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Azure Arc is becoming the practical replacement many enterprises need after Microsoft signaled the deprecation of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and for organizations that want to centralize patching across on-premises servers and Azure VMs the recommended route is to Arc‑enable servers...

Microsoft Intune administrators who deploy configuration profiles may encounter the cryptic status "Remediation failed" accompanied by the error code 0x87d1fde8, an Intune deployment dead‑end that can come from multiple root causes — device compatibility, CSP mismatches, assignment mistakes, or...

Microsoft has pushed a major productivity pivot into the heart of workplace social networking with the general availability of Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Engage, delivering context-aware AI summaries, smarter search, and integrated writing assistance designed to help employees “catch up”...

Microsoft has pushed Microsoft 365 Copilot deeper into the employee experience by making Copilot for Viva Engage generally available to eligible customers, embedding a context-aware generative AI assistant that summarizes conversations, surfaces trends, improves discoverability, and provides...

WinBoat’s containerized approach promises a step change for anyone who needs to run Windows apps inside a Linux desktop: instead of translating Windows APIs or running a compatibility layer, WinBoat launches a full Windows environment inside a Docker-backed container and exposes that Windows...

FreeBSD’s core team has decided to take a cautious, deliberate path on generative AI: investigate and codify limits rather than open the gates to LLM‑authored commits, and in doing so it has joined a short but growing list of major open‑source projects that are treating AI‑generated code as a...

Microsoft’s Copilot is not just growing — it’s accelerating faster on mobile than many expected, and recent Comscore data shows that the shift is reshaping the consumer and enterprise AI landscape in ways that matter for Windows users, IT teams, and marketers alike. The numbers tell two...

Microsoft has quietly put a new tool on the 2026 roadmap that promises to change how IT teams manage quality updates for Windows on corporate PCs: Windows Quality Update management policies in Microsoft Intune will let administrators approve and roll out individual quality updates — including...

Microsoft’s Copilot is quietly reshaping how millions of Outlook users handle email, and ZDNET’s “7 Copilot tricks to supercharge your classic Outlook — even if they’re not for me” highlights practical shortcuts that can convert inbox slog into focused action. The headline gestures at an...

Microsoft’s optional preview update KB5064081 for Windows 11 version 24H2 arrives as a broad, staged roll‑out that bundles a servicing‑stack refresh with a large set of consumer and enterprise changes — from a redesigned Recall homepage and new AI actions in File Explorer to a long‑overdue...

Microsoft’s slow, staged rollout of the Windows 10 Enroll now (ESU) wizard means the extension lifeline Microsoft promised for legacy PCs is available — but not instantly visible to everyone, and it comes with conditions and caveats that every Windows 10 user should understand before relying on...

Netflix finally brought its long-promised offline-download feature to Windows 10 — but the story since that launch is a textbook case in how platform choices, licensing agreements, and product redesigns can change what users actually get on their laptops and tablets. (techcrunch.com...

Perplexity’s latest play changes the calculus of how AI services can — and might — compensate the news ecosystem: the company’s Comet Plus subscription promises to funnel a substantial share of revenue back to publishers whose work is surfaced by its AI assistant and browser, while also arriving...

Microsoft’s long-standing upgrade loophole — where old Windows 7 and 8 product keys could be used to activate newer Windows installations — has officially been closed, and the implications ripple from consumers building DIY PCs to IT managers planning migrations. Microsoft confirmed the move to...

Parallels Desktop’s latest update lands as a consequential bridge between macOS’s year-based refresh cycle and the Windows ecosystem, delivering official macOS Tahoe compatibility while tightening enterprise controls and Windows VM reliability for the post-2024 OS landscape. The release —...

Microsoft will stop issuing free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and for home users it’s now a choice between upgrading to Windows 11, paying for a one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or accepting increasing risk — Microsoft has also published a consumer ESU...

Whether you’re buying a new PC, upgrading an old one, or trying to avoid paying twice for an OS you don’t need, the practical difference between Windows 11 Home and Windows 11 Pro comes down to three real-world questions: what hardware will you run, how much remote and virtualization control do...

Microsoft’s official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has opened a one‑year safety valve for consumers: the Windows 10 Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. You can keep receiving critical and important security patches through October 13, 2026 by...

Elon Musk says he wants to build a purely AI-run software company—cheekily named Macrohard—to take direct aim at Microsoft’s dominance, and he picked August 22, 2025 to make the promise public. The pitch is audacious even by Musk standards: assemble a swarm of specialized AI agents that can...

Microsoft's latest Stable release of Edge, version 139.0.3405.111, quietly brings a small but useful productivity tweak — Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Summarization baked directly into the right-click context menu — alongside a roster of bug fixes and performance refinements that continue Edge’s...