“Moving away from VBA” does not mean throwing it away—How to inventory Excel tasks and what to migrate to in the era of macro blocking and the deprecation of VBScript

A practical guide for DX personnel, internal IT staff, and accounting staff at small and medium-sized enterprises (as of September 2026)Introduction“The Excel macro I received from a business partner ...

「脱VBA」は捨てることではない──マクロのブロックとVBScript廃止の時代に、Excel業務をどう棚卸しし、何に移すか

中小企業のDX担当・社内情シス・経理担当者のための実務ガイド （2026年9月時点） はじめに 「取引先から届いたExcelのマクロが動かない」 「前任者が作った集計マクロ、中身が誰にも分からない」 「VBAはもうすぐ使えなくなるらしいから、何かに置き換えないと」 中小企業の現場で、こうした声を聞く機会が増えました。「脱VBA」という言葉もよく見かけるようになりましたが、何が起きていて、何を急ぐべ ...

Microsoft warns that killing VBScript could break Windows activation for businesses

Microsoft is asking organizations that rely on the Slmgr.vbs tool to switch to PowerShell, as the old script will soon stop working along with the rest ...
Neowin

Microsoft may disable VBScript early in Windows 11 24H2 25H2, shares detailed official guide0 0

Microsoft has published a new blog post outlining in detail how organisations and companies can detect and remove VBScript. The feature may be disabled early. Microsoft, from time to time, kills off ...
Windows Report on MSN

VBScript is on its way out, and Microsoft says admins should act now

Microsoft is urging IT admins to replace VBScript-based activation workflows with PowerShell before VBScript disappears from ...
XDA Developers

Microsoft is deprecating VBScript in Windows, but it will still be available as an optional feature for years to come

Usama is a news reporter at XDA who has a decade of experience in covering technology news across a variety of topics, with the primary area of focus being anything related to Microsoft. He also has a ...
ZDNet

Microsoft: We're disabling VBScript in Windows 7, 8 to block attackers

Microsoft is moving ahead with its plan to eradicate VBScript from the web. On August 13, 2019, in the next Patch Tuesday update, the company will disable the technology by default on Internet ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Axing VBScript in Favor of JavaScript/PowerShell: Here's the Timeline

Microsoft is deprecating VBScript in favor of "more advanced" alternatives like JavaScript and PowerShell. The company today (May 30) detailed how the phase-out will occur in three stages, the final ...
BleepingComputer

Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery

Microsoft is planning to phase out VBScript in future Windows releases after 30 years of use, making it an on-demand feature until it is removed. VBScript (also known as Visual Basic Script or ...
MCPmag

5 Reasons To Use VBScript Instead of PowerShell

I'm a huge PowerShell fanboy. I actively blog about PowerShell, tweet about PowerShell, and present about PowerShell. I'm also the president of a local PowerShell users group. Needless to say, I no ...