3 ways technology can help rebuild your frontline workforce
The two billion frontline workers, which represent 80 percent of the world’s workforce, have weathered risk, exhaustion, and ongoing disruption throughout the pandemic. From shutdowns to new safety protocols to increased workloads and dwindling inventory, the frontline is constantly facing challenges. Today we are releasing a set of technology innovations and partnerships to reduce stress on the frontline and empower the way they work and interact.
New Microsoft Teams Essentials is built for small businesses
Perhaps no one has been hit harder over the past 20 months than small businesses. To adapt and thrive in this new normal, small businesses need comprehensive solutions that are designed specifically for them and their unique needs.
What’s new in Microsoft 365—How we’re empowering everyone for a new world of hybrid work
If there’s one thing we know, it’s that hybrid work is here to stay. But the big question is: what will the next decade of work look like and how will you prepare?
Microsoft Office—Transforming for the hybrid world
Microsoft Office is changing with the times. That is why we are reimagining Office, adding new apps to respond to new opportunities, and making Office a universal, interactive canvas for creators of all kinds.
Microsoft Viva is now generally available to help transform your hybrid work experience
Earlier this year, we began the journey of building the first employee experience platform (EXP) for the digital era with Microsoft Viva. Our vision was to foster a culture of human connection, purpose, growth, wellbeing, and results
Stay in the flow of work with new collaborative apps for Microsoft Teams
In the past 20 months, we’ve witnessed an explosive growth of virtual interactions, with people collaborating more—both inside and outside their organizations, with greater frequency and across more applications than ever before. The question facing us now is, how can we shift from merely adapting to thriving with hybrid work?
3 ways to support frontline workers in a hybrid world
When the working world split between those who could work from home and those who could not, the frontline transformed beyond anyone’s expectations. Frontline workers—the associates at the forefront of your customer interactions, the clinicians delivering patient care, and those running your operations on the ground—have long been underserved by technology and are only now…
Empower your hybrid workforce today with Windows 11
We are excited to announce Windows 11 is now generally available. We reimagined Windows 11 to be the operating system for hybrid work. I encourage you to begin your Windows 11 pilots and upgrades today for all eligible PCs with confidence that Windows 11 is the most productive, most collaborative, and most secure version of…
The Great Reshuffle and how Microsoft Viva is helping reimagine the employee experience
Our recent research found that 40 percent of the global workforce is considering leaving their employer this year due to burnout and a lack of workplace flexibility—this is what industry experts are referring to as The Great Reshuffle. While this figure is staggering, there are actions organizations can take to help attract and retain employees.
Introducing a new era of hybrid personal computing: the Windows 365 Cloud PC
Updated on August 2, 2021: Windows 365 is now generally available to businesses of all sizes. Learn more about Windows 365 and experience it today. As some regions begin to make their way out of the challenges and disruption of the past 18 months, we’re seeing a new world of work emerge. Organizations everywhere have…
Bringing Visio to Microsoft 365: Diagramming for everyone
With the shift to hybrid work comes the need for business leaders to create a new, flexible operating model spanning people, places, and processes. Every business process will need to be transformed and diagrams are often the starting point for many process updates. They enable leaders across the organization to improve and visually communicate processes…
Get Yammer in Teams and new features in Microsoft Edge—here’s what’s new to Microsoft 365 in April
In this world of remote everything, our customers are discovering so many new ways to work and learn online. We’re committed to shipping updates and improvements to our tools that help you stay connected, productive, and secure through the current crisis and beyond.
Improve collaboration across apps and customize experiences—here’s what’s new to Microsoft 365 in February
This month, we’re introducing capabilities to help teams collaborate on content more easily, interact with apps in more ways, and customize their productivity experiences.
Empower Firstline Workers and supercharge search—here’s what’s new to Microsoft 365
Thanks to new technologies like AI and automation, we can build experiences across devices to connect organizations from the shop floor to the top floor.
Visio Online and Visio’s new cloud innovations help you unlock creativity
Visio’s newest cloud-first innovations and Visio Online—our web-based solution for creating professional diagrams—can help unlock your organization’s creative potential through greater insights and visual problem solving.
Gain complete insights with the Visio visualizations in Power BI Preview
Visio and Power BI now work together. With just a few clicks, Visio diagrams become an interactive Power BI visualization to help you drill into specific data points, gain a better understanding of the overall picture and make informed decisions faster.
Automatically create process diagrams in Visio from Excel data
The newest Visio feature, Data Visualizer, automatically converts Excel data into Visio process flows, giving you yet another way to create visually appealing diagrams.
Visio Online—anywhere, anytime access to your diagrams
We’re excited to announce Microsoft Visio Online, which enables users to share and view Visio diagrams in high fidelity from almost any device using their favorite browser. In addition, we’re releasing JavaScript APIs to help developers extend Visio Online capabilities for specific user needs. —Read on to learn more.
Visualize work in powerful new ways
January updates to Visio Pro for Office 365 include database reverse engineering capabilities and new third-party content to help users create diagrams that meet industry standards.
Visio is coming to the web and iOS
Today, we’re excited to announce Visio Viewer for iPad and Visio Online Preview, enabling users to share or access diagrams from nearly anywhere, gain operational insights and explore real-world diagrams easily. —Read on to learn more.
Visio updates—advanced design collaboration, data-linked diagrams and cross-platform coverage
Announcing the pre-release of Visio Online and Visio on iPad to enable cross-platform consumption of Visio diagrams as well as updates to Visio Pro for Office 365, from one-step data linking to diagrams, to advanced design and collaboration with the enhanced AutoCAD support.
The new Visio is here—work visually
Visio is the industry-leading diagramming solution used by over 12 million users and we’re thrilled to share our latest innovations. The new Visio makes it easier to define business processes, document best practices, visualize the future state of transformative initiatives, and stay on top of operational insights. Using Office 365, you can share Visio diagrams with everyone and communicate one version of the truth to drive organization-wide alignment.