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HP has announced that it has entered a six-year agreement with Microsoft to deploy its Dynamics CRM solution. “HP continues to innovate in its customer engagement and, of course, the products and services it delivers. We share this dedication to digital transformation with HP and are incredibly proud to work with it as it delivers amazing technology experiences to people around the globe,” said Judson Althoff, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Business at Microsoft.

Reports suggest that Microsoft is working on an app that will directly compete with Slack, in terms of features and functionality. The alleged messaging service will be developed under Skype’s brand and will be called Skype Teams. The new app will allow users to chat in different groups within a team, along with the ability to talk to other members via Direct Messages on the app. In addition, Skype Teams will also offer Threaded Conversations, similar to comments on Facebook.

RDP ThinBook is the latest in the growing list of budget Windows 10 notebook developed in collaboration with Microsoft. The product is not a detachable but a traditional Windows PC. It resembles Lenovo’s Ideapad series a lot. The best part about RDP ThinBook is its big 14.1-inch display. It skips on non-essential options like DVD-drive to make room for a larger battery and keep the thickness and weight under control. With RDP ThinBook, Windows 10 outshines as a complete desktop operating system.

A top Microsoft official Sanjay Gupta met Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das and evinced interest to run IT-based training centers. According to an official release, Microsoft would also assist in other technological spheres.

An independent study conducted by IHS Markit has confirmed something that most of us knew to be true anyway – Xbox Live is a sight better than the PlayStation Network. The study rated PSN and Xbox Live across eight parameters login to network speed, login to game server speed, finding players and matchmaking, time to upload, login to game server reliability, matchmaking reliability, parties, and voice chat and in all but two categories (both the matchmaking ones) Xbox Live came out ahead of PSN. Overall, Xbox Live ranked higher than PSN, especially in the actual multiplayer experience.

Ahead of the release of the extremely promising Battlefield 1, it seems like Microsoft is going to fully leverage their partnership with Battlefield with the release of three new Battlefield 1 bundles. There will be a standard 500GB white Xbox One S bundled with a copy of the game, retailing for $299; there will be a Walmart and Microsoft Store Storm Grey 500 GB Xbox One bundle, which features a fine looking color for the console, and which will only be available in the US, for $299; finally, a Military Green 1TB Xbox One S will come with Battlefield 1 Early Enlister Deluxe edition available for $349.

Executives from Microsoft, Google, Amazon and IBM walk into a conference with one thing in common. But all of those companies are appearing on stage at BoxWorks in San Francisco, in part because they all work with the cloud storage and content services company in one capacity or another. Box works with Microsoft to integrate its products with Office 365, Amazon to host services in different cloud data centers, and IBM on new applications, services and sales. Google is the newest addition to that club. The two companies announced that they’re working on storing Google Docs, Sheets and Slides files inside Box.

The article is about the game ‘Gears of War 4’ which is going to release on October 11 on Xbox One. Microsoft has revealed what users can expect if they pre-order the game. Aside from the usual host of cosmetic items such as gold weapons and multiplayer skins based on popular series characters such as Marcus Fenix, users also get four other games by pre-ordering. The company claims this will be a limited time offer though does not state when it expires.

Microsoft has released Skype 1.7 for Linux through its alpha channel. The updated Skype client brings several noticeable improvements over the initial build that was released back in July. According to the official changelog, Skype 1.7 has fixed the standard behavior of unread messages. This new change brings the focus on the first unread message, and once you scroll down, your new messages will be automatically marked as read. The updated Skype client also comes with a new grid layout for group calls.

Microsoft has added guest functionality to its email client. Starting with the Web version of Office 365, allowing the group owners to invite people from outside to get the emails that are being sent to the group. “Once added, guests receive a welcome email, are granted access to group files in SharePoint Online, begin receiving email messages and calendar invites sent to the group, and can access the group in Office on the web and the Outlook Groups mobile application,” the company said in its official blog post announcing the feature.