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Microsoft 365 Mobile Apps Add Copilot, Purview Hooks
May 12, 2025
Office apps for phones and iPads will integrate more Copilot natural language features and Purview...more
M365 Customers Can Keep Classic Outlook Until at Least 2029
April 12, 2025
Customers have at least two years before new Outlook replaces classic Outlook in the Microsoft...more
Copilot+ PC: Small Carefully Crafted Pilot Is Best Option
Updated: April 7, 2025
The Windows Copilot Runtime coming to Windows with the 24H2 version will work best with...more
Windows Copilot Runtime Aids AI Application Development
Updated: April 1, 2025
The Copilot Runtime is a new Windows client OS component that facilitates development of AI-enabled...more
New Clients for AVD and Windows 365 Replace Legacy Counterparts
Updated: March 17, 2025
As Microsoft begins to deprecate its classic remote desktop protocol clients, organizations should be moving...more
Where Is Windows Copilot?
Updated: March 17, 2025
Microsoft initially announced Windows Copilot with great fanfare as a tool to help answer users’...more
Optimizing Usage of Microsoft’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Platforms
Updated: March 3, 2025
Optimizing usage of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure platforms requires understanding key use scenarios and possibly a...more
Hotpatch Windows with Fewer Reboots: In Preview
Updated: March 3, 2025
Organizations can deploy Windows client OS Hotpatches, which are specialized instances of the monthly B...more
Windows Client Endpoint Protection Options (2025)
Updated: March 1, 2025
Multiple Microsoft antimalware offerings are available for Windows clients, ranging from unmanaged consumer offerings to...more
New Outlook Replacing Windows 10 Mail and Calendar
Updated: January 19, 2025
The new Outlook e-mail client application will gradually replace Windows 10’s bundled Mail and Calendar...more
Windows Resiliency Initiative Will Affect Windows and Antimalware
Updated: April 2, 2024
Antimalware software will be affected by changes to the Windows Resiliency Initiative, which could impact...more
Microsoft 365 Education: Differs from Enterprise by Degrees
Updated: December 8, 2024
Microsoft 365 Education offers most of the features included in commercial enterprise Microsoft 365 offerings,...more
UWP Mobile Office Apps Leave Support in Oct. 2025
Updated: November 19, 2024
Organizations using Office Mobile apps on Windows-based devices must move to alternatives.
Keeping Windows 10 after 2025: What Will It Cost?
Updated: November 15, 2024
ESUs will be critical for securing devices that can’t move to Windows 11 by Oct....more
Edge Browser Roadmap
Updated: November 4, 2024
Edge is a Chromium-based browser included in supported versions of Windows client OS. Product: Edge ...more
HoloLens to Be Discontinued in 2027
Updated: November 1, 2024
As of Oct. 1, 2024, Microsoft is no longer manufacturing HoloLens headsets and is phasing...more
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Microsoft 365 Mobile Apps
The Microsoft 365 Mobile Apps provide file editing and viewing for Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, and...more
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Outlook
Summary of Outlook e-mail, and scheduling apps for Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android, and the...more
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Office LTSC Standard, Professional Plus, and Mac
Office LTSC Standard, Professional Plus, and Mac are software suites that offer fewer features than...more
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Windows client OS
Windows is Microsoft’s family of client, server, and IoT OSs. Windows client OS runs on...more
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Windows Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel Overview
The Windows Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), formerly the Long Term Servicing Branch (LTSB)...more
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Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is an Azure-hosted service that provides virtualized desktop management. It is...more
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Windows 365 (Cloud PC)
Windows 365 offers Microsoft-hosted Windows virtual desktops, which Microsoft calls Cloud PCs, that are used...more
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Edge
Edge is a Chromium-based browser included in supported versions of the Windows client OS.
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Universal Print
A cloud-based print management service that lets users print from Windows client OS-based devices to...more
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