Microsoft's profits rose 33% in the December quarter as CEO Satya Nadella touted a "second wave of digital transformation." But what does the future really hold for the tech giant? What will be the next big opportunity for Microsoft? And what are the biggest threats it faces?
Anyone with a hotmail.com or hotmail.co.uk email address was automatically switched to Microsoft Outlook back in 2013. Since then, it's been impossible to set-up a new Hotmail email address - with everyone pushed to the new Outlook branding instead.
Organizations adopting Microsoft 365 in the cloud can seamlessly access, share, and download protected documents from Microsoft Teams for secure collaboration Seclore, provider of the industry's first, open Data-Centric Security Platform, announced seamless integration with Microsoft Teams. Organizations with a remote workforce that rely on Microsoft Teams for a centralized workplace for collaboration, can add best-in-class Encryption and Rights Management to ensure automatic protection of sensitive data shared and accessed from Microsoft Teams. Seclore for Microsoft 365 offering allows organizations to automatically add persistent, granular usage controls to sensitive documents worked on in Microsoft Teams channels.
A year ago, Microsoft committed to focusing on the climate crisis. And, in the first year, it reduced carbon emissions by 6 percent.President Brad Smith said: We have purchased the removal of 1.3 million metric tons of carbon from 26 projects around the world.
Microsoft Edge's Feature Roadmap provides users of the browser, developers, and Enterprise administrators, with information on upcoming features. Microsoft notes that the roadmap "provides estimated release dates and descriptions for upcoming browser features". The page is updated regularly by Microsoft and includes features, descriptions, the status, and the estimate arrival in Microsoft Edge Stable.
Microsoft will reportedly start proper work on Windows 10 version 21H1 in February when testers in the Release Preview Ring will begin evaluating preview builds (19043 or newer) via enablement package. Windows 10 21H1, for the uninitiated, is a service pack-style update with the focus entirely on quality improvements and bug fixes.
On CNBC's "Fast Money Final Trade," Barbara Ann Bernard said she likes Danimer Scientific Inc (NYSE: DNMR). The stock dropped more than 12% on Friday and she sees the weakness as a great buying opportunity. Bonawyn Eison is looking on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) as core holdings are going on sale.
The new update is set to be released in March. At the first Live Developer Q&A for Microsoft Flight Simulator of 2021 on Twitch, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann, Asobo Studio CEO and Co-Founder Sebastian Wloch and Asobo Studio Executive Producer Martial Bossard shared new information on the future of the amateur flight simulator program.
If there is a particular slide in your presentation that you feel would be useful in other mediums, you can save that slide as an image and use it accordingly. Here's how to save a Microsoft PowerPoint slide as an image.
Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft's flagship operating system. Microsoft says performance improvements for Teams on Windows/Mac are a "topmost priority" Improving the performance of Microsoft Teams on Windows and Mac is a "topmost priority", after users have complained of performance issues, such as high memory usage.
Microsoft Dynamics and Power Platform afficionados around the globe: rejoice! The 2021 release wave 1 plans have been released and are available for your detailed consumption. Fear not, fellow Microsoft connoisseurs, I have taken upon myself the task of reading through the Dynamics 365 novel (348 pages chock full of goodies) and the Power Platform manuscript (a brief 95 pages) and have highlighted some of the big changes coming your way.
The hacking group built an elaborate collection of social media accounts to lure researchers. Towards the end of January 2021, Google's Threat Analysis Group revealed that a group of North Korean hackers is targeting security researchers online, specifically seeking out those working on vulnerabilities and exploits.
If this year has taught business leaders anything, it's that people make all the difference. And from experiences that make it easier for everyone to engage in large meetings to partnerships that enable frontline workers, my team and I are committed to helping our customers use technology to unleash the power of their people.
Microsoft is holding a virtual event on February 4, which it has entitled "Reimagine the Employee Experience." Kicking off at 9 a.m. ET, the event will focus on how users can "empower people and teams to be at their best," and will feature CEO Satya Nadella and Corporate Vice President of Microsoft 365 Jared Spataro, according to various official tweets this week.
Two fresh business email compromise (BEC) tactics have emerged onto the phishing scene, involving the manipulation of Microsoft 365 automated email responses in order to evade email security filters. In one case, scammers are targeting victims by redirecting legitimate out-of-office (OOO) replies from an employee to them; and in the other, read receipts are being manipulated.
Investors who have owned stocks since 2016 generally have experienced some big gains. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) total return in the past five years is 120%. But there is no question some big-name stocks performed better than others along the way.
Microsoft on Thursday described a few Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) advancements. The details were part of a WVD "Master Class" video presentation, which lasted about seven hours, with labs. The presentation was fronted by Kam VedBrat, a partner group program manager for Windows Virtual Desktop. He summarized the event's highlights in this announcement.
Microsoft stock, ServiceNow ( NOW), Thermo Fisher Scientific ( TMO), West Pharmaceutical Services ( WST) and Nice ( NICE) are among five IBD Long Term Leaders at or near buy range, and stocks to watch. While the massive short squeeze is grabbing market headlines, investors looking for long-term gains should focus on stocks with a strong business model and solid fundamentals.
Microsoft recently opened up a 90,000 square feet IDC (India Development Center) in Delhi. The new location is set to a hub for AI and cloud computing research and highlights the increasing relevance of India-based R&D efforts for Microsoft and other multinationals.
(Image credit: Shutterstock / Costex) Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Sydney in Australia are currently working on developing their own quantum computing system that uses CMOS-based silicon chips. Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology is already used to create a number of different computer components and for this reason, scientists developing quantum computers are trying to use this familiar approach instead of liquid-state nuclear-magnetic-resonance or ion traps.