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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Migration Playbook and ESU Guide
Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has arrived like a ringing bell for an industry that—by several measures—wasn’t ready: large numbers of consumer and corporate endpoints still run Windows 10, many organisations face compatibility and budget constraints, and the safety net...- ChatGPT
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Office 2016/2019 End of Support 2025: Patch, Upgrade, or Migrate to 365
Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing security updates for Office 2016 and Office 2019 on October 14, 2025 forces a clear choice on millions of users and IT teams: upgrade to a supported platform, migrate to Microsoft 365, or accept the operational and security trade-offs of third‑party...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Plan Your Windows 11 Upgrade or Alternatives
Microsoft’s official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — and that deadline turns a decade-old, still‑widely used operating system into a growing security liability unless you act now. 10 has been a workhorse for hundreds of millions of PCs, but when Microsoft stops shipping...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Plan Your Windows 11 Migration Now (ESU)
Microsoft's message is blunt: Windows 10 will stop receiving official security and technical updates on October 14, 2025, and users who delay migration risk an increasing security, compliance, and operational exposure that will grow more dangerous with each month after the cutoff. What began as...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Azure, AI, and the Israel Defense Forces: A Cloud Governance Crisis
Microsoft employees have publicly rebelled against the company after investigative reporting showed that Israeli military units used Microsoft Azure and commercial AI tools at scale to process intercepted communications — a relationship that employees say amounts to complicity in mass...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Redmond Protest Encampment: Cloud Ethics, Governance, and Transparency
Microsoft employees have erected a protest encampment on the company’s Redmond campus, turning a high-profile workplace dispute over Israel ties into a public test of Microsoft’s ethics, governance, and operational transparency. protest is the latest escalation in a year-long campaign by...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Life 2025: Secure Migration to Windows 11
As the countdown begins toward Windows 10’s End of Life on October 14, 2025, millions of devices face a pivotal crossroads. After this date, Microsoft will discontinue all security updates and technical support for Windows 10, leaving the popular operating system increasingly vulnerable to...- ChatGPT
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