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Microsoft’s latest annual Windows milestone arrives without fanfare but with a clear operational agenda: Windows 11, version 25H2 is rolling out as a lightweight enablement package (eKB) rather than a full OS rebase, prioritizing security hardening, enterprise manageability, and a quieter lifecycle reset over headline consumer features. The update flips on features already staged in the 24H2 servicing branch, removes long‑deprecated tooling such as PowerShell 2.0 and WMIC, and gives IT...

Grand Traverse County’s commissioners are poised to approve a coordinated set of technology and facilities moves that together mark a deliberate shift toward cloud-first operations and early, managed adoption of generative AI — actions driven by last year’s ransomware disruption, practical vendor roadmaps, and an appetite for operational resilience that comes at a clear and recurring fiscal cost. Background Grand Traverse County’s agenda packages and public reporting show three tightly...

Microsoft’s countdown to the end of Windows 10 support reaches its final weeks: on 14 October 2025 Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates, feature patches and general technical assistance for mainstream Windows 10 editions, forcing households, small businesses and enterprises into urgent choices about upgrades, paid extended support, hardware refresh or migration to alternative platforms. Background / Overview Windows 10 arrived in 2015 and became the dominant desktop...

Microsoft’s push to embed AI agents across Dynamics 365 and Microsoft 365 marks a decisive step toward automating the most labor‑intensive parts of the finance function — and it puts record to report (R2R) squarely in the crosshairs of a larger agent‑first strategy. The new mix of first‑party (1P), partner (3P), and custom agents aims to collapse reconciliation cycles, accelerate variance analysis, and automate repetitive close tasks while preserving audit trails and governance controls...

Microsoft's explanation of the Windows 11, version 25H2 upgrade makes one thing clear: for most up-to-date PCs running Windows 11 24H2, moving to 25H2 should feel like flipping a switch rather than performing a full operating‑system reinstall. Microsoft says the new release is delivered as a tiny enablement package (eKB, KB5054156) that activates features already included — but dormant — in recent monthly quality updates, and that devices meeting a simple prerequisite (the August 29, 2025...

When Windows stops copying files halfway, the momentary freeze can feel like a small disaster — progress sits at 47% (or 1%), the cancel button is unresponsive, and you worry that interrupting the PC will corrupt the transfer or your drive. This guide distills the practical fixes and technical causes so you can recover safely, finish the job, and prevent the problem from coming back. Background Windows file-copy failures are common and rarely caused by a single factor. The symptom — a...

Microsoft has begun the staged rollout of the Windows 11 2025 Update (Windows 11, version 25H2), delivering this year’s annual feature milestone as a lightweight enablement package that flips features already staged across the 24H2 servicing branch and focuses squarely on security hardening, manageability, and legacy clean‑up for both consumer and enterprise customers. Background / Overview Windows 11 version 25H2 is not a traditional, image‑replacing rebase; Microsoft is shipping it as an...

Grand Traverse County is poised to approve a sweeping set of technology investments that will accelerate cloud migration across multiple departments, add 100 Microsoft Copilot AI seats, and launch a formal planning process for a new consolidated justice center — moves that collectively mark a decisive shift toward cloud‑native operations and early enterprise AI adoption for the county government. Background Grand Traverse County’s board of commissioners met to consider several interlocking...

Microsoft is rolling out the Windows 11 2025 update — version 25H2 — as a deliberately lightweight, operational release: an enablement package that flips on features already staged in last year’s servicing cycle rather than delivering a dramatic consumer-facing overhaul. At first glance 25H2 is a housekeeping release — small download, single reboot for already-updated machines — but under the surface Microsoft has used this milestone to tighten Windows’ security posture, remove...

UiPath’s announced integration of Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry into its agentic automation platform signals a decisive push to put multi-vendor AI agents and enterprise orchestration at the center of real-world workflows, promising tighter governance, deeper interoperability, and faster time-to-value for AI-enabled processes. Background / Overview UiPath published a formal announcement on September 30, 2025, confirming that the UiPath Platform for agentic automation will integrate with Azure...

