Microsoft releases a new test build of Windows 10 to the insiders in the Beta channel (formerly known as Slow Ring). The new insiders preview build 19042.508 (KB4571756) is intended for commercial customers in the Beta Channel and Release Preview Channel for pre-release validation as outlined here.
The new build doesn't include any new features, but a set of quality improvements as security updates. To see what are the changes in this build for Windows 10 version 20H2, continue reading further.
The chromium powered Microsoft Edge not only allows you to create and manage multiple profiles but also adds the ability to switch the profile automatically (with a prompt) if it detects a link as personal or work-related. This feature is very useful to segregate personal and office related web browsing.
But what if your Microsoft Edge is not prompting you to switch between your personal and work profile, even if the profiles were already created? Let's learn how you can fix this issue easily.
Windows 10 allows you to check for new updates by navigating to
Today in this short "how-to" series, we will learn how to add a new context menu entry to your Windows 10 desktop and make it easier to access the Windows Update page. Continue reading further.
Last year, during the Ignite 2019 conference, Microsoft announced the public preview of Visual Studio Codespaces which allowed developers to code from anywhere using a browser and the internet. Now the company has decided to retire it and migrate all its users to GitHub Codespaces.
According to the Microsoft announcement, the service is being retired in February 2021. If you are an existing Visual Studio Codespaces user, you can start your transition to GitHub Codespaces now. To know more about the timeline of the transition, continue reading further.
Microsoft released a new Office for Android Build 16.0.13231.20002 to the insiders. The latest build adds a couple of new features to Outlook that includes support for two-way calendar sync, customizable mail notifications, and a prompt to download Teams on your mobile when you create an online Teams meeting.
This update comes to the monthly release channel, and it is not yet clear if there will be any new build this month for the other office products. To know more about the new features, continue reading next.
The mobile commenting feature of OneDrive has been expanded to non-Office file types, including photos, videos, PDF documents, and over 300 other file types. Prior to that, the feature was only working for Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.
You can now add new comments, view and reply to existing comments, delete comments, and perform more such operations on any of your OneDrive files from your Android device. Continue reading to know more about it and it's availability.
Microsoft released a new insiders preview build of Windows 10 in the Dev Channel. The latest Windows 10 build 20206 includes a set of new input features, which is going to come sometime next year though these features are not yet tagged to any feature release.
The new features include updates to Emoji Picker, Keyboard, and Voice Typing. To know more about the features, and learn what's new coming up with the next versions of Windows 10, continue reading further.
Microsoft is currently working on a new feature for the chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser, which will add the ability to capture a screenshot of a website without using any 3rd party tool. They named it as "Web Capture", and can be invoked by using the default shortcut key.
The feature is currently rolling out to a limited set of Edge Insiders running the Canary build of Microsoft Edge (Chromium), and will soon roll out to more users.
Microsoft's revamped Edge interface is clean and stylish. It provides you a world-class performance with more privacy, more productivity, and more value while you browse the internet. You can now get the latest Microsoft Edge update for your business, school, or organization with multi-platform support in over 90 languages.
Back in August 2020, Microsoft Edge 85 was released, and after that, build 85.0.564.44 is the 2nd and latest stable build of Microsoft Edge 85. Here you can find the direct links to download the latest offline installer of Microsoft Edge.
In June 2020, Microsoft announced the availability of the Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to enhance the enterprise endpoint security and help the enterprises to protect against phishing and unsafe network connections from apps, websites, and other malicious apps.
Though the Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) for Android was announced in June, the app is now finally available to be downloaded from the Google Play Store.
Microsoft is working on a new feature, spotted in the latest Windows 10 insiders preview build 20201, that will allow you to automatically archive apps without impacting the saved data. This will be useful when you have huge apps installed but you don't use a large set of them.
The feature is only applicable to the apps that you download from the Microsoft Store. To know how to turn ON the automatic archiving of apps, continue reading further.
The first build (85.0.531.1) of Microsoft Edge 85 started rolling out to Edge Insiders in the Dev Channel in early June, and then it got promoted to the Beta Channel (85.0.564.18) in late July. Now the company has started rolling it out to the stable release channel.
