Office 365 launcher now rolling out to the Microsoft Teams web app
The addition of the App Launcher should make it easier for users to switch out to other Office 365 experiences like Outlook or OneDrive.
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Office 365 is getting fluent design, simplified ribbon, other design changes
Microsoft today highlighted some upcoming changes for the Office 365 user experience. The changes are inspired by a "new culture of work" and will bring fluent design, a simplified ribbon, and many other big changes to the Office 365 experience.
Microsoft has found a new favorable audience with millennials
Microsoft has, over the years, been able to muster a more positive impression of itself with consumers.
Microsoft debuts Office 2019 as a Preview for business customers
This first preview release of Office 2019 includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Project, Visio and OneNote, and all these apps will only run on Windows 10.
Bringing Office to the browser: story time with Steven Sinofsky
I don't know about you, but I've been waiting for this, Steven Sinofsky is telling war stories. This morning, the former Windows President and prolific writer and tweeter let loose a 25 tweet barrage centered on Office, and the thought ... Read more
Microsoft news recap: Microsoft Account to receive Fluent Design changes, iOS 11 users can open Office apps from within Apple's Files app, and more
Microsoft news recap is a weekly feature highlighting the top Microsoft news stories of the past week. Sit back, grab some coffee, and enjoy the read! Microsoft teases a Fluent Design makeover for its Microsoft account online dashboard Microsoft has ... Read more
Microsoft loses one: Airbus to shift 130k staffers from Office to Google G Suite
European aeronautical giant Airbus is reportedly moving away from the Microsoft Office environment to adopt Google G Suite.
Microsoft news recap: Microsoft Azure turns 8, MSN News beta for Android and iOS and more
Microsoft news recap is a weekly feature highlighting the top Microsoft news stories of the past week. Sit back, grab some coffee, and enjoy the read! Microsoft Azure is 8 years old today Microsoft's cloud computing platform, Azure, turned 8 ... Read more
Zero-day Adobe Flash Player vulnerability is making its rounds, targets Microsoft Office documents
Adobe has released a security advisory of a zero-day Flash Player vulnerability.
Office 2019 will only run on Windows 10, Windows 10 support extended, Microsoft announces
Microsoft today offically announced Office 2019 will only run on supported versions of Windows 10. This is a part of the company's plans for both Office and Windows to "receive regular, coordinated updates" and for keeping the "most secure environment with the latest capabilities."
Real-time co-authoring and drag and drop support are coming to Microsoft's Office iOS apps
Real-time co-authoring is coming to Word, Excel and Powerpoint on iOS, just a couple of weeks after the feature rolled out to Office 2016 for Mac.
Latest Office Insider update on Windows brings new Insights feature for Excel
Microsoft's latest Office Insider update on Windows delivers the new Insights feature for Excel 2016, as well as improvements to groups in Outlook 2016.
Microsoft's Office Android apps can now be downloaded on a broader selection of Chromebooks
After being only available on select models including the Google Pixelbook and the Asus Chromebook Flip, it seems that Microsoft’s Office Android apps can now be downloaded on a broader selection of Chromebooks.
25 year Microsoft veteran Julie Larson-Green says goodbye
While being at the company for over 20 years, Julie Larson-Green seemed to only become a commonplace name within Microsoft after her ascension to lead of Windows software and hardware engineering and potentially company CEO. Larson-Green rise in the ranks ... Read more
Office Mix to be retired next May, PowerPoint in Office 365 to gain many of its features
Over the weekend, Microsoft announced via email that Office Mix will be retired next May and PowerPoint in Office 365 will gain many of its features.
Microsoft ends support for Office & Outlook 2007, users encouraged to upgrade
Starting this week on October 10th, Microsoft's Office 2007 suite of programs have begun to transition out of support and users are being encouraged to migrate to either the Office 365 service or Office 2016. One of the major reasons ... Read more
Office Insiders get an iOS update focusing on an improved inking experience
Office Insiders on iOS will notice the newer Version 2.6 (17100100)rolling out with its latest preview.
Microsoft launches several new features for Office For Mac Insiders
Microsoft's Derek Snook laid out what features are included in a recent Insiders update for Office 2016 for Mac. Snook is responsible for feature development on Office 2016 for Mac and he gave Office Insiders a look at the new ... Read more
Ignite 2017: Excel to get new data types to make it "smarter"
In a story via TechCrunch, Microsoft is adding new data types to Excel in an effort to make Excel "smarter." Microsoft will be able to achieve making Excel smarter with help from machine learning. Jared Spataro, Microsoft's Office general manager, ... Read more
Ignite 2017: Microsoft announces Office 2019, set for release next year
Office 2019, the next perpetual release of Office will be available in preview next year and ship in the second half of 2018.
New app launcher experience coming to Office 365
Microsoft today announced that they will be launching a new Office 365 app launcher experience over the next couple of months.