Microsoft recently announced Windows Terminal 1.9 (Preview) that adds some new features and improvements. If you are a fan of Windows Terminal, you can now set it as the default terminal emulator on Windows 10. This feature is currently available to the Windows Insiders who are on the Dev Channel build.
Apart from this, Microsoft also adds Quake Mode, an italic version of Cascadia Code font, and other new improvements to Windows Terminal 1.9 Preview. For more details, continue reading further.
Microsoft announces the release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.10. This is the most recent version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 generally available as of today. Along with this, the company also announces the first preview release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11.
In this release of Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft focused on developer productivity and convenience. As part of this, they added around 20 new features for C++ devs, improved Git integration, improved profiling tools, and a host of new features that will improve your productivity.
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a compatibility layer for running native Linux binaries on Windows 10. It allows developers to run a GNU/Linux environment - including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications directly on Windows 10.
If you are running Windows 10 Build 20262 or higher, you can easily install WSL on Windows 10 by entering a command-line option as a Windows PowerShell command. Here we will learn how to install WSL on Windows 10.
Microsoft Office build 14117.20000 is now rolling out to the Office Insiders who are on the Windows Beta Channel (Fast Ring), and having Office version 2106 installed on their system. The latest build adds a new feature to the Microsoft Outlook client and a list of fixes.
To learn more about the new feature and fixes (changelog) as part of the latest Microsoft Office Build 14117.20000, continue reading this post further.
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Insiders preview build to the Dev Channel users. Just like the past few builds, this build is also being delivered from the CO_Release branch to the insiders. At this moment, there's no comment from Microsoft regarding the next feature update of Windows 10 version 21H2.
The latest Windows 10 build 21387 includes no new features, but it removes two existing features from the operating system. Apart from these, Microsoft adds some fixes to the OS. For more details, continue reading further.
It's already two years when Visual Studio 2019 was released by Microsoft. Since then, the company released so many updates for the IDE with new features, improvements, and fixes. As of now, the latest version of Visual Studio 2019 is 16.9; and the company is already working on Visual Studio 2019 version 16.10, planned to be released sometime this year.
The forthcoming version of Visual Studio 2019 will be more focused on Git productivity improvements. To date, with the preview bits, they have added many new features and improvements in integrating Git close to the IDE. Here we will list all those new Git features coming to Visual Studio 2019 v16.10.
Windows 10 May 2021 Update (version 21H1) is now available to seekers who check for updates. Some of the great new features in this update include Windows Hello multi-camera support, improved applications to better support remote work scenarios which have been relied on more than ever this past year.
If you are looking for the latest Windows 10 Update (version 21H1), here we will show you how to download and install it using the Windows Update settings app.
Windows 10 May 2021 Update (version 21H1) is now available to seekers who want to install it right now. Initially, it will be available to select devices running Windows 10 version 2004 or later. If you have a compatible device, and you can't wait for the rollout to complete, go to the Windows Update settings page and check for the new update.
Windows 10 May 2021 Update comes via enablement package. That means the features will be enabled via this update without actually downloading any new feature updates. For more details, continue reading further.
Last year in June, Microsoft started working on the Pylance language server and announced that it will add the ability to supercharge your Python IntelliSense experience with rich type information, helping you write better code faster
. Since then, it was in an early preview state.
Now, Microsoft has officially announced that Pylance will be the default language server for Python in Visual Studio Code. This means it will now add fast and feature-rich Python language support for the developers in VS Code.
Microsoft releases a new update build to the Office Insiders who are on the active Windows Beta Channel (Fast Ring). The latest build 14107.20000 is for Microsoft Office version 2106. This week Microsoft didn't release any new features, but the latest update comes with many new fixes.
With the latest Office Insiders Preview Build 14107, Microsoft fixed a number of bugs for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook client. Here you can find the full changelog.
As part of the May 2021 Patch Tuesday cycle, Microsoft released a cumulative update KB5003173 for Windows 10 on May 11. This was a security update for Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004), Windows 10 October 2020 Update (version 20H2), and Windows 10 May 2021 Preview Update (version 21H1) with a few quality improvements.