Here's everything that you would like to know about the new features introduced in Microsoft Edge 85, and how to download the latest offline installer version 85.0.564.41 of Microsoft Edge browser.
Yesterday, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insiders Preview Build 20201 to the Dev Channel which contains no new features, but a list of bug fixes and improvements. Along with this, the company also released a new ISO/DVD image for the same preview build so that the insiders can perform a clean installation on their PC.
If you are using an older build, either you can upgrade to the latest Dev build 20170 via Windows Update or perform a clean installation using the latest ISO. Here's how you can download the ISO image of the latest Windows 10 test build.
Microsoft starts rolling out a new preview build to the Windows Insiders in the Dev channel (formerly known as Fast Ring). The new Windows 10 build 20201 doesn't contain any new features but includes a set of fixes.
If you are an insider in the Dev channel, you would like to check for updates by navigating to the Windows Update Settings page. The build contains a list of known issues. Check before proceeding to the installation steps.
Microsoft two new features for Microsoft Word, powered by the Azure Cognitive Services AI (Artificial Intelligence). The features are now rolling out to all Microsoft 365 subscribers on the web, mobile and will be rolling out to Word for desktop users by the end of the year.
The first one is the transcribe feature in Word that converts your speech to text, and the second one is the dictation with voice commands in Word. Let's learn more about these features.
25 years ago, on 24th August 1995, Microsoft introduced Windows 95 Operating System to the retail users as the successor of the MSDOS based Windows 3.1 family. Over the years, Windows evolved continuously and increased the user experience of Start Menu, Themes, icons, and more.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Windows 95 OS, Microsoft created a short video showing the evolution of Windows over the decades. Microsoft also published interviews with two engineers who worked on Windows 95.
Microsoft Defender Application Guard provides unprecedented protection against targeted threats using Microsoft's industry-leading Hyper-V virtualization technology. It helps to prevent any old and newly emerging attacks by using a hardware isolation approach.
Microsoft designed the Application Guard for Microsoft Edge. If you like to know how to enable the Microsoft Defender Application Guard on Windows 10, you will need to continue reading further.
Samsung has launched several M series smartphones in the last couple of months. Among them are Galaxy M31s, Galaxy M01 Core, and Galaxy M01s. The South Korean company is still continuing its development for the smartphone market, and a leak says that the company is now coming with Galaxy M51.
The new M series phone Samsung Galaxy M51 is coming to India very soon. While there is no official confirmation yet on the launch, but the phone has already been seen on many certification sites.
Microsoft announces the availability of the next feature update of Windows 10 version 20H2 for commercial pre-release validation. The device will be considered as commercial if it is not running the Home Edition of Windows 10, and managed by an IT administrator.
According to the company, this update will be rolled out via an enablement package; making the update process remarkably fast if you are upgrading from Windows 10 version 2004 to 20H2.
Microsoft releases TypeScript 4.0. This version of the language represents the next generation of TypeScript releases, as Microsoft dives deeper into expressivity, productivity, and scalability.
With TypeScript 4.0, though there are no major breaking changes, it contains a set of new features that will boost your productivity to build web applications without writing any JavaScript code.
Microsoft announced that they are backporting the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) distros to Windows 10 version 1903, and Windows 10 version 1909. Redmond based software giant said that it took over the last few months to bring it to Windows 10 version 1903 and 1909.
The backported WSL2 support comes to x64 systems only via a cumulative update (KB4571748) for those listed two Windows 10 versions and is currently being rollout out to the users.
With the Google Chrome version 84, the search giant introduced the secure DNS in May 2020, and now Microsoft is bringing this feature to it's Edge browser and making the web browsing with Microsoft Edge more secure and private for its users.
If you are having the latest Microsoft Edge Canary build installed on your system, you can immediately try out this feature by selecting one of the four custom DNS service providers added in the browser settings. Let's learn how to secure your browsing with DNS over HTTPS (DoH).
Microsoft released a new build of its chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser to the Edge Insiders in the Dev channel. The new Microsoft Edge build 86.0.608.2 brings support for Dark Theme in default webpage form controls, reliability improvements, and a lot of fixes.
As it's a Dev Channel build, there are some known and unknown bugs. For a complete changelog of added features, reliability improvements, and bug fixes, continue reading further.
