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The FTC sent civil investigative demands to at least half a dozen Microsoft rivals, asking whether its licensing hobbles Windows and Office on other clouds and how it bundles AI, security and identity software.

Microsoft's license to OpenAI's models and products becomes non-exclusive through 2032 and OpenAI may sell on any cloud, while OpenAI's revenue-share payments to Microsoft continue through 2030 under a total cap and Microsoft stops paying one back.

Microsoft 365 Copilot's agentic mode for long-running, multi-tool tasks leaves its three-month Frontier preview for every Copilot customer worldwide, billed per task in Copilot Credits at $0.01 each on pay-as-you-go.

Microsoft's first datacenter in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, a single cluster of NVIDIA GB200 servers it calls the world's most powerful AI supercomputer, is fully operational after its equipment came online in April.

Microsoft eliminated around 4,800 roles, about 2.1% of its workforce, mostly in Xbox and its commercial business; Xbox cut 1,600 that day on the way to about 3,200 through fiscal 2027 and let four studios go to new management.

Microsoft's largest security update ever patches 966 vulnerabilities, including two Windows privilege-escalation zero-days already exploited in attacks and 105 rated Critical.

Closing Xbox's Tokyo Game Show 2026 Broadcast, Hideo Kojima revealed that Bill Skarsgård will play the lead in Physint, showed a new poster of him with Charlee Fraser, and shared behind-the-scenes capture footage from OD – KNOCK.

Xbox eliminated 268 roles across Halo Studios, other first-party studios and its management layer, part of fewer than 600 Microsoft cuts worldwide, and handed the next Halo game to a new Activision team; Ninja Theory now faces a proposed closure.

The Coalition's origin-story prequel to the original Gears of War launches worldwide on October 6 at 8am Pacific on Xbox Series X|S, PC and Steam, day one with Game Pass, with Premium Edition early access from October 1. The standard edition costs $69.99.

Microsoft is expected to report its first fiscal 2027 quarter after the market close, most likely on Wednesday 28 October, and discuss it on a 2:30 p.m. Pacific webcast; the previous quarter brought $90.0 billion of revenue, up 18%.

Microsoft's 2026 annual Windows feature update rolls out as a small enablement package (build 26300) for PCs on 24H2 and 25H2, resetting support to 24 months for Home and Pro and 36 months for Enterprise and Education.

Microsoft's flagship conference for IT pros, developers, security and business leaders runs 17-20 November 2026 at San Francisco's Moscone Center and online, with Satya Nadella leading the featured speakers.