Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
Cascading AFD and Entra ID Edge failures caused major Azure outage in 2025.
Microsoft's cloud infrastructure experienced a significant global outage in 2025 that exposed critical vulnerabilities in the company's service delivery architecture. The disruption, which primarily...
WizTree Review: How to Reclaim SSD Space Fast with NTFS MFT Scanning
Watching your SSD's free space mysteriously evaporate by tens of gigabytes over weeks is a modern Windows user's common frustration. Standard tools like Windows Settings and File Explorer often fail...
Windows 11 26H1: Snapdragon X2 Release Strategy and ARM Device Focus
Microsoft is reportedly planning a highly targeted Windows 11 release strategy for early next year that will focus exclusively on devices powered by Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon X2...
Windows 10 End of Life Creates Circular Economy Boom: From Refurbishing to Urban Mining
The impending Windows 10 end of support deadline in October 2025 is triggering an unprecedented technology lifecycle event that's creating a thriving circular economy spanning from immediate device...
Windows Development Revolution: WSL2, Terminal & PowerToys Transform Coding
The landscape of Windows development has undergone a seismic shift in recent years, transforming what was once considered a compromise into a powerhouse development environment that rivals—and in...
KB5067036 brings Windows 11 its biggest security and battery icon upgrade yet.
Microsoft's latest optional preview update, KB5067036, delivers two of the most requested Windows improvements in recent memory alongside a comprehensive suite of productivity and security...
Windows 11 Insider Builds Auto-Prompt Memory Checks After Every BSOD
Microsoft is quietly rolling out a significant quality-of-life improvement in Windows 11 Insider builds that could revolutionize how users troubleshoot system crashes and memory-related issues. The...
Azure Front Door failure halts Xbox downloads and Minecraft login for hours globally
Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure experienced a significant outage on Wednesday afternoon that disrupted multiple first-party services, particularly affecting Xbox game downloads and Minecraft...
Azure Front Door Outage: How a Configuration Change Caused Global Microsoft Service Disruption
On October 29, Microsoft experienced a significant global outage that affected multiple services across its Azure cloud platform, with Azure Front Door (AFD) at the center of the disruption. The...
Azure Front Door DNS Outage Exposes Cloud Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
Microsoft's global cloud infrastructure experienced a significant disruption when Azure Front Door suffered a DNS configuration failure that cascaded across multiple services, highlighting the...
October 2025 Azure Front Door failure reveals edge routing flaws and Entra ID risks
Microsoft's cloud infrastructure experienced a significant disruption on October 29, 2025, when an Azure Front Door outage cascaded across multiple services, leaving users unable to access Teams,...
Azure Front Door Outage 2025: Technical Analysis & Business Resilience Lessons
On October 29, 2025, a significant disruption to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform and Microsoft 365 services exposed critical vulnerabilities in modern cloud-dependent operations, sparking widespread...