Microsoft is testing a second Windows 11 taskbar for power users

A secondary taskbar called the Command Palette Dock would provide quick access to PowerToys features and tools.
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Microsoft Is Testing a Free Version of Office for Windows

Microsoft is reportedly testing a new ad-supported, free version of its popular Office suite for Windows, including Word, ...
Tech.co

Microsoft is Testing a Free Version of Office – Here’s How to Get It

You can now access a version of Microsoft’s Office package without a subscription…but there are a few caveats. This new version of the desktop app is ad-supported ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft testing faster Quick Machine Recovery in Windows 11

Quick Machine Recovery was introduced in November 2024 as part of Microsoft's Windows Resiliency Initiative at Ignite 2024, in response to a massive July 2024 outage caused by a buggy CrowdStrike ...
CNBC

Microsoft will test a Copilot AI feature that performs work on local files in Windows 11

Microsoft will bring its Copilot Actions feature that can perform certain tasks to its Windows 11 operating system, enabling work with locally stored files. It's coming first to people in the Windows ...
TechSpot

Microsoft is testing a free ad-supported version of Office that only saves files to the cloud

What just happened? Microsoft has quietly released a free, ad-supported version of Office, granting access to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel with limited functionality. Unlike the online version of ...