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Microsoft has been making waves lately with a flurry of product updates, major events, and industry recognition. According to Microsoft’s official events page, the company is gearing up for its flagship Microsoft Ignite conference, set for November 17 to 21 in San Francisco, where attendees will dive into the latest in AI, cloud, and productivity tools. The event promises breakout sessions, hands-on labs, and community activities, positioning Microsoft at the forefront of tech innovation.

On the product front, Microsoft announced several significant changes. The Microsoft Lists mobile app for iOS and An...

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Microsoft is gearing up for the year’s biggest moment with Microsoft Ignite 2025 happening from November 18–21 in San Francisco, a hybrid mega-event that will set the course for its technology roadmap. Ignite is already the talk of the enterprise tech world, with an agenda packed with keynotes on AI, security, and cloud innovation—truly the place where Microsoft unveils its boldest visions according to Microsoft’s official events page and event commentary everywhere. As buzz builds, Microsoft is spotlighting innovations in Copilot and next-gen security, pushing the Copilot assistant deeper into every business...

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Microsoft has been making headlines with its dynamic mix of tech innovation business moves and global visibility in the past few days. The biggest buzz is building around the upcoming Microsoft Ignite 2025 conference set for November 18 through 21 in San Francisco where Microsoft brass solution architects and AI thought leaders will join forces with SAP and industry partners to spotlight the future of cloud ERP and the ongoing evolution of enterprise AI. SAP’s announcement teases major demos with SAP Joule and Microsoft Copilot 365 showing off real-time insights AI-powered forecasting and unified business da...

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This week Microsoft has been on a roll of announcements upgrades and strategic spotlights. The October 2025 Microsoft 365 Copilot blog reveals sweeping enhancements across productivity apps most notably Copilot Chat now boasts a smarter new model Bing web cards and improved calendar search. The Copilot mobile app has preview features for Word Excel and PowerPoint allowing users to chat directly with their documents and extract key insights while on the move. In Microsoft Teams Copilot now generates audio recaps of meetings with three styles—newscast executive or casual—so users can catch up hand...

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Microsoft’s week has been a whirlwind of headline-grabbing announcements and strategic recalibrations. The standouts include a major rebranding of two core security and compliance offerings: Microsoft 365 E5 Security is now the Microsoft Defender Suite and E5 Compliance is recast as Purview Suite. This dovetails with a broader surge in security: beginning April 2026, multifactor authentication will become a must for all Partner Center API access, part of a clear security push spotlighted in the company’s Partner Center October blog, focusing on technical changes designed to reinforce customer trust and compliance. According to M...

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Microsoft has been a hive of activity this past week and several headlines deserve attention. On October 23 Microsoft issued an emergency out-of-band security patch for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services known as CVE-2025-59287. Security outlets like Arctic Wolf report this flaw allowed unauthenticated attackers to execute code on WSUS servers and has already seen exploitation attempts. Microsoft clarified that servers running the WSUS role are specifically at risk and emphasized applying the new patch even if the previous October Patch Tuesday update was installed, making...

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Microsoft has been making headlines across both tech and business worlds over the past few days with a stream of major developments. On the product front, the Windows 11 October 2025 Update stirred controversy after Microsoft confirmed it disrupts the Windows Recovery Environment by disabling both mouse and keyboard input, rendering crucial recovery features temporarily unusable. According to Windows Latest and Microsoft’s own support documentation, other issues cropping up include File Explorer’s Preview pane malfunctioning, unexpected theme shifts, and gaming performance regression. The company was quick to acknowledge these bugs, deploy patches for...

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October 2025 has been a whirlwind for me at Microsoft. The biggest headline this week was the end of an era—the final security updates for Windows 10 shipped on Tuesday, bringing a close to support for one of the most widely used operating systems ever. According to Krebs on Security and the official Patch Tuesday press releases, that Patch Tuesday was a monster, addressing a record 172 security vulnerabilities, including two zero-day threats actively exploited in the wild. One was buried in a modem driver dating back decades, the other inside the ever-troublesome Windows Re...

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Microsoft’s past few days have, frankly, been a whirlwind of headlines, milestones, and high-stakes maneuvering, with the company flexing its dominance in the enterprise cloud while facing up to a changing digital landscape—and a decade’s worth of aging software saying farewell. According to Guru3D, October 14, 2025, marks the official end of support for Windows 10, a day many thought would never come—after more than ten years, it’s finally “game over” for updates, security patches, and official fixes, a move that pressures millions of users and enterprises to move on, whether th...

