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Microsoft has begun rolling out Agents in OneDrive, a feature that turns selected files and folders into a focused, shareable Copilot-powered assistant — saved as a .agent file — and positions OneDrive as a place not just for storage, but for context-aware, project-centric AI assistance...

Microsoft has quietly begun shipping Sysmon — the high‑fidelity System Monitor from Microsoft Sysinternals — as a native, optional feature inside Windows 11 Insider preview builds, signaling a major shift in how organizations will collect host telemetry going forward. The capability is delivered...

Microsoft’s leadership shuffle that places Charlie Bell in a dedicated engineering-quality role and brings Hayete Gallot back to head security is more than a personnel move — it’s a public acknowledgment that product quality and security are now formal, linked priorities at the very top of the...

Microsoft has begun shipping native System Monitor (Sysmon) functionality inside Windows 11 preview builds, delivering the high-fidelity telemetry defenders have relied on for years as an optional, in‑box capability that administrators can enable from Settings or by using DISM and the familiar...

Microsoft’s Technical Takeoff returns in March 2026 with a concentrated, engineering‑led lineup aimed squarely at Windows, Windows‑in‑the‑cloud, and endpoint management teams—and for IT pros who manage Windows 11, Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop or Intune, the four Mondays of deep dives are...

Microsoft has begun shipping a native, optional implementation of Sysmon inside Windows 11 Insider preview builds — a change that promises to simplify deployment, bring Sysmon telemetry into the Windows servicing model, and shift how enterprise defenders collect host-level event signals...

Microsoft has quietly folded Sysmon — the long-favored Sysinternals system-monitoring tool — into Windows 11 as an optional, inbox feature, delivering it through Insider preview builds and the Windows servicing pipeline rather than as a separate Sysinternals download. That change, which appears...

Microsoft’s Copilot is no longer an experiment on the margins of the productivity stack — multiple large pilots and vendor analyses now conclude that targeted Copilot use can reclaim measurable hours from busy work, with many users reporting roughly 2–4 hours saved per week when the assistant is...

Microsoft’s latest Insider flights are intentionally small but strategically significant: the Dev and Beta channels each received preview updates that primarily deliver a single new capability — native Sysmon — alongside a grab-bag of reliability and UI fixes. The delivery model and rollout...

Microsoft’s abrupt retreat from “AI everywhere” inside Windows 11 is both a course correction and a confession: after years of quietly embedding Copilot buttons into core system apps and testing ambitious features such as Windows Recall, the company is publicly dialing back visible AI surfaces...

ASUS’s new ExpertBook Ultra family promises to bring on-device AI, enterprise-grade security, and premium hardware into reach for small and medium-sized businesses — and the move could meaningfully change how SMBs equip hybrid teams for collaboration and productivity. Background / Overview ASUS...

I swapped a polished Windows 11 desktop for Linux Mint and, after several weeks of hands‑on use and verification against project documentation and community reporting, found seven clear areas where Mint delivers a simpler, faster, or more private everyday experience — and a set of trade‑offs...

The vulnerability landscape just jumped into overdrive: 2025 closed with more than 48,000 CVEs, attackers weaponized a growing share of those flaws within hours, and this week’s must‑patch list includes critical, actively exploited defects in n8n, Fortinet FortiCloud SSO, WinRAR and GNU...

I Am Worried About the New Batch of 2026 Windows PCs — a deep-dive (WindowsForum feature) By [YourName], Senior Features Editor, WindowsForum Published January 29, 2026 Lead: You watched the clip — a creator laying out why the 2026 batch of Windows PCs, shipped with Windows 11 and Microsoft’s...

Windows 11 Pro arrives at the center of modern IT conversations not as a cosmetic refresh but as a deliberate recalibration of how organisations secure, manage, and measure work in hybrid, cloud-first environments. Background Windows 11 Pro is the edition Microsoft positions for professionals...

WindWindows 11 Pro has been positioned by vendors and some outlets as the professional operating system for modern workflows — a platform that blends a refreshed user experience, enterprise-grade security, and management features designed for hybrid and distributed teams — but the true value for...

Windows 11 Pro arrives in the office not as a visual refresh but as a deliberately engineered toolkit for modern professional workflows — one that bundles beefed-up security, centralized management, and productivity features aimed at reducing friction across hybrid teams and developer...

GWI has launched Agent Spark, an “always‑on” insights agent that embeds the company’s proprietary audience data directly into major conversational AI platforms — including ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and Microsoft Copilot — promising marketer‑grade audience analysis in seconds by querying what...

Microsoft Edge’s latest Stable update finally hands users a simple, supported way to remove the Copilot toolbar icon — but that small win sits inside a much larger, messy landscape of WebGL backend changes, new enterprise controls, and ongoing questions about how Microsoft is reshaping Edge...

If you’re standing at a Windows 11 setup screen and wondering whether upgrading to Pro is worth the outlay, the hard truth is simple: for day‑to‑day use the desktop, gaming features, and core security look and behave the same — but if you need centralized management, enterprise‑grade encryption...