Hacker News with Generative AI: Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 costs are too much (ycombinator.com)
Fellow founders, anyone else fed up with M365 turning into a commodity cash drain? What once felt like a premium productivity suite now feels like another unavoidable bill—with pricing hikes and a labyrinth of licensing options that seem designed to make us overpay. The recent price bumps and constant misselling of features force us to jump through hoops, all while we’re busy scaling our startups.

Microsoft 365, Business, Startups, Software, Pricing

20 points by HarshaaVardhan 5 days ago | 29 comments

Multiple Russian Threat Actors Targeting Microsoft Device Code Authentication (volexity.com)
Starting in mid-January 2025, Volexity identified several social-engineering and spear-phishing campaigns by Russian threat actors aimed at compromising Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts.

Cybersecurity, Russia, Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Social Engineering

185 points by ChrisArchitect 5 days ago | 51 comments

The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a disaster (zdnet.com)
At the start of the New Year, with no warning, Microsoft gives its flagship productivity app a name change and a huge price increase. Why would the company make this mess? I asked Copilot, who explained it very well.

Microsoft 365, Software, Business, Technology

602 points by belter 25 days ago | 564 comments

The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster (zdnet.com)
At the start of the New Year, with no warning, Microsoft gives its flagship productivity app a name change and a huge price increase. Why would the company make this mess? I asked Copilot, who explained it very well.

Microsoft 365, Software, Business, Tech News, Artificial Intelligence

7 points by jsheard 26 days ago | 0 comments

Microsoft 365 Personal goes up in price by $30 (reddit.com)
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Microsoft 365, Pricing, Subscriptions, Software, Technology

5 points by irunmyownemail 28 days ago | 2 comments

Microsoft just renamed Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot on Windows for everyone (windowslatest.com)
Once again, Microsoft has proven its knack for rebranding and sometimes complicating its product lineup. They recently announced that they’ll be rebranding the Microsoft 365 app to Microsoft 365 Copilot. And today, we noticed that “Microsoft 365 Office” is now called “Microsoft 365 Copilot” after the update.

Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Rebranding, Software, Windows

45 points by dantondwa 33 days ago | 47 comments

You don't have to pay the Microsoft 365 price increase (consumer.org.nz)
If you have a Microsoft 365 subscription, you might’ve been told your fees are going up by $5 a month or $50 a year. But the fees aren’t actually changing – you’re just being upsold. Here’s how to keep the price of your subscription the same as it’s always been.

Microsoft 365, Consumer Advice, Price Increases, Subscription Services

396 points by lancewiggs 43 days ago | 250 comments

Microsoft 365 alternative: openDesk version 1.0 announced for October (heise.de)
German-funded openDesk aims to end reliance on Microsoft with open source tech.

Open Source, Microsoft 365, Software, Collaboration Tools, Germany

6 points by openprojectgmbh 143 days ago | 2 comments

Windows 10 Start Menu will soon display ads for Microsoft 365 (ghacks.net)

Windows 10, Advertising, Microsoft 365

7 points by tannhaeuser 178 days ago | 1 comments

Major Microsoft 365 outage caused by Azure configuration change (bleepingcomputer.com)

Microsoft 365, Azure, Cloud Computing, Outages

102 points by doener 216 days ago | 64 comments

Windows 11 Start menu rolls out Microsoft 365 menu that hides key features (windowslatest.com)