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Last Call for Windows Server 2012 R2 Security Patches: Deadline Is October 13, 2026
Microsoft has drawn a hard line under Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2: October 13, 2026 is the final date any new security patches will ship for these platforms....
Microsoft Sets August 2026 Deadline to Replace All Graph Toolkit Web Parts — Here’s How to Get Ready
Microsoft has drawn a line in the sand: August 28, 2026. That’s the date when its Graph Toolkit — a collection of prebuilt web components and authentication providers that thousands of...
Microsoft 365’s Semi-Annual Channel Is Now Monthly: How to Prepare Your Organization Before September 8
Microsoft released version 2606 of Microsoft 365 Apps on July 14, 2026, unifying the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel with the Monthly Enterprise Channel. Devices on the old semi-annual cadence now...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption Emails Hit Inboxes — Here’s How to Keep Them Useful, Not Annoying
Microsoft has quietly turned on a new channel that lets administrators push Copilot onboarding messages directly into employee inboxes, expanding the Organizational Messages tool beyond Windows...
One Prompt, One Game: How Kimi K3 Built a Playable Super Mario 64 Clone in the Browser
Moonshot AI’s newly released Kimi K3 model generated a playable browser-based 3D platformer reminiscent of Super Mario 64 from a single text prompt, according to demos shared this week. The...
Windows 11 Cloud Rebuild Preview: A Media-Free Recovery That Requires a Strict Pre-Flight Test
Microsoft has taken the wraps off a new Windows 11 recovery feature—Cloud Rebuild—that can download and reinstall the entire operating system from Windows Update without a USB drive or custom...
Microsoft PowerToys 0.100.2: Command Palette Memory Leak Fixed, Here’s Why You Should Update
Microsoft has released PowerToys 0.100.2, a targeted patch that fixes a memory leak in Command Palette—just days after the previous update addressed a handful of other bugs in the same tool. For...
Windows 11 24H2's Protected Print Mode: Why Your Printers Might Vanish and How to Prepare
Your office printer could disappear from Windows overnight—and it won’t be a driver glitch. It’s a new security feature Microsoft is testing in Windows 11 version 24H2 that automatically...
Azure AI Document Intelligence Containers Get a Shorter Deadline: What You Must Do Before August 2026
Microsoft has quietly set a hard deadline for organizations running Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.1 containers: August 31, 2026. The twist? The v2.1 cloud REST API gets a stay of execution until...
Office LTSC 2021 Support Ends October 13, 2026—Your Migration Clock Is Now Measured in Months
Microsoft will stop providing security updates, bug fixes, and technical support for Office LTSC 2021 on October 13, 2026. Organizations still running the suite after that date face a predictable...
Millions of VS Code Users Exposed: Code Runner 0.12.2 Flaw Gives Attackers Full Shell Access
A high-severity vulnerability in one of Visual Studio Code’s most popular extensions can let attackers run any command they want on Windows machines simply by tricking a developer into opening a...
ChatGPT Search Is Citing Websites Now — Here’s How to Make Sure Yours Gets Noticed
OpenAI’s ChatGPT search now pulls live information from the web, and your website can appear as a cited source in its answers — but only if you’ve done the work. This isn’t a future scenario;...