Satya Nadella’s short public playbook — five repeatable prompts he says he uses inside Microsoft 365 Copilot — has done more than offer productivity tips; it has shown, in blunt practice, how an enterprise copilot can change the mechanics of leadership, reduce busywork and compress decision...
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With the clock ticking toward Windows 10’s end of support on October 14, 2025, organisations that still treat migration as a planning exercise run a growing risk of being forced into costly, disruptive decisions at the worst possible moment; moving now from planning to implementation secures...
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Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing free security updates for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has forced IT leaders into a binary choice: pay to buy time, or accelerate an estate-wide migration to Windows 11 — and the short-term cost of staying on Windows 10 could be measured in billions for...
Nexthink’s warning that “sticking with Windows 10 could cost businesses billions” captured headlines for a reason: a simple arithmetic model — 121 million Windows 10 PCs multiplied by an enterprise Extended Security Update (ESU) list price of $61 per device — produces a first‑year bill in the...
Microsoft and Meta have quietly closed a compatibility gap that mattered to two rapidly converging camps: Meta Quest headsets can now connect to Windows on Arm PCs using Microsoft's new Mixed Reality Link, bringing the Windows 11 desktop into Quest headsets and extending virtual desktop...
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Businesses have entered the critical phase between planning and full-scale implementation for the Windows 10 → Windows 11 transition, and the calendar is unforgiving: Windows 10 support ends on October 14, 2025 — which means device readiness, compatibility validation and a staged deployment plan...
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The newest leak suggesting Windows 12 will not be a free upgrade has reignited an old debate: is Microsoft moving the core Windows experience toward a subscription model, or are we witnessing a misunderstanding of internal strings and SKU plumbing that will ultimately mean nothing for ordinary...
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Windows has stopped pretending to be merely an operating system that quietly evolves; with Windows 11 Microsoft has made a series of deliberate architectural and policy choices that break long-standing continuity with the past—and those choices are already reshaping the desktop landscape...
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Microsoft has set a hard stop: Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, and consumers who want to keep receiving critical security fixes after that date must take action now — either upgrade to Windows 11, move to another supported environment, or enroll in Microsoft’s consumer...
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Microsoft's hard deadline for Windows 10 support — October 14, 2025 — has shifted the conversation for IT leaders from “if” to how fast and how wisely to move, and the time for planning alone has passed: organisations must now execute migration plans that protect security, preserve productivity...
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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...
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Microsoft has quietly—yet materially—expanded Windows 365’s regional footprint in Asia by making the Korea Central Azure region available for Cloud PC provisioning, enabling organizations operating in South Korea to host Cloud PC storage and compute within the country and reduce latency for...
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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...
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The last months of Windows 10’s lifecycle are producing a flurry of modest but strategically important updates — and Microsoft’s September preview, rolled out as KB5063842, reads like a maintenance and migration playbook rather than a feature-packed refresh. The patch fixes a handful of...
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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...
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Microsoft’s blunt message to Windows 10 users is simple: the clock is ticking—upgrade to Windows 11, buy a new PC, or enroll in a short-term Extended Security Update (ESU) plan, because official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. This shift isn’t hypothetical; it removes security...
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Microsoft’s formal end-of-support date for Windows 10—October 14, 2025—has pushed local managed‑IT providers into high gear, warning businesses that failure to prepare will increase security exposure, complicate compliance, and make future hardware purchases more expensive and time consuming...
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Microsoft's public notice about Windows 10 support is no longer just a calendar reminder — it's a deadline with real consequences for security, compatibility, and the cost of staying on an aging platform.
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Microsoft’s last free security updates for Windows 10 come to an official stop on October 14, 2025, but the company has quietly opened a one‑year safety valve for consumers — a short, careful bridge that lets many stay on Windows 10 while they plan a permanent migration. The consumer Extended...
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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...
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