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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon protests JEDI deal; Cortana reads email; Cosmic Crisp first taste

by Todd Bishop on November 16, 2019November 16, 2019 at 9:34 amComment

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon is formally protesting a decision by the U.S. Department of Defense to award its $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract to Microsoft, suggesting… Read More

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Microsoft unveils new Office mobile app that brings together Word, Excel and PowerPoint

by Nat Levy on November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 at 7:46 amComment

Microsoft is bringing some of its most popular tools under one umbrella with a new Office mobile app. Microsoft is announcing the new app for iOS and Android that combines… Read More

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Can PowerPoint save public speaking? New feature uses AI to tell presenters what they’re doing wrong

by Todd Bishop on June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 at 10:40 am 2 Comments

Microsoft PowerPoint is often criticized for ruining public speaking, given the temptation for presenters to simply read the slides they’ve prepared using the software — the phenomenon known as “Death… Read More

Slack unveils new integrations with Microsoft Office 365 apps, bringing key rival into its ecosystem

by Nat Levy on April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 at 10:33 amComment

Slack is battling Microsoft in the competitive market for workplace collaboration apps, but that isn’t stopping the company from integrating some of the most popular services from its rival into… Read More

Microsoft Office 365 debuts on Apple app store

by Nat Levy on January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 at 10:59 amComment

Microsoft Office 365 has made its long-anticipated debut on Apple’s Mac App Store. As first announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference last year, albeit a little later than the promised… Read More

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Microsoft makes real-time captions and translation standard in Office 365 PowerPoint

by James Thorne on December 3, 2018December 5, 2018 at 11:06 am 2 Comments

The next PowerPoint presentation you see may have live captions or subtitles, as Microsoft rolls out a real-time voice translation feature to millions of subscribers. Think of it as an… Read More

Microsoft Azure multi-factor authentication bug strikes again, causing issues for Office 365 users

by Taylor Soper on November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 at 10:36 amComment

For the second time in two weeks, Microsoft Azure’s multi-factor authentication system is down. ZDNet on Tuesday noted the outage, which prevents some users from logging into their Office 365 accounts. We're investigating… Read More

Holy sheets: Multifactor authentication bug locks out Office 365 users

by Tom Krazit on November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 at 9:26 amComment

Microsoft Azure’s multifactor authentication system was down for an extended period of time Sunday evening into Monday morning, preventing users at companies that require that step from logging into their… Read More

Microsoft adds Slack to official list of Office rivals as workplace collaboration wars escalate

by Todd Bishop on August 5, 2018August 6, 2018 at 9:52 amComment

Microsoft considers Slack enough of a threat to its Office business to officially list the popular workplace communication and collaboration tool as a competitor for the first time in its… Read More

Updated: Microsoft records 23% jump in Intelligent Cloud revenue, Azure revenue up 89% but undisclosed

by Tom Krazit on July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 at 3:22 pmComment

Microsoft’s cloud division remains one of the primary architects of its comeback in recent years, posting a 23 percent jump in revenue during the fourth quarter of its 2018 fiscal… Read More

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TLDR: Microsoft vs. Slack, high-tech Nike store, Elon Musk wants to help Flint

by Starla Sampaco on July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 at 4:09 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Microsoft unveils free version of Teams productivity tool, upping the ante against rival Slack ‘Not like Amazon Go’: Nike debuts high-tech store that removes friction but keeps… Read More

New Microsoft 365 tools will tell users to stop emailing after-hours, enable live video events

by Nat Levy on July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 at 10:48 am1 Comment

At huge companies with people spread across different locations, employees aren’t always going to be in the same place, and today Microsoft released several new tools that aim to make… Read More

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Microsoft unveils free version of Teams productivity tool, upping the ante against rival Slack

by Nat Levy on July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 at 4:26 pm1 Comment

Microsoft today debuted a free version of Microsoft Teams, expanding the reach of the company’s Slack competitor beyond the Office 365 ecosystem. The company says more than 200,000 organizations use… Read More

Microsoft and Adobe expand partnership with deeper PDF integration across Office 365 versions

by Nat Levy on June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 at 8:20 pmComment

Microsoft and Adobe are cozying up even closer, with a series of new announcements including deeper integration of Adobe PDF capabilities into Office 365 apps. The Redmond company has come… Read More

Microsoft partners with BlackBerry to integrate Office 365 with secure mobile app technology

by Nat Levy on March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 at 2:44 pm1 Comment

A new partnership aims to pair Microsoft’s cloud and productivity tools with BlackBerry’s security software for customers that require extra levels of privacy, above and beyond that of the normal… Read More

