Bertil Syamken 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

Microsoft employee, database, analytics and business intelligence expert, and born in Hamburg. Also on @bertilsy.bsky.social now.

[Zac Bowden @zacbowden]

BIG NEWS: Microsoft has quietly extended Windows 10's extended support program by an extra year, now ending in October 2027 for consumers.

When support for Windows 10 ended, Microsoft allowed consumers to enroll into the ESU program, which would service Windows 10 PCs with security updates for an additional year, until October 2026.

Now, a new support document has revealed that the ESU program instead end on October 12, 2027. That means Microsoft is giving Windows 10 users another year of security updates.

Windows 10 still has millions of users, likely not helped by the ongoing RAMpocalypse pricing new PCs out of reach for a lot of people, so this move is the right call. https://t.co/ygERpmDcJ0

[Scott Hanselman 🌮 @shanselman]

Hey I love dumping on my company as much as the next guy, because Microsoft does some dumb stuff, but sometimes it's just check emails and verify your accounts.

Not every "WTF micro$oft" moment is a slam dunk. I've emailed VeraCrypt personally and we'll get him unblocked. I've already talked to Jason at WireGuard.

Not everything is a conspiracy, sometimes it's literally paperwork.

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

The tide is turning for Ukraine.

The situation in 2026 is very different from 2025.

Ukraine is bravely holding the frontline.
Russia’s fatigue is openly showing.

That’s the time to double down on our support.

With the first disbursement of the €90 billion EU loan.

With a winter package to support Ukraine later in the year.

The G7 stands in support of a strong and sovereign Ukraine.

[WarTranslated @wartranslated]

During last night's Russian attack, 42,000 people, including 3,400 children, took shelter in the Kyiv metro.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Four minutes after one Russian missile hit near her home in Kyiv, Veronika Chuyan saw the building opposite in flames and knew another was coming.

She grabbed her sons, Jacob and Jasim, and ran. When the second missile struck, she covered them with her body. 1/

[AndyLeonard @AndyLeonard]

Data engineers re-solve the same problems every project - retry, restart, dependency order, environment promotion - from scratch, every time. Not for lack of skill.

The field never named the patterns.

1/5

[Richard Campbell @richcampbell]

Windows Subsystem for Linux Containers - https://t.co/KZXZ4i7P6T

[Anthony @TheGalox_]

Dear @surface,

I'd pay $4,299 for a Surface Studio 3 with Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme or RTX Spark

Improvements I'd like to see over the Studio 2+

• Upgradable SSD
• Thinner bezels
• 120hz refresh rate

Do that and I'll get it in a heartbeat (please at least consider it)

[Adnan Hashmi (عدنان ھاشمی) @adnan_hashmi]

Microsoft Foundry chat reference architecture
https://t.co/kKVidCNAin
#MachineLearning #ChatGPT

[Aitor Murguzur @murggu]

Fabric Analytics at Build 2026

https://t.co/x7QtHaxFBA

[Kurt Buhler @kurtbuhler]

Visualize your semantic model data with Vega/D3.js from Fabric with data apps - a type of Fabric app. Custom web dashboards are now possible.

This is probably the most interested I've been in a new Power BI or Fabric feature, ever.

Read about it: https://t.co/3NC2lnUwOF

[Microsoft @Microsoft]

Announced today at #MSBuild: Microsoft unveiled Majorana 2, a next-generation topological quantum chip developed with the help of Microsoft Discovery’s agentic AI. https://t.co/esVcmeWdgh

[Alex Ziskind @digitalix]

Better picture. And, of course, a waitlist

[Microsoft Surface @surface]

Introducing - Surface RTX Spark Dev Box.

All the power developers need, right out of the box.

Sign up to learn more: https://t.co/DF0DvEvhOz

Surface RTX Spark Dev Box. Built for more.

[Microsoft Surface @surface]

Introducing Surface Laptop Ultra.

Built for world makers. Designed for what's next.

The most powerful Surface laptop ever. Coming Fall 2026.

Sign up to learn more: https://t.co/k8aEX2pTAy

[Zac Bowden @zacbowden]

NVIDIA Computex keynote starting now. If you're a Windows ARM or Surface fan, I'd tune into this :) https://t.co/oRVF827Hfs

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

Our goal is to deliver unmetered intelligence to every home and every desk with Windows.

NVIDIA RTX Spark marks a real breakthrough toward that vision.

Looking forward to sharing more with Jensen, who will be joining us live from Taiwan, at Build this week! https://t.co/O9ttCunAhG

[Omar Shahine @OmarShahine]

I'm so excited to share that @github Copilot is supported as an agent runtime for @openclaw along side Pi and Codex. An early Microsoft Build present! https://t.co/y6ObtM4hy8

[Microsoft @Microsoft]

Loud and clear. #MSBuild kicks off on June 2.

[Windows @Windows]

A new era of PC.

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