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D&H’s message to partners is blunt and practical: use Microsoft Copilot as the conversational entry point to sell AI, storage and PCs — and lean on distribution to deliver the infrastructure, security and services that make those Copilot projects real and repeatable. D&H Distributing’s senior vice president Jason Bystrak told the channel that Copilot is an “easy button” for accelerating adoption because thousands of partners already run Microsoft 365 and Azure, and that the real revenue...

Oracle’s latest quarter didn’t just surprise the market — it rewrote the playbook for what a decades‑old database vendor can become when it aggressively pivots into AI infrastructure and multicloud operations. In Q1 of fiscal 2026 Oracle reported a staggering $455 billion in Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO), an outsized increase that management says underpins an audacious five‑year Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) revenue roadmap that climbs from roughly $18 billion in fiscal 2026 to...

Microsoft has formally disabled and ceased a set of Azure cloud and AI services used by a unit of the Israel Ministry of Defense after an internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged the platform was being used to store and process large volumes of intercepted communications. Background In mid‑2025, a consortium of investigative outlets published reporting that described a bespoke cloud environment allegedly used by Israel’s military intelligence...

Microsoft has disabled specific Azure cloud and AI subscriptions used by a unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an internal review found elements of investigative reporting that suggested Microsoft technology was being used to ingest, store and analyze large volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. Background The controversy erupted after a series of investigative reports alleged that Unit 8200 and other Israeli military intelligence elements were using a bespoke Azure...

Microsoft has quietly opened a one‑year safety valve for millions of Windows 10 users — but only in the European Economic Area (EEA) will that extension be available without the previously required trade‑offs — a change forced after consumer groups complained that Microsoft’s initial consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) enrollment conditions created a de‑facto paywall. Background / Overview Windows 10’s formal end‑of‑support date is October 14, 2025. After that date Microsoft will stop...

Microsoft has quietly changed the rules: residents of the European Economic Area (EEA) will be able to enroll in the Windows 10 consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for the one‑year post‑end‑of‑support window without the previously announced conditions — meaning no forced Windows Backup / OneDrive sync, no requirement to redeem Microsoft Rewards, and no mandatory payment as a precondition for the free route in the EEA. Background / Overview Microsoft set a firm end‑of‑support...

Microsoft’s last-minute concession hands Windows 10 users inside the European Economic Area a one-year safety net: Extended Security Updates (ESU) through October 13, 2026 will be available in the EEA without the previously announced requirement to enable Windows Backup or redeem Microsoft Rewards — a regional carve‑out prompted by pressure from consumer groups and European regulatory expectations. Background / Overview Microsoft established a firm end‑of‑support date for consumer editions...

Microsoft’s latest Canary-channel build for Windows 11 promises a smoother, more reliable Insider experience—but the small changelog masks a mix of targeted fixes, ongoing risk areas, and developer tooling gaps that Insiders should treat with careful optimism and a plan for mitigation. Background Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview build 27954 to the Canary channel with a short, focused changelog that emphasizes a set of general improvements and a specific networking fix for legacy...

Flyoobe’s latest update brings explicit support for Windows 11 version 25H2, adding a one-click helper to apply Microsoft’s enablement package and smoothing the way for enthusiasts who want to debloat Windows 11 or run the OS on unsupported hardware while keeping a faster, small-footprint upgrade path intact. Background Windows 11 version 25H2 is being delivered as an enablement package (eKB) on top of the existing Windows 11 24H2 platform. That means devices already on 24H2 carry dormant...

Most PCs built for Windows 10 can be moved to Windows 11 today — even those Microsoft labels “incompatible” — but doing so requires a clear checklist, careful backups, and an honest acceptance of trade‑offs between convenience, security, and future update eligibility. The practical workarounds that let you upgrade fall into two camps: a simple in‑place trick that relaxes CPU/TPM checks when you run Setup from within Windows, and a more aggressive installer‑creation route (via Rufus) that...

