Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
ProsperOps Brings Autonomous Discount Management to Azure Marketplace, Automating Reservation and Savings Plan Optimization
Azure customers can now automate the notoriously complex task of managing reservations and savings plans directly through the Azure Marketplace. ProsperOps, a FinOps automation specialist, has made...
Six Fixes That Launch Red Dead Redemption on Windows: A Community Guide
Rockstar’s long-awaited PC port of the original Red Dead Redemption arrived on October 29, 2024, bringing native 4K, ultrawide support, and modern upscaling tech to Windows 10 and 11. But for a...
Borderlands 4 Launch Hits Stuttering, Crashes; Gearbox CEO Tells Critics 'Code Your Own Engine'
Borderlands 4 has arrived with record player numbers but also a storm of performance complaints, and Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford’s response to critics—telling one to 'code your own engine'—has...
Windows 11 Build 26052: Copilot Taskbar Icon Now Animates on Copy, Accepts Drag-and-Drop Images
Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052 to the Canary and Dev channels, bringing a set of Copilot enhancements that make the AI assistant more deeply integrated into daily...
How Windows 11 24H2’s Focus Throttling Sabotages Performance, Making Windows 10 Feel Faster
A programmer’s meticulous investigation has confirmed what many Windows 11 users have long suspected: aggressive background throttling tied to window focus is a key reason Windows 10 still feels...
Exchange 2016/2019 End-of-Support Deadline Looms: Hybrid Enforcement Windows and Migration Imperatives
Microsoft's Exchange engineering team has issued a final T-minus-30-days warning: support for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 will end on October 14, 2025. After that date, businesses...
Microsoft's Access Review Agent Goes Live in Preview, Embedding AI Governance into Teams
Microsoft has shipped a public preview of its Access Review Agent, an AI-powered tool that aims to unclog one of the most tedious drains on identity teams: the manual access recertification process....
Beyond the Toggle: Why Disabling Copilot in Windows 11 Demands a Multi-Layer Strategy
Turning off Microsoft Copilot in Windows 11 or Microsoft 365 seems straightforward—but admins who stop at the taskbar toggle may be leaving the door wide open. Microsoft ships the AI assistant as a...
macOS Tahoe’s Liquid Glass and Windows 11’s Copilot Forge Two Radically Different Futures for the Desktop
Apple dropped a visual bombshell at WWDC 2025 with macOS Tahoe, a sweeping redesign built around a new translucent material called Liquid Glass. Microsoft, meanwhile, has been quietly turning Windows...
WSL2 vs. Native Ubuntu: Phoronix Benchmarks Expose 13% Performance Hit on Windows 11 25H2
A new Phoronix benchmark blitz reveals that running Ubuntu 24.04 inside WSL2 on Windows 11 25H2 extracts a 13% performance penalty compared to bare-metal Ubuntu on the same hardware. The gap widens...
Microsoft Expands Windows Backup for Organizations with Intune-Managed OOBE Restore for Enterprise Migrations
August 2025 security updates unlock a long-awaited enterprise capability: Windows Backup for Organizations is moving to broad availability, giving IT administrators direct Intune controls to restore...