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The latest Interoperability coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft's DocumentDB Lands at Linux Foundation to Forge an Open Standard for NoSQL on PostgreSQL
Microsoft's DocumentDB, the rapidly growing open-source document database built atop PostgreSQL, has officially moved under the stewardship of the Linux Foundation. The transition, announced at Open...
GIMP 3.1.2 Lands With Overwrite Paint Mode, Full Photoshop Pattern Import, and PSB Export
GIMP 3.1.2 is the first development build on the road to GIMP 3.2, and it doesn’t waste time proving the project’s new ambitions. Released on June 23, 2025, this snapshot stacks a purpose-built...
Board’s Enterprise Planning Platform Scores Azure Certified Software Designation, Unlocking Co-Sell and Marketplace Perks
Board International has secured a Microsoft Solutions Partner designation with Certified Software for Azure, adding the company’s enterprise planning platform to a short list of financially focused...
WSL Is Now the Go-To Shell for Windows Developers – Here’s Why PowerShell Still Matters
Developer surveys repeatedly highlight a fundamental shift: a growing majority of professional developers now employ Linux-based command-line environments as their primary interface, even when...
LibreOffice: Microsoft's 'Artificially Complex' OOXML Is a Vendor Lock-In Trap
LibreOffice’s stewards have issued a blunt indictment: Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) file format isn’t just complex—it’s a deliberate cage designed to trap users inside the Microsoft...
Microsoft Copilot 3D: A Free, Fast Image-to-3D Tool That's Great for Prototyping (With Major Caveats)
Microsoft just made 3D modeling as easy as snapping a photo. On August 11, 2025, the company quietly launched Copilot 3D, a free, browser-based experiment that converts a single JPG or PNG image into...
UK Policing Goes Multi-Cloud with Azure NPCE, Early Workloads Include ANPR and Investigation Tools
The Police Digital Service (PDS) has officially launched the National Police Capabilities Environment (NPCE), a Microsoft Azure‑based cloud platform designed to host national policing IT solutions,...
UK Cloud Market Faces Regulatory Overhaul Amid Microsoft and AWS Dominance
Behind the seemingly seamless march of Britain's digital revolution, a storm brews over the control and regulation of the nation’s cloud infrastructure. At the heart of this controversy are two...
UK CMA’s Cloud Market Investigation: Implications for Microsoft, Amazon, and Digital Competition
The UK cloud market stands on the precipice of significant evolution, as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) escalates its probe into industry giants such as Microsoft and Amazon. At stake is...
UK Cloud Market Faces Transformative Regulatory Reforms Amid CMA Investigation
The UK cloud market, long dominated by a handful of hyperscalers and shaped by aggressive licensing, bundling, and integration practices, faces a transformative moment as the Competition and Markets...
Siemens and Microsoft Drive the Future of Smart, Sustainable Buildings with IoT Interoperability
The digital transformation of buildings is not just a vision of tomorrow but a rapidly advancing reality for the world's most progressive urban landscapes and corporate campuses. At the forefront of...
EU Forces Microsoft to Unbundle Teams: A New Era for Digital Collaboration and Enterprise Software Competition
The digital workplace has become the battleground for some of the 21st century’s most significant antitrust disputes, and none is more emblematic than the standoff between Microsoft and the...