If you have installed Windows 10 August 2020 Security Patch or higher, Microsoft now made it easier to search and install driver updates. You will no more need the Device Manager to search for driver updates.
If you are looking to learn how to update your graphics card drivers, printer drivers, sound drivers, chipset drivers, and/or any other device drivers installed on your Windows 10 system, continue reading further.
Microsoft's revamped Edge interface is clean and stylish. It provides you a world-class performance with more privacy, more productivity, and more value while you browse the internet. You can now get the latest Microsoft Edge update for your business, school, or organization with multi-platform support in over 90 languages.
After the removal of Microsoft Edge version 83 from the stable release channel, the new build 84.0.522.61 is the 9th build from version 84. Here you can find the direct links to download the latest offline installer of Microsoft Edge.
If you are using the latest version of the Microsoft Edge (Chromium) from the stable release channel, it's very easy to create a QR code of a web page and quickly share it to any mobile device.
The quick sharing of a web page by generating a QR code can be enabled by switching on a hidden configuration flag. Here's how you can enable this feature and generate the QR code.
Microsoft added a new capability to Word, Excel, and Outlook on Windows and Mac operating system, that will allow you to save graphical objects such as shapes, charts, SmartArt, diagrams, screenshots, 3D models, and SVG's as pictures
To learn how to save graphical objects present in Word, Excel, or Outlook emails as images and the features available at this moment, continue reading further.
Windows 10 Device Manager allows you to see the list of devices installed on your system. It also allows you to install an updated driver from the Microsoft update servers. But this has been changed with the latest Windows 10 update.
Starting with the Windows 10 August 2020 Patch (KB4566782, Build 19041.450), Microsoft stopped searching for drivers updated from the Device Manager. So, how will you check for new updates for your device drivers? Continue reading to know more about it.
Microsoft rolled out a new Windows 10 insiders preview build to the testers in the Dev Channel (formerly known as Fast Ring). The new Windows 10 build 20190 includes changes to the GPU Settings page and post-update experience.
With this improved settings page, you will get more control over specifying the default high-performance GPU. Continue reading further, where we will be discussing more on this new feature.
The life of the current generation is useless without WhatsApp. The platform is constantly coming up with new features to maintain its popularity and stand on top of other platforms. Once again, WhatsApp has appeared with a new feature.
The new feature will allow you to open the same account on multiple devices at the same time, and making it easy to sync the chat history.
Microsoft's revamped Edge interface is clean and stylish. It provides you a world-class performance with more privacy, more productivity, and more value while you browse the internet. You can now get the latest Microsoft Edge update for your business, school, or organization with multi-platform support in over 90 languages.
After the removal of Microsoft Edge version 83 from the stable release channel, the new build 84.0.522.58 is the 7th build from version 84. Here you can find the direct links to download the latest offline installer of Microsoft Edge.
You might have already heard about the advanced configuration pages of most of the latest web browsers, which includes experimental features, flags, settings, and more. Did you know that Microsoft Edge offers a bunch of such internal pages? These are known as hidden pages and can be accessed by visiting a special URL.
In this post, we will list down all those hidden pages of the latest version of Microsoft Edge (Chromium), and how to find them out.
Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2019, version 16.7, marking it the most current version of Visual Studio. In this release, the software giant added a set of new improvements to the Git Productivity tool, Test Explorer, Debugger and Profiler tool, XAML tools, Quick Actions, and Refactorings menu, JavaSript, Xamarin, and more.
To know more about the latest version, the new features, and to download the latest version of Visual Studio 2019, keep reading further.
Microsoft now adds a new feature to "Your Phone" companion for Windows 10, that can run Android apps installed on your Android mobile. The feature is currently limited to a list of supported phones for a set of users and will roll out soon for others.
Here's everything that you would like to know about the feature, it's availability, supported devices, and the way to run your Android mobile apps on Windows 10 PC.
Redmi 9 Prime, the latest smartphone from Xiaomi, has been launched in India at an affordable price. Redmi 9 Prime will have a full HD+ (FHD+) display, an AI-based quad camera, a large battery capacity, and will be available in two variations.
For the complete specifications of Redmi 9 Prime, it's availability and price in India, you will have to continue reading further.
