Step 1: Understand that there are updates, and then there are updates. Read More ▶ | | | The company will provide three more years of support to Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 when workloads are moved to Azure virtual machines or Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, which debuts later this year. Read More ▶ | | Here's what you need to know about each update to Windows 10 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for KB4345421 (OS Build 17134.166), released July 16, 2018. Read More ▶ | | | The bugs in this month's Windows and Office patches were so bad that Microsoft rushed out a second set of patches six days later. Every version of Windows is affected. Read More ▶ | | A 3% year-over-year increase in PC shipments is being pegged to renewed demand in the business market. And the rise of device-as-a-service models could spur continued buying in the years ahead. Read More ▶ | | Watch us unbox the Maingear F131, a gorgeous hot rod of a gaming rig. Watch Now ▶ | | On the one hand, Surface Pro 2 machines say they need a TPM firmware update. On the other hand, Microsoft doesn't have one -- and doesn't appear to be working on one. Read More ▶ | | Bugs galore in the July patches led to an unprecedented (and unexplained) re-release of everything, and a complete takedown of KB 4018385. Note to self: Who's testing this stuff? Read More ▶ | | Sign up for our popular daily newsletter. You'll get Computerworld's top stories, first thing in the morning. We deliver breaking news and in-depth features on topics like Windows 10 and enterprise mobility, as well as authoritative analyses of moves made by tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and HP. Sign up now ▶ | Get ongoing access to our exclusive Insider content — in-depth articles available only to Insider members. You get access not only to Computerworld's Insider content but to selected Insider content from InfoWorld, CIO.com, Network World, CSO, and other IDG publications. Sign up at no cost today! ▶ | | | |