Security Compliance
The latest Security Compliance coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows 10’s October 2025 Deadline Is Firm: Here Are the Only 5 Ways to Stay Secure
Windows 10 will receive its final free security patches on October 14, 2025. When that date passes, any PC still running the operating system without a paid extension or a workaround will be...
New Era’s Copilot Adoption Playbook: Turning AI Disillusionment into Measurable ROI
Microsoft 365 Copilot arrived with a premium $30 per-user-per-month price tag and promises to revolutionize knowledge work, but for many enterprises, the road from pilot to productivity has been...
Source Code Management in 2025: AI, DevSecOps, and the Growing Risk of Platform Lock-In
The decade-long dominance of Git as the backbone of software collaboration is no longer just about version control. In 2025, source code management (SCM) platforms have evolved into the central...
PwC's Agent OS: The Integration Backbone for Enterprise AI That Delivers Real ROI
Matt Hobbs, PwC’s cloud, engineering, data and AI platforms leader, has laid out a stark reality for enterprises: the gulf between a working AI proof-of-concept and durable, enterprise-scale value...
Twistly Challenges Copilot: The AI Presentation Tool War for Windows Users Heats Up
Microsoft PowerPoint has been the default presentation tool for Windows users for decades, but AI is tearing up the rulebook. In the last two years, a wave of tools has promised to automate the...
Microsoft Deploys One-Click AI Proofreading in Word Online — Rollout Details and Governance Guide
Microsoft just flipped the switch on a feature that could save document editors millions of clicks: a one-button “Fix spelling and grammar” powered by Copilot in Word for the web. Instead of...
Only 20% of Companies Use AI Daily Despite 79% Calling It Critical: How to Escape Enterprise AI Paralysis
A staggering 79% of corporate strategists now view artificial intelligence as essential to their success over the next two years, yet a mere 20% deploy it in daily operations. That chasm between...
The $7.3 Billion Question: What Windows 10 Extended Support Will Really Cost Your Business
A staggering $7.3 billion. That's the headline figure Nexthink projected as the first-year cost for enterprises stubbornly clinging to Windows 10 after its October 14, 2025 end-of-support date....
Free Microsoft Copilot for Feds: Inside the $3.1 Billion Government AI Deal and Its Hidden Costs
The U.S. General Services Administration and Microsoft have struck a deal to provide millions of federal workers with one year of free access to Microsoft 365 Copilot, a move the agency says will...
Microsoft’s Agent Factory: 5 Observability Practices Every Enterprise AI Team Must Adopt
Microsoft’s Agent Factory series has turned its focus to a make-or-break element of enterprise AI: observability. In the third installment, published this month, the company argues that without...
Parallels Desktop 26 adds macOS Tahoe support and enterprise policy controls.
Parallels Desktop 26 lands just as Apple pivots to a year-based naming scheme for macOS and Microsoft pushes Windows 11 version 25H2 toward general availability—bringing explicit macOS Tahoe...
Windows 10 Support Ends October 14: How to Secure Your Upgrade and See Through the AI Marketing Blitz
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will extinguish security support for Windows 10, an operating system still powering an estimated hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide. After that date, no more...