The "free" access to Copilot inside Word and Excel is ending as Microsoft splits the assistant into "Basic" and "Premium" tiers.

Microsoft Office programs were ubiquitous with productivity and a variety of projects, but these days, cheaper cloud-based equivalents are much more common.

Microsoft 365 packs many apps and services that can replace third-party subscriptions.

Microsoft recommends setting up multi-factor authentication in Windows 10 for better security, but you have to disable basic or legacy authentication first.

Save money on an offline word processor with LibreOffice, and it doesn't have Microsoft Copilot either. It took some convincing, but earlier this year, I finally ended a years-long relationship with ...