Automation
The latest Automation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Save Hours and Headaches: The Three Secret PowerToys Features Every Pro Should Use
PowerToys boasts two dozen utilities for window management, file renaming, and mouse tricks, but its most overlooked features—backup, diagnostic logs, and a plugin system—are the ones that save...
tiny11builder Gains 25H2 Support, Now Purges Copilot and Outlook from Windows 11 ISOs
A freshly updated PowerShell script gives Windows power users a sharper scalpel for stripping unwanted components from Windows 11. The open-source tiny11builder project now supports version 25H2...
Mandatory MFA Hits Azure CLI and IaC Tools This Autumn: Brace for Impact
Microsoft is set to roll out Phase 2 of its mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) enforcement for Azure this autumn, and this time the net is cast far wider than the portal. Starting...
MSPs Gain New Tools as Vendors Unleash Unified Partner Hubs, PAYG Billing, and AI Security
{ "title": "MSPs Gain New Tools as Vendors Unleash Unified Partner Hubs, PAYG Billing, and AI Security", "content": "Four major technology vendors this week retooled their partner engagement...
CSOP Reports 99% Faster Trade Processing with Azure AI—But Experts Warn of Governance Gaps
A Hong Kong-based ETF specialist claims to have slashed daily reporting from 10 minutes to 30 seconds and cut trade confirmation processing by 99% using Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and GitHub Copilot....
Mandatory MFA Comes to Azure CLI, PowerShell, and IaC Tools—What You Need to Know Before October
Starting in October, Microsoft will begin enforcing multifactor authentication for all write operations performed through the Azure Resource Manager control plane—including Azure CLI, PowerShell,...
Parallo Alumni Launch Spotto.ai, an AI-Powered Azure Cost Killer for MSPs
Shaun Webber, Symon Thurlow, and Jay Strydom—three former engineers from Azure specialist MSP Parallo—have quietly launched Spotto.ai, an AI-native platform designed to help managed service...
Microsoft's New Quota Blade Kills Azure App Service 'Quota of 0' Errors with Self-Service
Azure engineers who have grown accustomed to deployment failures with the cryptic "quota of 0 instances for your subscription" error now have a new weapon: a self-service quota management blade that...
Windows 11 25H2 Enablement Package Lands, But ISO Files Are Delayed by Microsoft
Microsoft released Windows 11, version 25H2 to the Release Preview channel on August 29, 2025, confirming a new enablement-package delivery model—and then quietly revised its own blog post on...
How Microsoft Moved 98% of Its IT to Azure — And What It Learned
Microsoft has completed one of the most audacious cloud migrations in corporate history: moving 98% of its internal IT infrastructure—serving more than 200,000 employees and 750,000 managed...
WinGet Automation Hacks: System State, Pinning, and Scheduled Upgrades Redefine Windows 11 Management
Microsoft's WinGet has quietly evolved from a simple command-line package installer into a full-fledged automation engine that can provision new machines, enforce patching policies, and lock down...
Microsoft Plans Copilot Price Cut: Bundling Role-Based AI at $30 Per User
Microsoft is poised to overhaul how it charges businesses for Copilot, scrapping the $20 per-user monthly add-on for role-based AI assistants and folding them directly into its core Microsoft 365...