r/microsoft 3d ago

Employment Weekly Employment Q&A - August 31, 2026 - September 07, 2026

6 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


r/microsoft 10h ago

News Microsoft Announces Big Changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming, Switches to Monthly Hour Limits

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62 Upvotes

r/microsoft 15h ago

Windows Microsoft promises to make more Windows 11 PCs secure by default in October 2026: Announces automatic memory integrity protection enablement on more devices

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r/microsoft 14h ago

M365 Teams Events Hosting Assistance (TEHA): Expert Guidance for Business-Critical Teams Events

1 Upvotes

Hosting a CEO Town Hall, CIO broadcast, company-wide announcement, webinar, or large-scale virtual meeting?

TEHA provides direct access to Microsoft event specialists who help customers plan, prepare, deliver, monitor and optimize business-critical Teams events.

From planning and technical readiness to live event monitoring and post-event analysis, TEHA works alongside your organization throughout the entire event lifecycle.

How TEHA Can Help

Event Planning and Readiness

  • Event scoping and guidance
  • Town Hall, Webinar, and Meeting selection
  • Technical readiness assessments
  • Network readiness reviews
  • Microsoft eCDN guidance and validation

Training and Rehearsals

  • Producer and presenter training
  • Moderator guidance
  • Dry runs and event rehearsals
  • Event production best practices

Live Event Support

  • Real-time event monitoring
  • Operational guidance during the event
  • Support for Town Halls, Webinars, and Meetings
  • Assistance for executive broadcasts and large-scale events

Post-Event Analysis

  • Event summary reports
  • Attendance and engagement insights
  • Recording and playback guidance
  • Quality and network observations
  • Log analysis and issue investigation
  • Recommendations for future events

Who Typically Uses TEHA?

Organizations frequently engage TEHA for:

  • CEO and CIO Town Halls
  • Leadership broadcasts
  • Global employee communications
  • High-visibility webinars
  • Product launches
  • Company-wide announcements
  • Business-critical virtual events

How to Engage TEHA

Customers with eligible Premier or Unified Support agreements can request assistance through the Microsoft Engage Centre:

Teams Events Hosting Assistance Request Portal

If the Engage Centre option is unavailable, contact your Customer Success Account Manager (CSAM) and request TEHA support for your upcoming event.

For highly visible events, we recommend engaging early to maximize readiness and planning opportunities.

Deliver your next Teams event with confidence with Microsoft Teams Events Hosting Assistance (TEHA).


r/microsoft 1d ago

M365 Microsoft Adds Unremovable "Upgrade Your Plan" Button to Office App Title Bars

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30 Upvotes

Even if users already have a subscription plan, they need to upgrade to the one that includes AI.


r/microsoft 2d ago

Discussion No more 5 year anniversary reward! Thoughts on this?

95 Upvotes

There is no more 5 year anniversary reward. Got this from a buddy and I think it's outrageous. Crazy how the companies show time and again they don't care about the people. Even a small thing like this. Curious on thoughts?


r/microsoft 1d ago

Discussion Why does Microsoft opening the doors to Dev's to build upon microsoft office/365 from a long time

0 Upvotes

I am just curious as software building becomes easier people's switching on different open source or free alternatives to Microsoft office why they aren't open source their non core specially refers to software those are like paint, notepad, etc non earning as well as backlog softwares so Dev's add features into them. It's needed for Microsoft office kind of softwares specially because for long Microsoft thinks to make money by selling 365 subscription. Rather than only cloud based proprietary parts and softwares

Honestly, there is a Japanese startups I don't remember the name open source Powerpoint alternatives even Linux based software exist so what's stopping Microsoft on open sourcing them

Tell me about this?


r/microsoft 3d ago

Copilot / AI Microsoft executive vice president overseeing Office and LinkedIn Ryan Roslansky bemoans employees sending him "AI slop," saying "This is a doom loop." | The company flooding the internet with AI slop has started to realize how dumb its technology actually is in most scenarios.

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216 Upvotes

r/microsoft 5d ago

News Microsoft-backed AI data center faces backlash over alleged unpermitted gas turbines and 1.5M-gallon LNG tank — groups' issues with $19.4B facility range from illegal construction to noise pollution

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31 Upvotes

r/microsoft 5d ago

XBOX Xbox boss Asha Sharma won't confirm whether Project Helix has a disc drive: "We have to be thinking about efficiency and affordability"

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44 Upvotes

r/microsoft 6d ago

Windows Microsoft celebrates major progress with Windows 11 on Arm PCs, confirms Windows on Arm is now "a first-class platform for any workload" and that "customer demand is growing" | Developers are also paying more attention, with over 7,000 apps now supp. on Arm.

