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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

Microsoft Planner gets a weird new icon, inspired by the other Office 365 apps

Microsoft is continuing to redesign the icons for the core Office 365 apps, and today, yet another new icon is…

Arif Bacchus · September 10, 2019 · 1 min read

Editorial

What’s a computer? A Surface and Windows 10 fan’s thoughts on Apple’s new iPadOS

It wasn’t too long ago that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella jokingly told a journalist with an iPad to “get a…

Arif Bacchus · September 10, 2019 · 9 min read

How-to

Microsoft has a streaming video service? How to get started with Stream in Office 365

How to use Microsoft Stream for your company videos Included in most Office 365 business subscriptions is a service known…

Arif Bacchus · September 10, 2019 · 6 min read

How-to

How to make a professional looking resume in Word in Office 365

How to make a professional looking resume in Word in Office 365 Not everyone might possess the creative skills to…

Arif Bacchus · September 9, 2019 · 3 min read

News

Orange screenshot issue is latest bug plaguing the Windows 10 May 2019 Update’s most recent CU

Microsoft has had a bit of a rough time when it comes with patching the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.…

Arif Bacchus · September 9, 2019 · 2 min read

News

Strange new Microsoft musical video pokes fun at Windows Phone, Vista, Surface, and more

Microsoft has a deep history in the computing world, but not everyone has time to read about it on Wikipedia,…

Arif Bacchus · September 6, 2019 · 2 min read

How-to

How to set up and manage your email account in Outlook in Office 365

How to set up email accounts in Outlook Setting up email accounts in the Outlook desktop app in Office 365…

Arif Bacchus · September 4, 2019 · 4 min read

Feature

Our Guide to the Office 365 Dashboard

Once you’re up and running with a Microsoft Office 365 subscription, the central hub for all your activities will be…

Arif Bacchus · September 3, 2019 · 4 min read

How-to

Want to send a mass email? Here’s how to create email merges in Publisher

How to send a mass email with Microsoft Publisher Sending a mass email used to be a time-consuming process, but…

Arif Bacchus · August 29, 2019 · 4 min read

How-to

Lose an important file in Word? Here’s how to recover or restore it

How to recover lost files in Microsoft Word Did you lose an important file in Microsoft Word? There are many…

Arif Bacchus · August 27, 2019 · 3 min read