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Microsoft describes a planned new Tyrone data center and a May 19, 2026 community session. This is a project disclosure date, not a groundbreaking or opening.

Microsoft announced a preliminary 190-hectare land agreement on June 5, 2026. July site preparation began, but the August 12 update says building-permit applications remain underway. Main building construction is unverified.

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’s June 2026 notice confirms ongoing operations and customer service loads at Cawley Road during scheduled power maintenance on June 24–25. This milestone is not an opening date.

July 2026: Microsoft confirms site preparation, stormwater works, fencing, and grading at Heath. An operating date is not established.

July 2026: Microsoft reports approvals secured for redeveloping the former Postalmarket site. Initial works were forecast for September 2026, but commencement is not confirmed by this update.

July 2026: Microsoft confirms grading, stormwater works, and site development at Hebron. The November 2026 forecast concerns mass grading, not facility operation.

July 2026: Microsoft reports the Ames site-preparation phase nearing completion with future development phases planned. This does not establish data-center opening.

Microsoft reports building construction finished July 2, 2026, but the facility is not operational. Installation and testing continue through early 2028, with a second phase anticipated in 2027.

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.

August 2026: Microsoft reports approximately 60% of the Woods Road campus operational. Remaining areas are still being fitted out; this is a partially operating campus.

August 2026: Microsoft reports approximately 60% of the Garden Drive campus operational. The remaining areas continue fit-out and construction.

Microsoft’s proposed SYD01 facility at 6 Honeman Close is undergoing environmental and planning assessments. Preliminary documents were submitted August 13, 2026; this is not a construction start.

September 2026: Microsoft confirms earthmoving, property preparation and utility relocation at its Silver Springs, Nevada site, with Q&D Construction as general contractor. Building completion and opening dates are unverified.

September 2026: Microsoft confirms interior framing, drywall, mechanical and electrical work, and further construction phases at Lyle Creek near Highway 16.

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

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.

Satya Nadella, Pavan Davuluri and NVIDIA's Jensen Huang take the stage in San Francisco at 10 AM PT for Microsoft's first major Windows event in more than two years, billed as a conversation on "how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC." Pricing and availability for the RTX Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra are expected.

On 13 October 2026 Microsoft ends support for Office LTSC 2021 and Office 2021, and the third and final Extended Security Updates year for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 expires. After that date neither gets security fixes or technical support from Microsoft.

Microsoft introduces a voluntary exit program across four countries. About 60,000 employees are eligible; that figure is not a confirmed departure or layoff count.

Microsoft will publish fiscal Q1 2027 results after the October 28 market close, followed by a 2:30 p.m. Pacific webcast. Its previous quarter brought $90.0 billion in 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 will stop supporting Windows Mixed Reality for consumers on 1 November 2026, ending downloads of the Mixed Reality Portal and WMR for SteamVR and all updates.

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.

Microsoft will retire its Dynamics 365 Remote Assist and Guides mixed reality apps for HoloLens on 31 December 2026; renewals closed on 1 November 2025.

Microsoft bought about 295 acres in the city of Becker, Sherburne County, from Xcel Energy for about $17.7 million for a future data center. Microsoft has not released details of its plans, and trackers list the project as planned. Third-party trackers cite 325 MW but this is not confirmed by Microsoft.

Microsoft's consumer Extended Security Updates programme for Windows 10 22H2 delivers its last security patches. A home Windows 10 PC keeps working after this date but gets no more security fixes, and 12 October 2027 is also the last day anyone can enrol.

Microsoft's next Xbox, Project Helix, uses a custom AMD chip with Zen 6 cores and RDNA 5 graphics; Microsoft has given no release date, with reports pointing to late 2027 and developer alpha hardware in 2027.

Microsoft is building a second Fairwater AI datacenter beside its first, now operational, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin facility, with completion scheduled for 2028 and a further 4 billion USD pledged; Cleanview lists 338 MW for the building, while Microsoft has published only campus-level power figures (400 MW phase 1, possibly 900 MW later).

Microsoft describes Ginger West as being built by Turner Construction, with construction completion forecast for summer 2028. Completion does not establish operational availability; the exact parcel is unverified.

The California Energy Commission identifies Microsoft’s two-building San Jose project at 1657 Alviso-Milpitas Road, with a maximum electrical load of 99 MW and estimated load of 77 MW. A verified total project budget and COD remain unavailable.

Microsoft describes Ginger East as being built by Weitz Construction, with construction completion forecast for mid-2028. Completion does not establish operational availability; the exact parcel is unverified.