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Windows 10X may delay to release

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Windows 10X, Surface Neo, Duo What is Windows 10X Windows 10X is a new version of Windows 10. Microsoft specially design windows 10X dual-screen devices such as Surface Neo and Surface Duo which will release in the future. Windows 10X is not an entirely new operating system and it does not contain entirely new apps or features. Microsoft introduced a new method which called a container and also the new operating system is a read-only operating system. The core Windows Operating system will be separated from the applications that run on the system.  Windows 10X seems to be based on  Windows Core OS. Windows 10X will run traditional 32bit desktop apps, but it will run them in the container.   All classic 32-bit desktop applications will run in a single combined container. This meant all apps remain isolated from the core Windows operating system. This method will help avoid making causes of crashes or security issues on the core operating system. Developers no need to m

Prepare end Client/Points for Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business online - Part 3

<-- Planning Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business online in a Hybrid Environment - Part 1 <-- Prepare Hybrid environment for Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business online - Part 2 When planning the hybrid solution for Skype for business or Lync with Skype for Business Online or Teams, it is important to consider how end client or endpoints such as phones, conferencing phones and meeting room video system compatible with the solution. Skype for Business client Even though the on-prem system is Lync 2013 many of the users use Skype for Business client. It would be a very rare situation that finds any use uses Lync client. Therefore, I mainly discuss here SfB client. There are some differences when running SfB clients on on-premise servers’ vs SfB hybrid and SfB Online services. The below considerations must be made when planning to either deploy hybrid or cloud-only SfB users. Considerable planning must be made, and communication must be clear to ensure stakeholders

Prepare Hybrid environment for Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business online - Part 2

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<-- Planning Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business online in a Hybrid Environment - Part 1 My previous post I have discussed the Planning phase for Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business Online in a Hybrid environment. Please click here to access into it. I am discussing Key preparation steps to implement a hybrid environment on this post. Update On-Prem system After validating cumulative update level of Skype for Business or Lync 2013 system, update the system into the latest cumulative updates. This is the best practice method before implement hybrid environment. Implement Office 365 Firewall URLs As Microsoft continues to dynamically update the Office 365 services URL, & IP addresses, to ensure optimal communication between the on-prem environment and Office 365 services, you must review existing Offic365 URLs and IP whitelist to ensure they are up-to-date with the latest version. You can find the latest version of list by searching Office 365 URLs and IPs.

Revolution in Multimedia- CODEC H.266

H.266 is the latest video codec. Video codecs are software that can compress and decompress video files. Therefor mainly codec helps to store files in less space and to transfer files using less bandwidth over the network. Common codecs are h.264 and h.265. h.266 is the latest invention of codecs. The new h.266 video codec is a pretty big deal in the video industry. It can not be used yet. Most of the videos are using codec h.265 nowadays. H.266 will have the capability to encode the video file into half of the size that you have now. That will optimise to speed up the transition to 8K HDR video. Isn’t it cool when you thinking the size of the file and transitional rate? H.266 will change the multimedia industry soon.   H.266 can shrink files to 50 per cent which is smaller than what the current h.265 can compress. This process is never affecting video quality to a noticeable level. In simply lets imaging you have 8GB video file encoded in h.264. And the same file can be en

Microsoft Teams launches the Personal Use App

Microsoft Teams is a well-known collaboration application. It acts as a hub for teamwork that allows features of chat, meet, call and collaboration all in one application. Teams is a great tool for the commercial environment. With the outback of Covid19 MS Teams became high demand tool to stay connected with work colleagues and teams. At work, more and more people love Microsoft Teams. In generally out of the work environment, people are using multiple apps to mage day to day work. They use separate apps for managing calendar, email, messaging, photo add, to-do list and documents. Microsoft believed it's better to have a single app to manage all tasks the same as the business environment. By fulfilling the requirements Microsoft introduces Microsoft Teams personal app version in mobile preview. This would be great to initiate, beyond the work scenario to personal life.   the new features are designed to improve the need for tools which is never seen before and instead of