Azure Reserved VM Instances Cutoff July 1, 2026: Migration Deadline for Legacy SKUs
Microsoft will stop selling new one-year Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances for fourteen older virtual-machine families on July 1, 2026, and will block renewals of existing reservations the...
April 2026 Windows Update Blocks psmounterex.sys Driver, Breaking Backup Mounting and VSS Snapshots
Microsoft’s latest monthly security update, released on April 14, 2026, has added the third-party kernel driver psmounterex.sys to the Microsoft Vulnerable Driver Blocklist, immediately preventing...
UniGetUI 2026.1.8 ships with Pinget WinGet fallback, Avalonia UI, and Flatpak support
UniGetUI 2026.1.8 rolled out on May 5, 2026, packing a portable WinGet stand-in, a ground-up UI rebuild with Avalonia, and experimental Flatpak management. The latest release of the open-source...
AppControl for Windows 11/10: A 72-Hour Visibility Tool Beyond Task Manager
Task Manager tells you what’s happening right now. AppControl tells you what’s been happening for the past three days. That’s the core pitch behind a new free utility from developer Jon...
Azure IaaS Security in 2026: Defense in Depth, Secure by Default, and Operations
Microsoft’s Azure engineering team published a landmark blog post on May 4, 2026, reframing how organizations must defend their cloud infrastructure. The message was blunt: yesterday’s...
AZ-400 Azure DevOps Engineer Expert: Pipelines, Security, IaC, and Observability
Microsoft's Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification validates the skills needed to design and implement DevOps practices using Azure technologies. The credential requires passing Exam AZ-400 and...
Edge Sidebar App List Retiring: Pinned Apps Removed, Copilot Stays Available
Microsoft is winding down the Edge sidebar app list, a feature that let users pin shortcuts to web apps and services directly in the browser’s side pane. The change began rolling out to Microsoft...
Windows 11 Updates in Spring 2026 May Trigger Extra Reboots Due to Secure Boot Certificate Changes
Windows 11 PCs may undergo an additional restart during update installations scheduled for spring 2026. Microsoft has confirmed that the extra reboot is intentional and tied to the deployment of...
Ingram Micro earns Microsoft AI Apps on Azure specialization—what it means for partners
Ingram Micro has secured Microsoft’s AI Apps on Azure specialization, a credential designed to validate deep technical expertise and proven delivery capabilities in building and managing AI-powered...
Windows 11 New Run Dialog in WinUI 3: 94ms Speed Test vs Legacy
Microsoft has rolled out a completely overhauled Run dialog for Windows 11 Insiders, marking the first major update to the decades-old utility. The new dialog, built with C# and WinUI 3, launched as...
ConsentFix v3 Phishing: Steal OAuth Codes and Replay Tokens in Microsoft Entra ID
A dangerous new phishing toolkit called ConsentFix v3 has surfaced, purpose-built to compromise Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) accounts by automating the theft of OAuth 2.0 authorization...
Notepad++ Creator Blasts macOS Port for Misleading Users in Trademark Row
The creator of Notepad++, Don Ho, has publicly disavowed a macOS port of the iconic Windows text editor, accusing its developers of borrowing the name, logo, and visual identity without permission....