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Microsoft Warns Skype for Business Online Ends in August

Microsoft reminds now Skype for Business users that the Online service will shut down on July 31.

The company first announced the whole thing in August 2019 and already in September of the same year, Microsoft stopped connecting new customers to the service.

In the last two years, Microsoft has instead encouraged users to switch to Teams. The transition is said to have been completed for millions of users and currently Teams is estimated to have 145 million daily users.

What’s new in Microsoft Edge 90 for Windows and macOS

Today, Microsoft Edge 90 is rolling out to the stable channel with several new features and improvements. In version 90, you can enable Kids mode to make the web browsing experience safer for children. According to the company, Kids mode is designed for 5-8 and 9-12 age groups.

When Kids mode is enabled, Microsoft Edge will automatically switch to Bing SafeSearch to ensure that only friendly contents appear in search results. Likewise, tracking prevention is set to “trick” and users can also use custom browser themes, specially tailored for kids.

Answering Europe’s Call: Storing and Processing EU Data in the EU

Today we are announcing a new pledge for the European Union. If you are a commercial or public sector customer in the EU, we will go beyond our existing data storage commitments and enable you to process and store all your data in the EU. In other words, we will not need to move your data outside the EU. This commitment will apply across all of Microsoft’s core cloud services – Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365. We are beginning work immediately on this added step, and we will complete by the end of next year the implementation of all engineering work needed to execute on it. We’re calling this plan the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud.