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Test Drive Microsoft Teams to get hands-on experience

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | March 17, 2017

Microsoft Teams was designed keeping office users in mind, particularly corporate ones. It offers them corporate-wide workspace where they can have conversations as large groups or in smaller, private groups and discuss marketing strategy. The service was primarily rolled out […]

Microsoft Teams General Availability for Office 365 customers announced

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | March 16, 2017

Microsoft has announced General Availability for Microsoft Teams. the collaborating software bundled along with Office 365 will now be offered in 181 markets and in 19 languages. According to Microsoft, more than 50,000 organizations have been using Microsoft Teams including […]

Office 365 Profile Experience: Know more about your employees and colleagues

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | March 14, 2017

When working in an organization or outside of it, we deal with people more than the machines and software. Hence, it is important to know the skill sets of people we are working with. Many organizations have repositories where they […]

Access 2016 starts supporting Large Number (BigInt) data type

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | March 8, 2017

Microsoft Access team has finally heard the request of several users and has announced a new data type in the Access 2016. Large Number (BigInt) is a supported type now and helps users with added analytical capability. The extended support […]

New update for Yammer integrates it with Office 365 Groups

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | March 3, 2017

Individuals in an organization can discuss content right from Office applications and get smart suggestions based on their interactions using Yammer. This helps them stay productive. Another addition in the form of creation of new Yammer Groups will extend the […]

Office 2016 for Mac now supports Touch Bar on new Apple MacBook Pro

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN | February 9, 2017

When Apple announced the newest version of its MacBook Pro back in 2016, the most exciting new feature turned out to be the Touch Bar. It’s a small touchscreen area below the main screen that can be used in conjunction […]

Microsoft releases first major update for Office.com

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | December 30, 2016

As the year 2016 comes to an end, Microsoft has released the first major update for Office.com’s home page experience. The new update intends to make the navigation between the apps easier by letting you access your frequent and recently […]

Office 365 November update brings realtime co-authoring and notifications

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | December 3, 2016

Office apps have been snagging updates quite frequently and almost everytime it comes with features that are high on the utilitarian front and also improvise on the current features. This time around Office apps has included real-time co-authoring in PowerPoint […]

Microsoft expands Office 365 user base; Adds 10 more countries

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | November 25, 2016

Microsoft drives a substantial share of its revenue from Office sales. As such, the company focuses more on growing Office 365 availability. In pursuit of this objective, Microsoft announced Office support for 10 more countries. The number brings the total […]

Microsoft Office for Android now available on Chrome OS

By AnkitChawla@TWC | November 14, 2016

It’s good news for the few Chrome OS users out there. Microsoft is today extending support for Office on Android to Chrome OS. Every Chromebook will now get complete access to all programs and services of Microsoft Office starting today. […]

November Insider Update for Office for Android brings exciting new features

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | November 14, 2016

Recently Microsoft has released an update for its Office Insiders for Android. The update numbered 16.0.7531.1002 is currently available from the Google Store and if you already have the app installed you are just an update away. The Office Insider […]

Office 2013 will now be able to block Macros

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | October 30, 2016

Office 2013 now has the protection against Macro-based malware attack. Seeing the significant increase in Macro-base infections lately Microsoft has added the macros blocking feature in Office 2013 which blocks Macro virus from loading in the high-risk scenarios. While this […]

Office for Mac adds support for new Touch Bar features

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | October 30, 2016

Microsoft and Apple might be at loggerheads when it comes to the new Surface Book and the MacBook Pro, but that doesn’t mean that Office for Mac will not get the new features. In fact, Office for Mac was one […]

Microsoft adds new styles and audio to Sway

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN | October 11, 2016

Sway is one of Microsoft’s interesting Office tools that have garnered a huge following since release. The free app is all about giving users the ability to create web-based interacting reports among other things. Because of the creative design of […]

Office Mobile on Windows Insider slow update for October brings in a slew of new features

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | October 8, 2016

Windows 10 devices inclusive of tablet and phone have got an October Insider Slow update for the Office Mobile. The Office Insiders will now be able to beta test these new features and also give a feedback on the same. […]

October Insider Slow Update for Office 2016 for Mac brings a bunch of new features

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | October 6, 2016

Microsoft has made available a preview of the October feature update for Office 2016 for Mac to the Insider Slow participants. We had earlier covered how Microsoft has segregated the Office Insider group into fast and slow. The update should […]

Outlook Partner integration gets two new additions

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | October 2, 2016

In today’s digital age, email has become a primary source for communication. It helps you schedule your meetings, fix appointments and do a lot more. Most business establishments today, rely on this method of communication. As such, it is essential […]

The new Office 365 App launcher comes with revamped design

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | October 1, 2016

Office 365 offerings are being bettered with every update and not in order to increase the productivity further Microsoft has announced a new Office 365 App launcher which comes with improved discoverability for new and recently used apps, more customization […]

Microsoft powers Office 365 with new Artificial Intelligence capabilities

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | September 29, 2016

At its annual Ignite conference this week in Atlanta, GA, Microsoft announced several new cloud-enabled intelligent services for Office 365 that empower users to create more than just a professional Office content within no time. The new updates are built on leveraging […]

Office Lens Universal App now available for Windows 10 alongside Office 365 support

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | September 20, 2016

Microsoft’s pocket scanner, Office Lens is now available for PC, phone and tablet supporting Windows 10 and lets users save the scanned content on applications in Office 365 for business support. Office Lens has been my personal favorite when it […]

Microsoft’s Excel World Champ competition 2016 is here

By AnkitChawla@TWC | September 17, 2016

Microsoft officially announced the initiation of their annual Excel World Champ competition where they award the best in data management and visualization. Excel World Champ 2016 From October to November 2016, Microsoft will run four rounds of Excel tests for […]

Teaching Programming gets easy with Microsoft One Note Class notebook

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | September 15, 2016

Teaching Programming is now easy with Microsoft One Note! Teachers using OneNote can now embed the executable code snippets from Repl.it, which is the interactive environment that lets teachers run and save code in the cloud with hassle free setup […]

Office for iOS picks up a bunch of cool updates & new features

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | September 13, 2016

Microsoft has been working on bringing a unified experience of apps across the non-Windows ecosystem and as a result, the company has updated the Office for iOS app. The September 2016 updates for Office apps on iOS will extend support […]

Microsoft opens Office 365 local datacentres in U.K

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | September 8, 2016

Microsoft has officially announced the availability of Office 365 and Microsoft Azure, the most trusted cloud service platforms in multiple data center locations across the United Kingdom. Microsoft’s cloud data centers have spread across the world rapidly since October 2014, […]

Microsoft to deprecate support for SmartScreen in Outlook and Exchange

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | September 2, 2016

Microsoft has decided to stop the updates for SmartScreen spam filters used in Exchange Server 2016 and earlier versions including 2013, 2010 and 2007. The updates for Outlook 2016 (2013, 2010, 2007) for Windows and Outlook 2011 for Mac will […]

OneNote app gets an Ink Math assistant

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | September 1, 2016

Technology can help students who are struggling academically in school by empowering them with the latest tools and applications. Microsoft is making advances in this field considerably with its OneNote application. Another addition to the app in the form ‘Ink […]

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