Coming Soon: Skype UWP App Preview for Windows 10

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Responding to complaints about its Skype client strategy on Windows, Microsoft will ship a Skype Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app that will run on PCs, tablets, and even phones. An incomplete preview version will ship in a coming build of the Windows 10 Insider Preview, Microsoft says.

The Skype UWP app will live alongside the three task-based Skype apps that Microsoft currently provides in Windows 10 for both PCs and Mobile, and it will replace the Skype desktop application on Windows 10 for PCs. This transition will take time, however, and Microsoft’s could still fine-tune the feature set of the app and its timing based on feedback.

The Skype UWP app—which Microsoft repeatedly referred to as a “hub” app in a briefing with me last week—will literally and figuratively replace today’s Skype desktop application, meaning that it will be an all-in-one Skype client and will be the development focus for Windows on PCs and tablets moving forward.

But this strategy change is more than symbolic. Because it is a UWP app, this new Skype hub app will also work on Windows 10 Mobile, meaning that it will work on phones. This provides Skype users with more choice, but it will also potentially cause some confusion since there will be multiple Skype solutions available in Windows.

Of course, that’s true today too: Microsoft currently provides three task-based Skype apps—Phone, Messaging, and Skype Video—in Windows 10 for PCs/tablets and phone, but also supplies a standalone all-in Skype app as a download from the web (for PCs/tablets) or from the store (for phones). The task-based apps make some sense on phones, since we tend to think of these activities—phone (audio) calls, instant messaging, and video chat—as different tasks on mobile.

Microsoft originally intended to phase out the Skype desktop application, leaving the task-based apps as the sole Skype client solution in Windows 10 going forward. But on PCs especially, users expect to multitask, and they expect more from their apps. So while Microsoft has made the task-based apps part of Windows 10 on PCs/tablets, few people actually use them. And most people who try them don’t like them. So Microsoft is re adapting to meet the needs of its users.

“As the screen size gets bigger—large tablets, 2 in 1s and PCs for example—and you begin to use the apps, expectations shift and people want to limit app clutter,” Microsoft explains. “And like that, you once again want an app that lets you do anything you want within the comfort of one window. This is why we are introducing the Skype Universal Windows Platform app.”

The initial version of the Skype UWP app will ship in a Windows 10 Insider Preview build in the next few weeks, and it will be incomplete. Microsoft says the first version of the app will include the following features:

• Sign in with your Microsoft account and link a SkypeID
• Show and change your availability
• See a list of your existing Skype contacts
• Initiate a chat with anyone in your contact list
• See that the other person is typing
• Sign out
• Make one-to-one calls and send messages
• Personalize your experience with emoticons and Mojis
• Send photos
• See notifications for incoming calls and messages outside of the app
• Participate in existing group chats

Then, over the next couple of releases, Microsoft will fill in missing functionality, including:

• Start a chat anyone using Skype or not using Skype
• Create a group and send group messages
• Group voice and video calling
• Share your screen, files and video messages
• Manage notifications from individual chats
• And much more (including performance improvements)

The goal is to duplicate all of the functionality of the desktop application in a cleaner app that has less UI duplication. Eventually, a version for Windows 10 Mobile will appear too, also in the Insider Preview.

What’s unclear is how this will play out when the Skype UWP app is “complete.” Obviously, Microsoft will keep the Skype desktop application around for previous Windows versions. But it’s not clear if the task-based Skype apps will still ship with Windows 10 after some point, or whether they will be Store downloads, and whether the UWP app “replaces” those task-based apps in Windows 10. On Mobile, I assume that the task-based apps will continue to be bundled with the OS, and that the UWP will be separate download. But I think feedback will drive some of these decisions.

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14295 Heads Out for PC and Mobile

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Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 14295 for both PC and Mobile to Fast ring testers. There are no new features, but Microsoft fixed a number of bugs from previous builds.

There is one weirdism for Mobile. As you may know, only certain handset models can receive Redstone-era Windows 10 Mobile builds through the Insider program. And with this build, all of those handsets are supported … except for some reason the Lumia 635. Microsoft says that it will add Lumia 635 to the list for build 14295 “at a later date.”

Build 14295 for PCs

Here’s what’s fixed in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14295 for PCs:

Xbox controllers. Microsoft fixed an issue that was causing PCs to freeze when you plugged in an Xbox One or Xbox 360 controller.

