Microsoft 365

Excel is three sheets to the window on iOS as update borks everything

iPhone and iPad users vexed by denial of spreadsheets

Applications23 Oct 2025 | 17

Microsoft puts Office Online Server on the chopping block

The end is nigh, now get thee to 365

SaaS22 Oct 2025 | 37

Lloyds Banking Group claims Microsoft Copilot saves staff 46 minutes a day

That's 46 minutes in which more work can be done, not an extended lunch

AI + ML20 Oct 2025 | 129

Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students via 365 Education, says data watchdog

Redmond argued schools, education authorities are responsible for GDPR

SaaS13 Oct 2025 | 25

Microsoft 364 trips over its own network settings in North America

Outage blamed on misconfigured infrastructure as users report hour-long disruption

PaaS + IaaS10 Oct 2025 | 19

Microsoft declares bring your Copilot to work day, usurping IT authority

Use your home subscription with your work Microsoft 365 account

AI + ML01 Oct 2025 | 76

To digital natives, Microsoft's IT stack makes Google's look like a model of sanity

Comment A millennial does battle with Redmond's enterprise tools and comes away reeling 

SaaS29 Sep 2025 | 76

Return on investment for Copilot? Microsoft has work to do

Jared Spataro, boss of modern work and biz apps division, says 'hard to make the ROI argument for it'

AI + ML17 Sep 2025 | 42

UK Cabinet Office hands stalled Microsoft migration to another department

Updated Project to get off Google remains a red risk, according to government assessment

SaaS17 Sep 2025 | 18

Microsoft folds Sales, Service, Finance Copilots into 365

$50 standalone bots now bundled in $30 package

AI + ML11 Sep 2025 | 11

UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost

AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

Public Sector04 Sep 2025 | 116

Microsoft rewarded for security failures with another US government contract

Free Copilot for any agency who actually wants it

Public Sector02 Sep 2025 | 18

Word to autosave new docs to the cloud before you can even hit Ctrl+S

Feature rolls out to Microsoft 365 Insiders, stashing unnamed files in OneDrive by default

Applications27 Aug 2025 | 47

Microsoft puts the squeeze on onmicrosoft.com freeloaders

Windows giant takes aim at spammers exploiting new 365 tenants

Applications22 Aug 2025 | 24

Microsoft kills volume rebates in name of 'transparency'

Online Services price changes start November 1, aligning with Microsoft.com rates and eliminating programmatic discounts

SaaS15 Aug 2025 | 17

Microsoft walks us through Copilot Search with a domain it doesn't even own

Mock-ups feature m365.com, which could be yours for a few bucks

Networks25 Jul 2025 | 24

EU cloud gang wins Microsoft concessions, but fair software licensing group brands them 'stalling tactic'

Updated Pay-as-you-go model, privacy protections agreed – but critics say it just buys 'Microsoft more time to lock in customers'

PaaS + IaaS18 Jul 2025 |

What if Microsoft just turned you off? Security pro counts the cost of dependency

Comment Czech researcher lays out a business case for reducing reliance on Redmond

Security26 Jun 2025 | 117

Microsoft 365 brings the shutters down on legacy protocols

FrontPage Remote Procedure Call and others set to be blocked in the name of 'Secure by Default'

Applications19 Jun 2025 | 30

Microsoft brings 365 suite on-prem as part of sovereign cloud push

Mostly aimed at Europe and its increasingly nervous users

Software17 Jun 2025 | 41

What will UK government workers do with an extra 26 minutes a day?

That's how much on average they saved with Microsoft Copilot AI, according to a GDS study

AI + ML03 Jun 2025 | 76

M365 apps on Windows 10 to get security fixes into 2028

Support for the underlying OS is another story

Applications12 May 2025 | 10

20% discount offer on Windows 365 expires around same time as Windows 10 support

Can't run Windows 11? Microsoft suggests renting it instead

SaaS02 May 2025 | 44

Booby-trapped Alpine Quest Android app geolocates Russian soldiers

Back of the nyet!

Research24 Apr 2025 | 37

Microsoft 365 Copilot gets a new crew, including Researcher and Analyst bots

You. Will. Love. The. LLM.

AI Software Development Week23 Apr 2025 | 5

ActiveX blocked by default in Microsoft 365 because remote code execution is bad, OK?

