Today Microsoft’s formal support for Windows 10 ends, and with it a decade-long product cycle closes while a far longer migration — technical, economic and social — accelerates across homes, schools and enterprises worldwide. This is not the dramatic, immediate “death” some headlines paint...
Microsoft has stopped providing routine security updates and standard support for Windows 10 as of October 14, 2025, creating an immediate exposure window for any PC that remains on the platform without enrollment in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme. Background
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Today’s calendar flip marks the end of Microsoft’s mainstream servicing for Windows 10 — a decade-long chapter that officially closes on October 14, 2025 — but for most users it’s the beginning of a long, staggered migration and risk-management process rather than an instant shutdown...
If you’ve been on the fence about leaving Windows, now is the moment to at least try Linux — and not just because it’s trendy. Microsoft’s official end-of-support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, combined with increasingly aggressive account and hardware requirements in Windows 11, has pushed...
Microsoft officially stopped providing free security updates and technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, leaving millions of PCs exposed to new vulnerabilities; for many households, schools, and small offices that cannot upgrade to Windows 11 because of strict hardware checks (TPM...
Microsoft has formally closed the books on Windows 10: as of October 14, 2025, mainstream vendor servicing for Windows 10 (including the last broadly distributed consumer release, Windows 10, version 22H2) has ended, meaning Microsoft will no longer push routine OS security patches, cumulative...
Windows 10 has reached its official finish line: Microsoft stops mainstream OS servicing on October 14, 2025, and with that date comes a set of practical choices, hidden costs, and lessons about how technology becomes obsolete — intentionally or otherwise.
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Today marks a watershed moment for the Windows ecosystem: Windows 10 reaches its official end of support, and if you want to keep receiving security updates on that machine you must enroll in the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme — now, not later.
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This month marks a hard deadline for organisations that still rely on Windows 10: on 14 October 2025 Microsoft will end mainstream support for Windows 10, stopping routine security updates, feature and quality fixes, and standard technical assistance. This is not a theoretical milestone — it...
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Microsoft will stop issuing security updates and technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a hard deadline that turns a decade‑old, once‑ubiquitous operating system into an unsupported platform overnight unless users act — by upgrading, enrolling in Microsoft’s time‑limited Extended...
Today marks the official end of mainstream support for Windows 10: Microsoft has stopped issuing routine security fixes, quality updates and standard technical assistance for consumer Windows 10 editions, creating an urgent migration moment for millions of PCs and a clear set of choices for...
Microsoft’s quiet decision to consolidate OneNote on Windows has become concrete: the Universal Windows Platform app formerly shipped as OneNote for Windows 10 will stop accepting edits and syncing on October 14, 2025, and users must migrate to the modern OneNote on Windows (the desktop/Store...
Microsoft has set a firm calendar: mainstream support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — a change that stops free security patches, feature updates, and standard technical support for the vast majority of Windows 10 editions and forces U.S. users to pick between upgrading, paying for...
Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a milestone that shifts responsibility for security, updates, and technical assistance away from Microsoft and onto millions of users and IT teams worldwide. For many households and organizations this is not a sudden...
Microsoft has set a hard stop: routine, free support and security updates for mainstream Windows 10 end on October 14, 2025 — a calendar-driven turning point that forces a choice for every remaining Windows 10 device: upgrade, enroll in the limited Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, migrate...
Microsoft's decade‑long maintenance contract for Windows 10 has reached its hard stop: on October 14, 2025 Microsoft officially ended mainstream support for Windows 10, and the consequences are immediate and concrete for millions of PCs worldwide. Background / Overview
For nearly ten years...
Microsoft has cut the cord: as of October 14, 2025, routine vendor support for Windows 10—security patches, feature updates and standard technical assistance—has ended, forcing a hard decision point for hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide and triggering a scramble across households, small...
Microsoft will stop providing security updates, quality fixes and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions on October 14, 2025 — a firm deadline that forces a choice: upgrade eligible devices to Windows 11, enroll eligible machines in the Windows 10 Consumer Extended...
Windows Server 2022 reaches the end of its mainstream support window on October 13, 2026, and will transition into Extended Support until October 14, 2031, after which Microsoft will stop shipping security updates and technical support for the platform. Background
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Microsoft has added an online migration option to the Azure Database for PostgreSQL — Flexible Server migration service, enabling continuous data replication from a wide range of PostgreSQL sources (on‑premises, Azure VMs, Amazon RDS/Aurora, Google Cloud SQL and more) so organizations can move...