Windows Weekly (Audio)

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August 10, 2022WW 789: Made in Raccoon City - MLX team layoffs, Clipchamp Essentials plan, OneDrive turns 15
MLX Team layoffs, Clipchamp Essentials plan, OneDrive turns 15
Microsoft lays off its Modern Life Experiences teams, has perhaps halted almost all hiring.
Windows
New build (22621.382) for the Windows 11 Insider Preview Release Preview channel - 22H2 is still being refined. But there's no blog post and the support page for this release 404s.

New builds for Dev and Beta channels, and Devs get an ISO

Windows Package Manager 1.3 arrives with support for portable apps

Clipchamp has a single paid tier now but it's still too much.

Microsoft is making its emoji library available on GitHub and Figma
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Edge 104 arrives

DuckDuckGo to block Microsoft trackers after embarrassment

OneDrive turns 15 and Microsoft is redesigning its home page
.NET/dev
Visual Studio 2022 17.3 arrives with MAUI support, plus several .NET milestone releases
Xbox
Microsoft is FINALLY testing an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Family plan

Xbox Series S gets a memory boost

Microsoft is returning to Gamescom for some reason

A white Elite controller leaks and it is horrible

Unity picks Azure for its cloud developer tools

Nintendo has sold over 111 million Switch consoles
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Upgrading/Upgraded to Windows 11? You need to look at this OneDrive setting

App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac

Enterprise pick of the week: Revisiting the M365-Office connectivity warning

Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Entra Verified ID now generally available

Beer pick of the week: Trillium Brewing Congress Street IPA

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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2h 8min
August 03, 2022WW 788: A Mai Tai of Headwinds - Intel down, AMD up, the Windows 10 22H2 mystery continues
Intel down, AMD up, the Windows 10 22H2 mystery continues
Windows 10 22H2
Microsoft enters the final test phase for Windows 10 22H2 before rollout - but doesn't announce what the new features are

Microsoft said information about the "scoped features" will come later
Windows 11
Dev channel got a new build today with Game Pass widget

Beta Channel gets two new builds because of course it does

Windows Subsystem for Android to get gamepad support
Microsoft 365
Outlook Lite arrives for low-end Android devices

Uber emails are crashing Outlook

Teams for Apple silicon Macs is rolling out 'in the coming months'
More Earnings Learnings
Apple: All businesses but iPhone and Services were down, and Services growth was half that of the past year, and they lost subscribers

Amazon: Net loss because of Rivian investment, but AWS revenues jumped 33 percent YOY to $19.74 billion

Intel: Net loss of $454 million on revenues of $15.3 billion, a decline of 22 percent year-over-year. Why? PCs

AMD: Net income of $447 million on revenues of $6.6 billion in the quarter ending June 25, 2022

Microsoft added more than 40,000 employees in the last year and is now well over 200K employees
Xbox & Gaming
Activision Blizzard limps through the quarter, and Microsoft disses them to pass regulatory approval

Google is not killing Stadia. Yet

Amazon Luna heads to 2022 Samsung Smart TVs

PS5 sales plummet, but Sony finalizes Bungie acquisition

Nintendo misses on earnings, sales down 4.7 percent
Tips & Picks
Tip of the week: Buy the PC you need, not the PC you might need

App pick of the week: VMWare Fusion 22H2 for Mac

Enterprise pick of the week: More Microsoft Defender products for defending all the things

Codename pick of the week: Oasis

Beer pick of the week: Deciduous Lollipop Forest

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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2h 6min
July 27, 2022WW 787: No Code? Faux Code - Earnings Learnings 2022, Windows 11 22H2 review, Sound Schemes
Earnings Learnings 2022, Windows 11 22H2 review, Sound Schemes
Microsoft earnings
Microsoft reported that it earned a net income of $16.7 billion on revenues of $51.87 billion in the quarter ending June 30.

Microsoft discloses Teams usage numbers.

This was the first time MSFT has missed on earnings since 2016 - and it adjusted its guidance in June too.
Windows 11
Paul reviewed Windows 11 22H2 and found lots of little improvements... but also little in the way of addressing feedback.

Also, let's recap the new servicing and Windows 12 rumors.

Windows 10 22H2 is also coming with no new features.

Microsoft Edge adds disk caching compression with v102.
Microsoft 365
Microsoft now blocks external VBA macros by default.

Ignite is coming October 12-14. It's a hybrid event with a few in-person venues worldwide.
Dev
The next .NET Conf will focus on .NET MAUI

Power Platform now has over 7 million MAUs
Xbox
Microsoft speeds Xbox Series X|S boot time by 5 seconds.
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Get to Sound schemes as quickly as possible

App pick of the week: iA Writer

Enterprise pick of the week: Windows 11 onboarding and deployment kits

Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Office 2016 and 2019 users: Mark your calendars

Beer Pick of the week: Hill Farmstead Charlie

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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2h 6min
July 20, 2022WW 786: Windows Ventura - New drop schedule, Cronos device, Netflix ads
Let's talk Windows 12! Or Win 11 X?
Windows is moving to a new schedule, with major drops every three years and multiple smaller feature drops in between

The next "major" Windows client release is coming in 2024.

