On the 24th of June 2021, Microsoft announced the next iteration of the Windows operating system – Windows 11. In preparation for it being launched later this year, this blog post will highlight the key features that Windows 11 will bring to your computer!
Through this past year, you have probably become familiar with two things: remote working and Microsoft Teams. As things start to return back to normal, Microsoft have announced a brand-new update with a bunch of features that will help us transition to the world of hybrid working.
Microsoft will be dropping their support for the original version of Microsoft Edge.
To ensure that we meet performance expectations, Microsoft is updating the supported versions of Outlook for Windows that can connect to Microsoft 365 services as of November 1, 2021.
As of the Microsoft 365 for Mac, November 2020 update, macOS 10.14 Mojave or later is required to receive updates to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. If you continue with an older version of macOS, your Office apps will continue to work but you will no longer receive any updates including security updates.
Windows 10 has a hidden emoji picker you can use to type emoji in any application, even desktop programs like Google Chrome. It’s accessible by pressing a keyboard shortcut combination.
While a lot of attention is paid to Google and their Search Console service for webmasters, Bing still deserves a look in – after all Bing powers Yahoo search results as well as a lot of other smaller search engines so it’s 2 for 1 on the big names when it comes to managing your site’s ranking on Microsoft’s Bing search engine.
Microsoft have announced that the ability to initiate a Chat directly with a co-editor of a Word, Excel, PowerPoint document will be retired over several weeks beginning mid-April (across the web, Windows and Mac versions of Office).
This week, at Ignite, Microsoft unveiled their new vision for the web and search, a colorful new icon, and outlined how they see Microsoft Edge + Bing as the browser and search engine for business. The new Microsoft Edge is now available to download on all supported versions of Windows and macOS in more than 90 languages. Microsoft Edge is also available on iOS and Android, providing a true cross-platform experience.
Microsoft may have been one of the first movers when they acquired Hotmail back in the 1990s, eventually renaming it to Outlook.com after a brief diversion to Windows Live. It’s been updated yet again, with Outlook.com switching to a new look this week after a period of testing and Office 365 Outlook on the web users being given the new look from July 22nd.
