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This week Bing gets a re-brand, MSN has a new initiative to support local newsrooms, and the beta opens for Microsoft's Digital Marketing Center.

Plus new e-commerce tools in Dynamics 365, larger screenshots in Edge, and Azure Communication Services is now available with SMS and phone numbers!

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Microsoft plans their 5G infrastructure, a lightweight new Surface device, and Trove begins offering payment to users.

Plus, the Azure IoT Plug and Play bridge, initial Xbox Series X reviews, and an improved Mixed Reality Toolkit.

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On this episode, we bring you our final day of Ignite coverage and the rest of the week's Microsoft news!

We dive into some of Microsoft's cutting-edge projects and initiatives announced this week from Ignite and beyond including the 2030 water positive initiative, a holographic storage research project, a look at how to train against phishing and an MSTIC write up on a cloud infiltration.

It's been an eventful week for Xbox with Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax, the Xbox Family Settings app launch, support for streaming Xbox One games to Android, titanic Series X/S pre-orders, and more!

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Our second day of Ignite coverage is all about Azure and the deluge of dev toys raining down on us!

Azure goes offsite with Azure Orbital, ruggedized and supercharged versions of Azure Stack, and Azure Mover.Plus, Logic Apps gets a huge functionality boost, App Service environments v3 brings virtual networking bliss, and Microsoft plans their most efficient data center yet in Arizona.

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Our first day of Ignite coverage is focused on the bounty of new and upcoming features for M365 services including Office, security, and mobile! Plus, a few dev tool announcements to really spice things up.

We're talking updates to the Outlook and OneDrive mobile apps, an 85" Surface Hub 2S, the Edge browser on Linux, new Power Apps integrations, big upgrades for Microsoft Endpoint manager, a new Mixed Reality service, and more!

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Xbox game streaming launches on Android, VS Code's C++ extension is GA, and Project OneFuzz helps you fix bugs at scale.

Plus, Microsoft teams up with bp and Project Natick's underwater datacenter rises to the top.

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A launch date for two upcoming Xbox consoles, Surface Duo reviews, and Microsoft's security team shares information about ongoing threats to US elections.

Plus, GitHub Codespaces adopts VS Codespaces, the DoD re-affirms Microsoft for the JEDI contract, and the NFL is embracing a virtual crowd.

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Office brings some organizational chocolate with Project Moca, DirectStorage is coming to speed up PC games, and Durable Functions v2.3 brings big updates for app redundancy.

Plus, Teams spotlights more new features, Microsoft develops a Deepfake detector, and HoloLens 2 gets big researcher mode improvements!

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Walmart hints at a partnership with Microsoft for Tik Tok, a closer look at the Surface Duo hardware, and Microsoft backs Epic games in their court case with Apple.

Plus, transcriptions in Word, IoT plug and play device certifications, and Microsoft announces a joint innovation lab with TSMC to advance silicon design in Azure.

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Internet Explorer 11's EOL, Eye Contact on the Surface Pro, and natural language queries for Excel formulas!

Plus, Flight Simulator launches, Cosmos DB serverless in preview, and TypeScript 4.0!

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