ASM’s security team has moved from triage-driven exhaustion to strategic resilience by embedding Microsoft’s Security Copilot across its global operations, claiming dramatic reductions in investigation time, redeploying staff to higher-value work, and building a blueprint for protecting...
Microsoft spent 2025 accelerating a long-running cleanup of legacy Windows code and services — quietly removing some familiar apps, formally retiring long‑deprecated protocols, and setting hard timelines for administrators to migrate away from decades‑old dependencies.
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Microsoft’s...
Microsoft’s long‑standing compatibility concession for legacy automation has come to an end: Windows PowerShell 2.0 is being removed from shipping Windows 11 and Windows Server images, beginning with Windows 11, version 24H2 in August 2025 and Windows Server 2025 in September 2025. This change —...
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The landscape of productivity software for Windows users is set to undergo a significant transformation as Microsoft announces a major policy shift for Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) apps on Windows 10. Starting in August 2026, Microsoft will cease adding new features to Microsoft 365 apps...
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If you ever thought that Windows version numbers were just minor footnotes in a sea of endless updates, think again. Microsoft’s recent security reshuffle regarding Windows 11 and its virtualization-based security features is here not just to break that illusion—it’s ready to smack it with a...
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