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The windows pki tag currently covers discussion of Microsoft’s Quantum Safe Program and its implications for Windows and enterprise environments. The featured topic describes Microsoft’s plan to move critical products and services toward post-quantum cryptography by 2029, as governments push for earlier quantum-resistant security deadlines. It presents cryptographic migration as a planning and inventory challenge rather than a distant research issue. Windows teams, cloud tenants, software vendors, and security groups may need to identify affected systems and prepare for changing standards and procurement requirements. This archive is relevant to readers tracking Microsoft’s long-term security direction and the practical preparation required for post-quantum protection.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Quantum Safe Program: PQC Migration by 2029 for Windows and Enterprise

    Microsoft said on June 30, 2026, that it is accelerating its Quantum Safe Program so critical products and services move to post-quantum cryptography by 2029, folding the effort into its Secure Future Initiative as governments press for earlier quantum-resistant security deadlines. The...