Migration Checklist
The latest Migration Checklist coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Chrome OS Flex and Linux offer secure Windows 10 migration paths by October 2025
With Windows 10 reaching end of support in October 2025, millions of devices that can't upgrade to Windows 11 face an uncertain future. According to Microsoft's official lifecycle documentation,...
Apple Eyes Windows 10 SMB Exodus with Mac Pitch Ahead of October 2025 Deadline
With Windows 10 scheduled to reach official end of support on October 14, 2025, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face a critical decision about their technology future. Apple's recent...
Microsoft's .NET 10 RC Arrives: LTS, 65% Faster Compression, and No-Code Performance Gains
Microsoft’s .NET 10 has reached its first release candidate with a go‑live license, giving enterprises the green light to deploy the upcoming Long‑Term Support (LTS) release in production while...
Windows 10’s KB5065429 Update Opens the Consumer ESU Enrollment Door as End of Support Nears
Microsoft has pushed out KB5065429, the September 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2, and it arrives as more than just a standard security rollup — it’s the key that unlocks the consumer...
Typepad Shuts Down Forever on September 30: The Urgent Guide to Migrating Your Blog Before It's Too Late
Typepad, the hosted blogging platform that gave millions of writers a voice starting in 2003, will permanently delete all blogs, accounts, and associated data on September 30, 2025. The company’s...
Microsoft Releases Agentless VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration Tool in Windows Admin Center Preview
Microsoft has shipped a public preview of a native VM Conversion extension for Windows Admin Center, taking aim at one of the most stubborn challenges in datacenter operations: moving virtual...
Microsoft Caps onmicrosoft.com Emails at 100 External Recipients Per Day — Enforcement Starts October 15
Microsoft will begin throttling emails sent from the default onmicrosoft.com domain to just 100 external recipients per day, starting with trial tenants on October 15, 2025. The limit is a hard cap...
Microsoft to Slash onmicrosoft.com Outbound Email to 100 External Recipients per Day — Staged Rollout Begins October 2025
Microsoft will soon enforce a hard limit on external email sent from the shared onmicrosoft.com namespace, capping it at just 100 external recipients per tenant per day. The policy, dubbed MOERA...
Windows 10 End of Life: Upgrade, ESU, or Switch? A Complete Migration Guide
Microsoft will pull the plug on Windows 10 security updates on October 14, 2025, leaving millions of PCs exposed unless users choose a clear path forward. The decade-old operating system still powers...
Windows 10’s Day of Reckoning Is October 14 — The Upgrade, Pay, or Risk Guide
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will cease providing free security updates for Windows 10, ending more than a decade of support for one of the world’s most widely used operating systems. After that...
Windows 10 Security Updates End October 14, 2025: Your Practical Path Forward
Microsoft’s support clock for Windows 10 will run out on October 14, 2025. After that date, the operating system that still powers hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide will no longer receive free...
Windows 11 24H2 to Drop PowerShell 2.0 in August 2025, Shutting a Key Attack Vector
Microsoft will excise the 16-year-old Windows PowerShell 2.0 engine from shipping Windows 11 and Windows Server images beginning with the August 2025 release of Windows 11, version 24H2, and the...