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Modern meeting and calling experiences are coming to Chrome and Edge browsers. This includes the dynamic view, control bar on the top of the screen, and the latest view modes.
 

Microsoft is adding the Microsoft Defender for Individuals to its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions.
 

SharePoint templates are intended to make it easier to get started creating a SharePoint site quickly. SharePoint site templates are flexible enough to address a variety of needs, make it easy to create and populate site content, and show you what’s possible.
 

Users can now seamlessly create and review e-signature approval requests directly in Teams removing the need to access the e-sign provider website.
 

Microsoft will be ending support for most versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) 11 browser on June 15.
 

Microsoft Teams will soon allow users to create chats with themselves to easily take notes, write quick messages, or even store files or images.
 

In the modern workplace, effective collaboration with external partners is essential. External collaboration could range from adhoc chats with a vendor to more structured or long-term collaboration with suppliers or business partners.
 

In a new blog post, Microsoft provides data that its Teams app is now substantially faster compared to August 2021 thanks to improvements in the code.
 

At Build 2022, Microsoft announced a wide range of new features and capabilities for Windows 11, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft 365. Teams Live Share and Loop components were among the biggest announcements
 

Microsoft is on a mission to unify the OneNote experience on Windows. At the moment, there are two OneNote apps on Windows. Microsoft plans to bring the feature sets of those apps together to create a unified OneNote with the best of both worlds. A recent Tech Community post from Microsoft outlined the changes that have rolled out as well as features that are on the way.
 

Microsoft has announced the release of the May 2022 update for Teams.  The release notes highlight many key updates, but for this post I will focus on the new brightness and focus features.
 

Microsoft Teams is one of the most popular communication clients in use by businesses. The platform supports messaging, calls, video meetings, and other types of virtual collaboration. What it doesn't support, at least for the moment, is selecting a specific folder for downloaded files.  That is set to change in the near future.
 

Microsoft is enabling SMS notifications to be sent to the person booked for an appointment scheduled through the Bookings web app or Bookings app in Teams or via the self-serve booking page.
 

On May 24-26, Microsoft Build is holding its developer conference, and once again it will be a virtual event. As usual, the conference will kick off with a series of keynotes followed by deep dive sessions.
 

Microsoft has now brought the Microsoft Teams app download to the Microsoft Store, providing a new installation method for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users other than a manual download.