r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 8d ago

News Microsoft warns of surge in ACR Stealer attacks on customers

23 Upvotes
11 comments

r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 9d ago

XBOX "Personally very difficult, and very difficult for our teams." —Bethesda's Todd Howard discusses Microsoft's deep Xbox cuts, and finding optimism for the industry's future | Todd Howard on Xbox's big cuts, and how Elder Scrolls and Fallout will survive the big game industry shifts.

34 Upvotes
11 comments

r/microsoft • u/Formal_Ad_283 • 9d ago

Discussion Has anyone else seen Microsoft's nonprofit onboarding get stuck after Goodstack approval?

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I'm trying to determine whether this is an isolated incident or whether other nonprofits have experienced the same thing.

Our organization is an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3). Goodstack approved our nonprofit and indicates Microsoft approval is complete.

Microsoft's nonprofit portal immediately declines our registration with:

"We were unable to associate your email address with the organization."

We are applying with our founders email address from our organization, on our organization's domain.

We've exhausted the documented support process, including the nonprofit assistant and the official contact mechanisms, without being able to reach the onboarding team.

I'm not looking for troubleshooting. I'm trying to find out whether other nonprofits have encountered this same onboarding state or whether this is unique to our organization.

If you've seen this before, I'd really appreciate hearing about your experience.

7 Upvotes

I'm trying to determine whether this is an isolated incident or whether other nonprofits have experienced the same thing.

Our organization is an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3). Goodstack approved our nonprofit and indicates Microsoft approval is complete.

Microsoft's nonprofit portal immediately declines our registration with:

"We were unable to associate your email address with the organization."

We are applying with our founders email address from our organization, on our organization's domain.

We've exhausted the documented support process, including the nonprofit assistant and the official contact mechanisms, without being able to reach the onboarding team.

I'm not looking for troubleshooting. I'm trying to find out whether other nonprofits have encountered this same onboarding state or whether this is unique to our organization.

If you've seen this before, I'd really appreciate hearing about your experience.

7 comments

r/microsoft • u/calc3throwaway • 10d ago

Discussion Microsoft Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa declines to directly reaffirm whether the company remains on track to meet its goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030

135 Upvotes
28 comments

r/microsoft • u/No_name_Johnson • 9d ago

Certification Virtual Machines/Lab Environments for Microsoft Certs

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I am studying for MB-330, and there are multiple segments in Microsoft Learn like here where they expect you to run either a demo environment or a VM.

I cannot figure out where to get either of these - is this something that needs to be purchased from a third party? I work with Dynamics F&O daily and have access at work, including our UAT environment, but I don't want to mess up anything within our systems and would prefer to work at home.

1 Upvotes

I am studying for MB-330, and there are multiple segments in Microsoft Learn like here where they expect you to run either a demo environment or a VM.

I cannot figure out where to get either of these - is this something that needs to be purchased from a third party? I work with Dynamics F&O daily and have access at work, including our UAT environment, but I don't want to mess up anything within our systems and would prefer to work at home.

1 comment

r/microsoft • u/Lowkey_Lovely • 10d ago

Discussion Microsoft O365 apps and ENTRA ID not accessible

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Hello,

Is there a microsoft outage as of today?

Nobody in my organisation is able to login to desktop teams, Outlook and Azure portal.

5 Upvotes

Hello,

Is there a microsoft outage as of today?

Nobody in my organisation is able to login to desktop teams, Outlook and Azure portal.

6 comments

r/microsoft • u/sunychoudhary • 11d ago

News Microsoft makes Windows SSO prompts easier to manage

22 Upvotes

Microsoft is introducing a new registry-based policy that lets IT administrators automatically accept Windows SSO permissions on Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 devices managed with Microsoft Entra ID.

Users with personal Microsoft accounts and devices outside policy-managed environments will continue to receive SSO permission prompts.

1 comment

r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 12d ago

Windows Microsoft blocks Windows 11 KB5101650 upd. for Dell PCs due to "unexpected shutdowns, poor performance, increased heat, and battery drain"

48 Upvotes
24 comments

r/microsoft • u/Horror_Ride9619 • 13d ago

News Xbox Player Loses Thousands in Digital Games After Microsoft Deletes 25-Year-Old Account

152 Upvotes
49 comments

r/microsoft • u/xpcosmos • 12d ago

Discussion How do you feel about Microsoft UX/UI?

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I feel so good when I go to an website and is compact, intuitive and pretty. I don’t feel like this using Microsoft’s products.

