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According to MSPU, Skype Teams irresistibly looks like Slack, in terms of features and functionality. It will allow users to create chat channels (the ability to chat in different groups within a team), but also to send private messages to each other. In terms of design, Skype Teams will of course be polished in the Windows 10 manner. Besides these features, Skype Teams will also offer Threaded Conversations, a system of replying to comments in threads, similarly to comments on Facebook or forums....

Virtual reality is one of the best inventions of manking. VR would be much more popular among Microsoft fans if it weren’t for its high price tag. After all, not everyone can afford to buy a HoloLens VR headset that costs $3,000. But Microsoft will soon revolutionize VR affordability thanks to the new VR headsets shipped by HP, Lenovo, Acer, Asus and Dell. These five company will start shipping $299 VR headsets to Microsoft starting from early 2017....

Why preview version If you are asking why it is being rolled out as a preview when Windows 11 is officially available, it is because such products require Windows to run on 2 VMs in order to support Trusted Launch security tools. Trusted Launch is currently in preview so it goes without saying that Windows 11 should also be in preview. Trusted Launch In an Azure Virtual Desktop document, Microsoft had said that it was in public preview that was provided without a service agreement....

For those using the browser, the updates are available via the automatic update functionality and as a download from the official website. The last update of Microsoft’s official browser for Windows 10 was rolled out in July 2020. What’s new in Edge 85? According to the release notes, the developers have been working on a few new features, along with fixing a long list of known bugs and behavior patterns....

Microsoft demonstrated how apps and games converted with Project Centennial work at this year’s Build conference. Possibilities of this tool are huge, as developers can convert basically any app or game to the UWP, from older titles like Age of Empires II to more recent hits like The Witcher 3. Project Centennial consist of two parts: one part will allow developers to fully transform their software to the UWP in order to run on any Windows 10 device while another part will make sure that Windows 10 can run the newly created UWP app without any problems....

You would normally expect to hear about Microsoft in the computer tech news column, but we are pretty sure that soon the company’s name will be featured in major self-driving car news articles. The smart car project is part of Microsoft’s Intelligent Revolution Platform and represents a cooperative effort between Microsoft and engineering firm IAV. Microsoft first introduced this car at CES 2016, and three months later we can see it on the roads....

Such solutions include Skype for Business and Skype Meeting Broadcast. Businesses that are still using the Live Meeting service are advised to migrate as soon as possible to alternative services such as the ones mentioned before. Skype for Business/Skype Meeting Broadcast vs. Live Meeting Skype for Business is a convenient solution, and it also provides a few advantages over the Live Meeting service including the following: It offers an increased scale with up to 10,000 attendees in a Skype Meeting Broadcast....

Based on feedback, Microsoft announced that they will resume optional releases in July of 2020 for Windows 10 and Windows Server, version 1809 and later. There was, however, an exception, as Microsoft just released an optional update to fix printing problems that started to occur after June security updates. However, that update is only available in the Microsoft Update Catalog and not in Windows Update. Microsoft changes the update process With this announcement, Microsoft also specifies that they will also change the update process to simplify it....

Users reported on Microsoft’s community forums that Cortana in Windows 10 Preview now works without any problems. In addition, Microsoft also said in its official Windows 10 Preview build 14378 announcement blog post it resolved one issue with Windows 10’s virtual assistant in the most recent Preview build: “We fixed an issue where the link in Cortana to download a speech language would open the Settings app homepage instead of going directly to Settings > Time and language > Language....

Not only did it bring the typical improvements, bug fixes, and security patches, but they were also the last Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 7. After 10 years of being a customer favorite, the OS has finally been retired by Microsoft. Unfortunately, not everyone is willing to migrate from it just yet. Of course, other changes were made as well, even though they weren’t as publicized. Microsoft installs Edge on your PC via Windows Update One day after the January patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft finally released the first full version of their Chromium-based Microsoft Edge....

Rest in peace, Xbox One Microsoft is currently offering only retail versions of the Xbox One S and the Xbox One X on its online store. Only $199 refurbished models of the original Xbox One are available. The original Xbox One looked like a VCR unit when it was first released four years ago, and it was priced $100 more than Sony’s PlayStation 4. Due to the gap and the fall out from Microsoft’s mixed messaging on the Xbox One, Sony managed to take an early lead in the whole console war....

We can not deny the fact that the lack of support for mods is one of them. Gamers have always wanted to get mod support for PC. Unfortunately, games available on Windows Store does not offer this most demanded functionality. Well, Microsoft is planning to bring mod support for Windows 10. Reddit users spotted a new folder named ModdableWindowsApps in Program Files. This folder was added after the installation of the latest Windows 10 update....

But for organizations that already have Office 365, Microsoft Teams phones would be an ideal VoIP telephony solution. Fortunately, Microsoft recently introduced a whole bunch of new Teams phones features to power business VoIP communication and collaboration. New Teams phones capabilities The People app is now available to Teams phones users. And it’s all about letting workmates share and collaborate more closely. Another notable update is the ability to annotate live video in meetings and group calls....

This is now one of Microsoft’s three big engineering groups, the other two being the Experience & Devices division and the Cloud division. Exciting devices are set to come shortly Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that Harry Shum, the leader of Microsoft’s AI and Research Group, will be working closely with Alex Kipman, the HoloLens inventor and the new leader of AI Perception and Mixed Reality team. Shum explained that Microsoft is preparing some really exciting devices to be launched shortly....

New privacy settings A new screen will be displayed in the forthcoming weeks that will ask users to review their privacy settings even if they won’t actually get the Creators Update. The company assures users they won’t be forced to download the new OS despite the privacy screen. The message will pop up for a maximum number of five times, and we still don’t know what’s going to happen if you keep dismissing it....

But Windows 7 is still in the extended support period and the software company released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1. In October, Microsoft will make a new step in sending some of the old apps and even a Windows version to the unsupported list. What is the Windows end-support list? According to Microsoft’s end-support document, the most important software that will go on the unsupported list will be Windows 10, version 1709 (Enterprise, Education, IoT Enterprise)....

Mirai works to scan IP addresses across the internet and infect unsecured IoT devices, using them to perform DDoS attacks. Mirai is designed to guess login credentials and remove and replace malware that already resides on a device. In particular, Mirai targets IP cameras, routers and DVRs. Thanks to Incapsula’s research and development efforts, you now have a tool to detect botnet infections on your system. Aptly called Mirai Vulnerability Scanner, the tool checks for botnet injection attacks on one or more devices on your network....

More games upgraded for the Xbox One X Pre-orders for the standard edition of the Xbox One X have begun. To celebrate, Microsoft unveiled a new wave of games that were specially upgraded to leverage the additional resources this fantastic console will provide. The list of games will include names such as Far Cry 5, Okami HD, Greedfall and many others. All these have been added to a list of Xbox One X enhanced titles and all of them are expected to get upgrades in the following months....

As such, Microsoft is still looking to resolve glitches ranging from Bluetooth connectivity to driver compatibility. Pending Windows 10 2004 issues Hours before the Windows 10 May 2020 Update went live, Microsoft created two support pages for the OS. Well, today is the 6th of June 2020, and the known issues page is still replete with unfixed bugs. Unfortunately, the other page for resolved Windows 10 2004 problems is still empty....

Next year Firefox will reach the ‘end of life’ (EOL) on the Windows XP and the Windows Vista. On an interesting note, both the operating systems themselves are nearing the end of life. However, earlier the older operating systems were put into Extended Support Release last year and the expiry, in this case, was September 2017. This time around the company has confirmed that the ESR will be the last and Mozilla will finally pull the plugs on its browser for both the operating systems....