Migration
The latest Migration coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
PowerShell 2.0 Removal from Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2025 Begins August 2025
PowerShell 2.0 is finally vanishing from Windows. Microsoft confirmed the legacy runtime will be stripped from Windows 11 version 24H2 starting August 2025, with Windows Server 2025 following in...
PowerShell 2.0 Removal Targets Windows 11 24H2 in August, Server 2025 in September
Microsoft has pulled the trigger on a long-awaited security cleanup: Windows PowerShell 2.0 will be stripped from Windows 11 version 24H2 starting in August 2025, and from Windows Server 2025 in...
Microsoft Sets August–September 2025 Deadline for PowerShell 2.0 Removal from Windows 11 and Server 2025
Microsoft will strip the long-deprecated PowerShell 2.0 engine from Windows 11 version 24H2 in August 2025, and from Windows Server 2025 the following month, closing a chapter that began with the...
Microsoft Lens Retires Dec 15: Copilot Scanner Misses OneNote, Immersive Reader
Microsoft Lens will stop accepting new scans on December 15, 2025, and the mobile scanning app that tens of millions of users have relied on for nearly a decade will vanish from app stores a month...
Microsoft Lens Retires This Year: How to Move Scanning to Copilot Without Losing Key Features
Microsoft is officially retiring its long-standing Microsoft Lens mobile scanning app, folding its key capture features into the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in a phased shutdown that begins September...
Microsoft Moves Additional Clocks and Keyboard Settings to Windows 11 Settings in New Dev Build
Microsoft has quietly migrated another set of legacy Control Panel features into the modern Settings app with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5742, released to the Dev Channel on March 6,...
Microsoft's Edge Lifeline for Windows 10 Until 2028 Buys Time, Not Security
Microsoft has drawn a bright line between its browser and its operating system. In a quiet update to its lifecycle policy, the company confirmed that Microsoft Edge and the WebView2 runtime will...
California Man Sues Microsoft to Halt Windows 10 Support Cut, Alleging AI Monopoly Strategy
With barely two months remaining until Microsoft ends security patches for Windows 10, a Southern California man has filed a lawsuit demanding the company continue free support indefinitely—and...
Microsoft Confirms Free Edge and WebView2 Updates for Windows 10 Through 2028, No ESU Required
Microsoft has officially decoupled the servicing lifecycle of its Edge browser and WebView2 runtime from the Windows 10 operating system, confirming that both will receive free updates—including...
Microsoft Lens App Retires December 2025: Copilot Scanner Lacks Key Features, Forcing Urgent Migration
Microsoft has drawn a hard line under its decade-old Microsoft Lens scanning app, setting a definitive retirement timeline that will disable new scans by December 15, 2025. The replacement—the...
Windows 10 ESU: $30 Now Protects 10 Devices, but Microsoft Account Is Mandatory
Microsoft has significantly sweetened the deal for consumers clinging to Windows 10 past its October 14, 2025 end-of-support date—but there’s a new string attached. The company now confirms that...
Microsoft Quietly Retires Windows 11 SE: October 2026 Support Deadline Alarms Schools
Microsoft has quietly set a hard expiration date for its education-focused Windows 11 SE, confirming that the slimmed-down operating system will no longer receive feature updates or security patches...