Back in the fall, I said Microsoft was going to have to extend Windows 10 support again. The numbers made it obvious. There were simply too many machines still running it, and not enough realistic paths to Windows 11 for a huge chunk of users. Now here we are.
Microsoft has quietly added another year to its Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10, pushing support out to October 12, 2027. That gives users an extra twelve months of critical security patches beyond the original cutoff, and it confirms what a lot of us in IT already suspected. Windows 10 was never going away on Microsoft’s original timeline. [Read more…]
The AI subsidy era is ending, and the bills are finally showing up.
For years, companies drilled one thing into employees’ heads: don’t trust weird emails. Problem is, attackers adapted. Instead of fighting against people’s skepticism around email, they moved to platforms employees already trust without thinking twice about it. One of the biggest targets right now is Microsoft Teams
There’s a growing argument that AI is increasing the intensity of work instead of reducing it, and honestly, that tracks.
Microsoft is retiring the email passcode system long used to grant temporary access to shared files in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. The company plans to replace it with Microsoft Entra B2B guest accounts, shifting external collaboration toward a fully identity-based model across Microsoft 365.