We have opinions! Our editors are passionate about all things Microsoft, and sometimes we just have to let that passion show through! We want to hear from you, too, let us know what you think in the comments.
First and foremost, the OnMSFT team are Microsoft enthusiasts, with both experience and viewpoints on what works and what doesn't in the world of Windows and beyond. In this roundtable, we asked our writers to say a few words about ... Read more
Microsoft officially announced its new Windows 365 Cloud PC offering earlier this week at its annual Inspire conference, and the subscription service will be available for enterprise customers starting in August. Microsoft hasn’t confirmed the pricing details for all the ... Read more
With this week's Windows 11 Insider build release after last week's announcements, Microsoft has been throwing a party, but the Windows 11 CPU gen controversy has spoiled the celebration. In typical Microsoft fashion, the message has been derailed by the ... Read more
Windows 11 will be available as a free update for Windows 10 users later this year, but it’s possible that a big part of the user base may not be able to upgrade. Microsoft shared the minimum requirements for Windows ... Read more
Tomorrow, Microsoft is set to officially unveil Windows 11 in an online event scheduled for 11am ET (we'll be live blogging the event, stay tuned for more info soon). Our colleague Laurent Giret has a good wrap up of what ... Read more
After a leak of an unfinished Windows 11 build last week pretty much spoiled the surprise, Microsoft is expected to officially unveil the next version of Windows this Thursday, June 24. The event will kick off at 11AM ET, and ... Read more
This week there was a bit of a kerfuffle on Twitter (now deleted) between a couple of tech pundits about previous reporting on unreleased information about the leadup to Windows 11. I won't get into details, but the point here ... Read more
Last week, Microsoft announced an event coming on June 24th, to unveil "the next generation of Windows." Then yesterday the curtains were pulled back a bit as a build of Windows 11 (and yes, that's the name, all the hints ... Read more
Microsoft has decided to not only to shake up the way it'll present the next iteration of Windows, but also how the OS will look and feel going forward. Over the last five years, Windows 10 has seemingly been leaped ... Read more
Windows 10 is at the top when it comes to operating systems as it powers more than 1.3 billion devices across the world. However, Ubuntu, one of the many flavors of Linux, is popular, too. It is in use by ... Read more
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft is officially engaged in exclusive talks with Discord on an acquisition of the chat service for roughly $10 billion. Last week, rumors and speculation swirled regarding Microsoft's position among other big named ... Read more
Microsoft may have just concluded its $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, it seems that the Redmond giant could already follow up with another big purchase. Discord, an increasingly popular communications platform has been in discussions with potential buyers in ... Read more
Yesterday, Microsoft finally added EA Play Games to Xbox Game Pass for PC, giving users access to over 100 new EA games on PC at no additional cost. EA Play games were already available on Xbox consoles for Xbox Game ... Read more
There's no doubt that Windows 10 has evolved a lot over the years. Many things like Action Center, the Start Menu, Task View, and a lot of other smaller everyday UI elements across the operating system have changed a lot ... Read more
If you didn't already know, Microsoft has a new Edge browser, and it's a lot better than what we've now come to know as the "legacy" version of Microsoft Edge. Based on Google's open-source Chromium engine (the same engine that ... Read more
In case you missed the news, LastPass, a popular cross-platform password manager, announced that it would be adding new restrictions to its free subscription tier starting next month. As many have pointed out on Twitter, the changes make LastPass' free ... Read more
This week, Tom Warren over at The Verge wrote that it looks like "Microsoft now has a true answer to Chrome OS." He goes on to show off a number of features now out in the public thanks to a ... Read more
Microsoft still has a lot of work to do to make the Xbox ecosystem more attractive to the billions of gamers across the world. It all starts with the games, but there are also many thing Microsoft can do on the platform level to make playing games on Xbox better compared to other platforms.
2021 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Microsoft with the launch of Windows 10X, a new Windows-based OS that will should make its debut on Chromebook-like devices later this Spring
Microsoft's new Edge browser is great, but for tablet users, it's missing one big feature, a tablet mode
While Microsoft has continued to perform very well quarter after quarter this year, there have been some notable misses on the consumer side of things, with the closure of the company’s Mixer game streaming service coming first to mind. As 2020 is coming to a close, this is my personal and non exhaustive list of Microsoft’s hits and misses for this year.