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Microsoft Starts Pushing The Revamped Windows 10 Cumulative Update For the first time in a public release, Microsoft has released a Windows 10 cumulative update that is combined with a servicing stack update for ease of installation. Microsoft sometimes releases a special update called a servicing stack update (SSU) that fixes bugs Read more…

Microsoft Word For Windows Is Finally Getting Predictive Typing ​Starting next month, Microsoft Word for Windows will include a new predictive typing feature that automatically suggests new words to use as you are typing. The new feature is called ‘Text Prediction,’ and Microsoft states that it will go live for Read more…

Microsoft Outlook For Windows Will Let You Send Emails From Aliases Microsoft is adding support for sending emails via alias email addresses (also known as aliases or proxy addresses) from the Outlook for Windows email client. “Send email from a proxy email address or account alias rather than your primary Read more…

Microsoft Edge Is Crowdsourcing Whether To Show Notification Prompts Microsoft is now using crowdsourcing to determine whether to show a site’s website subscription dialog prompt in the Microsoft Edge web browser. Websites have increasingly started to show prompts to sign up for browser notifications subscriptions that deliver the site’s new content, even Read more…

Microsoft To Launch Office 2021 And Office LTSC Later This Year Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) and Office 2021 later this year for clients who don’t want to get an Office 365 cloud subscription service. These are the company’s next perpetual and one-time purchase Read more…

Microsoft Cuts Down Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC Support To 5 Years Microsoft is shortening the support lifecycle of Windows 10 Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) releases from 10 years down to only five years. This way, the company is cutting down the available time to avoid installing Windows 10 feature updates in half for Read more…

Microsoft: SolarWinds Hackers Downloaded Some Azure, Exchange Source Code Microsoft announced today that the SolarWinds hackers gained access to source code for a limited number of Azure, Intune, and Exchange components. In December, it was disclosed that the SolarWinds’ network management company suffered a sophisticated cyberattack that allowed hackers to create a Read more…

Microsoft Pulls A Second Windows SSU For Blocking Security Updates Microsoft has pulled one more buggy Windows 10 servicing stack update (SSU), KB4601390, because it blocked customers from installing this month’s security and Cumulative Updates. The company resolved the update installation problems by releasing a new servicing stack update (SSU), KB5001079. Windows 10 SSUs provide Read more…

Microsoft Releases The Windows 10 21H1 Feature Update To Insiders Today, Microsoft announced that they have started to roll out a preview of the Windows 10 21H1 feature update to Windows Insiders in the Beta channel. Microsoft also confirmed that the Windows 10 21H1 feature update would be delivered as Read more…