing bots to handle unexpected questions, recapping call center conversations to enable […]