Articles from April 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in April 2026
OpenAI’s Exclusivity Deal with Microsoft Ends: What It Means for Copilot, Azure, and Your AI Plans
Microsoft and OpenAI have terminated the exclusivity that once tethered the AI lab’s most advanced models to Azure, according to a report from YourStory.com. The restructured pact, confirmed by...
PowerToys 0.99 Lets You Drag Windows Without Title Bars and Fixes Multi-Monitor Controls
PowerToys v0.99.0 arrives with a pair of utilities that solve everyday Windows annoyances: moving and resizing windows without grabbing title bars, and adjusting external monitor settings from a...
Microsoft rolls back change after massive Outlook sign-in outage on April 27
On Monday, April 27, 2026, millions of Microsoft 365 users were locked out of their email as Outlook suffered a widespread sign-in failure. Microsoft confirmed it was investigating a service...
KB5083769 Boot Loops Persist as Microsoft Pushes Windows 11 25H2 to Unmanaged PCs
Microsoft has started automatically upgrading unmanaged Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro PCs to version 25H2, even as a critical April cumulative update, KB5083769, continues to cause boot failures on...
Azure Local Goes Sovereign: Microsoft's On-Premises Platform Now Supports Thousands of Servers
On April 27, Microsoft announced a sweeping expansion of Azure Local that transforms the hybrid cloud platform into a full-fledged sovereign private cloud foundation. The update introduces...
Microsoft and OpenAI Revamp Deal: Azure Exclusivity Dropped, Revenue Terms Rebalanced
Microsoft and OpenAI have rewritten the rules of their high-stakes partnership, a move that will ripple across enterprise IT, developer workflows, and the cloud market. In a joint statement, the...
Windows 11’s ‘K2’ Overhaul Targets Slow Start Menus, Unreliable Explorer, and AI Fatigue
Microsoft is readying a sweeping performance and reliability overhaul for Windows 11, internally codenamed the “K2 Plan,” that takes direct aim at the daily frustrations users have voiced since...
Accenture’s 743K-User Copilot Test: 97% Faster Tasks, But That’s Not the Whole Story
Accenture has now given roughly 743,000 employees access to Microsoft 365 Copilot, making it one of the largest enterprise AI rollouts on record — and early self-reported data suggests routine...
France Ditches Windows: Inside the Government’s Linux Migration and What It Means for You
France’s digital administration has confirmed plans to begin shifting civil servants from Microsoft Windows to Linux, marking one of the most significant public-sector desktop migrations in Europe....
Windows 11 Build 26300 Reveals Hidden Screen Tint: Custom Colors, Presets, and a f.lux-Like Experience
Microsoft has tucked a new Screen Tint feature into Windows 11 preview build 26300.8289, and it’s a significant upgrade over the existing Night Light. Spotted by Windows enthusiast PhantomOfEarth,...
Microsoft’s K2 Initiative Targets Windows 11 Shell Speed, Update Discipline, and Gaming Punch
Microsoft began signalling a major quality-over-quantity reset for Windows 11 this week, according to a report from Ukrainian outlet Mezha. The internal program, codenamed K2, is not a single release...
Windows 11’s stealth quality reboot: Inside Microsoft’s K2 project to fix speed, AI clutter, and trust
Microsoft has launched a year-long internal initiative called Windows K2 to fix the performance, reliability, and AI overload that have fueled Windows 11 complaints since launch, according to new...