What happens to the promised once-yearly feature releases like Win 11 22H2? And Windows 10?

Will Microsoft end up supporting each Windows release going forward for three years?
Let's talk about the canceled Surface Duo.
A plastic Surface Duo 2 'lite'? Microsoft canceled it, but why (besides price) was this a thing at all?

Qualcomm Technology Summit coming November 15

What's happening with the rumored MS-Qualcomm exclusive deal, and what this will mean
Microsoft and Netflix
Microsoft wants to get more money and market share from ads.

One analyst says this paves the way for Microsoft to buy Netflix.
Inspire Partner Conference
Excel Live: Viva Engage: Not a Facebook rip-off as some thought.

Viva Engage: Not a Facebook rip-off as some thought.

Microsoft's unified digital contact center: Microsoft's Nuance acquisition is already paying off
Tips & Picks
App pick 1: Unigram - Telegram for Windows

App pick 2: Forza Horizon 5 Hotwheels

Enterprise: Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty

Codename: Project AirSim

Hosts: Mary Jo Foley and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Rich Woods and Zac Bowden

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1h 49min
July 13, 2022WW 785: Mark-of-the-Web - Mid-Year Predictions, Dev Channel Build 25158, Search Highlights
Mid-Year Predictions, Dev Channel Build 25158, Search Highlights
Microsoft layoffs. Ahead of Q4 earnings on July 26

What will happen with Windows 10 and 11 for the rest of this year?

EdgeOS vs. ChromeOS?

Where is Fluid?? Where is Teams 2.0?
Windows
New Dev Channel build 25158 out today that adds notification badging with widgets

A closer look at the new Rufus 3.19 Windows 11 ISO capabilities

Patch Tuesday arrives. Gentlemen and ladies, start your updates

Windows Autopatch is now GA and (maybe) here to help

PC sales to fall in 2022 ... and for a LOT of reasons
Microsoft 365
Microsoft plays rope-a-dope with Office VBA macro blocking
Dev
Microsoft announces EOL date for .NET Core 3.1
Surface
Surface Duo 2 gets camera improvements in the July update
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Back-to-school sale

App pick of the week: PowerToys 0.60

Enterprise pick of the week: Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Wave 2 plans for 2022

Codename pick of the week: Salus

Beer pick of the week: A Deal With the Devil

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
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1h 56min
July 06, 2022WW 784: Windows Leaky! The Livestream - Beta Channel split, Outlook Lite app, Rufus
Beta Channel split, Outlook Lite app, Rufus
Windows 11
Windows 11 is on over 20 percent of (consumer) PCs now

Over 20 percent of Steam gamers are on Windows 11 now

Windows Insider Beta Channel splits into 2, but this time there is a major (and positive) caveat

What is an "enablement package"? When did this start? What is its use on 22H2?

Microsoft's small improvements that no one seems to have noticed

Windows Subsystem for Android updated for Insiders in the United States
Microsoft 365
Microsoft is working on a Lite version of Outlook.

Microsoft wants people to join the Family Insider Program

Microsoft is trying to turn OneDrive into a social platform

Former Microsoft exec Javier Soltero is leaving Google after just 2.5 years

EU makes moves against Big Tech
Xbox
Microsoft announces the first Xbox Game Pass titles for July

Microsoft to drop Xbox 360 titles from Games with Gold in October.

Samsung Gaming Hub brings Xbox Cloud Gaming (and more) to the 2022 Samsung Smart TVs
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Join the Halo Infinite network campaign co-op beta

App pick of the week: Rufus (3.19 Beta or newer)

Enterprise pick of the week: Azure capacity limits are continuing. What can you do?

Enterprise pick 2 of the week: The Office 365 for IT Pros eBook (9th edition)

Beer pick of the week: Jolly Pumpkin La Roja Du Kriek

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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2h 7min
June 29, 2022WW 783: We Have Nothing To Share... at This Time - Windows 8.1 Retires, Microsoft Edge Update, WebView2
Windows 8.1
Microsoft to start nagging Windows 8.1 users in July about January 2023 end-of-support date

The End of the Windows 8 Era? Hardly
Windows 11
Windows 11 Insider Build 25151 is Out With More Bug Fixes
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge Version 103 is Now Available

Microsoft turns on promised gaming features for its Edge browser

Microsoft Announces Big Updates for Edge Collections

Microsoft Brings Edge WebView2 to Windows 10

Mozilla Releases Firefox 102

Brave Reports Strong Growth in Search, Launches Goggles
Xbox
Microsoft Reveals July 2022 Games with Gold Lineup
Listener Q&A
Windows Hello face authentication | Microsoft Docs
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Set up Windows 11 22H2 with a local account

