Articles from 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2026
Microsoft pulls Teams chat organizer update after rollback, putting August 2026 deadline at risk
Microsoft abruptly pulled a new automatic chat organizer for Teams on July 20, just weeks before its expected August 2026 rollout. The feature—designed to sweep muted conversations and meeting...
OneDrive Web Gains Full SharePoint View Management—What That Means for Your Workflow
Starting this July, if you open a SharePoint document library in OneDrive for the web, you'll find a new way to organize your work: the ability not just to switch among existing views, but also to...
Endpoint DLP Alerts in Microsoft Purview Will Soon Feed into In-Depth Content Investigations
Microsoft is closing the gap between spotting a potential data leak and understanding what was actually put at risk. Starting in August 2026, security teams will be able to pivot directly from an...
Microsoft 365 Update: Granular Access Controls for Sensitive Workforce Insights Attributes Arrive
Microsoft on Wednesday began rolling out a long-awaited governance upgrade for Organizational Data in the Microsoft 365 admin center, giving administrators the power to restrict custom workforce...
GCC High/DoD Teams Rooms gain remote camera view switching — what it means and how to get it
Microsoft has completed the government-cloud launch of a camera view switching feature for multi-camera Teams Rooms on Windows. As of June 2026, any meeting participant in a properly equipped GCC...
Microsoft Purview DLP Targets Your Google Workspace and AWS Data Starting September 2026
Microsoft will begin enforcing Data Loss Prevention and auto-labeling policies across Google Workspace, Salesforce, and five other non-Microsoft cloud services from September 2026. The expansion,...
How Microsoft’s New Proximity Join Simplifies Town Halls and Webinars in Teams Rooms
Microsoft has completed the rollout of proximity join for presenters during Teams events, allowing a personal device such as a laptop or phone to bring a nearby Teams Room system into a town hall,...
OneDrive's New Shortcuts Folder Arrives in July to Clean Up Your File List
Microsoft is finally fixing one of OneDrive’s most persistent annoyances: the root folder clutter caused by a flood of shortcuts to shared files and folders. Starting in July 2026, when you add a...
Windows 11’s Hidden Gem: A First Look at the Modern WinUI File Properties Dialog
Microsoft has quietly embedded a modern, WinUI-based file properties dialog in a recent Windows 11 preview build, signaling that one of File Explorer’s most outdated and inconsistently designed...
Macquarie Government Unveils Managed Azure for Australian Agencies as New Cloud Policy Takes Hold
Macquarie Government has launched a Microsoft Azure practice tailored exclusively for Australian federal and state agencies, delivering a suite of managed infrastructure, security, and data services...
Dell Laptop Microphone Failures Traced to F4 Mute Key and Windows Privacy Settings
Dell laptop owners are finding themselves muted during calls and recordings, and the culprit isn't a hardware defect—it's a constellation of overlooked software toggles and a hardware mute key that...
AI agents are running virtual labs at Stanford — here’s what Windows users need to know
Stanford Medicine researchers have built AI agents that act as autonomous scientists, managing virtual laboratories, designing drug targets, and even serving as lead investigators on research...