But it turned out to have few users reporting an installation failure with the error code 0x800f0922. Now, it has been reported that few users started getting audio issues after upgrading their system to Windows 10 KB5003173 update.
Microsoft releases a new Windows 10 Preview Build to the Windows Insiders who are on the Dev Channel. The latest Windows 10 build 21382 is being rolled out from the CO_RELEASE branch and includes one new feature for some creative and artistic apps that use International Color Consortium (ICC) display color profiles.
This build also includes some new improvements and a list of fixes. If you are a user of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom Classic, and CorelDraw, this build means a lot for you. To know more about this build, continue reading further.
As part of the May 2021 Patch Tuesday cycle, Microsoft released a cumulative update KB5003173 for Windows 10 on May 11. This was a security update for Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004), Windows 10 October 2020 Update (version 20H2), and Windows 10 May 2021 Preview Update (version 21H1) with a few quality improvements.
But it turned out that a lot of users reporting an installation failure with the error code 0x800f0922 due to a change concerning the installation of Microsoft Edge Chromium. Though there is no acceptance from the Microsoft side yet, a workaround has been published.
Microsoft released a new update to the Edge Insiders in the Dev Channel. This is the third minor update to the Edge v92, after the major version released to Dev Channel a week ago. Though there are no major improvements, the latest build 92.0.884.2 adds two new features to Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft also informed that the Microsoft Edge build for Dev Channel has been delayed until later this week or skipped until next week due to some issues while getting the build.
Microsoft announces the release of Windows 10 Preview Build 19043.985 (KB5003173). The build is now rolling out to the Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel and Release Preview Channel, who are currently running the Windows 10 Version 21H1 Preview Build.
As the company is now preparing for the release of Windows 10 May 2021 Update (version 21H1), this build adds security updates to improve the quality of the operating system. For more details, continue reading further.
The built-in coupon and price comparison tool in Microsoft Edge (Chromium) adds a new shopping experience within the browser window by displaying coupon codes when you visit any shopping site. The feature is still hidden under a flag as an experimental feature to Edge Insiders and hence you won't find it in the stable release.
Now, as part of the unified code base, Microsoft is moving the feature to the Android version of the Microsoft Edge browser. If you are running Edge Canary build on Android, you can experience the same right now. For more details, continue reading.
This week, Microsoft released a new Office Update to the Office Insiders who are in the Windows Current (Preview) Channel. With the latest update build 14026.20052 for Microsoft Office version 2105, Microsoft added two new features for the customers who are using Excel sheets.
With this update, Microsoft announced brand new data types in Excel. Based on the feedback from the Windows Beta Channel users, the company added a contextual Accessibility ribbon to Microsoft Excel. For more details, continue reading further.
Last week, Microsoft released Office build 14026.20000 to the Office Insiders in the beta channel that adds two new features to Microsoft Visio Tool and Outlook Client. This week, the company released another build to the Office Insiders in the Windows Beta Channel.
The latest Office Build 14029 doesn't include any new features, but it includes some important fixes for Word, Excel, and Outlook client. For the complete changelog, continue reading further. You should be an Office Insider in the Windows Beta Channel to grab this build.
Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21376 to the Windows Insiders who are in the Dev Channel. The latest build is from the CO_RELEASE branch and contains a new font for better scaling across different display sizes. This build also includes some improvements and a long list of fixes.
If you are on the Dev Channel, check for new updates. To know more details about the latest Windows 10 Insiders Preview Build 21376, continue reading further.
During the first announcement of the Chromium-powered Microsoft Edge browser, Microsoft made it clear that the company is going to make the new browser available to all popular platforms. During the Microsoft Ignite //2020 event, Microsoft announced that the Edge Insiders will get the first preview build of the Linux variant in October 2020.
As of now, the Linux variant of the Microsoft Edge browser was available to Edge Insiders in the Dev Channel. Over a period of six months, it now moved one step closer to the stable release by promoting it to the Beta Channel.
HTTPS is a browser protocol that securely establishes a connection with the hosting server. This is being done by using SSL encrypted tunnels. These days, many websites use the HTTPS protocol to create a secure channel between the client and the server.
