Microsoft is switching off free Copilot Chat inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for millions of Microsoft 365 business users starting April 15, 2026. Unless your organization pays for a full Microsoft 365 Copilot license, the AI chat panel that appeared in those apps will either vanish completely or be throttled to second-rate performance. Microsoft […]
When an attacker breaks into a Microsoft 365 or Exchange account, changing your password is not enough to stop the damage. Hackers can silently plant inbox rules that forward, redirect, or delete your emails without you knowing. Worse, a known flaw in Microsoft Exchange allows those rules to be made completely invisible, hidden from you, […]
Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows has a Rules feature, but it is not the Rules you know. The Outlook (new) ditches client-side rules entirely and replaces them with server-based rules only. That means several actions you may rely on today, like playing a sound alert, running a macro, printing a message, or applying rules to […]
Outlook email rules let you take control of a chaotic inbox by telling Outlook exactly what to do with messages the moment they arrive. Instead of manually sorting newsletters, flagging messages from your boss or deleting routine notifications, a few well built rules handle it all automatically. This guide explains how Outlook rules work, what […]
Outlook Rules are not the only way your email gets sorted, moved, or deleted. Microsoft has built at least eight other features into Outlook and Microsoft 365 that can manage messages automatically or with a single click. From Focused Inbox and Sweep to Quick Steps, Archive, and retention policies, each one works differently and knowing […]
