Users of Microsoft's Windows 10 will now be getting used to the twice-yearly "feature" updates to the operating system. The next of these is due to be released very soon, so we're going to take a look at what new features you can expect to see once you've received the new update.

The latest development version of Windows 10 includes a new feature that will be familliar to users of Apple's "Airdrop" feature. Dubbed "Near Share", this new facility will allow users to share their files with people nearby without either of them having to be on the same network connection.

Microsoft have announced that there will be no further support for any of the applications within the 2007 version of their Office suite. This means this version of the software will no longer be patched, therefore leaving anyone running it on their machines vulnerable to attack.

Microsoft have recently announced that they will be releasing a new version of their ubiquitous Office suite. The various versions will include some or all of the usual suspects - Word, Excel, Powerpoint et al. This release is targeted at those individuals and businesses that use the package but haven't signed up to Microsoft's 365 subscription service.

We're now only a few weeks away from the launch of the next big Windows 10 update. This update is being called, somewhat confusingly, the "Creators" update. This is also what they called the last update in April. This is to draw attention to the fact that the new features are also targeted at content creators.

Tech giant Microsoft have announced that they will be retiring the "Office 365" brand soon and will be replacing it with "Microsoft 365".

As the latest “Creators Update” is still rolling out to users of Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system, they are already beginning to outline some of the new features that will be included in the next major update – currently planned for the autumn.

All support for Microsoft's unloved "Vista" operating system will be ending this month. While support continued to be offered to organisations stuck on Windows XP users (assuming they were willing to pay for it), no such support will be made available to Vista users.