Our experts explain how a Microsoft account can unlock free Office tools, letting you access old files and create new ...

If Copilot is missing, not showing, or not working in Excel, enable it in Excel Options, update your license, and check your ...

Microsoft 365 packs many apps and services that can replace third-party subscriptions.

Overview On March 11, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the March Security Update patch, which fixed 83 security issues involving widely used products such as Windows, Microsoft Office, ...

Microsoft will remove access to its AI assistant in certain Office apps for the largest Microsoft 365 enterprise customers ...

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You work with data. You need spreadsheets that can handle analysis. But Excel costs money. Maybe you can’t afford it. Maybe you just don’t want another subscription. The good news? Free alternatives ...

If you ever felt it was daunting to search your files in Office web apps, the latest update from Microsoft will ease that headache a little. In the latest Tech Community blog post, Microsoft announced ...

Can you really get a Windows PC running like new again? Using this free tool from Microsoft, you can get pretty close. Microsoft Windows has been with us for more than 40 years at this point. Over ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is integrating Anthropic’s Claude AI alongside OpenAI models into Office 365 applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. These “agentic” AI capabilities can ...

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So far Excel users had three ways to invoke Copilot. Microsoft has now decided that was three too many. In February 2026, the company retired App Skills entry points from the Excel ribbon and context ...