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Microsoft has begun rolling out the Windows 11 25H2 update to consumers and businesses — a lean, enablement-package release that mostly formalizes the platform work Microsoft shipped during 2024–2025 while sharpening internal security controls, removing legacy tooling, and resetting support timelines for devices that adopt it. The update arrives as a small activation package for systems already on Windows 11 version 24H2 and is being distributed gradually via Windows Update, with full media...

Windows File Explorer still does the basics, but for anyone who spends a lot of time organizing, searching, or moving files, the third‑party Files app replaces friction with speed, polish, and productivity features that Microsoft’s default tool simply hasn’t prioritized — from dual‑pane and column view navigation to tag support, an integrated Omnibar, and options to view folder sizes at a glance. Background For decades Windows File Explorer has been the default file manager for millions of...

When an app crashes, refuses to launch, or your system behaves oddly, being able to check application logs in Windows 11 or Windows 10 short‑circuits guesswork and gets you to a fix faster; this feature guide walks through the three practical methods — Event Viewer, command‑line (PowerShell/wevtutil), and trusted third‑party utilities — with step‑by‑step commands, troubleshooting workflows, and enterprise‑grade cautions. Background / Overview Windows records a vast array of runtime activity...

The long, slow sunset for Windows 10 has become a hard deadline: Microsoft will stop routine security and feature updates for mainstream Windows 10 editions on October 14, 2025, leaving millions of PCs to choose between upgrading to Windows 11, enrolling in a time‑boxed Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or running an increasingly risky unsupported system. Background / Overview Windows 10 arrived in 2015 and dominated the PC landscape for a decade. Microsoft’s lifecycle policy has now...

Signing out of a Microsoft account is a simple click for many users, but the consequences for privacy, cloud sync, device recovery, and enterprise access can be significant — this guide unpacks the quick steps, the technical differences between signing out and removing an account, and the best practices every Windows user should follow to avoid lost files or security gaps. Background / Overview Microsoft accounts (MSA) are the identity backbone for consumer Microsoft services: they connect...

Microsoft’s Copilot has been given a face: a new experimental feature called Copilot Portraits places animated, human‑like avatars into live voice conversations, aiming to make spoken interactions feel more natural and socially grounded. Background / Overview Microsoft introduced Copilot Portraits inside Copilot Labs, the company’s public sandbox for higher‑risk, high‑compute experiments that expand Copilot beyond typed chat into voice, vision, and expressive presentation layers. The...

Talkdesk’s roadmap with Microsoft took a tangible step forward on September 30, 2025, when the vendor announced that Talkdesk Workspace can be embedded directly inside Microsoft Teams and that Talkdesk Customer Experience Automation (CXA) is now available through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace—moves that aim to collapse app switching for agents, speed escalation to subject‑matter experts, and make multi‑agent AI automation easier to procure for enterprise contact centers. Background...

Azure’s Data API Builder (DAB) is the kind of developer tool that quietly changes the rules of engagement: it turns an existing database into a production-ready HTTP API — both REST and GraphQL — with no custom backend code required, letting you “bring your data to your code” without building or maintaining a service layer. Background Over the past decade Microsoft has shifted much of its internal operational tooling outward, converting infrastructure patterns used to run Microsoft services...

Signing out of a Microsoft account on a Windows PC is a small action with outsized consequences for privacy, access to cloud services, and device management — this guide explains every practical way to sign out or remove an account, what each option actually does, and the security and recovery trade‑offs you must consider before you click. Background / Overview Microsoft accounts (often shortened to MSA) are the identity pivot for consumer Microsoft services: they connect Windows, OneDrive...

SOK and Vivicta have agreed a strategic extension of their long-term IT partnership that shifts the cooperative’s core retail platform toward public cloud operations, including a phased migration of SOK’s SAP estate to Microsoft Azure and continued managed services for a sprawling application landscape of more than 200 business applications and roughly 100 SAP subsystems. The agreement, announced alongside Vivicta’s emergence from Tietoevry Tech Services, links the modernization of SOK’s SAP...

