DECEMBER 2019 PCWorld 19Collections, which Microsoft showed off (go.
pcworld.com/msco) at Build earlier this year.
Collections allows you to bookmark a series
of web pages or text into a Collection. What’s
interesting about it, though, is if you export it
using the ellipsis menu, the metadata (name,
price, rating, et cetera) can be automatically
formatted into a
spreadsheet for
tracking or
comparison
purposes.
Like the current
Microsoft Edge,
legacy sites
architected for
Internet Explorer
will be viewable in
a tab.MICROSOFT SEARCH: BING
FOR BUSINESS, USING
“MICROSOFT CORTEX”
For years, Microsoft has cast about for the right
way to offer insights into coworkers. Should it be
Delve (go.pcworld.com/dlve)? Outlook Groups
(go.pcworld.com/otgr)? Some combination of
the two? Now, that information is accessible
via Microsoft Search, the business “look” of
Microsoft Bing.
Microsoft Search, which goes live
Monday, makes available corporate
information from your intranet in the same
way Bing searches the Internet. Microsoft
Search’s new tab page will put your
company’s business resources at your
fingertips, including corporate policies or
the travel site no one can remember. If
you’re within the corporate network,
you’ll see Bing-powered Microsoft
Search; outside it, you’ll see Bing.Collections will let you export product data to a spreadsheet, automatically
pulling out and organizing the relevant metadata so that you don’t have to.
Though Microsoft is greatly encouraging consumers
and businesses to move away from Internet Explorer,
it’s still there as part of the new Edge.