Microsoft is currently working on a new feature for Microsoft Edge that will allow you to stack your browser tabs vertically. When the feature is enabled, it will allow you to easily find and manage many open tabs at once. As the nature of the feature, they named it as "Vertical Tabs".
The feature is currently hidden under a configuration flag. Here's an early preview of the vertical tabs feature, it's availability, and the way to enable it.
The Office Insiders for Android in the Slow Ring gets a new update. The new Office build 16.0.13127.20012 adds a bunch of new features that will let you write text on PDFs, save PDFs as Word documents, and more.
If you are looking for what's new coming to Office for Android, with build 13127.20012 and higher, here's the complete changelog.
The chromium-based Microsoft Edge was released on 15th January 2020, and then it has seen many updates with new features and enhancements. Similar to Google Chrome, Edge additionally supports consumer profiles.
In this post, we will show you the way to create more than one user profile in Microsoft Edge browser, which will segregate your personal profile and work profile.
Microsoft now rolling out the Collections feature to all Microsoft Edge users running on Android and iOS devices. The feature will help you to easily collect and organize content that you find while browsing the internet.
To have the Collections feature, you must be running Microsoft Edge version 45.06.2.5042 or higher on Android and Microsoft Edge version 45.6.2 or higher on iOS.
Microsoft Edge 85, version 85.0.531.1, which was first started rolling out to the insiders in the Dev Channel in early June has been now promoted to the Beta Channel. In this update, Microsoft introducing several new features including sidebar search, the ability to block possibly unwanted apps, and spell checker improvements.
If you are on the Beta channel of the Edge Insiders, you can directly upgrade to this build or can install using the offline installer shared at the end of the post.
Microsoft rolled out a new Microsoft Edge build to the insiders in the Dev Channel. The new build version 86.0.587.0, the first build from version 86.x that is currently rolling out, includes many new features and enhancements for the insiders to try out.
To know more about the new features of the Microsoft Edge (Chromium) version 86.0.587.0, you need to continue reading further. The link towards the web installer and the offline installer would be available at the end of the post.
The outlook is not only an email and calendar client but also becoming a personal organizer. Just like Microsoft Teams, the Outlook is also getting an update to manage your tasks quickly from an email. You can now leverage the integrated task management capabilities to streamline your workday's commitments.
Microsoft rolled out a new feature for Outlook that will now allow you to quickly create tasks and calendar items. Let's see how it will work.
Microsoft announced the rollout of the new
The rollout is currently happening to a small group of users, and will gradually roll out globally by September 2020. Did you get the new update? Check out its features.
Git 2.28 has been released with new features, enhancements and bug fixes. The new feature includes the option to set the default branch name to the global configuration file for the repositories that are being created by the user.
So, as an administrator, you can now specify whether you will go with the default "master" branch or a custom branch name, and here's how you can specify it.
While reading some content on the web, it is often useful to have a pictorial representation of a word that you are reading. That gives a proper visualization of that word. Microsoft Edge (Chromium) includes Picture Dictionary when you are reading the content in the Immersive Reader.
If you are looking to know what is Picture Dictionary and/or how to enable the Picture Dictionary for Immersive Reader in Microsoft Edge for Windows 10, continue reading further.
Microsoft is working on a new
If you would like to have an early look at the modern Windows Disk Management UWP Tool, here's we are going to discuss with what are the features currently showing up.
Microsoft's revamped Edge interface is clean and stylish. It provides you a world-class performance with more privacy, more productivity, and more value while you browse the internet. You can now get the latest Microsoft Edge update for your business, school, or organization with multi-platform support in over 90 languages.
Microsoft Edge version 83, which was there since May 2020 in the stable release channel, now got a bump and Microsoft released build 84.0.522.44 to the same stable channel. This is the 2nd build from version 84. Here you can find the direct links to download the latest offline installer of Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft releases a new Windows 10 Preview build (version 20H2) to the insiders in the Beta channel (formerly known as Slow Ring). Surprisingly, the new build 19042.421 gets some new features, which were already released to Dev Channel earlier this month.
If you are excited to know what are the new features coming soon to Windows 10 version 20H2, later this year, you should continue reading further.
