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Microsoft Teams has reached 32 million users as remote work surges

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Microsoft Corp said on Thursday that Teams, its chat and conferencing app, reached 32 million users as of March 11 amid a surge in remote work by companies around the world in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The number was up sharply from November, when Microsoft said it had 20 million daily active users. Teams competes directly with collaboration app maker Slack Technologies Inc, which said in October that it had 12 million daily active users. Slack did not update that figure during its earnings announcement on March 12, but said four of its five largest deals in the most recent quarter were won against Microsoft Teams . Microsoft also rolled out several features designed to help with telemedicine and working from home, such as bookings application for Teams to help hospitals manage virtual appointments. “ As organizations around the world are changing the way they work in response to the [coronavirus] situation, we’re going to learn a tremendous amount,” Satya ...

Why You Need Office 365 to Be A Success

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Office 365 is the next level of traditional Microsoft Office package you've got been using for years. Little question it's great, but Office 365 is even greater, in fact, the best. To urge the foremost out of your potential, Office 365 may be a must. So, grab it and be a hit. What is Office 365? Simply put, it's the subscription-based virtual office that does not depend only on the Microsoft Office software package because it offers more dynamic features like OneDrive, Skype, Yammer, etc. Isn't that Amazing? Obviously, it is. It’s a real modern office experience with a mobile solution for everybody. Majors Reasons to Use Office 365   New Applications are More Office Friendly Office 365 isn't all about Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Microsoft Office OneNote, and other traditional features. But it gives you more essential, enriched, and office-friendly applications like OneDrive, Skype, Yammer, etc. You s...

Corona virus concerns prompt cancellation of Facebook F8 developer conference

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The cancellation of Facebook’s biggest event of the year, which was set for May, follows in the footsteps of Mobile World Congress. Facebook said Thursday it's canceling its F8 developer conference, the social media giant’s biggest event of the year, over concerns about the novel coronavirus. The unusual move illustrates how the outbreak of COVID-19, the respiratory illness the virus causes, is impacting the world’s largest tech companies. Facebook’s mostly-annual conference was scheduled to take place at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center on May 5 and 6. It is a widely anticipated Facebook event, and last year attracted more than 5,000 developers , creators, and entrepreneurs from around the globe. “This was a tough call to make — F8 is an incredibly important event for Facebook and it’s one of our favorite ways to celebrate all of you from around the world — but we need to prioritize the health and safety of our developer partners, employees and everyone who help...

Microsoft Windows 7 End of Life: What this Means for your Business

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Microsoft has publicly announced January 14, 2020, as the end date for extended support, also known as End of Life (EOL), for the Windows 7 operating system. As of this date, Microsoft will no longer produce any patches or updates to address known or otherwise newly discovered issues for the Windows 7 platform. This potentially exposes users of devices with the Windows 7 operating system to vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited by threat actors—exploits, bugs, viruses, and ransomware. So, if you’re one of the 40% of global organizations still using Windows 7 as your main operating system, we’d like to help you successfully migrate off of Windows 7. Prepare and Plan We will conduct an audit of your technology assets to determine if there are Windows 7 devices and other soon-to-be-unsupported hardware or software components in use. To migrate successfully, devices need to have a minimum hardware specification to run Windows 10 at a productive level. We’ll provi...

What Next After Skype’s Retirement in 2021

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Skype is one of the popular platforms for online business communication that millions of the clients using this service all over the world.  Skype for Business Online will be retired on July 31, 2021, and after that date the service will no longer be available. Between now and then, present Skype for Business Online clients will enjoy no change in service and they will be able to run to add new users as required. It was not unavoidably a shock. On July 30th, Microsoft declared that it would retire Skype for Business Online, its legacy and landmark for office communications platform, in 2021. That might be a long prime time for businesses currently using the services to regulate, but it is still worth quarrying into what precisely that means, and what comes next. That provide us an exact date to look forward to. In fact, it is two years from today. The most significant context here is that with this early declaration, Microsoft pursues to certify that no business w...

Know How Microsoft Intune Will Benefit Your Business

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Nowadays, an increasing number of employees expect the freedom to access their work documents as well as emails from anywhere on any device. They expect seamless experiences that aren’t limited to corporate-owned devices anymore. But then what about the security of your company data? As the number of options for employees to connect as well as be productive increases, the threat landscape grows more and more complex. Microsoft Intune: Modern, cloud-based application & device management solution As we all know that Microsoft plays a leading role in helping businesses take benefit of the digital transformation, by empowering staffs to be more productive as well as collaborative. Working together with the other solutions in Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS), Office 365, & Windows 10; Microsoft Intune is an important part of Microsoft’s vision for a Secure Productive Enterprise Microsoft Intune provides you a diverse set of tools to manage complex mobile environmen...

Know How to Speed Up Windows 10 & Fix Slow Computer

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Is your PC not performing well? Here are a few tips that can help you speed up your Windows 10 system without compromising its appearance as well as functionality. Although most are free, some involve spending on third-party software or new hardware. Speed Up your Windows 10 with third-party software or new hardware If you are having an older, lower-power machines and you are looking for a speed boost, the free methods won’t be helping you. In this case, it is better for you to try some extra third-party software or new hardware for boosting system performance with higher efficiency. You Need to Install an SSD Startup Drive Many users have experienced a remarkable speedup after they have installed a solid-state (SSD) startup drive on their desktop PC. And not only for Windows startup, but also for loading as well as using demanding applications like Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Here is how you can migrate OS to SSD without reinstalling Windows using EaseUS Todo Backup. S...