Microsoft allows free access to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in your internet browser, so long as you sign up for a free Microsoft account. Here's how you do it: Click Sign In. If you don't have an account, click Create One. Enter your email address, and go through the verification process. Enter your country, birth date, and name. That's it! You can now sign in and open Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, or OneNote from the side panel.
The Copilot app cannot be removed arbitrarily. Three cumulative conditions apply: Microsoft 365 Copilot must also be installed on the device, the Copilot app must not have been installed by the user themselves, and the app must not have been launched in the past 28 days.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang forecast that capital expenditure (CapEx) on datacentres would increase from the $300-400bn mark today to $3-4tn by 2030, effectively claiming datacentre spending would increase tenfold during this period.
That disconnect was flagged in an 8-week Deloitte review of Whole Foods' use of Microsoft 365 apps earlier this year, according to an internal document obtained by Business Insider. Deloitte found that Whole Foods relies on "fragmented" Microsoft toolsets, has loose security and data-retention practices, and employs a complex user-management setup - all of which contribute to inefficiencies and lower productivity when working with Amazon employees.
The increases, which will affect the company's commercial, frontline worker, and government customers, take effect from July 1, 2026, and range from a slight bump to an eye-watering hike. According to Microsoft, the rises (or "updates" in Micro-speak) are driven by expanded security, management, and AI capabilities. Microsoft said, "Organizations face an increasingly complex threat landscape, rising IT demands, and the urgent need for AI-powered transformation. "To help our customers meet these challenges head-on, we're enhancing our Microsoft 365 offerings with additional security and management capabilities empowered by AI."
What if your workday could be smarter, faster, and more secure, all thanks to the tools you already use? With the latest updates to Microsoft 365, unveiled alongside key announcements at the Ignite conference, that vision is closer than ever. From AI-driven innovations that automate tedious tasks to security enhancements designed to protect sensitive data, Microsoft is redefining how we collaborate and stay productive in an increasingly hybrid world.
Microsoft plans to enhance its M365 productivity suite with "Agentic Users," autonomous AI agents with their own identities and access to enterprise IT systems that can collaborate with one another and with humans. "These agents can attend meetings, edit documents, communicate via email and chat, and perform tasks autonomously," Microsoft said in an addition to its product roadmap entitled "Microsoft Teams: Discovery and Creation of Agentic Users from Teams and M365 Agent Store."
Claude will now connect with Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive to search and analyze documents without you needing to upload them manually. The Microsoft 365 connector is available now for all Claude Team and Enterprise plan users, but administrators need to enable the integration before end users can connect up their accounts. The Microsoft Outlook integration with Claude lets the chatbot access email threads and analyze communications to surface relevant context in its answers.
Microsoft has announced a significant takedown of RaccoonO365, a popular tool used by hackers to seize Microsoft 365 credentials via phishing. The tech giant's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) seized 338 domains linked to RaccoonO365, which form the backbone of its phishing as a service (PhaaS) offering used in thousands of attacks worldwide.
Healthcare organizations are increasingly being targeted in email attacks, research shows, and Microsoft 365 is often the weakest link. More than half (52%) of all healthcare email breaches last year involved the Microsoft 365 business email platform, up from 43% the year before. According to research from Paubox, there were 107 such attacks in the first half of this year.
Microsoft is getting more aggressive about tying its flagship productivity products to the Microsoft cloud. In the most recent release of Windows 11, the OneDrive Backup feature is turned on automatically when you sign in with a Microsoft account; as a result, some of the most common data folders -- Documents, Pictures, and Desktop -- are moved out of their normal location and into OneDrive.
This student-ready laptop is working with a powerful Intel N150 processor with an integrated graphics card. This thing won't be playing Elden Ring: Nightreign with ultra-high settings or anything, but it's perfectly capable of taking care of basic everyday task a student might need. Things like browsing the web, sending emails, drafting up essays, or building slideshows will be easy-peasy. It comes pre-installed with Window 11 Home.
Microsoft is introducing new limits for onmicrosoft.com domains. Organizations can now send a maximum of 100 external emails per day via these standard domains to prevent spam. The new measure limits messages from onmicrosoft.com domains to 100 external recipients within 24 hours. Previously, there were no limits for Microsoft Online Email Routing Address (MOERA) domains. Microsoft is responding to an ongoing issue within Microsoft 365. Spammers are abusing new tenants to send large amounts of unwanted emails before Microsoft can intervene.
We identified an issue with the initial fix, and we've corrected it. We're continuing to deploy the fix, and we're closely monitoring the deployment to ensure no further issues are encountered.
Despite the confirmed problems with Microsoft Forms, Microsoft's official 365 Service Health Status website continues to display "everything up and running." This discrepancy is expected to be addressed as the situation evolves.
