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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 starts rolling out its Webinars feature in Teams

Microsoft starts rolling out its Webinars feature in Teams

Microsoft is making Webinars in Teams generally available and is bringing new presentation options to Teams via Presenter Mode.

May 11, 2021 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft to add new shared channels, encryption for calls, webinar features to Teams

Microsoft to add new shared channels, encryption for calls, webinar features to Teams

Microsoft has a bunch of new Teams features coming and is introducing a new category of Teams Intelligent Speaker devices at Ignite this week.

March 2, 2021 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft's Skype gets 'Together Mode' viewing option that's already in Teams

Microsoft's Skype gets 'Together Mode' viewing option that's already in Teams

Microsoft is continuing to bring new features to Skype, with some of the newest additions having debuted in Teams first.

December 18, 2020 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft is adding more calling features to Teams

Microsoft is adding more calling features to Teams

Microsoft is bringing yet more calling features to Teams and working with partners to roll out low-cost Teams-enabled phones next year.

December 1, 2020 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft outlines more new Teams features coming to remote and on-site workers

Microsoft outlines more new Teams features coming to remote and on-site workers

Microsoft has plans to add new meeting, calling, search, insights and other new features to Teams over the next several months. Where's the Teams-fatigue-fighting feature?

September 22, 2020 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft adds new Teams calling features and holds off on others

Microsoft adds new Teams calling features and holds off on others

Microsoft is rolling out its new Advanced Communications Plan for M365/O365 subscribers, while it puts some other anticipated calling plans on ice.

August 3, 2020 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Slack files competition complaint against Microsoft in the EU

Slack files competition complaint against Microsoft in the EU

After claiming Microsoft wasn't a competitor, Slack is now filing a competition complaint against Microsoft in the EU, claiming it is illegally tying Teams to Office 365.

July 22, 2020 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft to add new shared background, customizable views, chat bubbles and more to Teams

Microsoft to add new shared background, customizable views, chat bubbles and more to Teams

Microsoft is adding a bunch of new features to Teams in the coming weeks and months, some of which are catching up with what's in competitive services, while others are new and different.

July 8, 2020 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft to add a new learning app to Teams

Microsoft to add a new learning app to Teams

Microsoft is readying a new learning app -- a preview of which is coming later this year -- that will be part of its Teams service. It will help users access and manage their learning content in a single place.

June 30, 2020 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

Microsoft updates its Skype clients for Windows 10

Microsoft updates its Skype clients for Windows 10

Microsoft is trying to bring feature parity to its Skype for Windows 10 clients and is now making its former Skype UWP app an Electron app in the process.

June 23, 2020 by Mary Jo Foley in Collaboration

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