Neowin News Feed for: Interoperability

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android will soon let you join Zoom and Webex calls via SIP

Paul Hill — Tue, 05 May 2026 04:30:02 +0000

Microsoft is closing the feature gap between Windows and Android Teams Rooms. Here is how the new SIP-based cross-platform join works and what you need to enable it. Read more...

EU forced to add open document option after criticism over Microsoft Excel template

Usama Jawad — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:20:02 +0000

LibreOffice's developer slammed the EU for using an Excel template for CRA feedback. It didn't take long for the situation to shift. Read more...

You can now edit password-protected MS Office files in Google Drive, here's how

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:06:01 +0000

Google announced it has added a new way to access password-protected MS Office files in Google Drive. Read more...

Unity games are coming to Fortnite in a historic partnership with Epic Games

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:34:01 +0000

Epic Games and Unity have unveiled a historic partnership, allowing Unity-made games to be published within Fortnite and introducing Unreal Engine support to Unity's commerce tools. Read more...

Microsoft commits to European interoperability in a groundbreaking agreement

Paul Hill — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:30:02 +0000

Microsoft is making major changes to Teams and Office 365 licensing in a new agreement with the European Commission. The goal? More flexibility for you. Read more...

Google Chat gains interoperability with Microsoft Teams via NextPlane integration

Fiza Ali — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:22:01 +0000

Google announces the availability of a new upgrade for hybrid teams, bridging the gap between two major messaging platforms. Read more...

Apple challenges EU's proposal to expose AirDrop and other features to third parties

David Uzondu — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:30:01 +0000

The EU wants to make AirDrop, notifications, and other Apple features accessible to third-party devices, but Apple raises privacy concerns. Read more...

Apple criticizes Meta's numerous requests to access its software tools

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 07:56:01 +0000

Apple has criticized Meta's numerous interoperability requests citing user privacy and security risks. Read more...

Google Meet Zoom integration gets support for HDMI presentations

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:40:01 +0000

The interoperability between Google Meet and Zoom has become a new addition. Both video conferencing platforms now support wired HDMI presentations through Google Meet hardware and Zoom Rooms. Read more...

Microsoft is making DCOM hardening mandatory on Windows 10, 11, and Server soon

Usama Jawad — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 02:56:01 +0000

Microsoft will be enabling some DCOM protocol hardening changes by default with next month's Patch Tuesday. This may result in interoperability issues between networked client and server devices. Read more...

Microsoft highlights key areas to work on in 2023 to improve browser interoperability

Taras Buria — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:02:02 +0000

Microsoft has revealed key areas to work on in 2023 to improve mainstream browsers. It is a continuation of the initiative announced last year in conjunction with Google, Apple, and other companies. Read more...

Google introduces interoperability between Zoom and Google Meet for meetings

Anushe Fawaz — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:50:02 +0000

Google has introduced interoperability between Google Meet hardware and Zoom. The capability will be available in the coming weeks letting users join meetings across the two platforms. Read more...

Google warns of configuration change for interop between Calendar and Exchange Online

Usama Jawad — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:08:01 +0000

Google Workspace customers integrating Google Calendar and Exchange Online have been urged to make a configuration change before Microsoft disables an old authentication mechanism in October. Read more...

Meta, Microsoft, Sony form Metaverse Standards Forum, Apple nowhere to be seen

Usama Jawad — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:26:01 +0000

Multiple big firms including Meta, Microsoft, Epic Games, and Sony have joined hands to form the Metaverse Standards Forum to build upon spatial technology standards. Apple is suspiciously absent. Read more...

Microsoft takes concrete steps to foster interoperability

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:58:29 +0000

To help foster interoperability among office productivity applications, Microsoft Corp. today published documentation detailing its implementation of OASIS Open Document Format (ODF) version 1.1 support in Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2, currently in beta... Read more...

Improved Windows interoperability in Ubuntu

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:18:15 +0000

A proposal has been created by Scott Richie, an Ubuntu MOTU, that Wine be included in the Main repository of Ubuntu. This does not mean the Wine would be installed by default but instead that,... Read more...

Red Hat to MS: Let's Talk Interoperability

Tom Warren — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:07:09 +0000

Even though patent talks between Microsoft and Red Hat broke down last year before Microsoft went on to sign a technical collaboration and patent indemnity deal with Novell, Red Hat is still willing to work... Read more...

Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chief

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:44:51 +0000

Microsoft has appointed Tom Hanrahan, former director of engineering at the Linux Foundation, to head up the Interoperability Lab and take the job title of director of Linux interoperability. Hanrahan is a Linux veteran, having... Read more...

MPAA: We are committed to fair use, interoperability and DRM

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:30:18 +0000

At a LexisNexis conference on DRM this week, MPAA boss Dan Glickman said movie studios were now fully committed to interoperable DRM, and they recognize that consumers should be able to use legitimate video material... Read more...

Lack of interoperability stunts powerline networking

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:13:16 +0000

The lack of interoperability in powerline networking products used in homes is dramatically slowing down potential growth, industry leaders said during a panel discussion at the International Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday. "If we had... Read more...

Interoperability Is Microsoft Novell Partnership Focus

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:17:32 +0000

Despite the fact that the Nov. 2 announcement of an agreement between Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., and Novell Inc. of Provo, Utah, on a new joint venture has sparked surprise for industry observers, many... Read more...

Microsoft: Indigo Patents Would Not Affect Interoperability

Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:42:56 +0000

Microsoft said its willingness to file patents on its planned Indigo Web-services technology will not affect the software's ability to interoperate with other vendors' software. Developers, meanwhile, will not need to pay license fees to... Read more...

Microsoft Committed to IM Interoperability, Asserts Exec

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 05:18:23 +0000

Microsoft Corp.'s instant messaging architect Paul Haverstock stated the case for messaging interoperability at the opening keynote address of the Instant Messaging Planet Spring 2004 Conference and Expo here Wednesday. Haverstock, one of... Read more...

Microsoft Defends Win Server '03 Interoperability

Tom Warren — Sun, 27 Apr 2003 16:50:51 +0000

Microsoft Corp. officials defended the fact that some of Microsoft's own applications, like Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000, won't run on Windows Server 2003, saying the development focus with Exchange was how to provide the... Read more...

AOL: Not AIMing for interoperability

Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:26:09 +0000

America Online is backing away from opening its instant messaging servers to let them communicate with rival networks, according to a government regulatory filing. Instead, AOL will pursue marketing agreements with other... Read more...

Sun needles Microsoft over Passport interoperability

Sat, 01 Dec 2001 04:26:10 +0000

At a panel discussion about online authentication systems featuring representatives from Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc., the gloves stayed on until the last few minutes, when a pointed question from the audience about Microsoft's... Read more...