Sean Endicott, a veteran News Writer at Windows Central, has built a reputation covering Windows 11, Surface hardware, Microsoft 365, AI, and related apps since 2017, authoring over a thousand pieces. His reporting spans breaking news, in‑depth analysis, feature stories, and opinion, with particular emphasis on Windows updates, Surface launches, and Microsoft’s expanding AI and services strategy. Endicott also pens “Windows Wrap,” a weekly column that curates the most significant stories of the week and contextualizes them within the broader [...]

Microsoft integrated generative AI tools into the development workflow for the Windows 11 Speed Test, a built‑in utility that measures network performance and latency. Engineers employed large‑language models to generate code snippets, automate testing scripts, and refine UI elements, accelerating the feature’s rollout by an estimated 30 percent. The AI‑assisted process also identified edge‑case bugs that traditional QA missed, leading to more robust performance metrics across diverse hardware configurations. Microsoft showcased the tool during its recent Windows 11 [...]

Microsoft removed the PC‑to‑PC Migration tool from Windows 11 with the September optional update, which was fully applied in the October 13 Patch Tuesday release (KB5127648). The feature previously let users copy files and settings between an old and a new PC over a local network without using the cloud. Microsoft now directs users to Windows Backup, which syncs selected folders to OneDrive and restores them via a Microsoft account. The free OneDrive tier offers only 5 GB, so [...]

Microsoft’s Vice President of Design for Windows, Diego Baca, responded to criticism over the missing “Lock the taskbar” feature from Windows 10. He argued that a lock switch would add friction, requiring users to unlock the bar each time they wanted to move it, and could interfere with common actions such as rearranging icons or system‑tray items. Because the Windows 11 taskbar was rebuilt from scratch, the lock code does not exist and would need to be created anew, raising [...]

Lumen Technologies and Microsoft announced an expanded co‑selling partnership aimed at simplifying enterprise AI adoption by integrating Lumen’s cloud‑native networking with Microsoft Azure. The collaboration addresses the fragmentation of networks that link data, applications, and infrastructure across public clouds, private data centers, and partner environments. Lumen will make its full suite of networking and connectivity services available through Azure and the Microsoft Marketplace, enabling customers to plan network transformation alongside Azure modernization and AI initiatives. Joint account [...]

Before the original Xbox launched in 2001, Microsoft approached Nintendo twice about a takeover. The first meeting in 1999 left Nintendo executives laughing, and a second 2000 pitch proposing that Microsoft handle hardware while Nintendo focused on games also failed. Microsoft then turned to acquiring studios, eventually buying Bungie and later Bethesda and Activision Blizzard. While Nintendo rode the success of the Switch family—selling over 156 million original units and more than 23 million Switch 2 units by mid‑2026—Xbox’s revenue [...]

Helen Chiang, a 21‑year Microsoft veteran who served as Xbox chief operating officer, left the company in October and has publicly disputed media claims that she was fired for policy violations. In a LinkedIn post, Chiang refuted a Eurogamer story, stating she did not leak confidential information, join a competitor, or engage in discrimination, bullying, insider trading, embezzlement or other fraud, and she was not passed over for a larger role. She said silence should not be [...]