Google picks up another win for G Suite as Airbus grounds Microsoft Office

by Tom Krazit on March 14, 2018March 14, 2018 at 3:29 pm 6 Comments

With over 130,000 employees, Airbus uses a lot of office productivity software. It recently decided to make a big bet on Google’s G Suite software package after running the company… Read More

Microsoft Teams ratchets up Slack challenge, claims 200k organizations as customers one year after launch

by Todd Bishop on March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 at 6:37 am 3 Comments

Microsoft Teams is now being used by 200,000 organizations in 181 markets around the world, up four-fold since the tech giant’s workplace chat and collaboration technology launched one year ago… Read More

Software as a Service in 2018: Artificial intelligence and new apps are reshaping a key cloud sector

by Tony Lystra on January 5, 2018January 5, 2018 at 11:30 amComment

First, the bad news when it comes to Software as a Service in 2018: The market is maturing. Growth is expected to cool a bit. And artificial intelligence, according to… Read More

New data: Software as a Service industry revenue up 23% this year as shift to the cloud continues

by Todd Bishop on November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 at 8:15 am1 Comment

Global revenue in the Software as a Service (SaaS) industry topped $43 billion in the first half of 2017 — up 23 percent from a year ago, making up nearly… Read More

New Microsoft tool aims to make teams more efficient by learning how they spend their days

by Nat Levy on July 5, 2017July 5, 2017 at 2:45 pm 5 Comments

Microsoft today released a new tool that lets company leaders track how teams spend their time. The new program, Microsoft Workplace Analytics, is now generally available to purchase as an add-on… Read More

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Microsoft’s new internal video hub, Microsoft Stream, is now generally available

by Tom Krazit on June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 at 8:56 amComment

Microsoft Stream, a video service that helps companies organize those boring training videos for their employees, is now generally available, the company announced Tuesday. Stream was introduced last July, and… Read More

Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition might take some cloud revenue off Microsoft’s table

by Tom Krazit on June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 at 12:15 pm1 Comment

Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Friday also took a major customer away from its closest rival in the cloud. Whole Foods is a Microsoft Azure Active Directory and… Read More

Microsoft Cloud to set up shop in Africa with two new data centers coming in 2018

by Tom Krazit on May 18, 2017May 18, 2017 at 4:07 pmComment

Microsoft plans to open two new data centers in South Africa next year to provide its cloud services to the continent, one of the first major cloud providers to set… Read More

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Report: Amazon may launch new AWS productivity suite to take on Microsoft and Google

by Jillian Stampher on February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 at 10:54 am1 Comment

Amazon Web Services is considering bundling its email, file storage, and video conferencing apps into a productivity suite that would compete with Microsoft and Google, according to a report released… Read More

Microsoft’s commercial cloud run rate tops $14B for first time, driven by Azure and Office 365

by Dan Richman on January 26, 2017January 26, 2017 at 3:04 pmComment

Microsoft’s commercial cloud run rate exceeded $14 billion for the first time during the December quarter, driven by Office 365 and Microsoft Azure — demonstrating continued momentum for the company’s cloud services as… Read More

Microsoft releases StaffHub, an Office 365 app for shift workers without desks or computers

by Dan Richman on January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 at 11:26 pm 2 Comments

Microsoft today debuted StaffHub, a no-extra-cost Office 365 application meant to help staff workers manage their work day through shift-schedule management, information sharing and the ability to connect to other work-related… Read More

Yammer on? Microsoft says new ‘Teams’ tool doesn’t supplant its past $1.2B acquisition

by Nat Levy on November 2, 2016November 2, 2016 at 2:16 pm 3 Comments

It was only four years ago that Microsoft dropped a cool $1.2 billion on Yammer, which bills itself as a social network for work. Today Microsoft unveiled its long-awaited Slack competitor, Microsoft… Read More

Will Microsoft challenge Slack? What to expect from the company’s Office event this week

by Nat Levy on November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 at 11:19 am1 Comment

Coming off a series of splashy announcements focused on creativity last week, Microsoft is holding another big event Wednesday, where the company will likely get back to its bread and butter with… Read More

Microsoft updates Office apps with Excel maps, PowerPoint QuickStarter and Tap for Word and Outlook

by Kevin Lisota on September 26, 2016September 26, 2016 at 5:14 am 2 Comments

ATLANTA, GA. — Microsoft is releasing a number of significant updates to its Office applications at the Microsoft Ignite conference today. Included in the updates are new map chart types in Excel,… Read More

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