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KB5089173: Intel OpenVINO Execution Provider Update Version 2.2604.1.0 Released for Windows 11 Version 26H1 Microsoft has published KB5089173, an Intel OpenVINO Execution Provider update for Windows 11, version 26H1. The update brings the Intel OpenVINO Execution Provider AI component to version 2.2604.1.0 and is intended for supported Windows 11 26H1 systems that use Microsoft’s Windows machine-learning stack, ONNX Runtime, and Intel hardware acceleration for local artificial-intelligence...

KB5089169 Brings AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider Update 2.2604.1.0 to Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 Microsoft has published KB5089169, an update for the AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider component on supported Windows 11 systems. The update is listed as AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider update version 2.2604.1.0 and applies to Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows 11, version 25H2, across all editions. Microsoft identifies the installed entry in Windows Update history as Windows Runtime ML AMD NPU...

Microsoft has published KB5089618, a Windows Update package for the Qualcomm QNN Execution Provider, bringing the Windows ML Runtime Qualcomm QNN Execution Provider component to version 2.2604.2.0 on devices running Windows 11, version 26H1. While the support note is brief, the update is part of a much larger shift in how Windows delivers on-device AI acceleration: instead of asking every app developer to package hardware-specific AI runtimes, Windows can service key execution providers...

KB5089174: NVIDIA TensorRT-RTX Execution Provider Update Version 2.2604.1.0 for Windows 11 Version 26H1 Microsoft has released KB5089174, a Windows ML Runtime update for the NVIDIA TensorRT-RTX Execution Provider. The update brings the NVIDIA TensorRT-RTX Execution Provider component to version 2.2604.1.0 and applies to Windows 11, version 26H1. This is not a typical cumulative update, graphics driver update, or feature update. Instead, it is a servicing update for one of the Windows...

Microsoft has published KB5089168, a Windows Update-delivered refresh for the NVIDIA TensorRT-RTX Execution Provider, moving the component to version 2.2604.1.0 for Windows 11 version 24H2 and Windows 11 version 25H2 systems. The update targets one of the most important but least visible layers in Microsoft’s on-device AI stack: the execution provider that lets ONNX Runtime and Windows ML accelerate supported AI models on NVIDIA RTX GPUs. For users, it should arrive automatically through...

Microsoft’s newly posted KB5089175 quietly advances one of the most important pieces of the Windows AI stack: the AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider for Windows 11, version 26H1. On paper, this is a small support article for version 2.2604.1.0, delivered automatically through Windows Update, but its implications reach well beyond a routine component refresh. It shows Microsoft continuing to turn Windows AI acceleration into a serviced platform layer, not a one-off feature tied to a single app...

Microsoft has published KB5089167, an AMD MIGraphX Execution Provider update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows 11, version 25H2. This update brings the AMD MIGraphX Execution Provider AI component to version 2.2604.1.0 and is intended for systems that use Windows machine-learning / ONNX Runtime hardware acceleration on supported AMD GPU hardware. In plain English, this is not a general Windows feature update, not a display driver update, and not a gaming-focused Radeon package. It is...

Microsoft has published KB5089617, a new Qualcomm QNN Execution Provider update for Windows 11 version 24H2 and Windows 11 version 25H2. The update brings the Qualcomm QNN Execution Provider AI component to version 2.2604.2.0 and is delivered automatically through Windows Update. The Qualcomm QNN Execution Provider is used by ONNX Runtime and Windows machine-learning scenarios that rely on ONNX Runtime. Its purpose is to enable hardware-accelerated AI model execution on supported Qualcomm...

Here’s a concise breakdown of KB5089171: AMD MIGraphX Execution Provider update version 2.2604.1.0. What KB5089171 is KB5089171 is a Windows Update package for the AMD MIGraphX Execution Provider AI component on Windows 11, version 26H1. The MIGraphX execution provider is used with ONNX Runtime / Windows machine learning to accelerate supported ONNX model inference by offloading compatible operations to AMD GPU hardware. Microsoft describes it as an AMD execution provider based on AMD’s...

Neowin’s look at Raditya Aryaputra’s latest Windows 11 redesign concept lands at a moment when Microsoft’s desktop is carrying more ambition, more AI, and more promotional surface area than many longtime users would like. The concept imagines a cleaner, more customizable Windows 11 that strips away much of the AI clutter, removes intrusive recommendations, and refocuses the shell on apps, search, calendar, widgets, and task switching. It is attractive, thoughtful, and undeniably closer to...

