Office 365

Cybercrooks amp up attacks via macro-enabled XLL files

Neither Excel nor PowerPoint safe as baddies continue to find ways around protections

Research01 Nov 2023 | 6

Google exec: Microsoft Teams concession 'too little, too late'

If you don't tackle Redmond's abuse of software licensing in rival clouds it'll be game over for innovation, warns Amit Zavery

Cloud Infrastructure Month15 Sep 2023 | 39

Farewell WordPad, we hardly knew ye

Microsoft ends development of free basic word processor bundled with Windows

Software04 Sep 2023 | 145

Official: Microsoft unbundles Teams in Europe

Breaking up is hard to do: Redmond reluctantly lets EU play matchmaker for software suite flings

SaaS31 Aug 2023 | 19

Microsoft still prohibits Google or Alibaba from running O365 Windows Apps

Almost a month after AWS concession, Redmond keeping mum on reason for locking rivals out

PaaS + IaaS25 Aug 2023 | 40

It's official: EU probing bundling of Teams with Microsoft 365

Updated Antitrust inspectors trying to figure out if Redmond has breached local competition laws

SaaS27 Jul 2023 | 42

Microsoft kicks Calibri to the curb for Aptos as default font

The artist formerly known as Bierstadt

Applications14 Jul 2023 | 88

EU antitrust team closer to full-blown Microsoft probe, say sources

Despite Redmond's best efforts to convince competition regulators that product bundles are OK

Software04 Jul 2023 | 22

Microsoft signs 1.5 million seat contract for Office 365 and more

$940m agreement with one of world's largest employers is value for money, we are assured

Sysadmin Month30 Jun 2023 | 49

Clippy designer was too embarrassed to include him in his portfolio

Love him or loathe him, the default Office Assistant remains an icon of personal computing history

Offbeat12 Jun 2023 | 56

Microsoft may charge different prices for Office with or without Teams

How to appease antitrust regulators by looking like you're doing something

Storage05 May 2023 | 32

AlienFox malware caught in the cloud hen house

Malicious toolkit targets misconfigured hosts in AWS and Office 365

Security30 Mar 2023 |

Sensitive DoD emails exposed by unsecured Azure server

AWS, Google and Oracle may benefit as Microsoft blames the Pentagon and the Pentagon blames Microsoft

Security23 Feb 2023 | 19

Microsoft boffins contemplate equipping Excel with AI

Go on, bring on the FLAMEs

AI + ML04 Feb 2023 | 49

Microsoft Office 365 Cloud has a secret lining

Hardened versions of apps and services can handle classified information for government

Off-Prem31 Jan 2023 | 21

Zoom adds email and calendar to its apps, to relieve the crushing burden of ALT-TAB

Also teams up with cinema chain AMC to let you Zoom at the movies

Software09 Nov 2022 | 22

Microsoft rolls back default macro blocks in Office without telling anyone

Updated Based on 'feedback'. Which one of you asked for this, and why?

Security08 Jul 2022 | 32

Microsoft slows some hiring for Windows, Teams, and Office

'Making sure the right resources are aligned to the right opportunity' ahead of next fiscal year

Software27 May 2022 | 8

Outlook bombards Safari users with endless downloads

Updated Mystery zero-byte file deluge makes site unusable, hundreds of netizens complain

Applications04 May 2022 | 45

Microsoft hikes prices for non-profit customers, ends on-prem software grants

Office 365 and Windows 365 prices to rise in September – one SKU by much more than recent commercial increase

Software08 Apr 2022 | 36

Alibaba opens DingTalk collaboration tool to enterprises and developers

Teams-like application boasts 500 million users, but Microsoft has more active users

Software28 Mar 2022 | 2

Microsoft revenue up by a fifth as world shuffles through the pandemic into the metaverse

Cloud the top earner as usual but Redmond is doubling down on gaming

Software26 Jan 2022 | 8

Customer comment and contributions no more as Microsoft pulls the plug on Office 365 UserVoice forum

No obvious replacement yet either

SaaS08 Mar 2021 | 35

Yes, it's down again: Microsoft's Office 365 takes yet another mid-week tumble, Azure also unwell

Updated Come back, Word 97, all is forgiven

SaaS07 Oct 2020 | 67

Is it Patch Blues-day for Outlook? Microsoft's email client breaks worldwide, leaves everyone stumped

Updated Admins sent scrambling after software mysteriously starts crashing

Security15 Jul 2020 | 40

If you have Microsoft 365 and Windows Virtual Desktop, do you need Citrix? Apparently

Redmond's Azure-based system pals up with virty dinosaur

Virtualization14 Jul 2020 | 11

Hold off that rush into the July 4 weekend – you may need this: Microsoft patches pwn-by-picture pitfalls in Win 10

Redmond also praised for blocking malware control systems on its clouds

Security02 Jul 2020 | 6

PowerShell inventor Jeffrey Snover gets new gig driving ‘modern workforce transformation’

Which appears to involve buying lots of AI-infused Microsoft SaaS

Software20 May 2020 | 6

SAP proves, yet again, that Excel is utterly unkillable

It built a perfectly good analytics cloud yet has added a Microsoft spreadsheet plugin because that’s what punters want

