Articles from 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2026
Microsoft Azure Local & Foundry Local Bring Sovereign Cloud On-Premises
Microsoft has officially moved beyond preview with its ambitious initiative to bring cloud capabilities inside enterprise data centers, launching Azure Local, Microsoft 365 Local (featuring a...
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud Now Supports Fully Disconnected AI & Productivity Workloads
Microsoft has announced a significant expansion of its Sovereign Cloud capabilities, now supporting fully disconnected artificial intelligence and core productivity workloads. This development...
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Gains Live Response Library, Effective Settings & 30-Day Vulnerability Management
Microsoft has quietly reinforced Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with a set of practical, operations-first updates this month—a tenant-scoped live-response library that finally lets SOC teams...
Windows 11's AI Evolution: How Copilot Agents Are Redefining the Operating System
When Windows 11 launched in 2021, it promised a cleaner interface, better hardware integration, and a modernized user experience. But over the past two years, Microsoft's true ambition has become...
PowerToys 0.93 slashes Command Palette launch times by 40% with AOT and lazy loading
Microsoft's PowerToys utility suite has received a significant performance overhaul in version 0.93, with the Command Palette module undergoing what developers describe as a "speed-first makeover"...
Windows 11's New Speed Test: Browser-Based Tool Raises Privacy & Performance Questions
Microsoft is introducing a one-click Internet speed test directly within Windows 11's network menu, a feature that promises convenience but arrives with significant caveats. According to the original...
Microsoft's Agentic SOC: How Defender XDR and Experts Suite Unite Against Modern Threats
Microsoft is fundamentally reshaping enterprise security operations with its emerging \"Agentic SOC\" concept, which represents a strategic fusion of autonomous defense systems and expert-led human...
Windows Security Beyond Defender: Open Source Tools for Enhanced Protection
Windows ships with a surprisingly capable security baseline—Microsoft Defender and SmartScreen together stop a huge volume of commodity threats—but for anyone who treats a fresh Windows install...
MacType 2025 Review: Can Variable Fonts and Signed Installers Fix Windows Text?
If you've ever switched from a Mac back to a Windows PC and felt the text looked a little harsh, heavy, or \"pixel-snapped,\" you're not imagining things — and that nagging difference is exactly...
Windows Server 2025 Security Baseline v2506: Microsoft's New Hardening Cadence Explained
Microsoft has quietly but significantly shifted its approach to delivering server hardening guidance, marking a departure from traditional annual or semi-annual security baseline releases. On June...
Asha Sharma's First Week as Xbox Gaming CEO: Authenticity, AI Guardrails, and Community Connection
Asha Sharma's inaugural week as the new CEO of Xbox Gaming has unfolded not in boardrooms with strategy memos, but in the vibrant, often unpredictable arena of social media. Her public debut has been...
VS Code Copilot Agent Gains C++ Symbol Understanding & CMake Awareness
Microsoft has significantly enhanced GitHub Copilot's capabilities within Visual Studio Code, introducing deep C++ symbol understanding and CMake-aware build system integration to the Copilot agent....