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Microsoft Drops Twitter From Advertising Platform
Following Twitter’s announcement two months ago that it will be charging a minimum of $42,000 per month to enterprise users of its API, Microsoft is dropping Twitter from its advertising platform. What Is The Microsoft Advertising Platform? The Microsoft Advertising Platform is a digital advertising platform that enables businesses to create and run advertising campaigns on…
Read MoreReduced OneDrive Cloud Storage
Changes to Microsoft 365 could mean less OneDrive cloud storage and could lead to Outlook being disrupted. Change In February, Microsoft announced that cloud storage used across Microsoft 365 apps and services would include Outlook.com attachments data and OneDrive data. Microsoft has warned that this change could reduce how much cloud storage users have available…
Read MoreMicrosoft 365 Gets ChatGPT Technology Called ‘Copilot’
Microsoft has announced that it is to help users save time and increase productivity by embedding its AI chatbot ‘Copilot’ into popular Microsoft 365 apps. Embedded In Popular Apps Microsoft says that the Copilot chatbot has been embedded in the popular Microsoft 365 apps – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams. Like Chat GPT, Copilot is…
Read MoreOpenAI And Microsoft
OpenAI and Microsoft have announced that they are extending their partnership to work on more AI research and development. What Is Open AI? OpenAI is a San Franciso based research organisation/capped-profit company that develops and promotes ‘friendly’ AI. Their research focuses on creating and promoting advanced AI technologies (including machine learning, robotics and natural language…
Read MoreMicrosoft Tops List Of Best-Run Companies
Microsoft has retained the No.1 spot in Drucker Institute’s annual Management Top 250 ranking for the best-run companies in the U.S. for the third year in a row, while rankings for some other tech companies have slipped. Top Five Not All Tech This Year One of the most notable aspects of this year’s rankings is that…
Read MoreRe-Branding Means Microsoft Office Becomes Microsoft 365
After 30 years of Microsoft Office, a major re-branding will see it being re-named as Microsoft 365 as part of Microsoft’s expansion of its productivity suite. What, Who, And How? Microsoft has announced that starting in November, Office.com (the Office mobile app and the Office app for Windows) will all become part of the re-branded…
Read MoreA Dozen Microsoft Products You May Not Know About
In this insight, we look at a dozen Microsoft products / apps that you may not know much about, but which could be helpful to your businesses. 1. MS Dynamics CRM. Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 a flexible, customisable pay as you use CRM which has 5 million+ users. The benefits include that it seamlessly integrates with other…
Read MoreFirst Update for Windows 11 : What Does It Include?
With the news that as of 20 September 2022, the new Windows 11 update started its rollout in 190+ countries, we look at what it includes and how these elements could benefit your business. The Focus Microsoft says that the new Windows 11 22H2 update takes account of the move to flexible work, and is…
Read MoreExcel Collaboration Now Easier
Microsoft Excel’s new @mentions feature allows users to create, assign, and track tasks in a workbook, thereby making collaboration in Excel easier. Added To Roadmap 2020 The @mentions feature, which was added to Excel for the web in 2020 and added to the Microsoft 365 roadmap in January 2021, has been made popular through its…
Read MoreWhat Is Microsoft Azure?
In this insight, we look at what Microsoft Azure is, plus what it offers businesses. Azure Microsoft Azure (formerly Windows Azure) is Microsoft’s public cloud computing platform. Public cloud refers to cloud computing services offered over the public Internet and available to anyone, i.e. the services are shared with multiple customers rather than just controlled…
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