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For the past year or two, a lot of big companies have been "trying out" AI coding assistants the same way they try out any new dev tool: a small pilot here, an optional experiment there, a few enthusiastic teams using it quietly while everyone else sticks to привычный workflows. That kind of cautious rollout made sense. Code is high-stakes: quality, security, maintainability, and team consistency matter more than novelty.

Windows 11 has a bit of a reputation at this point: one month you get a solid security update, the next month you get a brand-new surprise you didn't ask for. Most of the time, those surprises are annoying but manageable. This one wasn't.

Microsoft's product support timelines have always ticked away quietly in the background—but as 2026 approaches, those ticking clocks are starting to matter a lot more. A growing list of Windows editions, Office releases, and enterprise tools are heading toward end-of-life, and for many users, the impact goes far beyond simple version numbers.

Microsoft has quietly unlocked one of the biggest performance upgrades Windows Server has seen in years — and it is not just a small tweak. We're talking about massive gains in storage speed, smarter CPU efficiency, and a future-ready storage stack built around modern NVMe technology.

If you use Windows 11 regularly, you've probably interacted with WebView without ever realizing it. That login window that pops up when you sign into Microsoft Teams, Outlook, or other Microsoft apps isn't a full browser. It's a web control quietly embedded inside the app itself, designed to display web content without launching Edge or another browser.