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• Spark Enhanced Teams launches with Kiwi business market focus

  Spark has unveiled a new business collaboration solution in the form of Spark Enhanced Teams, leveraging partners such as Microsoft and Ingram Micro.

• Noel Leeming stung with $200K fine for misleading tech buyers

  Noel Leeming has been fined $200,000 for misleading consumers about their rights under the Consumer Guarantees Act, in relation to technology purchases.

• MercyAscot looks to Umbrellar and Microsoft to speed up cancer treatment

  Auckland's MercyAscot Hospital has reduced some cancer diagnosis times from weeks to less than an hour courtesy of new cloud-based tools.

• Microsoft Teams gains ground on Slack

  Two years after its launch, Microsoft Teams is outpacing team chat rival Slack – largely thanks to Teams’ free availability as part of Office 365 subscriptions.

• Phil Goldie prepares for return to Microsoft channel in Australia

  Phil Goldie will return to the Microsoft channel in Australia, with plans in place to exit the New Zealand business within four months.

• How to defer Windows 10 updates

  Windows 10 forces updates on home users, but Windows 10 Pro users can slow down feature upgrades if they want.

• Windows 10 Spring Creators Update: The best hidden features

  Microsoft’s Windows 10 upgrade, code-named Redstone 4 and informally known as the Spring Creators Update, offers many smaller additions and changes you might miss. We've highlighted them here.

• Serverless in the cloud: AWS vs. Google Cloud vs. Microsoft Azure

  With AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Microsoft Azure Functions, a little bit of business logic can go a very long way

• Microsoft shrinks Windows 10's upgrade downtime

  Beginning with the upcoming spring update to the OS – likely to arrive in early April – users will find the upgrade process is faster.

• Windows 10 shows users what data it collects and phones in

  With Windows Insider build 17083, Microsoft responded to criticism about transparency by adding a 'Diagnostic Data Viewer' app to the OS for beta users to try out.

• Microsoft turns up heat on Slack with Teams group chat update

  A Teams app directory is among the new features added to the company’s Office 365 group chat tool. Analysts say Microsoft is looking to match rivals like Slack in functionality.

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