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138 organizations have more than 100,000 Microsoft Teams users, MSFT FY2021 Q1 Results

Microsoft released its FY22 Q1 results yesterday. It is always interesting to keep an eye on what is being talked about in the results as it shows the areas Microsoft want to highlight. Results for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year: Revenue was $45.3 billion and increased 22% Operating income was $20.2 billion and increased 27% Net...

Microsoft Teams high fidelity audio “Music Mode” for Music and Pro Microphones

Something I’m personally really excited about, Microsoft Teams is getting an option to set your sound to high fidelity. This can be used to reproduce music in high quality for things like online exercise classes, music classes or live music performances, but also to join teams meetings with more high-end microphones and not have teams compress and “optimise” the audio. It will provide the option...

Microsoft acquires Nuance conversational AI and voice recognition specialists for $19.7 billion

Microsoft’s second-largest acquisition after LinkedIn, Microsoft position the Nuance acquisition as strengthening their cloud strategy for healthcare. Nuance Communications focuses on conversational AI and ambient intelligence. With customers in 77 percent of U.S. hospitals and 85 percent of the Fortune 100 companies worldwide, Beyond healthcare, Nuance provides AI expertise and customer...

Tom Arbuthnot at #MSIgnite Table Talk: Running Community Events in an Online World

This year Microsoft Ignite is an all-online event and it’s free to register. There is a lot of Microsoft Teams news coming as well as lots of other great content across multiple technologies. I’m excited to be joining some great people in hosting a Table Talk on Running Community Events in an Online World Session code: CON194 Table Talks are happening throughout the event, across all time zones...

Change the Default Search Engine of New Chromium Edge Browser

Now new chromium edge has hit beta, I’m giving it a go as my primary browser and have uninstalled Chrome.
One of the first non obvious things to do was change the default search engine, for me I want the default to be google.
Settings

Privacy and Services

Address Bar

Where you can pick your preference

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