https://morningupdate.org/microsoft-mornings/ en-us A daily briefing on Microsoft — Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Xbox, and Surface news, plus the security updates, patches, and vulnerabilities you need to know. A daily briefing on Microsoft — Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Xbox, and Surface news, plus the security updates, patches, and vulnerabilities you need to know. no episodic Windows 11 24H2 Home/Pro end of updates on Oct 13, 2026 — upgrade to 25H2 (automatic for unmanaged PCs); Office 2021 support also ends Oct 13 with no extended security updates October 2026 security update preview (KB5124006): new taskbar positioning option, resizable Start menu, Windows Search redesign, new Administrator Protection feature; full rollout begins Oct 13 September Patch Tuesday was the largest on record: 974 CVEs fixed, two zero-days exploited in the wild (Windows ALPC and Windows Update Stack privilege escalation), 20 wormable vulnerabilities, critical RDP remote code execution ( Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://morningupdate.org/microsoft-mornings/episodes/microsoft-morning-briefing-sunday-october-4-2026-2026-10-04/ 176