<p>We recently <a href="https://www.wincert.net/cast/microsoft-announces-office-all-in-one-mobile-app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote about the new all-in-one app</a> that was introduced at Microsoft Ignite held in Orlando, Florida.</p>
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<p>This year&#8217;s Ignite show was somewhat different as the company provided journalists with an 87-page document containing whooping 175 separate announcements.</p>
<p>Here are several additional announcements that we find interesting along with the one covered in the previous article.</p>
<p><strong>Microsoft&#8217;s Chromium-based Edge browser with new privacy features will reach general availability on January 15, 2020.</strong> According to Microsoft, the new Edge browser will offer improved privacy features in enhanced InPrivate browsing mode that other rivals can&#8217;t match yet. Today, web privacy is in focus more than ever and this could be a smart move to attract new customers.</p>
<p><strong>Microsoft launches the Endpoint Manager for modern device management.</strong> The company will be merging ConfigMgr and Intune services used for managing corporate devices like laptops, mobile phones, and tablets into the Endpoint Manager brand. Along with this <span style="text-decoration: underline;">ConfigMgr users will now get an Intune license</span> which allows them to move to cloud-based management.</p>
<p><strong>Microsoft launches Project Cortex.</strong> Project Cortex uses machine learning for analyzing contracts and documents in various repositories and then creating a knowledge network for the company. This will help employees easily find data across numerous repositories in the company.</p>
<p><strong>Cortana as your personal executive assistant.</strong> Cortana has a male voice now and can read your Outlook e-mail now. It can be used to flag or delete e-mails and dictate answers while also sending you daily summary of calendar appointments etc.</p>
<p><strong>Microsoft launches Power Virtual Agents</strong>, new low-code tools for building chatbots with the help of a visual interface by leveraging Azure&#8217;s machine learning services. With a visual interface, practically anyone will be able to build a chatbot without a user-developer misunderstanding.</p>