Microsoft 365 – the subscription / annual fee plan for Microsoft Office on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android.
Includes Word 365, Excel 365, PowerPoint 365, Outlook 365 and many other ‘365’ programs, apps and services.
A “service-side change” in Microsoft Office is Microsoft’s way of quietly changing how Office works, without updating your apps, asking permission, or bothering to tell you first. It’s new terminology so we explain what it is and how to know your computers are up to date. For admins, auditors, and long-suffering users . The latest […]
Microsoft has just released an emergency or out-of-band (OOB) security update to fix a serious Microsoft Office zero-day vulnerability or security bug that’s already being used in real-world attacks. Microsoft 365, Office 2024 and Office 2021 are affected, even ‘old’ Office 2019 & 2016 apps are fixed. This patch was not part of the normal […]
Microsoft’s January 2026 Windows update introduced a series of major bugs that broke Outlook Classic and other essential apps, leaving users facing crashes, freezes, and unusable email profiles. After widespread disruption, particularly for POP and PST accounts, Microsoft finally issued emergency fixes to restore stability, but the fallout highlights deeper quality control challenges in its […]
Import PDF data into Excel and refresh it automatically. Microsoft Excel 365 or 2024 for Windows has a refreshable PDF connector that lets you import tables or entire pages from PDF files using the Get & Transform tool. This means you can set up a process once and optionally refresh your spreadsheet whenever the PDF […]
Microsoft’s new PowerPoint Agent promises to automate slide creation using AI, but early impressions suggest you should proceed carefully. In this first look, we explore how the PowerPoint Agent works inside Microsoft PowerPoint, what it gets right, and the potential risks around accuracy, control, and over-automation that everyone needs to understand before relying on it. […]