Edge. Microsoft fixed an issue where Microsoft Edge would refresh the tab if you pressed caps lock with the cursor in a password field.

Xbox apps. Microsoft fixed an issue that prevented the Xbox app (and other Xbox Live enabled apps and games) from signing in.

Kaspersky. Microsoft have fixed a driver bug that prevented Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Internet Security, and the Kaspersky Total Security Suite installed from working as expected.

Build 14295 introduces the following known issues on PCs:

Narrator and other screen reader apps are unable to read the menu options in the Feedback Hub. There are also issues with Narrator not reading selected text in the Feedback Hub, Cortana, and other apps.

**Hyper-V. ** If you have a Virtual Switch configured for your network adapter, you may see an error indicator (red-colored “X”) for your network adapter in the notification area of your taskbar. The error indicator is incorrect and your network adapter should continue to work just fine.

TPM. On the ASUS Zenbook UX31 and some other PCs with TPM chips, you may experience glitchy audio and jumpy movement when using the trackpad due to the “tpm-maintenance” task running constantly in the background instead of once per boot-up like it should. Check out Microsoft’s post for a workaround.

Mircast. Miracast connections will fail. A workaround is in the Microsoft post.

App crashes. Microsoft says that Windows Live Mail, Expression Encoder 4, and QQ and other apps will crash in this build. They are investigating this issue.

Build 14295 for Mobile

Here’s what’s fixed in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14295 for Mobile:

Backup and restore. Microsoft fixed an issue where a phone restore would fail after a reset.

Languages and keyboards. Microsoft fixed an issue where new languages and keyboards were not downloading. (There is still an issue where a reboot prompt is not displayed, so you will need to manually restart you phone for these change to take effect.)

Known issues for Mobile include:

Band sync issues. The Microsoft Band 1 and 2 wearables have sync issues. To fix this, reset your phone on this build and then re-pair the Band.

Miracast. After upgrading to this build from a previous build, Miracast connections will fail. There is no workaround for this issue on Mobile.

Gadgets app. The Gadgets app will not detect the Microsoft Display Dock so you won’t be able to update its firmware.

What are the main differences between Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016 for Windows?

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Office 2013 may look a lot like the newer Office 2016, but there are some notable feature rollouts in the areas of file sharing, co-authoring, mobility, security among others.

Here are 3 new productivity features of note:

Real-time coauthoring of files

Ever get frustrated trying to save a document someone else on your team has open? With real-time co-authoring, your entire team can work on projects simultaneously, regardless of the device you’re using. In Word, you can see real-time typing, see where others are working, and view their edits as they happen.

Cross-device compatibility

Pick up where you left off with projects when you’re on the go with apps that sync across Windows, Android, and Apple devices. If you forget to send a document to your team before leaving on a trip, you can open it in Word on your phone, make some edits, and then sent it all from the airport.

Improved Version History

If you’re not used to working on shared documents online (there’s no save button, changes are saved automatically), you may worry about needing to go back to a previous version. Version History helps you prevent losing ideas by allowing you to view or go back to earlier drafts of your document. You can find this feature in the File menu under “History” for documents stored on OneDrive for Business or SharePoint Online.

Here are some resources to help you:

What to expect with Office 2016

Office 2016 vs 2013 side by side comparison

Microsoft Adds New Feature in Office 2016 That Can Block Macro Malware

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For years, macro malware has been the easiest avenue in infecting Microsoft users, and despite all the warnings and examples where macro-transmitted malware infections have ravaged entire companies, users kept enabling macros in their Office documents.

Created to allow dynamic content to be loaded in Word, Excel, and Powerpoint documents, macros allow crooks to automatically execute malicious scripts that connect to the Internet and download malware.

The usual way to deliver macro malware is by spam. Victims get an email in their inbox that has an attached Office file. The victim downloads the Office file and tries to open it, usually finding a (social engineered) message at the top of the document instructing him to exit Protected View and Enable Macros to view the content in its entirety.

While security-aware users will quickly recognize this as a malware-laden file, most users will not, and will follow the instructions by enabling macros.

As soon as this happens, the malicious scripts recorded in the document's macro are executed, and the malware is retrieved from a remote Web server, saved on the computer, and even launched in execution.

In the past few years, we've seen macro malware deliver all kinds of malware, from spyware to adware, but most importantly ransomware.