Stopping users shooting themselves in the foot with last century's tech

Software15 Apr 2025 | 12

Microsoft OneDrive file sync apps for Windows, Mac broken for 10 months

Updated Users, unsurprisingly, are not pleased and feel forgotten amid Redmond's Copilot frenzy

OSes14 Apr 2025 | 67

M365 Family users wake up to notice 'Your subscription expired'

Final update License to freak out? El Reg reader recommends reverting to pen, paper, pub

SaaS10 Apr 2025 | 87

Windows intros 365 Link, a black box that does nothing but connect to Microsoft's cloud

And it can be yours for a rather steep $349

OSes03 Apr 2025 | 126

Today's jobs Microsoft thinks could use an AI assist: Researchers and analysts

If coworkers cranking out biz strategies and fussing over balance sheets seem robotic, you ain't seen nothing yet

AI + ML27 Mar 2025 | 18

Microsoft ducks politico questions on Copilot bundling and lack of consent

Consumer price hikes come amid interrogation of why customers have to opt out of added AI features

Applications21 Mar 2025 | 43

Microsoft tells abandoned Publisher fans to just use Word and hope for the best

PDFs and Powerpoint also lie in wait as 2026 looms

Applications07 Mar 2025 | 120

Microsoft teases sales agent automation for M365 and Dynamics 365

Redmond says you could ask one for a 'list of deals ... at risk of falling through'

AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 3

Microsoft Exchange Admin Center takes extended siesta in the EU

Updated Wasn't the cloud supposed to be the cheap, reliable option?

SaaS04 Mar 2025 | 7

Microsoft blames Outlook's wobbly weekend on 'problematic code change'

And Monday's not looking that steady, either

SaaS03 Mar 2025 | 27

Microsoft 365 price rises are coming – pay up or opt out (if you can find the button)

It's not auto-enrollment. It's just your current plan with extra Copilot for more money. Completely different

AI + ML07 Feb 2025 | 91

You begged Microsoft to be reasonable. Instead it made Copilot reason-able with OpenAI GPT-o1

'Magical free' upgrade coincidentally follows M365 price hike

SaaS31 Jan 2025 | 25

Copilot invades Microsoft 365 Personal and Family for an extra three bucks a month

Updated For those of you tearing your hair out, we have a way to disable AI assistant in Word

AI + ML17 Jan 2025 | 80

Azure, Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks out users across regions

It's fixed, mostly, after Europeans had a manic Monday

Security13 Jan 2025 | 10

Microsoft tests 45% M365 price hikes in Asia-Pacific to see how much you enjoy AI

Won’t say if other nations will be hit, but will ‘listen, learn, and improve’ as buyers react – so far with anger

SaaS13 Jan 2025 | 128

Microsoft investigating 365 Office activation gremlin

Says it's not sure what the issue is but points at admins tweaking licensing options

Applications20 Dec 2024 | 24

Windows 11 24H2 strikes again – Outlook might not start with Google Workspace Sync running

Meanwhile, 365 Enterprise users have a date for new Outlook rollout

OSes09 Dec 2024 | 26

Microsoft hits back at claims it slurps your Word, Excel files to train AI models

Updated Confusion over Connected Experiences settings in 365 apps spark concerns

AI + ML27 Nov 2024 | 42

Microsoft 365 Copilot trips over angle brackets, frustrating coders

updated Chatbot seems to choke when fed tricky less-than character

AI + ML19 Nov 2024 | 22

Microsoft 365 Copilot goes monthly for a 5% premium and annual commitment

Other subscriptions also set for updates in the name of 'cash flow flexibility'

Software14 Nov 2024 | 26

Copilot's crudeness has left Microsoft chasing Google, again

Opinion Surely Redmond knows that almost nobody has tamed unstructured data?

AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 27

Python in Excel goes live – but only for certain Windows users

Mac and Android loyals: you can look, but no calculation for now

Applications18 Sep 2024 | 23

Microsoft's Copilot 'Wave 2' is a tsunami of unanswered questions

updated What the next few months hold for the productivity chatbot

AI + ML16 Sep 2024 | 36

Major ISP bungles settings, causing Microsoft 365, Azure outage

updated AT&T confirms 'brief disruption,' no indication of foul play

Networks12 Sep 2024 | 9

Microsoft exec warns of business functions being sacrificed on the altar of AI

Too many IT modernization projects? Not enough budget? Something will have to give

AI + ML09 Sep 2024 | 24

Copilot for Microsoft 365 might boost productivity if you survive the compliance minefield

Loads of governance issues to worry about, and the chance it might spout utter garbage

AI + ML04 Sep 2024 | 25

Microsoft mistake blows up admins' inboxes with fake malware alerts

Updated Legitimate emails misclassified in software snafu

Security26 Aug 2024 | 11

Choose Your Own Adventure with Microsoft 365

You awake to find yourself in a dark room... with an empty wallet

SaaS22 Aug 2024 | 39

Multiple flaws in Microsoft macOS apps unpatched despite potential risks

Windows giant tells Cisco Talos it isn't fixing them

Research19 Aug 2024 | 20

Microsoft 365 remains 'degraded' as Azure outage resolved

Updated Central US region is back in business but Office apps still in trouble

Off-Prem19 Jul 2024 | 66

Microsoft 365's Chinese host uses just four percent renewable energy: Greenpeace

Red clouds are in no rush to go green

On-Prem12 Jul 2024 | 6