device refresh

Microsoft completed the Enterprise State Roaming management handoff on July 1, 2026, removing the Microsoft Entra portal as the supported control plane while leaving ESR’s settings scope intact. Organizations planning PC refreshes should now treat roaming as an endpoint-policy responsibility...

Enterprises planning a near-term Windows 11 refresh should standardize most purchases on Windows 11 24H2 or 25H2 hardware, while treating Windows 11 26H1 devices as selective pilots for specialized workloads because Microsoft explicitly positions 26H1 as hardware evaluation territory, not the...

Barnsley Council’s announcement that it will spend £1.1 million on a “major overhaul” of its digital services is the latest example of local authorities betting on device refreshes and AI to stabilise day‑to‑day operations and ease staff workloads — but the numbers in the brief notice raise as...