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Microsoft is using AI copilot internally for code reviews impacting 600,000 PRs per month

Usama Jawad — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has shared its findings from using AI inside the firm to review code, impacting over 600,000 pull requests per month. Read more...

Microsoft's revamped Teams chat and channels experience now available to commercial users

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 06 May 2025 02:58:01 +0000

Microsoft has officially launched its redesigned chat and channels experience in Teams for commercial users after extensive preview testing. Read more...

Windows 11 2022 Update is now rolling out

Usama Jawad — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:00:04 +0000

Microsoft has started rolling out the Windows 11 2022 Update, which is now the official public name of the version known as "22H2" up until now. This is the first major update to Windows 11. Read more...

WhatsApp on Windows ditches Electron in favor of UWP, now works standalone

Usama Jawad — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:56:01 +0000

WhatsApp has announced that its new app for Windows is now live. It ditches the web-based Electron framework in favor of Windows-native Universal Windows Platform (UWP) technologies. Read more...

Top 5 features I want in tabbed File Explorer in Windows 11

Usama Jawad — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 15:16:01 +0000

The Tabbed File Explorer in Windows 11 has finally arrived for all Dev Channel Insiders. While it is still in its infancy, here are five features I would like the new interface to have if it hits GA! Read more...

ARM64EC now fully supports Windows 11 on ARM

Usama Jawad — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 06:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that its ARM64EC application binary interface (ABI) is now fully supported on Windows 11 on ARM. It allows developers to mix and match x64 and ARM code in a single codebase. Read more...

Microsoft Teams now runs natively on Apple Silicon, rolling out generally

Usama Jawad — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 07:04:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the general availability of a Teams client that runs natively on Apple Silicon. The key benefit here is performance improvements as compared to running Teams on emulation. Read more...

Android 13 gets final Beta update ahead of general release

Usama Jawad — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:28:01 +0000

Google has rolled out the final Beta build for Android 13. Beta 4 obviously does not introduce any new features, it just focuses on bug fixes and optimizations ahead of the general release of the OS. Read more...

GitHub Copilot is now generally available, starts at $10/month

Usama Jawad — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the general availability of GitHub Copilot, its AI-powered development assistant. If you're looking for an AI to help you write code, you can give it a go at $10/month. Read more...

Visual Studio 2022 17.1 is now generally available

Usama Jawad — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:52:02 +0000

Microsoft has announced the general rollout of Visual Studio 2022 17.1 which contains a faster file search experience, Git enhancements, improved file saving capabilities, and lots more. Read more...

Microsoft Cloud for Retail is hitting general availability on February 1

Usama Jawad — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 05:06:01 +0000

Microsoft's latest cloud vertical, Cloud for Retail, will hit general availability on February 1. The company has also highlighted some opportunities that retailers should be targeting. Read more...

Visual Studio 2022 is launching on November 8

Usama Jawad — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 04:48:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed November 8, 2021 as the launch date for Visual Studio 2022. That said, a release candidate (RC) build with a go-live license for production use is available already. Read more...

Microsoft Office 2021 is coming on October 5, LTSC available today

Usama Jawad — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:14:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that its latest "perpetual" license of Office LTSC is now available for organizations. The consumer version, Office 2021, will be available on October 5, same as Windows 11. Read more...

Windows Server 2022 has hit general availability

Usama Jawad — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Windows Server 2022 today. This release promises advanced multi-layered security, a flexible application platform, and hybrid Azure capabilities. Read more...

Microsoft Azure Government Top Secret has hit general availability

Usama Jawad — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that Azure Government Top Secret, its cloud offering dealing with modernizing infrastructure and data management tooling for classified U.S. Government operations, has hit GA. Read more...

Microsoft announces general availability of email OTP for businesses

Usama Jawad — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the general availability of email OTP for better B2B collaboration. Guest users will be allowed to access resources without Azure AD, a Microsoft account, or Google federation. Read more...

Microsoft announces general availability of new Power Apps and Dataverse for Teams

Usama Jawad — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 06:14:01 +0000

You can now build apps and chatbots using minimal code directly within Microsoft Teams, thanks to the general availability of Power Apps and Power Virtual Agents apps, as well as Dataverse for Teams. Read more...

Azure Lab Services integration is now generally available in Microsoft Teams

Usama Jawad — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 03:56:02 +0000

Azure Lab Services integration with Microsoft Teams is now generally available. The service allows you to provision VMs on demand, and invited users can utilize them without an Azure subscription. Read more...

Tasks is now generally available in Microsoft Teams

Usama Jawad — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has now announced that Tasks in Teams are now generally available. Moving forward, the company will be doing a rebranding and offer users the ability to create tasks from chats and channels. Read more...

C++ extension for Visual Studio Code hits version 1.0

Usama Jawad — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 03:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the first generally available release of the C++ extension for Visual Studio Code, which includes support for Linux on ARM and ARM64, rich code formatting settings, and more. Read more...

Dynamics 365 2019 release wave 2 reaches GA, bringing over 400 new capabilities

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:56:01 +0000

With the start of October, Dynamics 365 release wave 2 for this year has reached general availability. As such, 400 new capabilities and feature updates have been brought to the ERP suite of services. Read more...

Microsoft partners with General Assembly to curb skills gap in AI, ML, and more

Hamza Jawad — Fri, 17 May 2019 15:40:01 +0000

Microsoft is aiming to address the growing AI skills gap with its new partnership with General Assembly. Three core areas have been outlined by the companies as part of this collaboration. Read more...

Microsoft announces general availability of new features for Windows Store developers

Usama Jawad — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 19:42:02 +0000

Microsoft has announced the general availability of several new features for Windows Store developers, including a redesigned dashboard, new analytics, and easier management of app pricing and sales. Read more...

Microsoft launches Stream, its video management tool for enterprise customers

Usama Jawad — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 06:02:01 +0000

After launching as a preview back in July 2016, Microsoft Stream is now generally available in 181 markets and in 44 languages. The video management tool is targeted at enterprise customers. Read more...

Office 365 Centralized Deployment hits general availability

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 03:24:02 +0000

IT administrators looking to deploy add-ins to Office installations more easily can now take advantage of Office 365's Centralized Development. The feature, which has been in preview, has now hit GA. Read more...

Arduino and Raspberry Pi: your next science project

Dmitry Dolinsky — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 08:30:45 +0000

What I thought would be an electronics board with LED control and perhaps FM functionality, unraveled into a world which included Bluetooth, WiFi, displays and controllers as well as advanced robotics Read more...