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• Office's future of work swipes ideas from 2010's Xbox

  Microsoft announces support for intelligent cameras that can recognise you in meetings, along with new features for Outlook, PowerPoint, and more that embrace hybrid work.

• Microsoft to cut perpetual Office support by 50%, raise price by 10%

  The move is more evidence that Microsoft remains eager to push, pull, and prod commercial customers into service-like subscriptions.

• Microsoft readies Office for Big Sur, M1-based Macs

  Microsoft has issued a preview of Office for the Mac that will run natively on Apple's upcoming ARM-based laptops.

• Next perpetual version of Office to debut in 2021

  Office 2019 won't be the last perpetual-licensed version of the popular software suite; Microsoft will release a successor in the latter half of next year.

• Microsoft puts Application Guard for Office into public preview

  The defensive technology walls off untrusted Office documents to prevent attack code carried by malicious files from reaching the operating system or its apps.

• Microsoft reveals Surface Hub, an 84-inch, 4K touchscreen for office collaboration

  Perhaps the best feature? Microsoft says it's solved the pain and friction of simply joining a videoconference.

• Your workplace in 2020: Gartner's predictions

  How will people work 10 years from now? Gartner thinks it has a pretty good idea, predicting 10 major changes that will occur during the next 10 years.

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