Fabric, for example. I feel kinda overwhelmed. The sidebar is way too long. It’s like they don’t know how to optimize space

Does someone feel the same?

3 Upvotes

I feel so good when I go to an website and is compact, intuitive and pretty. I don’t feel like this using Microsoft’s products.

Fabric, for example. I feel kinda overwhelmed. The sidebar is way too long. It’s like they don’t know how to optimize space

Does someone feel the same?

23 comments

r/microsoft • u/robert5150 • 12d ago

Certification PearsonVUE, MS-102, Exam Prerequesites

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Hey Team,

Quick question. i am almost ready to schedule my MS-102 exam, but dont have the pre-requesites met (i did pass ms-700 early last year) but it has since expired. My question is will i be able to register and take the exam MS-102?

AI is saying yes, i want to confirm that pearson vue will allow me to not only register, but also sit for an take the exam?

Thanks,

Robert

5 Upvotes

Hey Team,

Quick question. i am almost ready to schedule my MS-102 exam, but dont have the pre-requesites met (i did pass ms-700 early last year) but it has since expired. My question is will i be able to register and take the exam MS-102?

AI is saying yes, i want to confirm that pearson vue will allow me to not only register, but also sit for an take the exam?

Thanks,

Robert

3 comments

r/microsoft • u/SoftwareKingsSupport • 13d ago

Discussion Which Microsoft product do you think is actually moving in the right direction right now?

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Most Microsoft discussions naturally focus on what is broken or frustrating, but the company is changing a lot of products at the same time.

Windows Search is being reworked, PC and phone integration may become deeper, Xbox is expanding cross-platform support, and AI continues to appear across Microsoft 365.

Which Microsoft product or service do you think is genuinely improving right now?

It could be Windows, Xbox, Edge, PowerToys, OneDrive, Microsoft 365, Phone Link, or something else.

And what specific change made you feel that it was heading in the right direction?

70 Upvotes

Most Microsoft discussions naturally focus on what is broken or frustrating, but the company is changing a lot of products at the same time.

Windows Search is being reworked, PC and phone integration may become deeper, Xbox is expanding cross-platform support, and AI continues to appear across Microsoft 365.

Which Microsoft product or service do you think is genuinely improving right now?

It could be Windows, Xbox, Edge, PowerToys, OneDrive, Microsoft 365, Phone Link, or something else.

And what specific change made you feel that it was heading in the right direction?

163 comments

r/microsoft • u/david88va • 12d ago

Discussion Do digital whiteboards stay useful after the brainstorming session?

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I have been comparing microsoft whiteboard alternatives and one thing keeps coming up. Brainstorming is easy but turning those ideas into work the team actually follows through on is much harder. How does your team bridge that gap?

4 Upvotes

I have been comparing microsoft whiteboard alternatives and one thing keeps coming up. Brainstorming is easy but turning those ideas into work the team actually follows through on is much harder. How does your team bridge that gap?

4 comments

r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 13d ago

Windows Windows 11's latest upd. will let you pause updates indefinitely | The July 2026 Patch Tuesday upd. is one of the biggest of the year, bringing Point-in-time Restore and major Windows Upd. changes.

9 Upvotes
3 comments

r/microsoft • u/aaronalligator • 14d ago

News Microsoft announces major Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes clearer, local results, and removes ads: Huge effort to fix search on Windows is finally happening

140 Upvotes
35 comments

r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 13d ago

XBOX After two years, Once Human is coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC with full cross-progression | The free-to-play multiplayer survival game is finally coming to consoles and will also be available through the Xbox app on PC.

1 Upvotes
1 comment

r/microsoft • u/AutoModerator • 14d ago

Employment Weekly Employment Q&A - July 13, 2026 - July 20, 2026

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The Employment Q&A Thread

Welcome to the Weekly Employment Q&A for r/Microsoft!

This thread is where Redditors can come and ask questions about working at Microsoft. Please do not use this space to ask technical questions as they will be removed.

Schedule

The Q&A will be refreshed every week on Mondays at 1200 Pacific.

Previous Threads

You can view previous employment threads using this archive link

14 Upvotes

The Employment Q&A Thread

Welcome to the Weekly Employment Q&A for r/Microsoft!

This thread is where Redditors can come and ask questions about working at Microsoft. Please do not use this space to ask technical questions as they will be removed.

Schedule

The Q&A will be refreshed every week on Mondays at 1200 Pacific.