Software19 May 2020 | 76

Microsoft gives Office 365 admins the heads-up: Some internal queries over weekend might have returned results from completely different orgs

Only in 'extremely rare circumstances.' So that's OK

Security18 May 2020 | 19

Post-pandemic hard-sell under way: Resellers leaned on to convert free trial users into fully paid-up customers

Eight weeks to turn ‘helping you enable remote work with Office 365 at this difficult time’ into cash

Channel12 May 2020 | 6

Go on, hit Reply All. We dare you. We double dare you. Because Office 365 will defeat your server-slamming ways

New Exchange Reply-All-stopper is rolling out in the cloud now

SaaS08 May 2020 | 49

Corporate VPN huffing and puffing while everyone works from home over COVID-19? You're not alone, admins

Microsoft and others take steps to handle remote staffer crunch

Virtualization11 Mar 2020 | 68

Admins beware! Microsoft gives heads-up for 'disruptive' changes to authentication in Office 365 email service

Basic authentication will be OFF for Exchange Online email and other services from October 2020

SaaS26 Feb 2020 | 80

Keen to check for 'abnormal' user behaviours? Microsoft talks insider risk, AWS imports and compliance at infosec shindig RSA

RSA Before you remove the mote from thy hacker's eye, remove the beam from the eyes of your, er, Teams

Security20 Feb 2020 | 3

Chrome suddenly using Bing after installing Office 365 Pro Plus... Yeah, that might have been us, mumbles Microsoft

Bad-a-Bing, badda-boom: Netizens complain of browser hijacking

SaaS22 Jan 2020 | 127

You're about to gouda major change in Microsoft cloud security after Redmond agrees to go Dutch on data

Will take the GDPR hit for all cloud biz so you don't have to

SaaS18 Nov 2019 | 9

Microsoft crams Office 365 docs into Edge-style sandboxes to thwart malware infections

Ignite Your guide to some of the security enhancements announced this week

Security07 Nov 2019 | 9

Microsoft welcomes ancient Project app to the 365 family, meaning bleak future for on-prem

Redmond hauls management software cloudwards

Software29 Oct 2019 | 48

Microsoft explains self-serve Power platform's bypassing of Office 365 admins to cries of 'are you completely insane?'

Updated We're unlocking productivity!

Software28 Oct 2019 | 115

Power to the users? Admins be warned: Microsoft set to introduce 'self-service purchase' in Office 365

Updated Users will be able to buy own licences and administrators cannot prevent it

Software22 Oct 2019 | 69

Good guy, Microsoft: Multi-factor auth outage gives cloudy Office, Azure users a surprise three-day weekend

Updated Redmond's sign-on system is so secure, nobody can get in

SaaS18 Oct 2019 | 22

Office 365 verboten in Hessen schools: German state bans cloudy Microsoft suite on privacy grounds

Meanwhile, Australia signs 98 federal agencies up to service

SaaS16 Jul 2019 | 44

NHS Wales flings £39m at Microsoft for Office 365 and Windows 10

Far away, my Office is calling... Outlook alerts do chime

Software26 Jun 2019 | 15

Behold the might of dynamic crimefighting duo Captain Met Police and the Microsoft Kid

Office 365 to demonstrate legendary ability to not fall over when pushed to the front line

Software13 Jun 2019 | 31

Office 365 user security practices are woeful, yet it's still 'Microsoft's fault' when an org is breached

As soon as defences are sold as a product, hygiene suffers

Security16 May 2019 | 45

Kaspersky updates its cybercrook look book: Smashing Office is hot, browser vulns are not

Over two-thirds of attacks Russian biz spied targeted venerable Microsoft suite

Security16 Apr 2019 | 15

Microsoft's corporate veep for enterprise puts the boot into boot times

Interview Brad Anderson talks going native and attaching electrodes to journalists

Software28 Mar 2019 | 39

Children of Wales to be prepped for the vibrant world of work with free Office 365 ProPlus

We'll keep an Excel in the hillside, we'll keep on coding in the Vales

SaaS22 Mar 2019 | 57

There's no 'My' in Office, Microsoft insists with new productivity hub

If you like that then you'll just LOVE our 365 range

Software21 Feb 2019 | 39

Only plebs use Office 2019 over Office 365, says Microsoft's weird new ad campaign

Get with the times, Grandad!

Software07 Feb 2019 | 260

The chips are down: Now Microsoft blames Intel CPU supply shortages for dips in Windows, Office sales

What went well? Services, services, services, services!

OSes31 Jan 2019 | 16

Trying to log into Office 365 right now? It's a coin flip, says Microsoft: Service goes TITSUP as Azure portal wobbles

Final update Total Inability To Support Users' Passwords

SaaS29 Jan 2019 | 73

Office 365 enjoys good old-fashioned Thursday wobble as email teeters over in Europe

Updated 2018's greatest hits on repeat in 2019 for some lucky Microsoft punters

SaaS24 Jan 2019 | 58

White-listing Azure cloud connections to grease your Office 365 wheels? About that...

Dev fears sub-domain abuse – Plus, unofficial patches for trio of Windows zero-days

Security23 Jan 2019 | 8

Home users due for a battering with Microsoft 365 subscription stick

Job opening at Redmond points to new consumer services

Software13 Dec 2018 | 63