App pick of the week: Brave

Enterprise pick of the week: Get ready for Microsoft Inspire in July

Codename pick of the week: Monad

Beer pick of the week: Off Color Brewing Beer for Beaches

Hosts: Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott, and Mikah Sargent

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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
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1h 54min
June 22, 2022WW 782: A Hazy Shade of Winders - Windows Defender, Microsoft Viva, GitHub Copilot
Windows Defender, Microsoft Viva, GitHub Copilot
Windows
New Windows 11 Insider Build Brings OneDrive Information

Microsoft Gets Ready to Roll Out Search Highlights on Windows 11

Xiaomi Launches its First Windows on ARM 2-in-1 PC
Microsoft 365 & Cloud
Microsoft launches Defender for Individuals for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers

Microsoft's Viva Sales: A new companion app that works with many CRM systems (not only Microsoft's)

Microsoft to curtail some of its facial recognition capabilities in the name of 'Responsible AI'

From Nvidia to IKEA: Here's who's joining the Metaverse Standards Forum
Dev
GitHub Copilot, Microsoft's AI pair-programming service, is generally available

The Directions on Microsoft Briefing | Directions on Microsoft
Xbox
Xbox Cloud Gaming to Get Mouse and Keyboard Support on PC

Microsoft Warns About Supply Shortages for Xbox Controllers

Far Cry 5 is Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft's Xbox App on PC Adds a Performance Indicator
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Learn about the new features in Windows 11 22H2

App pick of the week: Reading apps

Enterprise pick 1 of the week: Microsoft's Secured Core comes to IoT devices

Enterprise pick 2 of the week: Don't be fooled: Patch Tuesday isn't going away

Beer pick of the week: Torch & Crown Rainbows Everywhere

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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1h 52min
June 15, 2022WW 781: The Balloon Store - Changes to Windows 11 22H2, Microsoft's Gaming Announcements, Farewell IE11
Changes to Windows 11 22H2, Microsoft's Gaming Announcements, Farewell IE11
Windows 11 File Explorer Tabs Are Now Available for Beta Channel Testers

Microsoft Finalizes Windows 11 Version 22H2
More Windows
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25136 | Windows Insider Blog

Windows 11 Insider Build 25140 is Here with More Bug Fixes

Hands-On with Visual Studio 2022 17.3 Preview 2 on Arm

June 15: It's the end of the Internet Explorer era

Saying Goodbye to Internet Explorer

Report: PC Sales to Fall Over 8 Percent in 2022
Microsoft & Gaming
Microsoft to allow Xbox Cloud Gaming users to bring their own games later this year

Microsoft Edge is Getting New Gaming Features

Xbox Design Lab Comes to More Markets with New Options

Xbox Game Pass Will Add Demos of Upcoming Games Next Year

Xbox Cloud Gaming Will Soon Let You Play the Games you Own

Xbox Cloud Gaming Comes to 2022 Samsung Smart TVs This Month

Microsoft Shows Over 30 Games Coming to Xbox in the Next 12 Months

This is Why Apple Blocks Xbox Cloud Gaming

Activision Announces Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Microsoft 365
Report: Microsoft Has Started Testing Casual Games in Teams

Microsoft is adding echo cancellation and anti-interruption features to Teams

Outlook Mobile is Getting an Algorithmic Newsfeed
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Save big on games

App pick of the week: Firefox

Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Admin Center comes to the Azure portal

Codename pick of the week: Gibraltar

Beer pick of the week: Wild East Brewing Alfresco Cucumber

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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2h 7min
June 08, 2022WW 780: Call of Jury Duty - Alex Kipman leaves Microsoft, Windows 11 gets updates, Microsoft unions
Alex Kipman leaves Microsoft, Windows 11 gets updates, Microsoft unions
Report: Toxicity Continues at Nadella's Microsoft

HoloLens chief Kipman is out. So what's next for Microsoft's metaverse strategy?

Microsoft is Leaving Russia

Microsoft Will Respect Unionization Efforts from its Employees
Windows 11
Microsoft begins rolling out Windows 11 22H2 to testers in the Release Preview channel

Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Insider Build 25131 and ARM64 Microsoft Store

Windows 11 Version 22H2 is Showing Up on Some Unsupported PCs
Microsoft 365
Microsoft: Next version of Exchange Server not until 2025

Apple Revamps the iPad Multitasking Experience with iPadOS 16
Dev
Microsoft Releases Windows App SDK 1.1
Xbox
Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition Launches on PC Today

E3 is Coming Back as a Physical and Digital Event Next Year

Announcing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Xbox Wire
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Learn about the new features in Windows 11

Tip of the week: Add Windows 11 visual style to Microsoft Edge

Tip of the week: Transcribe any audio or video file with Word for Web

Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Customer Connection Program

Enterprise pick of the week: IE users — June 15 is the day

Beer pick of the week: Hudson Valley Demiurge sour IPA

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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1h 57min

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