Microsoft's 2026 lifecycle schedule includes major support deadlines for Windows, Office, SQL Server, SharePoint, and Azure services.

A token leaks. A bad package slips in. A login trick works. An old tool shows up again. At first, it feels like the usual mess. Then you see the pattern: attackers are not always breaking in. They are ...

Microsoft delivered fixes for issues affecting everything from Windows to Office, .NET, and SQL Server, and several patches that should be deployed ASAP. Microsoft this week released 139 updates ...

Today is Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday, with security updates for 120 flaws and no zero-days disclosed. This Patch Tuesday addresses 17 "Critical" vulnerabilities, 14 of which are remote code ...

On April 15, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the April Security Update patch, fixing 165 security issues involving Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual ...

On March 11, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the March Security Update patch, which fixed 83 security issues involving widely used products such as Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft ...

Each month, the team at Readiness analyzes the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance. The company’s Patch Tuesday release for February ...

Microsoft has moved its Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Azure Functions to General Availability, signaling a shift toward standardized, identity-secure agentic workflows. By integrating ...

The .NET Isolated Worker Model allows developers to create Azure Functions using a .NET console app project that targets a supported .NET runtime. Compared to the in-process model, the Isolated Worker ...

It shouldn’t be a surprise that there’s a lot of Azure you can run on premises, thanks to platforms like Azure Stack. But there’s more to on-premises Azure than the familiar platforms and services.