VBA may have a bad reputation, but it's still one of the most effective ways to automate repetitive actions in standard XLSX ...

Microsoft says an ongoing incident is preventing users of its Teams collaboration platform and Office for the web cloud-based productivity suite from opening files. "We're investigating reports that ...

You don’t need expensive software for basic PDF tasks. In fact, all you need is a handful of free web-based apps. Given the ubiquity and popularity of the PDF, it's no surprise that commercial PDF ...

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Long PDFs slow people down for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes the file is too dense to skim quickly. Sometimes you need the key points without reading every page. Sometimes the document is in another ...

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Microsoft is canceling most internal Claude Code licenses by June 30, pushing engineers to its own GitHub Copilot CLI. The catch? Anthropic's tool got too popular, undercutting Microsoft's homegrown ...

Soon, your coworkers in Microsoft Teams might not all be human. Scout, an always-on AI agent announced at Microsoft’s Build developer conference on Tuesday, can go through your work messages, calendar ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Much like Google, Microsoft is launching its own version of OpenClaw.

Scout is the first of a new breed of ‘autopilot’ agents in Microsoft 365 that can carry out tasks independently. Microsoft has developed a new AI agent that can run autonomously around the clock to ...

Microsoft's developer-focused Build conference is usually heavy on technical details, but it's still the best way to get a sneak peek into what the company has in store for your Windows PC. I'll be on ...

Live from San Francisco, we compiled all the biggest news from Microsoft's annual developer conference. This is how Microsoft sees the future of AI computing. Microsoft Build is officially over, but ...