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88 Upvotes

r/microsoft 8d ago

XBOX Xbox Announces Disc-to-Digital Program, Letting Players Use Physical Games To Claim Their Digital Versions

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63 Upvotes

r/microsoft 9d ago

XBOX 'The Witcher 3: Remastered' drops on Sept. 29 — with Surprise Xbox Play Anywhere supp. and FSR 4.0 for the Xbox Ally.

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46 Upvotes

r/microsoft 9d ago

Windows Windows 11 will soon let you control unified memory | A hidden Windows Insider setting lets you reserve dedicated memory for heavy graphics and AI workloads to prevent frame drops and out-of-memory crashes.

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39 Upvotes

r/microsoft 10d ago

Employment Weekly Employment Q&A - August 24, 2026 - August 31, 2026

5 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


r/microsoft 11d ago

Discussion Windows Defender + Common Sense

13 Upvotes

is it enough 2026?


r/microsoft 10d ago

Official Tutorial Project Perception Overview and Demo

0 Upvotes

AI can transform business processes, accelerate productivity, enable new outcomes but malicious actors can also benefit and utilize AI to attack with new speed, scale and sophistication. We need AI to protect and defeat AI attacks. This video explores Project Perception to utilize families of agents to provide end-to-end security.

https://youtu.be/hYjgSu-77pA

00:00 - Introduction

00:13 - Cybersecurity evolution

02:50 - MDASH

04:14 - Perception

05:19 - Agents

07:11 - Red

08:23 - Blue

09:55 - Green

10:38 - Working together

11:10 - Using Perception

16:41 - Playbooks

18:37 - Perception in action

25:20 - Perception everywhere

26:34 - Security Copilot?

27:51 - Summary

28:51 - Close


r/microsoft 11d ago

Discussion Migration from Asana to Microsoft Planner

14 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

My team currently uses Asana for task and project management. However, our company is planning to migrate to Microsoft Planner to consolidate tools and cut licensing costs, since only our Systems and Networks team actively uses Asana.

While researching migration methods, third-party tools seem to be the most viable route, and I came across Project Migrator.

Has anyone here gone through a similar migration from Asana to Microsoft Planner? If so, what tools or approaches did you use, and would you recommend Project Migrator (or any alternatives)?

Any tips, lessons learned, or pitfalls to watch out for would be greatly appreciated!


r/microsoft 13d ago

News Microsoft has been served a 'Grand Theft Auto 6' court subpoena by Take-Two | The hunt for the GTA6 leakers is heating up, as Take-Two shareholders lose billions.

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135 Upvotes

r/microsoft 14d ago

Certification AB-210 exam

0 Upvotes

How would you prepare for this exam when the curriculum includes a deprecated agent that accounts for 20-30% of the knowledge tested?


r/microsoft 16d ago

Windows Microsoft pulls "frustrating" Drag Tray file sharing feature from Windows 11 in latest preview builds: Promises to "explore improvements" after feedback from users

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58 Upvotes

r/microsoft 17d ago

Windows Microsoft admits Windows 11's context menus are "cluttered and sluggish": Announces major upgrades to the right-click menu that increases performance and customizability

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102 Upvotes

r/microsoft 16d ago

Certification MOS Examen bestellen

1 Upvotes

Ik wil graag op zeer korte termijn het MOS examen voor Outlook doen (mo-400). Via de Microsoft site word ik doorverwezen naar Certiport, maar bij de vouchers staat dat deze alleen geldig zijn voor mensen uit de US. Als ik via PearsonVue naar officiele resellers zoek kom ik alleen office-specialist.nl tegen welke site niet af lijkt te zijn of wellicht gehackt is. Hier valt in ieder geval niks te bestellen. Wel heb ik skill-stack.nl en skillstack.nl gevonden, maar ook hier geen reviews van en het komt niet erg betrouwbaar over. De 1 heeft geen kvk op de site, en op het adres staan enorm veel bedrijven ingeschreven.

Kan iemand een goede website aanraden waar ik een examen voucher kan kopen voor MOS examens? Je zou denken dat dit in 5 minuten te regelen moet zijn voor een bedrijf als MS, maar lijkt allemaal erg lastig in Nederland, tenzij het via een school/instellingen loopt.


r/microsoft 17d ago

Copilot / AI Copilot is cutting features and merging apps!

25 Upvotes

Group Chats, podcasts, Labs, and Deep Research are getting axed from Copilot this month, plus a full app merger. This feels like Microsoft indirectly admits the sprawl wasn't working.


r/microsoft 17d ago

Employment Weekly Employment Q&A - August 17, 2026 - August 24, 2026

2 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