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Microsoft’s week has been bustling with developments that highlight its evolving role as both tech industry titan and relentless innovator. The most consequential headline comes from Microsoft’s recent European Commission settlement, announced October 6th. This resolution was years in the making and promises sweeping changes in Microsoft 365 and Teams licensing, pricing, and interoperability. Beginning November, European customers will have renewed flexibility as Microsoft reintroduces Office and Microsoft 365 enterprise suites with Teams, adjusts subscription pricing, and enables greater data portability. These changes, intended to please regulators and foster open ecosystems, set a pr...

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Microsoft has grabbed headlines this week with its confirmation that Windows 10 support will officially end on October 14, 2025, which marks a major shift for over 240 million active users globally. This announcement, picked up by Connectus and Privacy International, means no more free security updates for consumer and enterprise Windows 10 users after this date. Microsoft has started pushing businesses to upgrade, emphasizing the risks of lingering on outdated systems and warning of supply-chain bottlenecks and escalating security vulnerabilities. Corporate customers can still purchase paid extended support, which will cost more each subsequent year, and...

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If Microsoft were a person this week I’ve been constantly stepping into the limelight. Let’s start with the business headlines. Microsoft just rolled out significant changes in its product lineup and partner programs. According to the Microsoft Partner Center, I’ve extended the very popular Microsoft 365 E5 15 percent off Accelerate Annual Promotion through the end of the year. Plus, I’m unveiling a new pricing tier for Microsoft Sentinel security solutions, with a 50GB commitment introduced in public preview to attract more small and medium enterprise customers, and I’m shaking up...

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September has been a whirlwind for Microsoft, packed with headline-grabbing releases, pivotal policy shifts, and more than a little buzz in the tech ecosystem. Last week, Alysa Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer, unveiled the reimagined Microsoft Marketplace now positioned as the central hub for AI apps, tools, and agents—this is a game-changer for anyone looking to deploy advanced solutions across Microsoft 365 Copilot and Azure AI Foundry. Nicole Dezen, Chief Partner Officer, echoed that partners now have expanded routes to market and streamlined resale channel integration—making it easier to monetize innovation and reac...

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Microsoft has dominated tech headlines this week with a string of impactful moves and announcements. On September 25, Alysa Taylor, Microsoft’s Chief Marketing Officer, announced the launch of the reimagined Microsoft Marketplace, which now serves as the unified destination for customers to find, try, and buy cloud and AI solutions. Formerly Azure Marketplace and AppSource, this platform consolidates tens of thousands of cloud and industry solutions, making it easier than ever for organizations to access over 3000 AI apps and agents across platforms like Azure AI Foundry and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Major industry partners ar...

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Microsoft has been a headline magnet over the past few days thanks to a run of blockbuster moves and strategic pivots. The week’s top story landed September 17 when Microsoft officially announced a mammoth thirty billion dollar investment into artificial intelligence infrastructure across the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed it as a vote of confidence in British tech leadership and the investment is expected to create thousands of jobs and fuel client innovation for giants like Barclays and Vodafone. Notably, both firms are massively expanding their use of Microsoft Copilot af...

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Microsoft’s week has been a whirlwind of milestone headlines mixed with a fair share of drama. The most buzzworthy story comes from BleepingComputer who reports the September 2025 Windows security updates broke connections to SMBv1 file shares across a sweeping range of supported platforms. This technical hiccup has users frustrated as attempts to access networked files through the legacy protocol now routinely fail. Microsoft has acknowledged the problem and scrambled to provide a temporary workaround while promising a permanent fix in the coming days.

On the innovation front, Microsoft has go...

Microsoft BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.

Let me give you the latest on Microsoft as if they were a headline-grabbing celebrity. The past few days have been packed with action. Just yesterday, Microsoft confirmed that its September 2025 Windows security updates are causing serious issues with Server Message Block version 1 shares, breaking connections across a sweeping range of Windows client and server platforms. The company is hustling to issue a fix, with temporary workarounds to keep customers running according to BleepingComputer. This headline bug is making waves in the IT world since SMBv1 connections remain just stubbornly present in...

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Microsoft has been making headlines this week with a string of meaningful moves on the security, business, and event fronts. Tuesday saw the buzzworthy September 2025 Patch Tuesday, with Microsoft releasing fixes for 81 security flaws, including two zero-day vulnerabilities—one affecting the Windows SMB Server and the other tied to Newtonsoft.Json as used in SQL Server. The update also tackled nine critical vulnerabilities, five of which were remote code execution flaws, and triggered plenty of chatter in cybersecurity circles, notably on platforms like BleepingComputer and CrowdStrike. The new protections strengthen Windows against re...

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Microsoft has had a whirlwind of activity and big headlines these past few days. The biggest news shaking up enterprise circles is Microsoft’s announcement that it will eliminate all volume licensing discounts for its online services in November 2025. This means bigger bills and less negotiating power for large clients, a move that has industry analysts buzzing about the potential long-term impact on enterprise IT budgets and competition. But that’s only part of the action. Microsoft just rolled out GPT-5—the latest and most powerful OpenAI model—directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot, instantl...