Sysadmins can now block macros that connect to the Internet

Now, Microsoft is announcing a new feature in its Office 2016 suite that will allow corporate network administrators to block the execution of macros that retrieve content from untrusted sources, which in most network configurations is "the Internet."

"This feature can be controlled via Group Policy and configured per application," Microsoft explains. "It enables enterprise administrators to block macros from running in Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents that come from the Internet."

Once a network admin enables this protection for Office 2016 installations, when the user tries to enable a macro that retrieves content off the Internet, he'll get a message like the following.

 Warning shown to users that try to enable macros that retrieve content off the Internet

How to block macros that retrieve content of the Internet in Office 2016

If you're a system administrator and you're running Office 2016 in your network, here's how to block macros that retrieve content off the Internet.

Step 1: Download the Office 2016 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool from Microsoft's website.

Step 2: Open the Group Policy Management Console. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.

Step 3: Locate and right-click the Group Policy Object that you want to configure and click Edit.

Step 4: Select the Group Policy Management Editor, go to User Configuration. (see image below)

Step 5: Select Administrative templates > Microsoft Word 2016 > Word options > Security> Trust Center. (see image below)

Step 6: Open the Block macros from running in Office files from the Internet option, configure it, and then enable it. (see image below)

For situations where home-brew macros need to download content of the Internet for legitimate purposes, Microsoft has issued the following advice: "Users with legitimate scenarios that are impacted by this policy should work with their enterprise administrator to identify alternative workflows that ensure the file’s original location is considered trusted within the organization."

 "Block macros from running in Office files from the Internet" option

Be More Productive Using Office 2016 and Windows 10

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What do you do when you set a BHAG (big, hairy, audacious goal) and reach it?

Well, if you’re Microsoft and your initial goal to “put a computer on every desk, in every home” has essentially been met, you create a new mission — to “Empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.”

I was recently up in Redmond, at Microsoft headquarters, along with several other small business influencers to see, first-hand, what’s next. And from what I saw, what’s next is impressive and innovative, a word more often (perhaps wrongly) associated with Apple than Microsoft.

Frank Shaw, the CVP of Microsoft Corporate Communications told us the company simply believes “Technology can make life better for people.” And that one of its new “ambitions” is to “reinvent productivity.” That concept—reinventing productivity—is an answer to most entrepreneurs’ prayers.

If you are stubbornly still using Windows 7 or old versions of Word, Outlook, Excel and other Microsoft programs, you need to take a look at the recently released Windows 10 and Office 2016. Using these programs will help you reinvent your own productivity.

Windows 10 is Microsoft’s new operating system, and if you’ve been using Windows 7 or 8, you can update to 10 for free. And the company released a major update this November, making the robust program even better.

If, like me, you’re addicted to certain Office programs (I love Word and Outlook), you’ll want to check out Office 2016, which turns these and other Microsoft programs into productivity powerhouses.

Here are some cool things about Windows 10 and Office 16 you might not yet know:

Windows 10

• The Start menu is back in Windows 10, which features improved “snappable” windows allowing you to more easily multitask by letting you seamlessly switch between apps.
• Everyone’s “first” browser—Internet Explorer—has been replaced by Microsoft Edge, which is super-fast, so you don’t waste time when you search and surf.
• Need help but can’t afford to hire an assistant? Meet Cortana, your own personal digital assistant. It’s built into Windows 10, and will respond to both voice and typed commands. Cortana gets smarter the more you use it. For example, in addition to adding a meeting to your calendar, it will monitor traffic conditions and suggests when you should head out.

Office 2016

• As I mentioned, I’m a big fan of Outlook. And now it’s even better. Check outClutter, which actually “learns” how you prioritize your email, and then filters lower priority emails into a Clutter folder. The emails are there, if you want to check them out, but they’re not jamming up your primary inbox.
• Perhaps my favorite new feature of Office 2016 is Sway, which could turn you into a mini-digital publisher overnight. Sway helps you create reports, newsletters, presentations, whitepapers, videos, and ebooks that look like you hired a graphic designer. Charts and pictures are easy to embed. All of this can be done in minutes—and it’s all instantly shareable.
• The office of the future (which is here now) is all about collaboration. Yammer is a big part of this, enabling your team to easily connect and It provides a “home to bring people, conversations and data together” so work can get done anytime, anywhere.

