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Microsoft 365 Apps to End Support for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 in January

Microsoft is preparing to drop support for its Microsoft 365 apps on some older versions of Windows next year. The software giant has announced that Microsoft 365 apps will no longer support Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2008 R2 after January 10, 2023. The recent blog post follows Microsoft’s previous announcement made last...

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Microsoft 365 Web Apps Get New Idle Session Timeout Feature to Prevent Data Leaks

The idle session timeout feature, which the company announced for its Microsoft 365 web apps back in March, is now generally available for customers. The new capability lets IT admins configure a policy to automatically sign out inactive employees from Microsoft 365 web apps. Previously, the idle session timeout setting was only available for Outlook…

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Microsoft to Move Office Apps to Monthly Updates for Enterprise Customers

Microsoft has announced in a message on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center that it will automatically begin updating all devices with Office apps to the Monthly Enterprise Channel next month. The Redmond giant is urging commercial customers to get ready for the move for various reasons, based on user feedback. The Monthly Enterprise Channel allows…

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Microsoft 365 Web Apps Now Let Users Switch Between Multiple Accounts

Microsoft has released a new feature that allows users to switch between multiple personal and work accounts in Microsoft 365 web apps. The account switching capability began rolling out to all Microsoft 365 customers earlier this month, and it should become generally available in late June. Previously, the only way to switch accounts was to…

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Microsoft Teams

Set Up and Manage Viva Topics in Microsoft Teams

Viva Topics is one of the four modules of Microsoft Viva, the company’s new employee experience platform that launched on Microsoft Teams last year. The app works as a knowledge management system that leverages organization content on SharePoint Online. In any business, knowledge is king. Without it, your employees could not provide a service to…

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IT Admins Can Now Choose When Microsoft 365 Web Apps Sign Out Inactive Users

Microsoft is rolling out a new update that lets IT Admins configure a tenant-wide timeout policy to automatically sign out inactive users in Microsoft 365 web apps. This new Idle Session Timeout feature is currently available in preview, and it should help to protect user data from unauthorized access on unmanaged devices or shared devices….

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Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Details its Latest Efforts to Reduce Teams Outages

Microsoft has been doing some significant work to make its Teams app more reliable and less susceptible to being hit by outages. These investments complement ongoing efforts to make Microsoft Teams more battery-efficient when users are in video meetings. First of all, Microsoft wants to improve the resiliency of the app and make it as…

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Microsoft Teams Adds New Jira App to Improve Collaboration and Workflows

Microsoft has announced a new integration between the Jira project management tool and its Teams collaboration service. The goal is to make it easier for users to track, update and manage their projects directly within Microsoft Teams. The new Jira Cloud app lets users convert their chat messages into a new Jira issue or add…

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