Articles from May 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in May 2026
Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery: Microsoft to Auto-Rollback Bad Windows 11 Updates
A faulty driver update can turn a productive workstation into a paperweight. From spontaneous reboots to corrupted graphics, driver issues are among the top contributors to Windows reliability...
Xbox Goes All-Caps: Inside Microsoft's Bold XBOX Rebrand Under Asha Sharma
Microsoft’s flagship gaming brand has undergone a subtle but striking transformation. In mid-May 2026, the Xbox organization began styling its name as “XBOX” across official channels,...
How to Master Windows 11 Start Menu Customization: Pins, Recommendations, Folders, and Privacy
Windows 11's Start menu is no longer the static launcher of yesteryear. With the latest updates, users can now tailor it to their workflow through a handful of settings nestled in the Personalization...
Italian Retailer Multicedi Cuts ETL from 6 Hours to 2 with Microsoft Fabric
Italian retail operator Multicedi has dramatically accelerated its data processing by migrating to Microsoft Fabric, slashing ETL pipeline runtimes from six hours to just two hours. The...
Unlock 20 Hidden Windows 11 Features for Speed, Safety & Ease
Your Windows 11 PC packs dozens of productivity boosters, security shields, and clever shortcuts you probably never touch. Most users barely scratch the surface of what the operating system can do....
Typed Power Fx & MCP Copilot Redefine Low-Code Apps in May 2026 Update
Microsoft released its May 2026 Power Platform wave on May 14, delivering a series of long-awaited upgrades that reshape how business users and pro developers build intelligent applications. The...
Windows 11 Still Ships with the 1995 Phone Dialer—And It Actually Runs
Windows 11, the operating system powering AI-enhanced Copilot+ PCs and DirectStorage gaming rigs, quietly includes an application born before Google existed. The Phone Dialer—formally...
Microsoft's Cloud Managed Mailbox Writeback Preview Marks the End of the Last Exchange Server Era
Microsoft has pushed Exchange Cloud Managed Mailbox Writeback into public preview as of May 2026, giving hybrid organizations a clear path to permanently shut down their last on-premises Exchange...
CVE-2026-42897: Critical Exchange OWA XSS Vulnerability Added to CISA KEV Catalog — Patch Now
CISA has escalated the urgency around a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server’s Outlook Web Access (OWA) by adding CVE-2026-42897 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)...
Microsoft Orders 12,000 Devs Off Claude Code, Onto Copilot CLI by 2026
Microsoft is pulling the plug on most internal licenses for Anthropic’s Claude Code agent within its Experiences and Devices division, setting a hard deadline of June 30, 2026. The move pushes...
NTT DATA Buys WinWire to Boost Azure AI, Fabric, and Agentic AI
NTT DATA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WinWire Technologies, a Santa Clara-based Microsoft solutions partner with extensive delivery centers in India. The deal, announced on March 4,...
Windows 11 KB5089549 Update Fails or Slows Internet: Fix Now
Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday release for Windows 11 is causing headaches for a subset of users who find the update either refuses to install or, paradoxically, slows their internet connection to...