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This story is part of the Nerds News briefing for April 7, 2026 . Watch the full episode on YouTube or read all six stories together in the main briefing. Windows 11 Secure Boot Certificate Expiring: The April Patch You Can’t Skip This is one of those situations where…
This story is part of the Nerds News briefing for April 7, 2026 . Watch the full episode on YouTube or read all six stories together in the main briefing. Microsoft 365 Pricing: The 5–33% Hike Hitting July 1 Microsoft just confirmed another round of pricing changes…
Microsoft just dropped a stack of changes that every small business owner needs to know about — and a few of them are going to land on your IT budget within the next 90 days. Here’s the full breakdown from today’s Nerds News : what’s happening, why it matters, and…
Starting April 1, 2026, Microsoft quietly rolled previously premium features into standard Microsoft 365 Enterprise licenses. If you’ve been paying extra for Places Explorer or Town Halls, you may have just gotten a price break without realizing it. Here’s what…
Apple just made device management free, Microsoft 365 prices are going up, cyber insurance companies are cracking down, and there are tax wins for tech-forward businesses.
Ever jump on a quick Teams call — no calendar invite, no agenda — and then realize afterward that nobody wrote anything down? Microsoft just fixed that. Loop-powered meeting notes now work for instant and Meet Now meetings, not just scheduled ones. Here’s why that…
If your small business has been juggling multiple phone numbers across different devices and workarounds, Microsoft just made your life a whole lot easier. Teams is rolling out multi-line phone support — up to 10 numbers per user — starting late April 2026. Here’s…
The phishing emails your team used to catch by spotting bad grammar and weird formatting? Those days are over. AI-powered phishing is now the fastest-growing cybersecurity threat facing small businesses, and the numbers are alarming. Here’s what you need to know — and…
If you’ve been using Copilot features inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote without paying extra, that window is closing. Starting April 15, 2026, Microsoft is putting Copilot behind a hard paywall — and for small businesses, the math deserves a closer look…
Microsoft is making big moves this April — and not all of them are good news for your budget. From a game-changing multi-line phone feature in Teams to a paywall that could lock your team out of Copilot in Word and Excel, there’s a lot happening that directly affects…
