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Because my son is about to turn 21 and where does the time go, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s glorious but overdue u-turn on Windows 10 updates, Microsoft’s retreat from the consumer market, U.S. governmental spying on Huawei, Samsung’s falling profits, and so much more.

Microsoft is once again making changes to the servicing model of Windows 10 but these updates will improve the quality of life with the OS and give the user more flexability.

Microsoft says that the Office desktop Windows apps will have native support for Office 365 sensitivity labels in the second half of 2019. Native support means that users won’t need to install the Azure Information Protection (AIP) client to apply labels. However, if they want to continue using the AIP client (because it is more functional), they need to deploy a system registry update.

This article will provide a quick overview of Microsoft’s free Azure Migrate service. This service can help you assess your on-prem VMware environment to determine what workloads are ready for Azure and what your operational expense may look like by providing scaled cost estimates.

The landscape of technology is changing quickly which is why it’s important to understand how companies are staying relevant in the shifting computing landscape. This past week, I was in NYC with Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley to talk Microsoft and it’s health in the technology sector.

VMware announced a new set of updates for their vRealize Cloud Management platform aimed at providing a unified control plane for local infrastructure and multi-cloud management.

Visual Studio 2019 is now available for the Mac and PC; Microsoft is also including Visual Studio Live share with the development suite too.

Teams is on a roll at present with the number of organizations using the app accelerating past 500,000. Good planning and forethought help enormously to ensure the success of any deployment and Teams is no different. Whether you’re running a migration from Skype for Business Online or a greenfield deployment, thinking before deploying is always a good thing to do.

As we approach Build, Microsoft is ramping up the Azure announcements; here’s everything that happened last month.

This month sees Kubernetes Windows container support come out of beta, Windows Virtual Desktop enters public preview, and the next major feature update for Windows 10 nears the finish line.

It’s called Office 365 but this month was all about Teams, Teams, Teams.

Because I have a hard time saying no, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s latest tax problem, Windows 10 version 1809, throwing ice water on April Fools, Microsoft de-notching Minecraft, and much, much more.