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Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel Drops Preview, Cuts Support June 23, 2025 Customers should change the update channel for every PC currently updating Microsoft 365 Apps through...more Enabling Intune to Force Apple Updates Improves Security June 7, 2025 Intune now can use managed software updates to force OS updates to all types of...more Office Security Fixes for Windows 10 Continue into 2028 May 20, 2025 Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise will get some security patches on Windows 10 systems through...more 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.

  Product Reference Microsoft 365 Mobile Apps The Microsoft 365 Mobile Apps provide file editing and viewing for Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, and...more   Product Reference Outlook Summary of Outlook e-mail, and scheduling apps for Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android, and the...more   Product Reference Office LTSC Standard, Professional Plus, and Mac Office LTSC Standard, Professional Plus, and Mac are software suites that offer fewer features than...more   Product Reference Windows client OS Windows is Microsoft’s family of client, server, and IoT OSs. Windows client OS runs on...more   Product Reference Windows Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel Overview The Windows Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), formerly the Long Term Servicing Branch (LTSB)...more   Product Reference Azure Virtual Desktop Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is an Azure-hosted service that provides virtualized desktop management. It is...more   Product Reference Windows 365 (Cloud PC) Windows 365 offers Microsoft-hosted Windows virtual desktops, which Microsoft calls Cloud PCs, that are used...more   Product Reference Edge Edge is a Chromium-based browser included in supported versions of the Windows client OS.   Licensing Reference Universal Print A cloud-based print management service that lets users print from Windows client OS-based devices to...more

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