Enterprise Rollout
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Microsoft to Automatically Install Copilot App on All Windows 365 PCs in October, EEA Excluded
Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices running the M365 desktop apps starting early October 2025, a move that thrusts the company’s AI...
Silent Copilot Push: Microsoft’s 365 AI App Auto-Installs on Windows, But You Can Block It
Microsoft plans to quietly push the Microsoft 365 Copilot app onto Windows devices starting in the fall of 2025—a move that will affect millions of business and consumer machines, but one that...
Microsoft Clears KB5063878 of SSD Failures, but Uncertainty Persists
Microsoft has officially concluded that its August 2025 security update for Windows 11 (KB5063878) is not the cause of a spate of alarming SSD failure reports, but the declaration has done little to...
Microsoft Staggers Key Windows 11 AI Features in Release Preview, Settings Agent Expands to AMD and Intel
Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 build 26100.5061 to the Release Preview channel, packed with a curated set of feature enhancements that will reach general users in the weeks ahead. The update,...
Microsoft Ships Emergency Windows 11 Update to Fix Reset Failures, Preps for Secure Boot Shift
Microsoft has released an out-of-band update for Windows 11—KB5066189—to remediate a serious regression that broke the Reset This PC recovery tool, the Windows Update-based recovery flow, and the...
Data Loss Alert: Windows 11 KB5063878 Makes NVMe Drives Disappear During Heavy Writes
Microsoft’s August 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11, KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946), has introduced a critical storage regression: under sustained heavy write loads, certain NVMe SSDs can...
Microsoft's New COPILOT Function Puts Generative AI Inside Excel Formulas
Microsoft has taken its deepest plunge yet into AI-assisted productivity by embedding a generative AI function directly into Excel’s formula engine. The new =COPILOT function, now rolling out to...
Snipping Tool 11.2507.14.0 Adds Window-Aware Recording, but Dynamic Tracking Still Missing
A new test build of the Windows 11 Snipping Tool finally lets you snap your video recording to an application window instead of forcing a freehand rectangle. Version 11.2507.14.0, currently rolling...
Microsoft Bolsters Secure Boot and Squashes Kernel Bugs in Windows 11 August 2025 Updates
Microsoft shipped its August 2025 Patch Tuesday updates for all supported Windows 11 versions on August 12, delivering critical security fixes, a preparatory Secure Boot certificate rollover, and...
Microsoft Begins Silent Rollout of 365 Companion Apps to Windows 11 Taskbars
Starting in late October 2025, Microsoft began automatically installing three new companion apps onto the Windows 11 taskbar for devices that already have Microsoft 365 Apps. Dubbed Calendar, File...
KB5063878 Brings AI Enhancements and a Stark Reminder: Secure Boot Certificates Expire June 2026
The August 2025 security update for Windows 11 version 24H2, KB5063878, is more than a routine monthly patch — it’s a vehicle for Microsoft’s increasingly loud warning that Secure Boot...
KB5065500 Delivers Image Processing AI 1.2507.797.0 to Intel Copilot+ PCs, Paving Way for Super Resolution
Microsoft has pushed KB5065500, a targeted component update that advances the Image Processing AI stack to version 1.2507.797.0 on Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2. The...