LibreOffice 26.8 can now round-trip several Microsoft Office chart types without displaying or editing them, protecting documents from accidental chart removal. The safeguard does not fully cover regional map charts, whose geographic data may be lost when files are opened and saved in LibreOffice.

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V7 is rolling out Knowledge Hubs, a searchable long-term memory for AI agents built from a company’s internal files, data rooms, and business systems. Its Context Graph connects entities, relationships, and source evidence so V7 Go can complete 50- to 100-step workflows in minutes while preserving an audit trail for each decision.

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Microsoft has stopped updates and automatic installations for the Microsoft 365 Calendar, People, and Files companion apps ahead of their permanent retirement on December 16, 2026. Existing copies may continue running until then, but administrators should now prevent redeployment and begin removing them from managed devices.

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Microsoft has released fixes for the Excel copy-and-paste failure caused by September’s KB5002914 update, expanding coverage beyond the initial MSI-based Excel 2016 fix. Administrators must manually install the applicable Office package, and some workbooks with conditional formatting may still require a workaround.

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Microsoft is investigating incident TM1475580 after some Teams users began losing the ability to make or receive calls. Reports include calls that fail to connect or drop unexpectedly, while Microsoft 365 Service Health tracks the disruption as a degraded Teams calling service.

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Microsoft Teams is planning a persistent pop-out video window that can keep a sign-language interpreter visible while users switch applications, share screens, or move between monitors. The accessibility feature is currently scheduled for Teams desktop and Mac in December 2026, although Microsoft 365 roadmap dates can change.

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Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to schedule channel meetings directly from Outlook Calendar, with the rollout currently planned for October 2026. The feature will connect the calendar invitation to the selected Teams channel, keeping the meeting conversation and related content with the team that needs it.

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Microsoft is adding a long-requested All Accounts view to Outlook, combining messages from Outlook, Microsoft 365, Gmail, and other connected accounts in one inbox. A separate multi-account search feature is scheduled to begin rolling out to Outlook on the web in October 2026, giving users a ranked result list across mailboxes instead of forcing them to search each account individually.

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Microsoft 365 G7 will go on sale to U.S. Government Community Cloud (GCC) customers on October 1, 2026, ending the government gap that remained after Microsoft 365 E7 launched commercially. The new suite brings Copilot, Agent 365, and expanded governance capabilities to government tenants, although Microsoft has not announced pricing and several features and authorizations will arrive later.

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Microsoft completed the retirement of Office 365 Connectors in Teams on May 22, 2026, leaving old webhook integrations silently unusable until the connected scripts or services try to post. The supported replacement is a Power Automate workflow in Teams, but administrators may need to rediscover forgotten channels, payload formats, and notification logic before rebuilding each integration.

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Microsoft has released KB5002655 to mitigate the KB5002914 regression that caused Excel copy-and-paste failures, but the fix is narrower than many administrators may expect. It applies only to MSI-based Office 2016 installations; Excel 2016 Click-to-Run and newer affected Excel versions still need a workaround or a later fix.

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OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Microsoft Word, adding a sidebar that can draft, rewrite, proofread, and reorganize documents without sending users to a separate chatbot window. The add-in is available on every ChatGPT plan, including Free, although usage limits still apply.

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Microsoft has added several features to the Queues app for Microsoft Teams that let call queue representatives and supervisors handle customer calls as a team instead of individually. The Queues app is a Teams add-on for managing call queues—the phone lines that distribute incoming customer calls to a group of people, such as a help desk or bank branch team. The update introduces a shared view of call history, a status field for tracking follow-up, a longer reporting window, more self-service controls for supervisors, and support in the Teams mobile app. This article explains what changed and what you need to configure it.

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Adecco is expanding Salesforce’s Agentforce Coworker from pilots in the UK and France to more than 40 countries, bringing the AI assistant into the daily work of 27,000 employees. The deployment turns Salesforce’s Agentforce Coworker from a newly expanded platform capability into a large-scale recruitment and sales operation, with access to candidate and client context across the business.

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Nextcloud Hub 26 Summer adds a dedicated Euro-Office desktop app, giving users local editing for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations while keeping files synchronized with a Nextcloud server. The Windows, macOS, and Linux app isn't downloadable yet; Nextcloud expects to release it within the next few weeks, while Hub 26 Summer is available now.

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Microsoft will stream its fourth annual OneDrive + Copilot Digital Event on October 20, giving users an early look at new AI features for files, photos, collaboration, and knowledge in Microsoft 365. The free event will include product demonstrations, expert discussions, and a live question-and-answer session, although Microsoft has not yet disclosed which features will debut.

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Anthropic is folding Claude Cowork into its standard chat interface, eliminating the need to choose where a task belongs. Claude will retain two main modes—Claude Chat and Claude Code—while Cowork’s long-running work and Claude Design, Docs, and Slides capabilities become available from regular conversations.

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Microsoft Teams is planning a November 2026 update that will let two presenters share screens or individual windows at the same time. The side-by-side view will help meeting participants compare content without one presenter interrupting or replacing the other.

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Microsoft 365 users are still seeing HTTP 502 and 503 errors after Microsoft reported partial recovery from incident MO1472904. The disruption has affected access to Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange Online, and Power Platform services, but Microsoft has not identified the root cause.

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