Microsoft has begun the staged rollout of Windows 11, version 25H2, but the headline is deliberate restraint: this is an enablement-style release that flips features previously staged in the 24H2 servicing stream, emphasizes manageability and security hardening, and removes a handful of long‑deprecated components rather than delivering a blockbuster consumer-facing overhaul. Background / Overview Windows 11’s 25H2 update continues the servicing strategy Microsoft has refined over recent...

Microsoft has quietly but decisively pushed the next chapter of agentic AI into the mainstream: the Microsoft Agent Framework — an open-source SDK and runtime that is now available in public preview inside Azure AI Foundry — and a parallel consumer-facing move that hands eligible college students a full year of Microsoft 365 Personal (with Copilot) at no cost when they verify enrollment by October 31, 2025. These twin announcements tighten Microsoft’s grip on both developer and education...

Microsoft's latest annual Windows 11 feature update landed this week, but one of the security items that promised to change how administrators elevate privileges in office and enterprise environments will not be ready for immediate deployment — Administrator Protection has been pushed out of initial availability for managed PCs and will arrive at a later date that Microsoft has not yet committed to. This delay — published as an update to the September 2025 non‑security update notes — leaves...

Microsoft has fixed a non‑negotiable deadline for Windows 10: regular support and monthly security updates stop on October 14, 2025 — and while your PC will still boot afterwards, staying on an unpatched copy of Windows 10 without taking steps now exposes you to growing security, compatibility, and compliance risks. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched in 2015 and has been supported for a decade under Microsoft's lifecycle policy. The company has now announced that most consumer and...

Microsoft has bundled its highest‑tier Copilot features, extra AI usage, Defender security, and the familiar Office desktop apps into a new consumer subscription called Microsoft 365 Premium — a $19.99/month plan that consolidates Copilot Pro-style capabilities with Microsoft 365’s Personal/Family app and storage benefits while leaving the baseline Personal and Family prices unchanged for users who don’t want the upgrade. Background Microsoft’s consumer subscription strategy has shifted...

A new industry analysis shows Microsoft Copilot is routinely interacting with millions of sensitive business records inside real corporate environments — a wake-up call for IT teams that treated Copilot as just another productivity add-on. The Concentric AI Data Risk Report for 2025 found that, across organizations in its sample, Copilot accessed nearly three million sensitive records on average during the first half of the year, while businesses also continue to battle massive data sprawl...

Microsoft’s latest wave of enhancements to Azure Machine Learning sharpens the platform’s edge for enterprise AI: tighter integrations with Microsoft business applications, stronger MLOps and governance controls, no-code AutoML expansion, and clearer model explainability tools aimed at reducing time-to-value for production machine learning. Background / Overview Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML) has long positioned itself as an enterprise-focused platform for building, deploying, and...

KPMG’s push to embed agentic AI into its global smart-audit platform marks one of the clearest demonstrations yet of how generative models and multi-agent orchestration are reshaping professional services — not by replacing auditors, but by transforming what auditors do and how audit work is delivered at scale. The KPMG Clara AI initiative, built on Microsoft Azure and leveraging the company’s agentic stack, promises whole-dataset analysis, automated substantive procedures, and new auditor...

Preservica has launched a targeted practitioner workshop series to teach archivists, records managers and information professionals how to apply human‑centric AI to archival enrichment, capture, long‑term preservation and discovery — a hands‑on program that promises practical skills, Microsoft integration examples and direct interaction with Preservica’s product team. Background Preservica is positioning the new series as a practical bridge between archival practice and contemporary AI...

Systems Limited’s confirmation as a member of the Microsoft AI Business Solutions Inner Circle for 2025–26 — its fifth consecutive appearance — cements the Pakistan-founded systems integrator’s role as a major Microsoft partner in the Middle East & Africa region and signals continued momentum for Microsoft-aligned AI business transformation across enterprise customers in those markets. Background Systems Limited, operating in the Middle East & Africa under the Techvista Systems banner...