Is Microsoft Teams really going to start tracking employee locations?

Microsoft's new Workplace Check-in feature for Teams has officially rolled out, making it possible to automatically update an ...

Tracking your employees doesn’t make them more productive

A growing body of research shows electronic monitoring rarely improves performance and reliably increases employee stress and ...

Accountability without micromanagement: How managers balance tracking and trust

Buddy Punch reports that while most employees view work tracking as helpful, concerns about trust and micromanagement persist ...
Microsoft

Mapping our migration from the Windows 10 version of OneNote to the Desktop app

Microsoft OneNote is a tool used every day by millions of people, from school teachers to boardroom executives, to keep their professional lives orderly. In October 2025 some of those lives could ...
Forbes

Microsoft’s New ‘Productivity Score’ Lets Your Boss Monitor How Often You Use Email And Attend Video Meetings

At Microsoft’s MSFT annual Ignite conference in October, the company previewed a slick new tool called Productivity Score. During the virtual presentation, a senior product manager said the feature ...
Microsoft

Customize Excel and track notes in Outlook—here’s what’s new to Microsoft 365 in November

App updates to give you more choice and help you stay in the flow of work across devices and apps. Keep track of Sticky Notes in Outlook on the web—Sticky Notes allows you to capture ideas, notes, and ...
Microsoft

At the largest private hackathon on the planet, Microsoft employees fire up ideas by the thousands

When Microsoft program manager Beatris Mendez Gandica decided to start her own nonprofit earlier this year, she knew she’d need help to get it off the ground. Growing up in Venezuela, Mendez Gandica ...