This Week in IT

Microsoft Is Unifying Copilot. But Why Is Nobody Using It?

Microsoft is merging the consumer and commercial versions of Copilot into a single app but is your corporate data governance ready? At the same time, they've launched an

Copilot Cowork Is Here — But Can You Control the Costs?

Copilot Cowork is here but so are Copilot Credits, cost controls and awkward ROI questions.This month, Russell Smith and Craig Birch also dig into Windows Ready Print, NT

Mac Mini Is Now Shadow IT Infrastructure — And IT Isn't Ready

This week, the Mac Mini quietly became the default home for always-on AI agents — and your users are probably already running them outside your security boundary. Meanwhi

Browsers Are Downloading AI Without Permission — Here's What IT Admins Need to Do

This Week in IT, Google Chrome is silently downloading a 4 gigabyte AI model onto devices right now and unless you've deployed one specific policy, there's nothing stoppi

Microsoft Wants You to Trust Edge but Then Leaves Passwords in Cleartext

This Week in IT, Microsoft Edge is exposing passwords by design, shadow AI agents are lurking on your endpoints, and Azure is quietly pulling the plug on VMs you're proba

Windows 11 Can Now Undo Everything — Including Your Security Patches

Microsoft is previewing a full system rollback for Windows 11 — OS, apps, files, everything — snapped back to where it was 72 hours ago. It's basically a time machine for

Windows 11 Is Getting AI Agents on the Taskbar

Microsoft just confirmed that AI agents — including third-party ones — are coming to the Windows 11 taskbar. The controls to manage them exist the default hands control t

Hackers Bypass MFA with Microsoft’s Own Login – EvilTokens Exploit Revealed

This Week in IT, hackers have a new trick that uses an Oauth 2.0 login process to slip into accounts, no password needed. Meanwhile, Microsoft is locking down its Copilot

Unreliable & Unpatched: Enterprise PCs Are Losing Trust

This Week in IT, Omnissa says enterprise PCs are “unreliable, unpatched, and unloved” with Windows machines crashing 3-times more and updating far slower than Macs. At th

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Quality Pledge—What’s Changing?

Microsoft just officially announced a significant Windows 11 quality manifesto, including taskbar upgrades, smarter Copilot integration, and a promise to fix the update c

No Internet, No Problem: Microsoft’s New Offline Cloud and Excel Agent Mode

Imagine running Microsoft’s cloud entirely on your own terms. This week, Microsoft’s Azure Local and Microsoft 365 Local go live, letting governments and regulated indust

Copilot Confidential: When AI Reads Your Sensitive Emails

Microsoft 365 Copilot has been caught reading confidential emails it was supposed to ignore, an alarming privacy blunder. Meanwhile, Chinese hackers exploited a backdoor

Microsoft Email Meltdown: 4,000 Accounts Hacked via Outlook Add‑In

What if Microsoft’s email system suddenly categorized genuine emails as phishing attempts? It happened this week, disrupting businesses. Plus, 4,000 Microsoft accounts go

Windows 11 Takes Off, Copilot Stalls, and Microsoft Refocuses on Security

This week in IT, Windows 11 adoption just jumped past 62 percent — after months of going nowhere. At the same time, Microsoft admits that barely 3 percent of Microsoft 36

Windows 11 Security Shake‑Up: Admin Protection Flaws + Kerberos RC4 Endgame

Administrator Protection—meant to lock down Windows 11 —was hacked in testing and forced Microsoft to rethink the design before it even ships. At the same time, Kerberos

Windows 11 26H1: Built for New Silicon. Nvidia PC Chips Are Next

Nvidia is about to crash the Windows‑on‑Arm party. Its first PC chips could arrive with a special Windows 11 build just for new silicon. At the same time, Mandiant just m

Windows 11 Update Causes OS to ‘Gain Weight’

Windows 11 just got heavier — literally. A new security update is doubling the size of critical OS files and Microsoft says it’s absolutely necessary. At the same time, t

Windows 11’s Exclusive Update for AI PCs (and This Week’s Top IT News)

Microsoft is bending its own rules with a special Windows update only for new AI-powered. Plus, Teams is about to start auto-blocking malware and phish by default for eve

GPT‑5 Arrives in Copilot Studio - Plus Clipboard & Login Upgrades!

This week in IT, Microsoft quietly turns Copilot Studio into a fully‑fledged AI platform—bringing GPT‑5, human‑in‑the‑loop controls, and curated action groups. Meanwhile,

Microsoft Teams Adds Office‑Location Tracking: Surveillance or Safety?

Could your boss soon track your every move? Microsoft is quietly rolling out a location‑tracking feature in Teams that uses Wi‑Fi and peripherals to map your office where