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Guides, analysis and licensing advice for Windows, Office, Visual Studio and more — from the Software Supplies team.
Microsoft just quietly gave Windows 10 users another free year of security updates — extending the consumer ESU programme to October 2027. Here’s what ESU Year 2 actually covers, what it costs for businesses, and why it’s breathing room to upgrade, not a reason to stay. ESU buys time — upgrading solves the problem. Genuine […]
UK students heading to university or college in 2026 need two pieces of software for their laptop: a Windows licence and Microsoft Office. This guide covers which editions to choose, how to save up to 30% with the exclusive BACKTOSCHOOL30 discount code, how bundles work, and what to set up before your first lecture. Exclusive […]
Microsoft Project Online retires on 30 September 2026. After that date, your PWA environment goes dark — no access, no data recovery, no exceptions. If you’re reading this, you still have time, but not much. This is the week-by-week action plan to get your data out, your team migrated, and your project management running on […]
Microsoft Project Online retires on 30 September 2026. After that date, your PWA environment goes dark — no access, no data recovery, no exceptions. If you’re reading this, you still have time, but not much. This is the week-by-week action plan to get your data out, your team migrated, and your project management running on […]
New PC, clean slate. Whether you’ve just unboxed a laptop or built a desktop from parts, you need two things before you can do any real work: a Windows licence and an Office suite. This guide matches your profile to the exact combination — and shows you how to save 20% by bundling them together. […]
Microsoft Publisher files use a proprietary .pub format that nothing else opens natively. With Publisher retiring in October 2026, the window to convert your files is closing. This guide covers every method — PDF, Word, and image formats — with honest advice on what each option preserves and what it doesn’t. You need Publisher to […]
Microsoft Project Online retires on 30 September 2026. After that date, your project data — plans, baselines, resource assignments, timesheets, custom fields — is gone, with no recovery path. This guide explains exactly what to export, how to do it, and why a one-time-purchase desktop licence is the safer long-term foundation for your project management. […]