Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac will reportedly drop into "reduced functionality mode" on July 13, 2026, when a license-validation certificate expires, leaving perpetually licensed apps able to open files but not edit or save them. Slashdot reader joshuark shares a report from OSnews: "Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion (2026) is a scheduled remote degradation of perpetually-licensed Microsoft Office software for macOS and iOS, set for July 13, 2026 when a license-validation certificate used by the Office apps expires," reports the Consumer Rights Wiki. "After Office 2019 for Mac reached end of support in October 2023, Microsoft assured customers their installed apps would 'continue to function.' The July 13, 2026 conversion instead drops the apps into a Microsoft-defined 'reduced functionality mode,' in which files can be opened and viewed but not edited or saved. By May 30, 2026, the original 2023 end-of-support page had been re-dated and rewritten on Microsoft's site; the 'continue to function' clause was removed." Microsoft's advice to the users they're stealing from is to keep using the applications as mere viewers, switch to the free Office 365 web applications, pay for a 365 subscription, or buy a brand new regular copy of Office 2024. None of these make any sense, and clearly, all of this should be illegal, but it's not because the software industry is a clown show.

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Microsoft has unveiled Scout, an experimental always-on AI "autopilot" agent for Microsoft 365 that can operate across Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, calendars, contacts, browsers, and external apps via MCP. "Autopilots stay active in the background, understand how work gets done across your apps and systems, and take action without needing to be prompted each time," said Omar Shahine, a Microsoft veteran who recently announced he is leading a new team to bring OpenClaw-based personal assistants to Microsoft 365 apps. Computerworld reports: Shahine said Scout can reduce mundane tasks that office workers face, such as coordinating and scheduling meeting times with colleagues, or blocking times in a user's calendar based on upcoming work commitments. "It can also spot risks, like stalled decisions, so you can address them before they become blockers," he said. It's available as an "experimental release" to customers of the company's Frontier program, Microsoft said, and will require Intune policy configuration and "opt-in attestation." [...] It's not clear whether Scout will be included in Microsoft 365 Copilot subscriptions or charged separately. Microsoft did not immediately provide additional details about pricing.

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Microsoft a présenté Scout, un agent d’IA autonome et toujours actif intégré à l'écosystème Windows. Capable de gérer de manière proactive vos réunions et vos tâches sur Teams et Outlook sans aucune commande manuelle, cet assistant propulsé par OpenClaw et Work IQ est disponible dès à présent pour les clients du programme Frontier.

À l’occasion de sa conférence Build 2026, Microsoft a dévoilé une famille de sept nouveaux modèles d'IA développés en interne. Cette nouvelle gamme s'étend notamment de la génération d'images à la gestion de la voix.

Présentée à l'occasion de Microsoft Build, la puce quantique Majorana 2 marque une nouvelle étape dans la feuille de route quantique de Microsoft. Au point que l'entreprise estime désormais pouvoir atteindre un ordinateur quantique à grande échelle dès 2029.

Connecter votre cravate ou votre porte-clé à une IA, le tout sans Windows ? C'est la promesse du Projet Solara, une plateforme « chip-to-cloud » sous Android dévoilée par Microsoft pour infuser intelligemment nos objets du quotidien, même sans écran.

Le 2 juin, Microsoft a réuni les développeurs du monde entier à San Francisco pour sa grande conférence annuelle, la Microsoft Build 2026. Le géant du logiciel a dévoilé ses propres modèles d'IA, les MAI conçus sans OpenAI, son agent autonome Microsoft Scout et le projet Solara, une plateforme pour connecter n'importe quel objet à l'intelligence artificielle. Une keynote qui confirme l'ambition de Microsoft : devenir incontournable dans le monde dominé par l'IA générative.