Microsoft’s biggest enterprise Copilot win yet is not a flashy startup showcase or a limited executive pilot; it is a full-workforce deployment at Accenture, one of the world’s largest professional services firms. The company is rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot to roughly 743,000 employees, turning a product still fighting for mainstream enterprise adoption into a daily tool across consulting, technology, operations, sales, finance, HR, and client delivery. For Microsoft, the deal is a...

SAS is moving deeper into the AI governance market with SAS AI Navigator, a standalone SaaS platform designed to help enterprises discover, catalogue, and govern the growing sprawl of AI models, agents, and large language model use cases across the business. Announced at SAS Innovate 2026, the product targets one of the most urgent problems in enterprise technology: organizations are adopting AI faster than they can document, risk-rank, approve, monitor, or retire it. The pitch is...

Microsoft’s PowerToys v0.99.0 lands as a deceptively important Windows update: not because it rewrites Windows 11, but because it removes several everyday points of friction that have annoyed power users for years. The headline feature is Grab And Move, a Linux-like window control tool that lets users move or resize windows from almost anywhere inside the app surface instead of hunting for a title bar or a narrow border. The update also introduces Power Display, a new system tray utility for...

Canonical is preparing to make AI a first-class part of Ubuntu, but its pitch is deliberately different from the Copilot-heavy strategy that has defined Microsoft’s recent Windows roadmap. The company says Ubuntu’s AI features will arrive gradually over the next year, with an emphasis on local inference, open-weight models, transparent licensing, and user-controlled workflows rather than always-on cloud assistants. The result could be one of the most important shifts in Ubuntu’s history: not...

Vectra AI’s warning about Azure logging is more than another vendor alert; it is a reminder that cloud visibility can change when the platform underneath it changes. The company says Microsoft’s migration away from legacy Azure Diagnostics extensions toward the Azure Monitor Agent and Data Collection Rules can shift logging control from VM-level signals to control-plane operations, creating potential blind spots for defenders who still watch the old indicators. Microsoft’s own Azure Monitor...

Microsoft’s latest Windows Update redesign marks a meaningful shift in how Windows 11 balances security, reliability, and user control. The new experience gives users clearer choices for pausing updates, skipping updates during first-run setup, and restarting or shutting down without being unexpectedly pulled into an installation cycle. For a feature that has frustrated Windows users for more than a decade, this is not just a settings-page refresh; it is a philosophical correction...

Microsoft has quietly given Windows administrators a badly needed diagnostic upgrade for the Secure Boot certificate transition: a new -Decoded parameter for the Get-SecureBootUEFI PowerShell cmdlet. Published under KB5093574 on April 28, 2026, the change turns Secure Boot’s normally opaque binary databases into readable certificate and signature information. That matters because Microsoft’s long-running migration from the original 2011 Secure Boot certificates to the newer 2023 certificate...

Microsoft’s Copilot push has crossed a symbolic threshold: Accenture is moving Microsoft 365 Copilot from controlled deployment to near-enterprise ubiquity across roughly 743,000 employees. The scale matters because this is not a showcase pilot, a narrow executive trial, or a single-country productivity experiment; it is the largest enterprise Copilot rollout Microsoft has publicly described to date. For WindowsForum readers, the announcement is a practical signal that AI inside Outlook...

Microsoft’s latest enterprise AI showcase makes a pointed argument: the next phase of Copilot is no longer about shaving minutes off meetings, but about converting institutional knowledge into measurable business growth. The company is positioning Microsoft IQ and Agent 365 as twin pillars for what it calls Frontier Transformation, a model where organizations embed AI into daily work while maintaining governance over increasingly autonomous agents. The customer examples span airlines...

OpenAI and Microsoft have moved from an exclusive AI marriage to a more flexible alliance, ending one of the most consequential lock-ins in the modern cloud era. The revised arrangement keeps Azure at the center of OpenAI’s rollout strategy, but it also lets OpenAI serve customers across other cloud providers, including rivals that can supply the enormous compute capacity frontier AI now demands. For Microsoft, the shift is not a clean break so much as a strategic recalibration: it keeps...