Microsoft launches Fabric, a new end-to-end data and analytics platform

Microsoft today launched Microsoft Fabric, a new end-to-end data and analytics platform (not to be confused with Azure Service Fabric). The new platform centers around Microsoft’s OneLake data lake but can also pull in data from Amazon S3 and (soon) Google Cloud Platform, and includes everything from integration tools, a Spark-based data engineering platform, a real-time […]
3 Things About Microsoft That Smart Investors Know

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) built itself into a tech behemoth over the years, becoming a dominant player in several categories of office and personal software. The company produces the industry standard for productivity software with its Office programs and retains a decade-long 70%-plus market share in operating systems with Windows. Microsoft’s Azure is the second-largest cloud platform in […]
Design your remote work culture with Microsoft Teams apps

Microsoft Teams is best known for group channels, chat conversations, meetings, and calendars all in one place, making team collaboration easier within a unified hub. But beyond this – by providing many ways that apps can integrate, Microsoft Teams is designed to be highly tailored. It can become a customized digital home for your team, […]
Research Proves Your Brain Needs Breaks

New options help you carve out downtime between meetings. For many, back-to-back video meetings are a hallmark of the pandemic era. One conversation ends, another begins, and too often there’s no chance to stretch, pour a glass of water, or just clear your head. In our latest study of brain wave activity, researchers confirmed what […]
Five things to know about apps in Microsoft Teams

Apps let you do more in Teams. Think about the tools, files, and dashboards your org already uses. Many of them can be added right into Teams. And you can find new ones by going to Apps 1. You can use apps in tabs in both chats and channels. When you work with different people, you […]
Share your screen during a meeting | Microsoft Teams

Try it! In Microsoft Teams, you can show your desktop, a specific app, a whiteboard, or a presentation in a meeting. Select Share content and choose if you want to share your computer audio. Select what you want to share: Screen lets you show everything on your screen. PowerPoint Live lets you share a PowerPoint presentation. Microsoft Whiteboard and Freehand by Invision lets […]
Why you should save that message | Microsoft Teams

Try it! To save a message or post, select Save message just to the right of the text. To see a list of your saved messages, select your profile picture at the top of the app, then choose Saved. Or type /saved in the command box at the top of the screen. Source: Microsoft Original Article
Easy way to find files | Microsoft Teams

Try it! Filter files to find recent documents, ones that have been created or edited in your channels, or downloaded to your computer. Select Files and choose a filter: Recent: Recent files you’ve viewed or edited. Microsoft Teams: Files created or edited across your channels. Downloads: Files you’ve downloaded from Teams. Select Open Downloads Folder to find […]
Webinars in Microsoft Teams: Easy, professional webinars to engage customers

Over the last year, we have found new ways to create engaging virtual experiences at work. We’ve transformed spaces in our homes to offices, developed new skillsets for remote collaboration, and in some cases, adopted new technology to get work done. I often hear from our customers about the burden of using different tools to […]