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The 7 most important announcements from Microsoft Ignite

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It’s Microsoft Ignite this week, the company’s premier event for IT professionals and decision-makers. But it’s not just about new tools for role-based access. Ignite is also very much a forward-looking conference that keeps the changing role of IT in mind. And while there isn’t a lot of consumer news at the event, the company […] Continue reading The 7 most important announcements from Microsoft Ignite→

Cortana Gets Deep New Outlook Integrations and a Male Voice

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Microsoft is putting Cortana across Outlook, and it’s promising major new advancements in Cortana’s natural conversational interactions for the near future.
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Microsoft Enhances Cortana with Briefings and Scheduler Support

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Microsoft’s digital assistant may not always be at the front of the digital-AI conversations but the company is adding new features to the platform at Ignite 2019. Announced today, are new briefing emails and scheduler functionality.

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Cortana wants to be your personal executive assistant and read your emails to you, too

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Only a few years ago, Microsoft hoped that Cortana could become a viable competitor to the Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri . Over time, as Cortana failed to make a dent in the marketplace (do you ever remember that Cortana is built into your Windows 10 machine?), the company’s ambitions shrunk a bit. Today, Microsoft […] Continue reading Cortana wants to be your personal executive assistant and read your emails to you, too→

FindTime – An Underappreciated Gem in the Office 365 World

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Microsoft’s FindTime service helps Office 365 users find the right time to schedule a meeting with people inside and outside their tenant. It’s an underappreciated gem. And the good news is that an even better service called Calendar.Help is on the way. Well, it’s better if you like asking Cortana to find the right meeting dates for you rather than the more-hands on approach taken by FindTime. Whichever way you cut it, help is always appreciated when setting up meetings, so it’s nice that these tools are available.

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