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Latest Skype Insider Update Brings Native Support for Apple Silicon Macs

Microsoft has started testing a native Apple Silicon version of its Skype desktop app. The company says that the update is already available for Skype Insiders, and it should offer a significant performance boost to all users with Apple Silicon Macs. Microsoft explained that a native Skype client was one of the top requests from...

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Skype Now Supports Real-Time Video Call Translations With Your Own Voice

Microsoft has announced a new update to improve real-time translations in Skype. The company released a new AI-powered TruVoice feature that lets Skype users translate speech in video calls to another language while imitating their own voice. “This is done using a combination of speech recognition technology and natural language processing, which are able to…

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Microsoft 365 Apps and Services To Drop Support for Some TLS Certificates in 2025

Last Update: Mar 15, 2022

Microsoft announced this week some important Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate changes regarding the Microsoft 365 services. The company detailed in a blog post that its Microsoft 365 apps and services would drop support for the current TLS certificates in May 2025, in favor of the new Root Certificate Authorities (CAs). Microsoft says that this…

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Latest Skype Update Brings New Zoom-In Feature, View Switcher Option For Meetings

Microsoft has announced the release of a new Skype update, which brings several new platform-specific functionalities. The biggest addition is a “Zoom-In” feature for video meetings that lets users quickly zoom in with their mouse or handy controls on the shared screen. The Zoom-In feature aims to improve the screen-sharing experience in the app by…

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Choosing the Right Free Version of Teams

If you are signing up for a free account to use with Microsoft Teams, you might see a few options available. This might seem confusing compared to Zoom and similar apps, but there’s a good reason for it.

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Slack Wants to Integrate with Teams – But How?

The Slack CEO says that the company is working on a calling integration with Teams. Slack hasn’t released any technical information, which leads to a certain amount of speculation as to how such an integration might happen. Slack’s previous attempts to integrate with Office 365 applications haven’t been too successful, but perhaps a federated hook-up like the one between Skype consumer and Teams might work.

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Microsoft To Retire Skype for Business Online in 2021

Microsoft has announced that they will retire Skype Online for Business in two years with the company pushing everyone to Teams.

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Microsoft’s Ending Support For Classic Skype on September 1st, 2018

Microsoft will retire classic Skype in September of 2018 with the company pushing desktop users to version 8.0

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Microsoft isn’t Killing Skype for Business, But They Will be Making Changes

Microsoft isn’t killing Skype for Business but the company will be changing up how it is serviced and is trying to move customers to Teams.

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Two Kinds of Office 365 Analytics – For You and The Company

Microsoft Workplace Analytics is not a “Fitbit for the enterprise” that you can deploy off-the-shelf to get instantly usable information. Expect to invest considerable time or spend some consulting dollars to make sense of organization dynamics, office politics, and internal friction. All the stuff that makes working in large companies so worthwhile!

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