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 | 115
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
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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 | 13
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 | 68
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 | 119
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 | 81
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 | 37
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 | 21
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
Microsoft expects further concessions for Teams amid EC antitrust probe Despite unbundling video and chat app from Office, Redmond 'committed to find a resolution to regulators' concerns' Applications05 Jun 2024 | 8
Microsoft accused of tracking kids with education software Updated Privacy group seeks clarification of whether EU data protection law has been breached Security04 Jun 2024 | 45
Microsoft unbundling Teams is to appease regulators, not give customers a better deal Think before you pull the trigger, warn analysts SaaS04 Apr 2024 | 54
Microsoft thinks bundles are great and customers love them Rivals and regulators might disagree, so might users that are paying for software they don't need Applications04 Apr 2024 | 25
Microsoft promises Copilot will be a 'moneymaker' in the long term Exec tells investors to 'temper' expectations as mission to convince customers of price tag continues AI + ML18 Mar 2024 | 57
Developers beware, Microsoft's domain shakeup is coming soon If you don't pay attention, your lovely little Teams app will stop working Applications14 Mar 2024 | 37
European Commission broke its own data privacy law with Microsoft 365 use Euro folk have until December to put house in order Public Sector11 Mar 2024 | 29
Microsoft Publisher books its retirement party for 2026 Updated Venerable desktop publisher not going to get a Copilot any time soon Applications20 Feb 2024 | 57
NHS in Wales bets big on Microsoft with deal worth nearly half a billion Forget historic cloud downtime, latest contract with reseller to offer 'agile and flexible' approach SaaS13 Feb 2024 | 28
Leaked memo: Microsoft employees should be using Copilot too It's all part of a push to get more devs using AI tools AI + ML08 Feb 2024 | 29
Microsoft seeks Rust developers to rewrite core C# code Embrace, extend, and ... port? Software31 Jan 2024 | 92
Snow day in corporate world thanks to another frustrating Microsoft Teams outage Network rollback fails to resolve issue in Americas as Redmond scrambles to optimize its way out of the problem SaaS27 Jan 2024 | 35
Microsoft hits $3 trillion as investors drink AI Kool-Aid That's not to say Redmond hasn't had significant Windows of misfortune AI + ML25 Jan 2024 | 12
Lukewarm reception for Microsoft's Copilot Pro amid performance, cost grumbles Updated Pricey AI assistant met with enthusiasm and indifference AI + ML23 Jan 2024 | 40
University chops students' Microsoft 365 storage to 20GB Updated Sacrificing its academic backups for the sake of the environment Storage19 Jan 2024 | 77
Microsoft 365's add-on avalanche is putting the squeeze on customers Like buying a car where the seats are an optional extra SaaS18 Jan 2024 | 45
Microsoft prices new Copilots for individuals and small biz vastly higher than M365 alone Intros ‘Pro’ AI for creators, ditches 300-seat requirement for business use AI + ML15 Jan 2024 | 46
Data loss prevention isn't rocket science, but NASA hasn't made it work in Microsoft 365 Privacy review finds breach response plan is a mess, training could be better, but protection regime mostly holds up Public Sector21 Dec 2023 | 13
Microsoft Forms feature request still not sorted after SEVEN years Request for time input field was added to project backlog – where it remains Software13 Dec 2023 | 41
Microsoft to intro dedicated mode for Cloud PCs Latest Insider Build brings new features for Windows 365 Boot OSes08 Dec 2023 | 28
AWS accuses Microsoft of clipping customers' cloud freedoms World's biggest off-prem service slinger submits comments to UK cloud inquiry, mostly has Redmond HQ's rival in its sights PaaS + IaaS07 Dec 2023 | 8
Microsoft's Swiss army knife app hopes to cut through cloud clutter Ignite A 'win' for Windows or just another pane in the glass? SaaS16 Nov 2023 | 6