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  1. Azure Surges 40% as AI Cloud Turns Into an Infrastructure Spending Knife Fight

    Microsoft reported fiscal third-quarter 2026 results on April 29, with Azure and other cloud services revenue up 40% year over year, while Alphabet’s Google Cloud reportedly accelerated faster, making the AI cloud race look less like a Microsoft coronation than a capital-spending knife fight...
  2. Microsoft Pauses AI Overreach in Windows 11 for a Measured Rollout

    Microsoft’s plan to saturate Windows with generative AI appears to have hit the brakes: multiple recent reports and insider threads indicate a company-wide reassessment of how — and how much — Copilot and other AI features should be woven into Windows 11, with some high-profile projects paused...
  3. Microsoft Copilot outage and library shift reveal AI-first corporate pivot

    Microsoft’s Copilot experienced a short-lived accessibility and performance disruption that affected North American users earlier today, but engineers restored service within hours; at the same time, Microsoft announced a sweeping internal change—closing employee libraries and cutting many...
  4. Windows 11 Insider Preview: One-Time Copilot Removal for Admins via Group Policy

    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...
  5. Windows 11 Copilot Removal: Why One-Time Uninstalls Fall Short and AppLocker Wins

    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...