Articles from April 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in April 2026
Azure Linux May Move to Fedora: Performance Push Could Reshape Microsoft’s Cloud OS
Microsoft is exploring a substantial overhaul of its internal Linux distribution, Azure Linux, with early Fedora community discussions pointing toward a possible rebase on Fedora Linux. The effort,...
Windows 11 Will Soon Let You Pause Updates Indefinitely with a Calendar Picker
Microsoft is giving Windows 11 users something they have wanted for years: the ability to pause updates for as long as they like. In the latest Insider preview builds rolling out to Dev and...
Microsoft-OpenAI Exclusivity Ends: What You Need to Know About the New Cloud Deal
On April 28, 2026, Microsoft and OpenAI announced a restructured partnership that ends one of the most notable exclusivity deals in cloud computing. The amended agreement allows OpenAI to offer its...
Windows Gets Alt-Drag Window Moving and Monitor Brightness Overhaul via PowerToys 0.99.0
Microsoft has shipped one of the most consequential PowerToys releases in recent memory, version 0.99.0, delivering a pair of features long requested by power users: the ability to move and resize...
Windows 11 24H2 Users Getting Forced 25H2 Upgrade Amid Boot-Loop Bug Fears
Microsoft has expanded the automatic rollout of Windows 11 25H2 to unmanaged Home and Pro PCs running 24H2, a move designed to keep millions of machines in a supported state ahead of the October 13,...
Windows 11’s Movable Taskbar Is Back—Here’s What the New Experimental Build Reveals
On April 24, 2026, Microsoft released Windows 11 build 26300.8289 to the new Experimental channel with official improvements to Windows Update controls. But hidden inside the build, testers and...
What Accenture’s 743,000-Seat Copilot Rollout Means for Every Windows User
Accenture just completed the largest Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment in history, rolling out the AI assistant to roughly 743,000 employees across more than 100 countries. The numbers are...
OpenAI Breaks Free from Azure Exclusivity in Landmark Microsoft Deal
On April 27, 2026, Microsoft and OpenAI announced a landmark revision to their partnership, ending the exclusive cloud arrangement that had tied OpenAI’s products solely to Azure since 2019. The...
Azure Local Expands to Datacenter Scale with Intel Xeon 6, SAN Reuse, and Built-In AI
Microsoft and Intel this week scaled Azure Local’s ambitions well beyond the branch office. The platform can now underpin sovereign private cloud deployments that span thousands of servers, a jump...
Notepad and Snipping Tool Just Lost Their Copilot Buttons—Here's What Windows 11 Users Gain
Microsoft has begun stripping the Copilot brand from two of Windows 11’s most familiar utilities. Notepad’s AI features now live under the quieter “Writing Tools” label, while the Snipping...
Microsoft turns on agentic Copilot in Outlook: your inbox and calendar now have an AI autopilot
Microsoft began rolling out new agentic capabilities to Copilot in Outlook this week, transforming the AI from a behind-the-scenes writing helper into an active participant that can triage your...
Microsoft Relinquishes OpenAI Exclusivity, Allowing Multi-Cloud Access for ChatGPT Maker
On Monday, Microsoft and OpenAI tore up the exclusivity clause that made Azure the sole cloud home for OpenAI’s products. The companies announced a rewritten commercial agreement that now permits...