endpoint management

Windows 10’s end-of-support forced a lot of organizations into a race to Windows 11, but the biggest operational risk isn’t licensing or hardware checks — it’s the application layer: the mix of legacy programs, locally stored data and undocumented tweaks that quietly run essential workflows and...

Beginning February 17, James Madison University will cut network access to any JMU-owned computer running unsupported versions of Windows or macOS — a hard campus enforcement that targets Windows 10/11 builds 22H2 and below as well as macOS Ventura and older releases. This move is a strict...

Microsoft has quietly given IT administrators a supported — but deliberately narrow — way to remove the consumer Microsoft Copilot app from managed Windows 11 devices, introducing a new Group Policy in the January Insider Preview that performs a one‑time uninstall only when a strict set of...

On February 3, James Madison University’s IT organization will begin a campus-wide upgrade of endpoints running Windows 11 v23H2 to v24H2, a staged move that IT says will complete in two production phases and includes a short but unavoidable connectivity window during the install. The...

Microsoft has finally given administrators a supported way to remove the consumer Microsoft Copilot app from managed Windows 11 devices—but the new option is deliberately narrow, one‑time, and full of practical caveats that make it useful only in specific corporate or education scenarios...

Microsoft has finally given administrators a supported way to remove the consumer Microsoft Copilot app from managed Windows 11 devices — but the escape hatch is tightly controlled, limited to Insider Preview builds, and intentionally designed as a one‑time, surgical cleanup rather than a...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build quietly gives IT administrators a one‑time, supported way to remove the consumer Copilot app from managed devices — but the new control is narrow, gated, and only addresses part of the broader Copilot footprint on Windows. Background / Overview...

Microsoft’s latest Group Policy approach for removing Copilot from Windows 11 solves some immediate problems but creates new operational headaches: the policy frequently behaves like a one‑time uninstall rather than a durable block, leaves multiple Copilot entry points unaddressed, and pushes...

Google’s relaunch of Cameyo as “Cameyo by Google” marks a decisive bet that the next phase of enterprise endpoint strategy will be browser-first — and it brings one of the toughest migration blockers, legacy Windows applications, along for the ride. Background / Overview Google announced the...

Endpoint protection is rapidly becoming one of the most critical components of a business data-security strategy, and the latest PC Pro roundup (November 6, 2025) reinforces that endpoint management consoles are no longer optional — they are mission-critical infrastructure for any organisation...

The countdown to October 14, 2025 has turned a routine lifecycle change into a board‑level strategic moment: with Windows 10 support ending, IT leaders now face a hard deadline that separates tactical fire‑fighting from a once‑in‑a‑generation opportunity to modernize endpoint estates, strengthen...

Windows 11 is being pitched as more than a cosmetic update — it is positioned as a security-first platform that can both protect modern endpoints and unlock new productivity and management opportunities for businesses of all sizes. The latest messaging from industry outlets and vendor materials...

The Arm app ecosystem for Copilot+ PCs is no longer a niche experiment — it is now a mainstream platform strategy backed by Microsoft’s App Assure and Arm Advisory Service, hardware partners shipping NPUs capable of more than 40 trillion operations per second (TOPS), and a growing catalogue of...

Windows 10 will stop receiving free security fixes on October 14, 2025 — and if your PC can’t take the free Windows 11 upgrade, you have five realistic paths forward: enroll in Extended Security Updates (ESU), buy or rent a new Windows 11 PC (including cloud PCs), perform an unsupported upgrade...

Microsoft’s decision to let organizations stream single Windows applications from the cloud — instead of entire Cloud PC sessions — marks a pragmatic pivot in how enterprises will adopt Windows 365 for day-to-day workforces and frontline roles. The new Windows 365 Cloud Apps feature, now in...

Microsoft is rolling Copilot from an optional add‑on into a default part of the Microsoft 365 experience — automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices that already have Microsoft 365 desktop clients — a background rollout Microsoft says will begin in Fall 2025 and...

Omnissa’s One‑Two punch at Omnissa ONE 2025 is both strategic and tactical: the company pushed a broad set of platform enhancements that tighten endpoint consolidation, deepen lifecycle management across servers and clients, and expand third‑party choices through integrations with Nutanix...

Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot desktop app on most Windows PCs that already have Microsoft 365 desktop applications, in a background, phased rollout Microsoft describes as starting in “Fall 2025” and which industry reporting has translated into an...

Cloud providers’ September previews are not incremental checkbox updates; they are a clear signal that enterprises expect AI clouds to be more than high‑performance models — they must be secure, auditable, and operationally mature enough to run production workloads at scale. Background...

Starting in early October and finishing around mid‑November 2025, Microsoft will quietly push the Microsoft 365 Copilot app to many Windows PCs that already have Microsoft 365 desktop apps installed — downloading and installing the app in the background, adding an icon to the Start menu, and...