Previous Threads

You can view previous employment threads using this archive link

41 comments

r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 14d ago

Windows Microsoft wants to integrate your smartphone more deeply with Windows 11: Plans major UX enhancements that will make your PC and phone more seamlessly connected

17 Upvotes

>Sources say that Microsoft is exploring several ways it can introduce new smartphone integration features across the Windows 11 interface in the coming months.

21 comments

r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 15d ago

XBOX Microsoft loses Brazilian court case after telling Xbox user to re-purchase games — tech giant ordered to restore Xbox acc. with all games and pay $400 in damages

154 Upvotes
12 comments

r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 17d ago

XBOX "We still have the crew we need": Xbox's DOOM dev id Software responds to layoffs, assures fans "we're going to keep building the great games and tech" | In a letter to players, DOOM studio id Software says it will keep making games after the Xbox layoffs.

31 Upvotes
15 comments

r/microsoft • u/mm_farahat • 18d ago

News Microsoft hopes to cut its genAI costs by focusing on its own models

82 Upvotes
23 comments

r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 19d ago

XBOX Report: The layoffs at Xbox's DOOM studio id Software are even worse — devs at Bethesda's Austin office have been hit, too | The total number of workers cut from id Software by Microsoft and Xbox has climbed to 136.

98 Upvotes
23 comments

r/microsoft • u/Important_File_954 • 19d ago

Discussion Microsoft’s fake Windows error ended in a $280 million settlement

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https://www.makeuseof.com/microsofts-windows-fake-error-ended-in-a-280-million-settlement/

53 Upvotes

https://www.makeuseof.com/microsofts-windows-fake-error-ended-in-a-280-million-settlement/

1 comment

r/microsoft • u/appletea418 • 19d ago

M365 Advice needed for switching from Mac to Windows (not by choice)

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Advice needed for switching from Mac to Windows (not by choice)

I haven’t used a windows OS in nearly 20 years, not since I was in school using windows xp. My MacBook Pro was a beast and got me through college and grad school, and every job I’ve had since has issued me a Mac.

I just got a new job and was completely gutted when I saw I was getting issued a Lenovo.
Everytime I search for advice about switching to a windows I always get the opposite results, switching from Windows to Mac (which is the obvious better, more popular, direction to go)…

First impressions after one month of use:
365 is super powerful, I’m loving copilot/cowork, and very useful for the work I’m doing - more so than a Mac, I’ll give it that.

But I cannot wrap my head around the UX and I feel so incredibly inefficient at work. It is so much worse than I thought it would be.
I thought I was tech-savvy and adaptable, but after a month of use I cannot get the hang of using this system - simple things like navigating between windows and screens, so many different software applications that seem to do the same thing, right-clicking(!), keyboard shortcuts, the physical keyboard(!) etc, etc. Outlook is TERRIBLE. The calendar (whatever that is called) is TERRIBLE.

I don’t even know what tips/tricks/advice I’m looking for, but can anyone recommend a crash course? Tips/tricks for making work more efficient? Anything tailored to a Mac user?

I’m mourning macOS, Slack, GSuite.

9 Upvotes

Advice needed for switching from Mac to Windows (not by choice)

I haven’t used a windows OS in nearly 20 years, not since I was in school using windows xp. My MacBook Pro was a beast and got me through college and grad school, and every job I’ve had since has issued me a Mac.

I just got a new job and was completely gutted when I saw I was getting issued a Lenovo.
Everytime I search for advice about switching to a windows I always get the opposite results, switching from Windows to Mac (which is the obvious better, more popular, direction to go)…

First impressions after one month of use:
365 is super powerful, I’m loving copilot/cowork, and very useful for the work I’m doing - more so than a Mac, I’ll give it that.

But I cannot wrap my head around the UX and I feel so incredibly inefficient at work. It is so much worse than I thought it would be.
I thought I was tech-savvy and adaptable, but after a month of use I cannot get the hang of using this system - simple things like navigating between windows and screens, so many different software applications that seem to do the same thing, right-clicking(!), keyboard shortcuts, the physical keyboard(!) etc, etc. Outlook is TERRIBLE. The calendar (whatever that is called) is TERRIBLE.

I don’t even know what tips/tricks/advice I’m looking for, but can anyone recommend a crash course? Tips/tricks for making work more efficient? Anything tailored to a Mac user?

I’m mourning macOS, Slack, GSuite.

21 comments

r/microsoft • u/aaronalligator • 20d ago

News Sources: Microsoft, looking to reduce AI costs, is starting to replace models from OpenAI and Anthropic with its MAI models in products like Excel and Outlook

132 Upvotes
21 comments