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Arif Bacchus

Arif is a freelance technology writer for OnMSFT and Digital Trends. He has over five years of experience covering all things Microsoft, including Surface, Windows 10, Xbox, Microsoft 365, and more. He also writes how-to guides, op-eds, reviews, and loves to play with the latest tech --- Microsoft or not.

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News

Google is significantly improving battery life in Chrome, but will it also apply to Microsoft Edge? [Update, yes it does]

One of the advantages of using the old Microsoft Edge is battery life. However, with the switch to Google’s open-source…

Arif Bacchus · July 6, 2020 · 2 min read

How-to

Top 3 ways to customize your Microsoft Teams experience on iOS and Android

Top 3 ways to customize Microsoft Teams on iOS and Android Here are the top 3 ways you can customize…

Arif Bacchus · July 6, 2020 · 3 min read

Microsoft / office 365

Microsoft Teams phones are getting new features and capabilities

Microsoft recently announced that it will be adding some new features and capabilities to compatible Microsoft Teams desk phone systems.…

Arif Bacchus · July 2, 2020 · 2 min read

How-to

Tired of annoying channel-wide mentions and notifications in Microsoft Teams? Here’s how to turn them off

How to turn off notifications for channel and team mentions in Microsoft Teams You might become annoyed when you get…

Arif Bacchus · July 2, 2020 · 4 min read

How-to

How to open multiple Microsoft Teams channels in separate windows

How to open Microsoft Teams channels in separate windows While it currently isn’t officially possible to open multiple Microsoft Teams…

Arif Bacchus · July 1, 2020 · 4 min read

Microsoft / office 365

Microsoft launches global skills initiative to bring new skills to 25 million people, includes new Teams learning app

There’s no doubt that COVID-19 is still spreading around the world. Even with limited or phased reopening plans now going…

Arif Bacchus · June 30, 2020 · 2 min read

Feature

Top three tips and tricks for getting the most out of Microsoft Search

If you didn’t already know, Microsoft Search is a powerful enterprise search platform that is part of the Microsoft 365…

Arif Bacchus · June 30, 2020 · 3 min read

News

PSA: Microsoft’s new Windows Insider channels are now rolling out

Microsoft has just announced that the switch over to “channels” in the Windows Insider program is now rolling out. According…

Arif Bacchus · June 29, 2020 · 2 min read

News

Intel Lakefield specs and benchmarks paint the picture for Surface Neo performance

Microsoft’s Surface Neo dual-screen PC might be delayed, but that doesn’t mean the news has to stop coming. In the…

Arif Bacchus · June 29, 2020 · 2 min read

How-to

How to add Power Apps to Microsoft Teams to improve your small business workflow capabilities

How to add Power Apps to Microsoft Teams You can combine the capabilities of both Microsoft Teams and Power Apps…

Arif Bacchus · June 29, 2020 · 4 min read