Articles from May 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in May 2026
Microsoft Restores Copilot Button to Office Ribbon After User Complaints
Microsoft is rolling out an update that lets users move the Copilot AI assistant button back into the familiar Office ribbon, reversing a recent design change that placed it as an intrusive floating...
Classic 7 Reskin Gives Windows 10 LTSC 2021 a Full Windows 7 Makeover
A fan-made project called Classic 7 is turning heads in May 2026 by retrofitting Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 with the complete look, feel, and workflow of Windows 7. The modification, which...
KB5089549 Fixes Windows 11 Explorer Freeze After Sign-In
Microsoft has released KB5089549, a cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, fixing a maddening bug that caused explorer.exe to freeze or crash immediately after sign-in, leaving the...
MIT-Licensed Copilot for Eclipse Exposes Client-Side Code, Server Model Stays Secret
Microsoft made good on a longstanding pledge on May 21, 2026, publishing the complete source code for GitHub Copilot’s Eclipse plugin on GitHub under the permissive MIT license. The move transforms...
PowerShell 7.6.2 Ships .NET 10, AppContainer Sandbox, and Privacy-First Telemetry
PowerShell 7.6.2 is now available for download, marking a significant update for the cross-platform automation and configuration framework. Built on the .NET 10.0.300 runtime, this release introduces...
Microsoft: AI Adoption Stalls on Worker Confidence, Not Tools
Microsoft’s latest cloud blog post, published on May 21, 2026, turns the AI adoption conversation on its head. The tech giant argues that the biggest barrier isn’t a lack of cutting‑edge...
Senac-RS cuts password tickets 40% with Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune for Education
On May 21, 2026, Microsoft published a customer story detailing a landmark deployment in Brazil’s education sector. Senac-RS, a professional education institution in Rio Grande do Sul, migrated...
Iriso Electronics Shifts to Dynamics 365 Finance: Key ERP Modernization Lessons for Manufacturers
Iriso Electronics, a Japanese connector manufacturer with operations across 10 countries and regions, has moved its core ERP environment to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance. The company began a...
2026 Windows Service Tuning: Safe to Disable vs. Must-Keep
Every year brings a fresh wave of Windows optimization guides urging users to gut a half-dozen services for a speed boost. In 2026, that approach is riskier than ever. The operating system has grown...
Customize Windows 11’s Hidden Send To Menu for One-Click File Workflows
Microsoft’s overhaul of the right-click context menu in Windows 11 stirred plenty of controversy, but one of the most frequent complaints—that the “Send To” submenu had been removed...
Microsoft Work IQ: The AI Context Layer Powering M365 Copilot and Agents
Microsoft's Microsoft 365 Copilot didn't just emerge from a lab as a standalone feature. Under the hood sits a sophisticated, relatively unpublicized infrastructure layer called Work IQ—a shared...
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Now Supports Native Windows on Arm for Backup, Security, and Recovery
Acronis has released a native Windows on Arm agent for its Cyber Protect Cloud platform, delivering full backup, recovery, anti-malware, self-protection, remote management, and scripting capabilities...