Tag Archives: October 2025

Microsoft Entra Permissions Management

In May 2024 Microsoft announced that Microsoft Entra Permissions Management (MEPM) capabilities were available to be enabled in Defender for Cloud as part of the paid-for Defender CSPM plan. The standalone MEPM product is now being retired – in April 2025 it’s removed from the Product Terms and not available for new EA and direct customers, and won’t be available for new CSP customers from 1 May, 2025. From 1 October 2025 the product will retire, and support will be discontinued.

You can find the announcement article here: https://bit.ly/3RvCcEq, and assurance that nothing will change in the Defender for Cloud experience here: https://bit.ly/42EWNvf.

Windows 10 ESUs

Microsoft announce details of their Windows 10 Extended Security Updates program. Windows 10 reaches end of support on October 14, 2025 at which point 3 years of ESUs will be available for commercial and education customers.

They’ll cost $61 per device for commercial customers (https://bit.ly/3ArI2So) and $1 per device for education customers (https://bit.ly/3YTPL52), with prices doubling for year 2 and again for year 3. Customers running Windows 10 in Azure Virtual Desktop will be entitled to free ESUs.

In addition, there’s a new ESU program for consumers (https://bit.ly/4htLXi6) which is a 1-year option costing $30 per device.