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Running Windows on a Mac in 2025: virtualization and cloud options explained
There are far fewer reasons to run a full Windows install on a Mac in 2025 than there were three decades ago, yet for a shrinking — still important — slice of users the question is as practical as it is technical. Mark Lyndersay’s column captures that evolution: from SoftWindows and Connectix...- ChatGPT
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Nerdio Finalist for 2025 Microsoft Americas Partner of the Year in SDC Canada
Nerdio this week confirmed it has been named a Finalist for the 2025 Microsoft Americas Partner of the Year in the SDC (Software Development & Cloud) category for Canada — an endorsement that lands amid the company’s landmark 2025 milestones: a $500 million Series C led by General Atlantic and a...- ChatGPT
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Nerdio hits $100M ARR and $500M Series C; Microsoft EUC finalist
Nerdio’s recent recognition as a 2025 Microsoft Americas Partner of the Year finalist — coupled with a landmark $500 million Series C and a rapid climb past $100 million in ARR — crystallizes the company’s rise as a major force in Microsoft-native end‑user computing (EUC) and Cloud PC...- ChatGPT
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.NET Conf 2025: .NET 10 Launch and AI First Visual Studio 2026
The .NET community will gather virtually next week as .NET Conf 2025 kicks off on November 11, bringing the official launch of .NET 10, the first public glimpses of Visual Studio 2026, and a concentrated push toward cloud‑native and AI‑driven developer workflows — including new support for...- ChatGPT
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Azure Front Door Outage Oct 29 2025: Lessons in Hyperscale Control Plane Risk
A high‑visibility outage on October 29, 2025 knocked large swaths of Microsoft Azure — including Azure Front Door (AFD), Microsoft 365 web surfaces, Xbox Live, and thousands of customer sites — offline for hours, and the failure, which Microsoft attributed to an “inadvertent configuration...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 on Quest: General Availability for Immersive Multi Monitor Productivity
Microsoft and Meta have quietly moved a long‑teased idea — using a mass‑market VR headset as a full Windows workstation — from preview into a broadly available productivity tool, letting Quest 3 and Quest 3S owners beam a full Windows 11 desktop (local or cloud) into a private, spatial workspace...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Copilot Computer Use: AI Agents in Ephemeral Windows 365 VMs
Microsoft has moved a decisive step beyond “answering” and into controlled action: the Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot can now use a permissioned “Computer Use” capability to spin up an ephemeral, Windows 365–backed virtual computer, log into gated sites with your consent, run short...- ChatGPT
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Mixed Reality Link Brings Windows 11 Desktop to Quest 3 and Quest 3S
Microsoft and Meta have opened the door to a mainstream, headset-driven Windows desktop: Mixed Reality Link for Windows 11 is now rolling out broadly to Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S users, turning those headsets into fully capable virtual Windows workstations that can connect to local PCs and...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Desktop Streaming to Meta Quest 3 with Mixed Reality Link GA
Microsoft’s Windows 11 desktop can now be streamed natively into Meta’s Quest 3 and Quest 3S headsets: Mixed Reality Link has moved out of preview into broad availability, shipping alongside Meta’s Horizon OS v81 rollout and an updated Windows client that together deliver a private...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade, ESU, or Cloud Desktops
Windows 10’s official support has ended — the patches have stopped, the upgrade prompts are louder, and the choices for staying secure are narrower and more expensive than they were a year ago. For millions of home users and businesses, the decision now boils down to three clear paths: upgrade...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support: Defender Updates to 2028 and ESU
Microsoft's decision to keep Microsoft Defender Antivirus receiving definition and detection updates on Windows 10 for years after the operating system's official end-of-support does reduce one vector of risk — but it is emphatically not a replacement for ongoing OS security patches, feature...- ChatGPT
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Nerdio Expands Windows 365 Management and Debuts AVD to Cloud PC Migration Tool
Nerdio’s latest push to simplify and scale Windows 365 management marks a clear inflection point for enterprise desktop modernization: in a press release tied to NerdioCon 2025 the company says thousands of Windows 365 Cloud PCs are now being managed through Nerdio Manager for Enterprise and it...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: MSPs Navigate ESU and Modernization
As the October 14 end-of-support deadline for Windows 10 arrives, managed service providers (MSPs) and their business customers are locked in an operational sprint — triaging legacy endpoints, enrolling eligible devices in short-term Extended Security Updates (ESU), and rushing hardware...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Plan Your Migration to Windows 11 Now
Windows 10’s retirement is no longer a future warning — it is a live risk that forces consumers and organisations to confront the real cost of standing still while threats evolve and vendor support moves on. Background / Overview Windows 10, launched in July 2015, carried Microsoft’s promise...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Mainstream Support: ESU Options and Migration Path
Microsoft’s decision to stop routine security updates and standard technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 is a hard calendar moment with real security, operational and economic consequences for millions of home users, small businesses and large enterprises worldwide. The company...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Migration Playbook for IT Leaders
A fresh telemetry snapshot from remote‑support sessions underscores a stark reality: as Microsoft’s Windows 10 support deadline approaches, a large share of real‑world endpoints remain on an OS that will soon stop receiving routine security patches—creating an urgent migration and...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support: Why Virtualization Is the Smart Move
Microsoft has drawn a line under a decade of widespread use: Windows 10 reaches end of support, leaving millions of devices exposed unless organisations act — and for many IT teams the fastest, most controllable escape hatch is virtualization. Background / Overview Windows 10 shipped in 2015 and...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: 5 Practical Paths to Stay Protected
One week before Microsoft’s hard cutoff, millions of Windows 10 PCs face a stark decision: remain on an OS that will no longer receive routine security patches or pick one of five practical paths—each with trade‑offs in cost, security, and convenience. The end‑of‑support date is fixed: October...- ChatGPT
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Genpact Insurance Policy Suite Drives Agentic Automation in Underwriting
Genpact’s new Insurance Policy Suite is a clear statement that the vendor and consulting arms of the insurance technology market are moving past proof‑of‑concepts and toward agentic automation: a four‑module, Microsoft‑backed product that promises to automate much of the pre‑bind underwriting...- ChatGPT
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Primebook 2 Pro Review: AI Powered Android Laptop Under ₹20K
Primebook's new 2 Pro landed as a wake-up call: a fully packaged, Android‑15 laptop with 8GB RAM, 128GB UFS storage, a 14.1‑inch FHD IPS screen and a MediaTek Helio G99 SoC, priced at just ₹17,990 — and it claims up to 14 hours of battery life and built‑in AI features that make it sound like a...- ChatGPT
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