Regulatory Compliance
The latest Regulatory Compliance coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Google Weaves Gemini into Workspace, Squeezing Microsoft’s $30 Copilot Model
Google has eliminated the separate $20 per-user monthly fee for its Gemini Business plan, folding the AI features into standard Workspace subscriptions while raising base prices by roughly $2 per...
Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 23H2 End Date, Kills Windows 11 SE by 2026
Windows 11 Home and Pro users have until November 11, 2025, to upgrade from version 23H2 before Microsoft permanently cuts off security updates. Meanwhile, the company is quietly retiring Windows 11...
Sure’s Azure Stack Hub in Channel Islands: Real Capacity, Licensing, and Data Sovereignty Demystified
Channel Island enterprises now have a managed Azure Stack Hub service hosted locally by Sure, a move that promises data residency, Azure-consistent tooling, and on-island support. This hybrid cloud...
Microsoft for Startups Helps Bria Bring Legally Safe AI Image Generation to Azure Developers
Bria, the visual generative AI startup that trains exclusively on licensed data, has plugged its platform into Microsoft Azure’s ecosystem via the Microsoft for Startups program. The move gives...
Phantom Firewall Error 2042 in Windows 11 Exposes Microsoft’s Communication Breakdown
Microsoft’s handling of a spurious firewall error in Windows 11 24H2 escalated from a minor logging glitch into a full-blown trust crisis this summer, when the company prematurely declared the...
Smarsh’s 17-Year Inc 5000 Streak Highlights AI-Powered Copilot Compliance for Regulated Windows Shops
Smarsh, the Portland-based digital communications compliance specialist, has secured its 17th consecutive year on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies—a rare...
CVE-2025-53765: Microsoft Warns of Azure Stack Hub Data Leak Through Authorized Local Access
Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published an advisory for CVE-2025-53765, an information disclosure vulnerability in Azure Stack Hub that permits an attacker with local authorization to...
Excel's AI Copilot Now Explains Complex Formulas Right in the Grid
Microsoft has quietly begun rolling out a transformative Copilot feature that places plain-language formula explanations directly inside the Excel worksheet. Dubbed "Explain this formula," the new...
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...
Microsoft Strips PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2025 — Here’s What Breaks
Starting in August 2025, Microsoft will begin stripping the aging PowerShell 2.0 engine from fresh installations of Windows 11 version 24H2, with Windows Server 2025 following in September. The move,...
Microsoft to Strip PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2025 Starting August
Microsoft will yank PowerShell 2.0 out of Windows 11, version 24H2, and Windows Server 2025 beginning this August, ending a 16-year run for the legacy scripting engine that has become a persistent...
NTT DATA’s Global Microsoft Cloud Unit Targets Production AI as Microsoft Builds ‘Tenant Copilot’ and ‘Agent Factory’
NTT DATA’s creation of a dedicated global Microsoft Cloud business unit on August 7, 2025, signals a pivotal moment in the race to move enterprise AI from proof-of-concept to production-grade,...