migration plan

The end of Windows 10 has sharpened a decision many hobbyists and professionals have been postponing: if you’re ready to ditch Windows, should you move to macOS or switch to Linux? The answer isn’t a slogan — it’s a set of practical trade-offs rooted in apps, hardware, support, budget, and how...

If you're still running Windows 10, the single most important action to take before October 14, 2025 is to ensure your PC is enrolled in Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program — or to enable Windows Backup (OneDrive sync) right now so you qualify for the free ESU enrollment...

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...

Microsoft’s official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — and that deadline turns a decade-old, still‑widely used operating system into a growing security liability unless you act now. 10 has been a workhorse for hundreds of millions of PCs, but when Microsoft stops shipping...

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a practical — if temporary — lifeline for Windows 10 users as the operating system heads to its scheduled end of support: a consumer-friendly Extended Security Updates (ESU) path, an in-place “Enroll” experience via Windows Update, and multiple low-friction...

Microsoft’s recent policy updates around Office distribution have been widely misunderstood: the company is not locking Office into the Windows Store — it is effectively retiring the Microsoft Store installation type for Microsoft 365 (Office) apps and steering users toward Click-to-Run delivery...

Microsoft has set a firm date to excise a long‑running compatibility relic: Windows PowerShell 2.0 will be removed from shipping Windows images beginning with Windows 11, version 24H2 (rollout starting August 2025) and will follow in Windows Server 2025 (September 2025) — a change already...

Microsoft has set a firm date: Windows 11, version 23H2 (consumer editions) will stop receiving security and quality updates on November 11, 2025, forcing Home and Pro users who remain on that release to upgrade or accept growing security, compliance, and operational risk. Background Microsoft...

Microsoft is retiring the standalone Microsoft Lens mobile app and folding its scanning and capture capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app in a phased shutdown that begins on September 15, 2025 and culminates with the ability to create new scans being disabled on December 15...

Microsoft is retiring the standalone Microsoft Lens mobile app and moving its scanning and capture capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app in a phased shutdown that begins in mid‑September and completes by mid‑December, a shift that will reshape how millions of users scan...

Microsoft is winding down Microsoft Lens — the compact, no-frills mobile document scanner that began life as Office Lens — and consolidating its scanning capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app as part of a broader product rationalization around AI-first experiences. The change is...

Microsoft has announced it will retire the standalone Microsoft Lens mobile app and fold its scanning capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app, beginning a phased retirement that starts on September 15, 2025, leads to the removal of Lens from app stores by mid‑November, and stops...