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Microsoft Services Suffer Two Major Global Outages in One Week

Key Microsoft services were down for several hours on two separate occasions this week just days after announcing dozens of new features at Ignite.

October 2, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft did not have a very good week, as on two separate occasions critical services were down worldwide for several hours. The latest was early Thursday morning when Outlook was down for several hours due to what Microsoft says was an issue caused by a “configuration update.” It comes just days after a host of […]

Miss Your Commute? Microsoft is Bringing a Virtual Commute Feature to Teams.

Microsoft Teams will soon offer a virtual commute feature that can help users prepare for the day and unwind after a long one.

October 1, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If you’ve been working from home for the last 6-plus months, you likely haven’t been driving much. I fire up my car every now and then to go to the store or just to get out of the area for a few days. But for the most part, she sits in the driveway untouched. My […]

Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report Details Increasing Cyber Threats

Microsoft's Digital Defense Report details advanced cyber threats facing the world and sophistication with which hackers and cybercriminals are operating.

September 30, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A new annual report from Microsoft details the advanced threats and sophistication with which hackers and cybercriminals are attempting to infiltrate our networks and IT systems. The Digital Defense Report, released Tuesday, covers cybersecurity trends from the past year and “makes it clear that threat actors have rapidly increased in sophistication over the past year, […]

Microsoft 365 Services Restored After Hours Long Global Outage

According to Microsoft, a coding issue caused a massive outage Monday night to services like Teams, Outlook, Exchange, SharePoint and others.

September 29, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If you found yourself working later in the day or a little past working hours yesterday, you may have run into a problem with your Office 365 services. That’s because of a massive outage that affected several services, including Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Azure, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Dynamics 365 and other applications. Down Detector, a website […]

Microsoft to Exclusively License OpenAI’s GPT-3 Model

Microsoft is partnering with artificial intelligence research firm OpenAI to exclusively license the groundbreaking autoregressive language model GPT-3.

September 24, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is partnering with artificial intelligence research firm OpenAI to exclusively license the firm’s autoregressive language model GPT-3. In a blog on Microsoft’s official website, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott said the company will leverage the technical innovation to develop and deliver advanced AI solutions for Microsoft customers and create […]

Microsoft Announces New Features, Products at Ignite

Unified communicaiton, cloud services and security tools highlight announcements made at Microsoft's annual Ignite conference.

September 23, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference from Tuesday to Thursday, has already been eventful for the myriad of new products and features the company has unveiled. Many of the new tools are designed to help companies meet the challenge of doing business in the COVID-19 era and hybrid work. Here’s a look at some innovations in Office […]

Microsoft Beings Pre-Orders for 85-inch Surface Hub 2S

Microsoft is expanding its Surface Hub line with a new 85-inch Surface Hub 2S that the company says is designed for improved collaboration and hybrid work.

September 22, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is expanding its Surface Hub product line with the new 85-inch Surface Hub 2S that the company says is designed for improved collaboration and hybrid work. In a blog announcing the start of preorders for the $21,999.99 collaboration display, the company detailed several ways hybrid work teams are using the smaller 55-inch Surface Hub […]

Microsoft Rolls Out Teams for Education Features With Mental Health Focus

New features in Microsoft Teams tackle social-emotional learning as educators hope to augment their in-person teaching methods with distance learning tech.

September 18, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is rolling out new features for Teams and OneNote as educators and students begin to look to the platform for distance learning at the start of a new school year. In particular, the new features tackle social-emotional learning (SEL) as educators hope to augment their in-person teaching methods with distance learning technology for students […]

Microsoft: Russia, China, Iran Targeting US Elections

Foreign actors are stepping up their efforts to target U.S. political groups and others ahead of the 2020 elections, Microsoft says.

September 14, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

According to Microsoft, the U.S. elections are under attack by organizations affiliated with the nation’s adversaries who are targeting politicians from both major parties, including President Donald Trump and his opponent former Vice President Joe Biden. The company has detected cyberattacks targeting people and organizations involved in the upcoming election. The activity detected makes it […]

Microsoft Releases Lists in Teams App

List in Teams, a new app that helps users keep track of information and organize their work, is now available in Microsoft Teams.

September 4, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Microsoft List in Teams, a new app that helps users keep track of information and organize their work. The company first announced Lists at its Build conference in May. The app lets users track issues, assets, routines, contacts, inventory and more via customizable views and smart rules and […]