Mary Jo Foley

Senior Contributing Editor

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Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNET, eWeek, and Baseline. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-Gates era (John Wiley & Sons,… 2008). She also is the co-host of the "Windows Weekly" podcast on the TWiT network. Got a tip? Send her an email with your rants, rumors, tips, and tattles. Confidentiality guaranteed.

Freelance journalist/blogger Mary Jo Foley has nothing to disclose. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). I do not own Microsoft stock or stock in any of its partners or competitors. I have done paid speaking engagements for Microsoft and some of its partners, but none where all the content is not my own.

Latest from Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft Teams and Power Platform to get more collaboration, AI-assisted additions

Microsoft is previewing a bunch of new capabilities for Teams and Power Platform developers, including a new capability to scan images and create custom Power Apps controls directly from them.

May 24, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft's Teams app is coming to the Microsoft Store

It will finally be available for download from the Store as of May 2022.

April 21, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft starts rolling out Teams 'Front Row' view for better hybrid meetings

Microsoft's Front Row feature for Teams Rooms is meant to blur the lines between virtual and in-person meetings participants.

February 1, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft: Teams now has more than 270 million monthly active users

Microsoft officials also say the company is now up to 1.4 billion monthly active users of Windows 10 and 11 devices combined.

January 25, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft adds more Teams, Viva features for frontline workers

Microsoft isn't only targeting information workers with its Teams collaboration and Viva employee-engagement products. It's also redoubling its efforts to reach frontline workers with them.

January 12, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft is rolling out the ability to chat across personal and business Teams accounts

Teams consumer and enterprise users will be able to chat between the two platforms by mid-January.

January 11, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft releases end-to-end encryption for Teams calls

Microsoft has also announced that a new Teams Phone with Calling Plan bundle is launching January 1, 2022.

December 14, 2021 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft creates new standalone Teams Essentials edition for SMBs

Microsoft is adding a new standalone Teams SKU for small-and-midsize businesses to its lineup, which will cost $48 per user per year.

December 1, 2021 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

EU regulators asking Teams rivals about Microsoft's bundling practices, per Slack's 2020 complaint

According to a new report, EU regulators are questioning collaboration vendors about Microsoft's bundling practices around Teams as part of a legal complaint from Slack last year about Microsoft's tactics.

October 8, 2021 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft to add new education-focused M365 A1 per-device subscription plan

In addition to adding a new Microsoft 365 A1 per-device option, Microsoft is introducing a new Teams Content from Camera feature aimed at the education market.

September 30, 2021 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

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