Windows 11 is now available globally
Here’s what #Windows11 brings to the table for Business and Consumer for productivity and security in todays hybrid world…..
How Microsoft is making Windows 11 run faster than Windows 10 on the same hardware.
Windows 11 will be the first version of Windows developed under the leadership of Panos Panay. In final stages of development, tweaks and bug squashes before the official release in October, Microsoft is introducing Windows 11 as the first version of Windows developed for a hybrid work world. Windows 11 will ship with a major …
Windows 11 release date announced …
Microsoft announced today that Windows 11, will be officially released on October 5, 2021 and will start rolling out to “eligible” Windows 10 devices on that date onwards. Windows 11 will also come pre-installed on many new devices from Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, Samsung etc. Windows 11 is already available for WindowInsiders and the “beta …
Microsoft launches Windows 11 Innovation Portal
This week (end of July 21), Microsoft made Windows 11 available to #WindowsInsiders in the BETA channel (it’s been available for a month now in the DEV channel). To help Insiders (and the general consumer and corporate) understand exactly what did and is going into the development of Windows 11, Microsoft have put together a …
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What’s Windows 11 really about then?
Windows 11 is new – in this blog I look into some of the reasons why we have a Windows 11 and not simply another update to Windows 10! In summary, I think Windows 11 is about three main things which I will discuss below… Taking advantage of the huge surge in demand in hardware. …
Windows 11. A fuss about nothing? Not at all!
So last week, Microsoft officially unveiled the “Next generation on Windows” with #Windows11 and 4 days later the first #WindowsInsider build (yes its rough around the edges still) made its way to insiders. I’ve only been using it a day but I can tell you… “It’s NOT a fuss about nothing. It’s a big and …
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Is Windows 11 about to be unveiled?
Well… we will find out very soon as on 24th June, Microsoft are hosting a dedicated event to talk about the future of Windows. This will be led by CEO Satya Nadella and Chief Product Officer Panos Panay. Over the past few months there’s been increasing new stories and rumours about the upcoming future and …
Pavan Davuluri now in charge of Windows and Surface.
Following Panos Panay’s competitor move to Amazon last year, Microsoft split up the Windows and Surface management structure with Pavan Davuluri looking after the Surface division and Mikhail Parakhin leading a new team that looked after Windows and web experiences. As of this week, these divisions have again been consolidated, like they were under Panos, …
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Are Microsoft Changing Copilot in Windows?
This week, Microsoft shipped Windows Insider preview build 26080 (in both the Canary and Dev channels), which has introduced a way for users to release the Copilot Window from being attached to the right-hand side of the screen where it has lived since birth! Previously, the Copilot widget opened on the right of the screen, …
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Microsoft is saying good-bye to Android Apps on Windows
just three years after announcing they were bringing Android apps to Windows 11 (via the Amazon App Store), they have now u-turned and said they will be ending support for their Windows Subsystem for Windows from March 2025. In a support article on Microsoft Learn, they said “Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem …
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New Windows Insider Build brings AI features to non NPU PCs
The Windows Insider team have released Windows 11 Build 26040 to Insiders in the Canary Channel, which is the first new build for this channel in 2024. This build is full with improvements and fixes, but the main call out feature of this build is the addition of support for Voice Clarity on PCs that …
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Windows 10 Security Updates to be chargeable from 2025
Just like with Windows 7, Microsoft are introducing a new “Extended Support Updates” (ESU) program for Windows 10 which will be available after the end of support date in October 2025. When does Windows 10 go end of support? Windows 10 goes end of support on October 14th, 2025. What does Windows 10 end of …
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Why I can’t stop using Windows 365 CloudPC
I wanted to share my personal experience of using Windows 365 Cloud PC as my main device for the past 4 weeks since getting access to this as part of our partner internal use rights! In short, I was using this both to test it out, but also because my new laptop had not arrived …
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Copilot coming to Windows 10
At Ignite 2023 last week, which was heavily centred about AI and Microsoft Copilot which is going to showing itself in pretty much every OS, app and service in the next twelve months, Microsoft also announced that Copilot in Windows (which is in preview on Windows 11) will also be coming soon to Windows 10…. …
Microsoft are hosting a Windows and Surface ‘AI’ event’ on 21st September
New devices? More AI? What is coming to Windows 11 and Surface? Microsoft has announced that they are holding what they describe as a “special event” on September 21st in New York City. Whilst no formal details have yet been shared (or leaked on social media), the expectation is that this will focus on the …
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Goodbye Cortana…hello Windows Copilot
While not especially surprising given its lack of attention, Microsoft has quietly announced that it “will no longer support Cortana in Windows as a standalone app,” starting in late 2023 as we see the introduction of Windows Copilot which was announced at Microsoft Build last month. Originally launching in 2014 for Windows and Windows Phone, …
Microsoft re-innovates the Windows Insider program
The Windows Insider program, which launched 9 years ago in 2014, was first used to gain early public feedback on the final stages of the development of Windows 10, is currently undergoing a huge restructure in terms of how testing will be carried out with Windows Insiders including a new “Canary Channel” for testers who …
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Evaluating the user experience and cases for Windows 365
Windows 365 is “Windows as a Service – a cloud-based service that automatically creates a new type of Windows virtual machine (Cloud PCs) for users. Each Cloud PC is assigned to an individual user and is their dedicated Windows device. Windows 365 provides the productivity, security, and collaboration benefits of Windows and Microsoft 365.” Windows …
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RM’s 2002 Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Review in 2023
I recently found an old RM Tablet PC from my days working as a Solution Architect at RM Education. After powering it up (it still worked), I decided it was time to write a back dated review of the device (which was powered by Windows XP Tablet PC Edition) that in my opinion, introduced and …
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Microsoft bringing Immersive VR into Teams, Office, Windows, and Xbox in new Meta partnership
At the Meta Connect virtual conference yesterday (11th October), Microsoft announced they will make Windows, Office, Teams, and others such as Dynamics available for the new Meta Quest Pro and existing Meta Quest 2 virtual reality headsets under an expanded partnership they announced with Meta, Facebook’s parent company. “You will be able to play 2D …