You can buy Office 2016 the old-fashioned way or you can subscribe to the programs using Office 365, a monthly subscription service. Of particular interest to entrepreneurs is Office 365 Business Premium, which not only gives you the latest—and constantly updated versions of Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote and Excel, but also offers (for $12.50 per user per month):

• Business-class email hosting (your domain) with a 50 GB mailbox
• 1 TB file storage and sharing
• HD video conferencing with Skype for Business
• 24/7 phone & Web support

One of the biggest developments is Microsoft is now brand agnostic. Instead of offering Apple users, older versions of its software, they can now access the most recent offerings. The Microsoft Phone Companion app, which is part of Windows 10, for instance, enables you to sync and integrate your programs on your computers to your phones and tablets—even if you use an iPhone or iPad.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s decision to steer the company to embrace a “mobile-first, cloud-first” philosophy is paying off.

Microsoft’s cloud offering, OneDrive allows you to access your documents anywhere, anytime, from any device. OneNote gives you the ability to store almost everything you find or create online, like websites, photos, videos, notes, etc. and then share them.

7 Microsoft Office Tips

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Here are some basic Microsoft Office tips to get you started or better acquainted with the widely used solutions for creating documents, managing data and communication.

You Can Rent Office Instead of Owning It with Office 365

The biggest hurdle that Microsoft has always faced with Microsoft Office is its price. Simply put, the world is now used to free and cheap software. Buyers of new PCs almost never expect that they’ll need to pay more than $100 to get a basic copy of Microsoft Office 2016. In fact, most people don’t even realize that Microsoft Office isn’t something that comes with Windows for free.

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This is where Office 365 comes in. Office 365 turns Office into a subscription service. Essentially, you’re able to rent Microsoft Office – Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Outlook and Publisher for as little as $6.99 a month for a single person. Office 365 also has a more expensive family plan that starts at $9.99 and includes access for 5 different users.

Consider Office 365 as a back up plan or temporary fix if you aren’t comfortable paying for Office 2016 fully now, but would like to in the future. You can use it as your main way of getting Office too, but know that it stops working if you decide to stop paying.

Pay Attention To What’s Included

Office for Android tablets.

If you’re sticking to Office 2016, it’s important for you to understand what you’re getting. Office 2016 comes in different versions. Some apps are exclusive to some versions. Others are available in every version. Here’s a breakdown.

Office 2016 Home & Student can only be installed on a single PC or Mac. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote are all included. Office 365 Home and Personal include these apps, plus Outlook, Publisher Access, Office Mobile access, 1TB of storage and an hour of Skype calling to landline phones. When the next version of Office arrives, Office 2016 users won’t get a free upgrade to it. Office 365 users will, provided that their subscription is still active.

Office 2016 Home & Business includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook and can only be used on a single PC, despite its $206.99 price tag on Microsoft’s website.

Office Mobile is Available Everywhere

Office Mobile is a relatively new addition to the Office line-up. Divorced from Office 2016, these apps allow users to take most of their Microsoft Office experience with them on a smartphone or tablet. The first of these new versions to appear was made specifically for the iPad. Since then, they’ve spread to Android and Microsoft’s own Windows.

The Office Mobile apps don’t include every feature of Microsoft Office 2016, but do pack each app’s basic functionality. Users can read as many documents, view presentations, or edit as many spreadsheets as they want with Office Mobile. Editing a document, presentation or spreadsheet is free in Office Mobile, provided that your device’s screen size is smaller than 10.1-inches. Any bigger and you need an Office 365 subscription to get the apps working.

Browse Office Templates To Find Something That Works Better For Your Projects

Even those that are well acquainted with Microsoft Office often skip past anything involving Templates. Simply put, most people would rather create a blank document from scratch built specifically for their project. That makes sense on some level.

On another level, you’re wasting time formatting and fixing when you could already be finished creating your document. The Office Mobile apps and Office 2016 all offer templates that have been tested in the real world. Download them and change them to your liking, but don’t ignore them. You can browse Office Templates on the web or directly from Office 2013 and Office 2016.

Use Office Online In a Sticky Situation

The mobile apps and Office Online have much less features than the desktop apps that users get with an Office 365 Subscription.

Sometimes, you’re out of options. Maybe you’re on a computer that’s owned by someone else. Maybe all the allowed installs of your Office 365 account are taken up by other devices. No matter the reason, Office Online is the ultimate backup plan.

