On Premises
The latest On Premises coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Azure Local & Foundry Local Bring Sovereign Cloud On-Premises
Microsoft has officially moved beyond preview with its ambitious initiative to bring cloud capabilities inside enterprise data centers, launching Azure Local, Microsoft 365 Local (featuring a...
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud Now Supports Fully Disconnected AI & Productivity Workloads
Microsoft has announced a significant expansion of its Sovereign Cloud capabilities, now supporting fully disconnected artificial intelligence and core productivity workloads. This development...
Microsoft On-Premises Services in a Cloud-First World: Licensing, Hybrid Strategies & Future Outlook
Microsoft's cloud-first strategy has dominated the technology landscape for over a decade, with Azure revenue growing consistently and cloud services becoming the default recommendation for new...
Linux Self-Hosting vs Windows Server: Privacy, Cost & Control Compared
The pendulum that moved much personal and enterprise IT into public clouds is swinging back — not because clouds have failed, but because free, self-hosted Linux server platforms are finally mature...
Microsoft Office Online Server Ends 2026: Start Your Microsoft 365 Migration Now
Microsoft has officially confirmed that Office Online Server (OOS), the on-premises solution that enabled in-browser document editing for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote within customer...
Office Online Server Retirement: Complete Migration Guide to Microsoft 365
Microsoft has officially announced the retirement of Office Online Server (OOS), the on-premises solution that enabled browser-based access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote within enterprise...
Office Online Server Retires Dec 31, 2026: Start Your M365 Migration Now
Microsoft has officially confirmed that Office Online Server (OOS) will reach end of support on December 31, 2026, marking the final chapter for Microsoft's supported on-premises browser-based Office...
Patch now: Active exploits chain SharePoint RCE and auth bypass flaws (CVE-2023-29357, CVE-2023-24955).
Microsoft's SharePoint on-premises ecosystem is facing an unprecedented security crisis that demands immediate attention from IT administrators worldwide. A cluster of critical remote code execution...
What RiverMeadow’s Azure Local Support Means for Your VMware Migration Plans
RiverMeadow this week expanded its Workload Mobility Platform to support Microsoft Azure Local, giving enterprises a new automated pathway off VMware and onto Microsoft’s Azure-managed on-premises...
Office 2016/2019 Support Ends October 14 with No ESU — Here’s What IT Teams Must Do Now
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will pull the plug on all support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 — and unlike some other aging products, these productivity suites will receive no Extended Security...
48-Hour Exchange Hybrid Free/Busy Blackout Hits Unprepared Tenants September 16
At 07:00 UTC on September 16, 2025, Microsoft will flip a switch that breaks free/busy lookups, MailTips, and profile picture sharing between on-premises Exchange and Exchange Online for any hybrid...
Unauthenticated RCE Exploits Hit On-Prem SharePoint — Patch, Rotate Keys, and Hunt Now
Microsoft’s on-premises SharePoint servers are under active attack from a chain of vulnerabilities that grant unauthenticated attackers remote code execution (RCE). The exploit combines an...