deprecation

Microsoft has quietly moved a set of EdgeHTML-era web components onto Windows’ official deprecation list, marking the next step in a long shift away from platform-specific web integration toward Chromium-based runtimes and standards-based Progressive Web Apps. This change — which names Legacy...

Microsoft is reportedly planning to block fresh installations of Outlook Lite starting in October 2025 as it prepares a broader retirement of the app, forcing users who rely on a lightweight, battery-friendly client to either remain on an aging build or move to the full Outlook for Mobile...

The new Message Trace experience for Exchange Online has reached general availability and Microsoft is beginning a global rollout, but the change comes with important operational limits, a firm deprecation timeline for legacy tooling, and migration steps that every Exchange administrator should...

Microsoft has moved the revamped Message Trace experience in Exchange Online out of preview and into general availability, bringing a faster UI, new PowerShell cmdlets, extended query windows, and new operational constraints that will change how administrators automate and extract trace data...

Microsoft's renewed push to bridge mobile and desktop briefly returned Android apps to the Windows 11 conversation this week as testing activity resurfaced in U.S. preview channels — a development that resurrects familiar promises and fresh questions about the future of Android-on-Windows after...

Microsoft has announced that Windows PowerShell 2.0 will be removed from Windows starting in August 2025 for Windows 11, version 24H2 and in September 2025 for Windows Server 2025 — a final step in a deprecation that began in 2017 and a change already visible in Windows Insider builds this...

Microsoft has begun removing Windows PowerShell 2.0 from shipping Windows images, marking the end of a legacy runtime that has lingered in the OS for more than a decade and signaling a firm push toward a smaller attack surface and a simpler PowerShell ecosystem. rShell 2.0 first shipped in 2009...

Windows still ships with a legacy backup utility tucked inside Control Panel — Backup and Restore (Windows 7) — and while it's not glamorous, it can still do meaningful work: granular folder backups, scheduled runs, and full system images for bare‑metal recovery, provided you understand its...

Microsoft has announced a significant policy change affecting organizations using legacy versions of Exchange Server. Starting October 1, 2025, the company will block native public folder migrations from Exchange Server 2010 and earlier to Exchange Online. This move is part of Microsoft's...

Microsoft has recently acknowledged a synchronization issue affecting Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), a critical tool for enterprise patch management. This problem has disrupted the deployment of essential Windows updates across numerous organizations. WSUS enables IT administrators to...

The latest release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27891 to the Canary Channel signals Microsoft’s sustained momentum in refining its next-generation operating system, introducing a round of notable changes and under-the-hood improvements that speak to both the company’s commitment to...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27891 to the Canary Channel, introducing several notable changes and improvements. Deprecation of Windows PowerShell 2.0 A significant change in this build is the removal of Windows PowerShell 2.0. This deprecation aligns with Microsoft's...

Another one bites the dust at Redmond, with Microsoft announcing its soon-to-be fond farewell to the Windows Maps app: a cartographic casualty that, depending on whom you ask, conjures either a moment of nostalgia or a blank stare of "Wait, we had a Maps app?" For seasoned Windows watchers and...

It happened quietly, almost like a beloved neighborhood coffee shop closing its doors without a fuss: Microsoft has officially signed the death warrant for the Windows Maps app, finally admitting what some of us have long suspected—nobody was really using it, and even Microsoft themselves had...

If you ever thought that Windows version numbers were just minor footnotes in a sea of endless updates, think again. Microsoft’s recent security reshuffle regarding Windows 11 and its virtualization-based security features is here not just to break that illusion—it’s ready to smack it with a...

Overview of the Deprecation Announcement Microsoft has recently announced that the Windows UWP Map Control and Maps platform API will be deprecated starting this month. This strategic move, detailed in an official blog post and widely covered by industry news outlets including Windows Report...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 is preparing to bid farewell to one of its early flagship features—the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA). In a surprising yet expected move, the tech giant rolled out an update for WSA, bumping it to version 2407.40000.4.0. Although this update introduces no new...

Microsoft has issued a reminder that the longstanding Line Printer Daemon (LPR/LPD) protocol is on its way out. In a move that highlights its commitment to modernizing network printing, Microsoft plans to deprecate this legacy printing method over the next few months. This announcement is...

Picture this—you’ve been comfortably cruising along in Windows for years, maybe clinging onto a beloved feature that serves your workflow like no other. And then bam, Microsoft announces the dreaded "D" word—deprecation. Initially, it feels like Microsoft has stuffed your favorite childhood...

In the Windows ecosystem, the word "deprecation" can evoke a mix of emotions—confusion, frustration, or even dread. It feels like you're being handed a surprise eviction notice for a long-standing feature you’ve grown to rely on. But Microsoft argues otherwise. With a recent blog post by Chris...