Cloud Migration
The latest Cloud Migration coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Azure Anomaly Detector Is Retiring in 2026: Here’s How to Prepare
Microsoft has confirmed that Azure Anomaly Detector will reach end of life on October 1, 2026. The service, which provides AI-driven anomaly detection for time-series data, will no longer be...
Azure Maps Forced Upgrade on Sept. 15, 2026, and the Render v1 Shutdown That Follows: A Survival Plan
Microsoft will automatically upgrade all remaining Azure Maps accounts running the Gen1 Standard S0 or Standard S1 pricing tier to Gen2 on September 15, 2026. The move preserves existing API keys,...
Microsoft Sets Azure FXT Edge Filer End-of-Life for 2026: Don’t Rush to Replace It
Microsoft will retire the Azure FXT Edge Filer on September 30, 2026, ending all support and updates for the hybrid storage appliance. For IT teams who rely on the cached NFS filer to accelerate...
Azure Migrate Classic’s Last Recovery Points Are Already a Month Old – Here’s How to Migrate Before the September 2026 Deadline
Administrators relying on Azure Migrate Classic to move physical Windows servers face a critical decision: act now on two distinct paths, or risk being locked out of the migration process by...
Your Azure Functions v3 Linux Apps Will Stop Working on Sept 30, 2026 — Here’s the Fix
Microsoft has set a hard cutoff that could break your serverless workloads without warning: any Azure Functions app still running the version 3.x runtime on a Linux Consumption hosting plan will stop...
Shoosmiths Moves Critical SAP Systems to the Cloud, Accelerates Copilot Adoption for Next Decade’s Growth
Shoosmiths, a prominent UK law firm, has embarked on a sweeping modernization of its core IT estate, migrating its SAP and other key business systems to the cloud while simultaneously pushing...
TransAct Shifts BOHA! SaaS to Azure, Boosting Enterprise Foodservice Uptime
TransAct Technologies is moving its BOHA! back-of-house platform to Microsoft Azure, a migration designed to squeeze out downtime and give enterprise kitchens a cloud-native foundation that can scale...
Inside Accenture myNav: How AI-Driven Cloud Simulations Are Reshaping Enterprise Migration and Sustainability
Accenture's myNav platform, first unveiled on November 26, 2019, has quietly become a linchpin for enterprises grappling with complex cloud decisions. More than a simple assessment tool, myNav uses...
Iowa to Cut 192 IT Jobs in 2026 AWS Migration, Risking Windows Expertise
Iowa’s Department of Management will lay off 192 information-technology employees on August 3, 2026, a move tied directly to Governor Kim Reynolds’ push to shift executive-branch systems from...
Europe's Cloud Breakup: 200+ Organizations Flee US Tech for Digital Sovereignty
The WIRED timeline published on June 8, 2026, reads like a manifesto for digital independence. It catalogs over 200 European governments, corporations, universities, and non-profits that have either...
Atlassian Rovo Doubles Revenue Growth, Poised as Next Big AI Growth Engine
Atlassian’s Rovo is emerging as a serious contender to become the company’s next major growth engine in fiscal 2026, with early data suggesting that customers adopting the AI platform are...
France Migrates Health Data Hub from Microsoft Azure to Scaleway After CNIL GDPR Warnings
France has officially decided to migrate its Health Data Hub (HDH) from Microsoft Azure to Scaleway, a French cloud provider. The move, announced by the French Ministry of Health, is driven by...