Back in May 2021, during the //BUILD/2021 event, Microsoft announced the ability for Microsoft Teams users to purchase any third-party Teams app subscriptions directly from the Teams app store. From within the store, users can view subscription plans offered and go through the checkout process to pay with a credit card.

This feature is soon going to roll out to the Microsoft Teams users and the tenant admin can enable or disable their users' ability to discover and install third-party applications that require third-party subscriptions.

A month after the release of Microsoft PowerToys 0.43 for Windows 10, Microsoft now came up with a new build. That's Microsoft PowerToys 0.45.0. This release is primarily centered around stability updates and optimizations, installer updates, general bug fixes, and accessibility improvements.

In this release, Microsoft worked extensively with the community to build an updated settings menu UI. This UI update takes advantage of the latest styling elements to provide users with a refreshed, modern experience navigating the various utilities and their settings.

Windows 11 Build 22449 that was released yesterday to the Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel from the active development branch, had an issue with the Taskbar, and Start menu. After installing the build, insiders started reporting issues with the non-responsive Start and Taskbar.

Microsoft quickly checked and discovered an issue with the server-side deployment that went incorrect. The company now provided a quick fix to get back into a working state on your PC. Follow the steps as stated below.

Microsoft releases a new Windows 11 build, but this time it has been limited to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. That’s because Microsoft is now moving the Dev Channel back to receiving builds from the active development branch (RS_PRERELEASE) and thus it will no longer match the Windows 11 experience that's going to release on October 5th.

The latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22449 comes with a change in the SMB compression behavior. It also adds a long list of other changes, improvements and bug fixes. If you are on the Dev Channel, upgrade to this build now.

Back in June, Microsoft started delivering Windows 11 Preview Builds to the Windows Insiders who were already opted into the Dev Channel. Since then, all supported and unsupported devices in the Dev and Beta channels were offered the Windows 11 builds.

But now, that's going to end. Microsoft just made a decision to stop flighting preview builds to the unsupported devices and booting them out of the Windows 11 insiders program.

Yesterday, Microsoft announced the official release date of Windows 11 and said that it will roll out in a phased manner to all compatible Windows 10 devices as a FREE Upgrade. If your system meets the minimum hardware requirements, you can expect it on your system by mid-2022.

Along with this news, there is also a piece of bad news that the Android apps support on Windows 11 won't be part of the first release. Microsoft is yet to start testing this feature with Windows Insiders, which will begin in the coming months.

Windows 11, which was officially announced in June, is currently available as "Preview Build" to the Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta channel. Microsoft today confirmed the release date of Windows 11. According to the official announcement, Windows 11 will be released on October 5.

Windows 11 will begin rolling out as a free upgrade to eligible Windows 10 PCs that meet the minimum system requirements set by Microsoft.

The OpenDocument format (ODF) 1.3 is now supported in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint alongside the Office Open XML (OOXML) format that uses file extensions such as .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx. The ODF 1.3 specification adds support for many features already supported by the OOXML format, and now these features can be saved by Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

With the latest Microsoft Office build 14420.20004 (version 2109) Microsoft previewed two new features to Office Insiders who are in the Windows Beta Channel. For more information on what has been changed (changelog), continue reading further.

Microsoft recently updates its minimum system requirements for Windows 11 that now adds some 7th generation Intel processors to the compatible processors' list. The new list includes Intel's 7th generation Core X-series processors, Xeon W-series processors, and the Core i7-7820HQ processors.

If your system contains any of the newly added compatible processors, good news for you! You may now receive the Windows 11 update if all other minimum requirements are met as it was originally set by Microsoft.

Windows 11 Build 22000.168 is now rolling out to the Windows Insiders. The new build comes as “2021-08 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 for x64-based Systems (KB5005191)”, and is available to everyone in the Dev and Beta Channels.

In this new build, Microsoft introduced a new Microsoft 365 Widget which will bring relevant documents, news, and meeting recordings to the enterprise users. Excited about this build? Check to find more.