Available free through the web, Word Online, PowerPoint Online and Excel Online allow you to collaborate, edit and create documents absolutely free. It then saves them automatically to your OneDrive account or gives you the option to download them when you’re back on your personal PC. It’s perfect for computer labs and study rooms where there might be a PC, but you don’t have time or aren’t allowed to go installing applications and extras.

Head to OfficeOnline.com to use Microsoft Office Online.

Sync to OneDrive and add a Microsoft Account

Holding Office 2016 together with Office Mobile and Office Online is a big task. You could manage all of your files individually, or you could just use a single Microsoft Account and let OneDrive take care of everything.

OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage service. Users get 15GB of storage free to keep documents, pictures, videos and more. Once uploaded, the service handles all of the leg work. You don’t have to worry about having multiple versions on different PCs that could get out of sync. You don’t have to worry about carrying a flash drive with your latest documents loaded on it either.

You don’t have to settle for OneDrive if you don’t want to. Many Office apps support Dropbox’s cloud storage services too.

Microsoft Office 2016 – What’s Different and What’s New compare with Office 2013

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The 2016 version of Microsoft’s productivity suite includes features for easier collaboration and sharing. Excel gets a boost in power, Outlook streamlines everyday tasks, and most applications help you find the command you need.

The latest version of Microsoft Office includes many new productivity, collaboration, and data analysis features.

Here are just a few of the top new features that I like.

Work Faster with “Tell Me”

The Tell Me box in most applications helps you perform important tasks even if you don’t know how to do something. Rather than using Help or just poking around, you can type what you want to do in this box. Office shows you a list of commands you can use to complete your task. If you have selected something in your document, you will see commands specific to that object. For example, if an image is selected, you will see commands related to images.

 

Get Quick Answers with Insights

Insights lets you search for information from within Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint. Right-click a word or phrase and choose Smart Lookup. Microsoft’s Bing search engine uses what you selected and what’s near the selected text to show you definitions, images, Wikipedia articles, and other related information. This appears right in Office, not in a web browser. You can also access Insights via the Review tab and Tell Me.

 

 Collaborate and Declutter in Outlook

Outlook has a number of new features to help you work more efficiently, collaborate more easily, and manage email overload, including

Fast integration with other Office applications. When you attach an Office document to an email you’re about to send, Outlook shows you a list of the files you worked on most recently. No more hunting through folders for that recent spreadsheet or document you want to email to your colleagues. If it’s a file you worked on is in OneDrive, the file’s icon has a little cloud on it.

Collaboration with work groups. If you use Outlook with Exchange Server, you can set up work groups, which are like powerful distribution lists. Members of a work group can share conversations, calendars, and files. You can choose whether they get messages in their individual inboxes or in a group inbox.

Cleaning up clutter. Some people’s inboxes get very cluttered — someone you know, perhaps? So, if you use Outlook with Exchange Server, Outlook has a new feature called Clutter. It moves low-priority messages into a folder called Clutter. You can define which messages should or should not go to this folder. More than that, though, Clutter looks at what you’ve ignored in the past and moves new, similar messages out of your inbox so you can deal with them later.

New Analysis and Forecasting Features in Excel

Excel has gotten quite a bit more powerful in 2016. New features include:

Pulling in data from almost anywhere. A former add-on called Power Query is now built in to Excel. Power Query can pull data from various sources for analysis, including websites and SQL, Azure, Access, and other databases.

More charting options. Excel also has six new chart types. ◦Box and whisker charts are most commonly used in statistical analysis.

Predicting the future. The new time series forecasting functions can predict future values from historical data. The more data, the better the forecast.

 

Real-Time Co-Authoring in Word

If several people are working on a Word document that is stored in OneDrive for Business, real-time co-authoring allows multiple users to collaborate, edit, and update simultaneously. Everybody can see what everybody else is doing. They can see changes as they are made and even where cursors are currently placed.

Microsoft plans to include this feature in other Office applications in the future.

 

Sharing Made Easy

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint now have Share buttons at the top right of the window. When you click a Share button, you are prompted to save your file to an online location, such as OneDrive. Then, in a panel on the right side of your window, you can enter the email addresses of the people you want to share the file with or select the addresses from your address book. You can choose whether they can edit the file or just view it.

OneNote notebooks have similar functionality. Instead of a Share button, though, you send the invitations from the File menu (also called Backstage view).