Data Portability
The latest Data Portability coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Azure Outages Expose Cloud Dependency Risks: Strategies for Resilience
Microsoft's cloud infrastructure experienced another significant outage this month, sending ripples through businesses and services worldwide that depend on Azure's backbone. The latest incident,...
Microsoft Sets April 2026 Deadline for Forced Outlook Migration — Here’s How to Opt Out
Microsoft has drawn a line in the sand: beginning April 2026, it will automatically switch Microsoft 365 Enterprise users to the new web-based Outlook for Windows unless IT administrators proactively...
Microsoft Agrees to Unbundle Teams Globally After EU Probe, Offers $2.20/User Discount
The European Commission is poised to approve a landmark settlement with Microsoft that formally unbundles Teams from Office 365 and Microsoft 365, closing a five-year antitrust drama while reshaping...
Google’s Free Data Transfer Play Shakes Up EU Cloud Market Ahead of Data Act
Google Cloud has scrapped data transfer fees for customers running workloads in parallel across multiple cloud platforms in the European Union and the United Kingdom, a decision that immediately...
Google Sets Multicloud Standard with Zero Egress Fees in EU and UK, Pressuring Microsoft and AWS
Google Cloud has eliminated data transfer fees for organizations running workloads across multiple cloud providers in the European Union and the United Kingdom, a move that goes well beyond the EU...
Microsoft Sets Teams at $5 Per User in Global Unbundling to Settle EU Probe
Microsoft will sell Teams as a $5-per-user standalone app and offer Office suites without the collaboration tool to customers worldwide, capitulating to a European antitrust probe that began after a...
Ralph Lauren Debuts Ask Ralph, an AI Stylist Built on Microsoft Azure, to Transform Mobile Shopping
Ralph Lauren is giving its mobile app users a personal stylist powered by generative AI. The iconic fashion brand today launched Ask Ralph, a conversational shopping assistant built on the Microsoft...
Microsoft’s Windows App Purge Accelerates: IE, Paint 3D, and Mail Are Gone—Here’s How to Adapt
The morning of January 1, 2025, delivered a rude surprise for millions of Windows users: the built-in Mail and Calendar apps, staple lightweight clients for years, had stopped syncing emails....
OneGov Deal: Microsoft Gives Federal Agencies Free Copilot, $3.1B in Projected Savings
Microsoft has opened a fast lane for U.S. federal agencies to adopt generative AI, offering Microsoft 365 Copilot at no cost for up to 12 months and a suite of deep discounts across Azure, Dynamics...
Microsoft Offers Free Copilot to Feds in $3B OneGov Deal—But Critics Cry Lock-In and Security Risks
The U.S. General Services Administration has struck a deal with Microsoft that makes Microsoft 365 Copilot free for eligible federal agencies for the first year—the latest in a string of...
Cortana's Farewell Mirrors Microsoft's Trail of Ahead-of-Their-Time Windows Innovations
Microsoft’s June 2023 confirmation that it will stop supporting Cortana in Windows as a standalone app later this year is more than a footnote in tech news cycles—it’s a familiar coda for a...
Microsoft Opens Windows 365 Reserve Preview: 10-Day Emergency Cloud PCs for Instant Endpoint Recovery
Microsoft has launched a gated public preview of Windows 365 Reserve, a new service that provisions on-demand Cloud PCs to keep knowledge workers productive when their primary devices fail. Announced...