Microsoft confirmed that the company is working on a feature that will set HTTPS as its default protocol in Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser. This feature is going to come in a future build of Edge v92.
Last week, Microsoft released Office build 14014.20000 to the Office Insiders in the beta channel that adds data importing from dynamic arrays into Excel files. With this week's latest Microsoft Office build 14026 in the Beta Channel, the company adds two new features to Microsoft Office products.
The company also added a list of new fixes to the entire Microsoft Office Suite. For a complete list of new features and fixes (Changelog), continue reading further. You should be an Office Insider in the Windows Beta Channel to grab this build.
Microsoft released the first build of Edge 92 to the Edge Insiders in the Dev Channel. The version number has been bumped up to 92.0.873.1. Being the first preview build in the dev channel, there are quite a few new features added to it. However, it contains a bunch of fixes and other general improvements.
The new features part of this build includes support for management policy from Chromium. For a detailed list of features, improvements, and bug fixes, continue reading further.
Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for advanced users to tune and streamline their Windows 10 experience with a set of new productivity features. A new update to PowerToys for Windows 10 is now available. The latest build version 0.37.0 adds a bunch of new features and fixes to PowerToys.
The company said that the goal of the PowerToys 0.37 release cycle is to further make the Video Conference Mute utility ready for the stable release branch, which is being tested with PowerToys v0.36 experimental build at this moment.
Microsoft has finalized a name for the next major version of Windows 10, and that will be named Windows 10 May 2021 Update (version 21H1). Microsoft said that the build 19043.928 will be the final release build that will start rolling out as May 2021 Update.
As the name suggests, Windows 10 May 2021 Update will be shipped next month (May 2021) to millions of users around the world. Right now you can gain access to the May 2021 Update through the Windows Insiders program.
Microsoft announced the release of the new Windows Feature Experience Pack. The latest build (version: 120.2212.3740.0) of Windows Feature Experience Pack is now being rolled out through Windows Update. Windows Insiders who are in the Beta and Release Preview Channels can now grab this build.
With the latest Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.2020.0, Microsoft is now improving the Input Method Editor (IME) candidate window on Windows 10. Continue reading further to know about it.
Microsoft recently announced several new features and capabilities for Excel on the web. These new features will not only improve the rich experiences but will also increase your productivity when you work with the workbook with your internet browser.
These new features and capabilities are basically to easily format your data with color and styles, along with a new mini toolbar, table improvements, and more. Continue reading to learn more about these new features.
A long-awaited feature named "Call Merge" is now available to Microsoft Teams on desktop and web apps. This feature will allow you to combine two Microsoft Teams calls into one group call and continue the conversation from there.
The option to merge the call is available under the "More actions" menu (
Recently Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Preview Build 21354 to the Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. This build comes with some improvements to the "News and Interests" feature, the ability to turn off the Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC), a new Camera Settings page, and some more improvements to Windows 10.
With the new camera settings page, you can easily add/remove, enable/disable a camera. It also allows you to set the brightness and contrast of the camera. In this quick post, we will learn how to adjust camera brightness and contrast on Windows 10.
Last week, Microsoft released Office build 14002.20000 to the Office Insiders in the beta channel that adds two new features to Microsoft Office. The first feature was for Microsoft Word which adds proofing for selected text within the document, and the second feature was for Microsoft Excel users that adds accessibility ribbon to the application.
With this week's latest Microsoft Office build 14014 in the Beta Channel, the company adds a new feature to Microsoft Excel. With this new feature, you can now import data from dynamic arrays. Apart from this new feature, it also adds a number of fixes.
If you are an Office Insider and running Office 365 applications from the Windows Current (Preview) Channel, Microsoft has released a new build for you. The latest Office Insiders Preview Build 13901.20216 adds three new features to the Office applications.
If you are using Microsoft Teams to present PowerPoint slides, this build is going to provide you the maximum benefit. To know more about the new features introduced in the latest Office Preview build, continue reading further.
Microsoft is continuing its development in making the Chromium-based Edge browser more resource-efficient. As per the new development, the company added a "Performance Mode" feature which will help you optimize speed, responsiveness, memory, CPU, and battery usage.