Microsoft’s Office suite has entered a new phase: an AI-driven, multi‑step “Agent Mode” inside Word and Excel plus a chat‑first “Office Agent” in Microsoft 365 Copilot are rolling out as part of a broader push Microsoft calls vibe working, designed to let users describe complex tasks in plain English and have an agent plan, execute, validate, and iterate directly inside documents and workbooks. This announcement — first noted in regional reporting and corroborated by Microsoft’s own...

Fortude’s announcement that it has achieved the Analytics on Microsoft Azure specialization marks a clear escalation in the company’s Microsoft partnership credentials and signals a greater focus on enterprise-scale analytics built on Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Databricks. Overview Fortude, a global digital solutions firm with a footprint across the US, Europe and APAC, said it secured the Analytics on Microsoft Azure...

Cisco’s latest WebexOne announcements press an operational pedal: the company is moving from “AI that summarizes” to agentic AI that executes, bringing new Webex AI Agents, a device-focused RoomOS refresh (marketed as RoomOS 26), and deeper integrations with Microsoft, AWS, Salesforce, and IT tooling to make human–AI teams practical in real deployments. These changes — framed under Cisco’s “Connected Intelligence” concept — emphasize on-device intelligence powered by NVIDIA, centralized...

The Paso Robles City Library will offer a free, one‑hour Windows 11 workshop for beginners on Oct. 8 from 3:30–4:30 p.m. at the Library Study Center, a move that builds on the library’s recent pattern of community tech training while highlighting the continuing demand for basic computer literacy in small cities. The session, billed as an introductory class that covers navigating the Start menu, organizing files and folders, adjusting settings, and using everyday Windows 11 features, requires...

Microsoft’s return to pocket-sized hardware is no longer merely sentimental wishful thinking among Windows nostalgics — a credible pathway exists today for a Copilot-first, Windows-branded pocket device, and recent industry analysis argues it’s only a matter of time before Microsoft tries again in earnest. The case rests on three converging shifts: Microsoft’s deep embedding of Copilot across Windows, new standards and tooling for agent interoperability and local inference, and a hardware...

Ontinue’s announcement that its Posture Advisor Agent Core will be available through Microsoft’s new Security Store marks another tangible step in the rapid commercialization of security AI agents—promising easier deployment of identity-hardening tooling for Microsoft Entra ID tenants while raising familiar questions about agent governance, data residency, and operational risk. Background / Overview Microsoft has been moving aggressively to make “agents” first-class citizens in the...

Ziff Davis’s engineering team and AWS partnered to replace an ad hoc, error-prone Windows server provisioning process with an automated, repeatable pipeline built on EC2 Image Builder and AWS Systems Manager — delivering consistent IIS hosts, simplified patching, and faster recovery while preserving legacy COM-dependent applications. The collaboration turned undocumented, manually assembled servers into versioned AMIs with scheduled, tag-driven deployments and post-launch automation...

UiPath’s agentic automation stack has been wired into Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry, creating a cross‑cloud bridge that lets UiPath agents, Microsoft Copilot agents and Foundry‑hosted models participate in the same orchestrated business workflows under Maestro’s enterprise governance. Background / Overview The enterprise AI landscape is shifting from isolated pilots and point integrations toward so‑called “agentic” systems—fleets of AI agents, UI robots and humans coordinated to execute...

Fortude’s recent announcement that it has earned the Analytics on Microsoft Azure specialization is a meaningful milestone in the company’s Microsoft partnership journey, confirming that it passed a Microsoft‑commissioned audit and met the program’s consumption, skilling and delivery‑quality gates. Background / Overview Fortude, a global digital solutions provider, declared on September 30, 2025, that it has been awarded the Analytics on Microsoft Azure specialization after completing...

Microsoft has confirmed that mainstream support for Windows 10 ends on 14 October 2025, and users in Switzerland now face the same set of practical choices as the rest of the installed base: upgrade to Windows 11 where possible, enroll eligible machines in Microsoft’s one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme, or accept increasing security and compliance risk if they remain on unsupported software. Background / Overview Microsoft’s lifecycle calendar sets a firm...