Microsoft’s AI pitch for Edge — summed up by an executive as “a little angel on your shoulder doing the boring hard work” — is more than marketing flourish; it encapsulates a deliberate product strategy that blends agentic automation, real‑time web context, and classic browser features into a single, opt‑in experience. The company’s latest push centers on Copilot Mode — an AI‑infused layer inside Microsoft Edge designed to read pages, click buttons, compare prices across tabs, draft text...

Microsoft's Copilot has quietly widened its model menu: users can now run Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 inside Copilot’s Researcher agent and as selectable models in Copilot Studio, giving organizations a straightforward way to compare OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft’s own models inside the same Copilot experience. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Copilot has evolved from a single-model assistant into a multi-model orchestration layer. Originally built around OpenAI’s...

Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — that deadline forces a clear choice: upgrade to Windows 11 where possible, pay for short‑term Extended Security Updates, or move to a different operating system that keeps your hardware secure and useful for years to come. Background / Overview Microsoft’s lifecycle notice for Windows 10 is straightforward: after October 14, 2025, consumer editions will no longer receive security updates, bug fixes, or technical support...

Microsoft and GitHub have pushed GitHub Copilot beyond inline code suggestions into a full-fledged, Azure-centered app modernization workflow that can analyze, upgrade, and migrate .NET applications from inside Visual Studio — a development shift that promises big productivity gains while raising new governance and security questions for teams moving legacy code to Azure. Background and overview Modernizing legacy .NET applications — migrating from older .NET Framework versions to modern...

Microsoft’s cloud business has taken an unusually public step: the company says it has disabled specific Azure cloud and AI subscriptions tied to an Israeli Defence Ministry unit after investigative reporting revealed those services were used to store and process massive volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. The move — framed by Microsoft executives as enforcement of its terms of service and its AI/acceptable-use policies — follows months of reporting and internal review and...

Microsoft has quietly disabled specific Azure cloud and AI services used by a unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an internal review found activity that supported reporting alleging the technology was used to ingest and analyze large volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. Background The controversy centers on Unit 8200, Israel’s elite signals intelligence unit, and reporting that Microsoft’s Azure platform was used to host and process extensive collections of phone-call...

EaseUS is positioning a familiar set of utilities as a practical, one‑vendor playbook for Windows 10 users facing Microsoft’s hard deadline: create verified system backups, prepare drives for Windows 11, and migrate accounts and apps — now or pay the price of increased risk after support ends on October 14, 2025. The company’s messaging, republished across regional outlets, packages three long‑standing products — EaseUS Todo Backup, EaseUS Partition Master, and EaseUS Todo PCTrans — into a...

Windows 10 reaches a hard stop on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has built a narrow, one‑year lifeline that lets many home users keep receiving security‑only updates through October 13, 2026 if they meet specific prerequisites and enroll in the Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. Background / Overview Microsoft’s official lifecycle calendar sets October 14, 2025 as the end of support for Windows 10 (consumer and business editions). After that date Microsoft will no longer...

EaseUS has packaged its long‑standing imaging, partitioning, and migration utilities into a clear, deadline‑driven playbook aimed at users and small IT teams facing Microsoft’s fixed Windows 10 end‑of‑support date: back up first, prepare disks for UEFI/GPT and Secure Boot, then migrate accounts and applications to Windows 11‑capable hardware — using EaseUS Todo Backup, EaseUS Partition Master, and EaseUS Todo PCTrans as the practical toolkit to get the job done. Background / Overview...

Today’s Canary-channel release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27954 is a focused maintenance flight that fixes a handful of platform regressions while flagging a small set of high‑risk known issues that Insiders and developers must weigh before installing on active hardware. Background / Overview Microsoft released Build 27954 to the Canary Channel as a narrow quality update, not a feature sweep. The public notes describe a concise set of general improvements and targeted fixes intended...