To know more about the feature, its availability, and how to enable or disable the Performance Mode feature in Microsoft Edge, continue reading this post further.
Yesterday Microsoft released Windows 10 Build 21364 to the Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. The latest build from the co_release branch comes with some new features and improvements. If you are a WSL fan, this build comes with support to run Linux GUI applications on Windows.
This build also includes two new features to Windows 10 Task Manager. The first one is the ability to reduce resource consumption, and the second one is an experimental feature to throttle the process resources. Let's drive into the features and learn more about them.
Microsoft today released a new update to Windows Insiders on the Dev Channel from the co_release branch. The latest Windows 10 Build 21364 comes with a set of new improvements, changes, and fixes. In this preview build, one of the key highlights is to run your favorite Linux tools and applications on the Windows platform using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
Want to know more about the new features that coming next to Windows 10? You don't want to miss reading this post further. If you are not yet a Windows Insider, you can register for the program and get an early preview of what's coming next to Windows.
Microsoft is currently testing a new taskbar feature on Windows 10, called News and Interests. As of now, the feature was being tested by the Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Now, the company is bringing it to all insiders running Dev, Beta, and Release Preview channels.
That means, if you are running Windows 10 October 2020 Update (version 20H2) or higher, you will get this "News and Interests" feature running on your system quite very soon, and get all the latest news launched directly from the Windows 10 Taskbar.
Microsoft announces the next major release of Visual Studio IDE (Visual Studio 2022) and said that it will be available as a 64-bit application. That means that the next version of Visual Studio will no longer be limited to ~4GB of memory in the main devenv.exe process, and allow you to build the most complex solutions without running out of memory.
It will have a refreshed set of icons, more personalization options, and support to provide you more control over building modern applications. Continue reading to know more about Visual Studio 2022, its release schedule, and the first public preview build.
Link to Highlight Text is a new feature that Google is adding to its popular Chrome browser. It will help you to easily copy a portion of a page and share it as a link. The other person clicking the link will see the exact section that you wanted him to see. Thus, it will make it easier to get the attention of that person to that selected text.
The feature is currently rolling out to Google Chrome browser on desktop and Android devices. Google said that it will soon roll out to iOS users. To learn more about the feature, continue reading further.
Microsoft has quietly released the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge Canary build on the popular Android platform. The latest Edge Can build on Android has version number 91.0.858.0. It comes with a fresh UI, other changes, and performance improvements.
Needless to say that the Canary builds are not recommended to use on corporate and production devices, but they come in handy to try out the new features before the public release.
The "Password Monitor" feature was first introduced in Microsoft Edge Canary build at the end of June 2020. When you enable this feature, the Microsoft Edge browser will check all your saved browser passwords against a known repository of already exposed credentials. It will alert you if your online credentials have been detected on the dark web.
When your credentials are checked against the database of known leaked credentials, powerful encryption helps prevent your information from being revealed to anyone. Information about which password has been compromised is only available to you.
Last week, Microsoft switched the Dev Channel to the CO_RELEASE branch and released Windows 10 Build 21354 to the Windows Insiders. Today, as per the release schedule, the company has released a new build to the insiders in the Dev Channel. The latest Windows 10 Build 21359, though doesn't include any new features but comes with a host of improvements.
With the new build, Microsoft added a new option to restart apps after signing in. Also, you will no longer have the option to upload new activity in Timeline. You will need OneDrive or Office to view the recently used files. For more details about this build, continue reading further.
Recently Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Preview Build 21354 to the Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. This build comes with some improvements to the "News and Interests" feature, the ability to turn off the Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC), a new Camera Settings page, and some more improvements to Windows 10.
With the new camera settings page, you can easily add/remove, enable/disable a camera. It also allows you to set the brightness and contrast of the camera. In this quick post, we will learn how to enable or disable a camera on Windows 10.
Microsoft is continuously improving their Edge browser, and the team is now bringing a new feature called "Workspaces". Just like the tab groups feature in Google Chrome, the Edge Workspaces were designed to improve the manageability of tabs.
A set of tabs opened for a specific task can now be grouped into a workspace. The feature is currently being tested in Microsoft Edge Canary build, and here's how you can enable it.