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A few whirlwind days and Microsoft has been everywhere. The biggest headline is a major licensing shakeup, just announced: Microsoft will eliminate volume discounts for Online Services under Enterprise Agreements starting November 1, 2025. Prices for Microsoft 365, Office 365, and more are going up between 6 and 12 percent for customers at higher price bands, a move sure to impact big business budgets according to Ultima’s industry blog. Microsoft is also raising prices for Dynamics 365 Business Central by up to 15 percent from October 1, so if you’re due to renew, there’s a rush on to lock i...

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Microsoft is once again in the spotlight as September opens with a flurry of activity and high-impact changes that are rippling across the tech world. One of the biggest headlines comes from Microsoft 365, where Microsoft Teams is ditching its legacy calendar toggle, making the new integrated Microsoft 365 calendar the default. This move is significant because it tightly weaves in productivity powerhouses like Copilot and Microsoft Places, bolstering the collaboration experience not just in Teams, but also syncing with the new Outlook for Windows and the web. If you like automating your digital...

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Microsoft has had another headline-dominating week packed with new features, product news, performance jitters, regulatory rumblings, and its ever-present AI push. First off, the August 2025 Patch Tuesday security update was a massive one, addressing 107 vulnerabilities including one zero-day and thirteen rated as critical. CrowdStrike notes elevation of privilege and remote code execution as top risks. However, the patch also sparked controversy, as Microsoft confirmed the KB5063878 update is causing significant performance issues for Windows 11 and 10 users, specifically stuttering and lag in applications using Network Device Interface streaming such as OBS and NDI...

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Microsoft’s week has been a whirlwind of high-impact updates, both positive and headache-inducing, with headlines everywhere from security bulletins to social media vent threads. According to CrowdStrike, Microsoft released its August 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, addressing 107 vulnerabilities, including a publicly disclosed zero-day and 13 marked as critical. The focus for security analysts and IT managers has been squarely on patches that fix elevation of privilege and remote code execution flaws, though as always, the price of progress was instability for some. BleepingComputer reports Microsoft had to confirm that these latest Windows security updates ar...

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Microsoft has had a packed week of major headlines and activities with some notable developments that are likely to echo through the tech landscape for years to come. The most urgent story to break centers around their August 2025 security updates which, according to both BleepingComputer and Cybersecurity News, have addressed 107 vulnerabilities including a publicly disclosed zero day and 13 marked as critical. However, this massive security patch introduced severe lag and stuttering problems for users of NDI streaming software on Windows 10 and 11. The company confirmed the issue in a Windows release health update...

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Microsoft has had another eventful week across product developments, business shifts, and customer support heroics. Just days ago, the company scrambled to fix a messy situation after the August 2025 Windows security update left Windows 10 and older Windows 11 systems unable to reset or recover properly. According to BleepingComputer and The Register, this critical bug impacted not only everyday users but also IT administrators reliant on reset and remote management tools. Redmond moved quickly, releasing emergency out-of-band patches for all affected platforms by August 20, urging anyone who had not updated yet to install only...

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Microsoft just wrapped up a whirlwind week of product launches AI ambitions and a chorus of headlines that are setting the tone for the rest of 2025 For starters the Microsoft 365 Copilot Search feature has now hit general availability This means organizations can now enjoy an AIpowered search engine that combs through both Microsoft 365 content and over 100 thirdparty apps using natural language queries and contextual cues according to the Microsoft Message Center The impact Here comes a new norm for workplace knowledge discovery making the Copilot brand an increasingly recognizable force within the...

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Microsoft has been making waves all August with a flurry of features, business moves, tech launches, and just enough buzz to keep the chatter rolling. Let’s talk Windows 11 version 24H2 first—on August 12, Microsoft will begin rolling out the August 2025 security update, which comes loaded with eight new features including a full reset option for Windows Recall, fresh AI actions for Click to Do, a new gamepad keyboard, and more. These upgrades, especially Recall and the new AI Settings agent, are exclusive to the much-hyped Copilot Plus PCs with advanced neural proc...

It has been a bustling week in the Microsoft universe and I have the scoop from every angle. Microsoft’s leadership was in the spotlight on July 30, with CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood steering an impressive Fiscal Year 2025 Q4 earnings call. Nadella’s highlight was Microsoft Cloud racking up a breathtaking $168 billion in annual revenue, a 23 percent jump year-over-year, all while emphasizing the unprecedented speed of innovation and adoption the company is seeing. But beneath those glittering numbers, layoffs cast a shadow over the celebrations. This week, Nadella confirmed over 9,000 more job cuts, bringing 2025’s layoff tally to above...

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