TypeScript is an open-source programming language, which extends JavaScript to bring static types to modern JavaScript. TypeScript language is designed, developed, and maintained by Microsoft to provide developers the ability to develop JavaScript applications for both client-side and server-side (Node.js) execution.

Microsoft announces TypeScript 4.4, which adds some new features and enhancements. Here's everything that you would like to know about the new features which are part of this release.

Microsoft announced the availability of Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Community 2019 edition in Microsoft Store for Windows 11. That means if you are a Windows Insider and currently running Windows 11 Preview either from Dev Channel or Beta Channel, can now download Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Community 2019 from the revamped Microsoft Store.

These are free offerings from Microsoft for the developers who want to build applications regardless of the app framework and packaging technology. For others, who are not yet on Windows 11 can download Visual Studio Community 2019 for free from here (official Microsoft download link).

In the last few Microsoft Office builds (version 2109), Microsoft added several new features that include a new Navigation pane, improved scrolling and search; WebP image support; and a new collaboration feature. Office Insiders who are in the Windows Beta Channel had already received those updates.

This week, Microsoft released another new build for Microsoft Office version 2109. In the latest Office build 14416.20006, you won't see any new features, but adds a list of fixes along with the fix for the auto-save bug. Here's the complete changelog.

The first-ever ISO images of Windows 11 (Preview) from Microsoft are now available for download. Those who are looking for an offline installer to perform a clean installation of Windows 11, can now do it without upgrading from Windows 10.

To download the official Windows 11 ISO image for a clean installation, you will need to be a Windows Insider. Here's how you can download it from the Microsoft site.

Microsoft recently released a new cumulative update (KB5005190) for Windows 11 that gave a makeover to the Snipping Tool, Calculator, Mail, and Calendar apps in Windows 11 to meet the Windows 11 UI design. The company also said that it was the first set of Windows apps that received this update.

Now the company teases an updated Microsoft Paint (mspaint) app which is going to receive a new update with a new UI design, updated icons, and support for dark mode. Be ready to experience the new MS Paint app soon with the upcoming Windows Insiders preview build.

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.160 is now rolling out to Windows Insiders who are registered under the Dev and Beta Channel. As the same build is still rolling out to both Dev and Beta Channels, it is still the right time to switch from Dev to Beta if you want to stay on more stabilized builds of Windows 11 in the future.

With the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.160, Microsoft adds a new Clock app for Windows 11 with Focus Sessions and Spotify integration. To know more about this build, continue reading further.

Several months after releasing Git 2.31, the open-source Git Project released Git 2.33 as the latest stable update. The previous version, which was released in March, added background maintenance, on-disk reverse indexes to Git.

The latest version of Git (v2.33) brings a new merge strategy called "merge-ort", several improvements around geometric repacking, and a number of other fixes and improvements on top of the previous release.

Microsoft has released a new Office (Preview) Build 14405.20002 for Microsoft Office Version 2109. This build is rolling out to the Office Insiders who have registered in the Windows Beta Channel. The latest build adds a very important feature for those who collaborate on Word.

The new collaboration feature on Microsoft Word will allow you to track only your changes by going to the Review tab and opening the dropdown menu on the Track Changes button.

Microsoft recently released a new cumulative update (KB5005190) for Windows 11. The latest Windows 11 Build 22000.132 has been already started rolling out to all the insider's PCs running the Dev Channel and Beta Channel builds.

The latest build comes with some new improvements for some of the built-in Windows 11 apps like Snipping Tool, Calculator, Mail, and Calendar apps via Microsoft Store to bring them in line with the new OS design.

Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insiders Preview Build 22000.132 to the insiders in the Dev and Beta Channel. As both the channels contains the same build number, users still can safely switch from Dev Channel to Beta Channel to receive more stable builds in the future.

The latest Windows 11 build 22000.132 comes as a cumulative update (KB5005190) and adds Chat from Microsoft Teams to the Beta channel users. It also adds new Snipping Tool for Windows 11, updated Calculator app, updated Mail and Calendar apps to the Dev Channel.