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September 28, 2022WW 796: Largely Pain-Free - Photos app update, Intel 13th Gen Core Desktop CPUs, Microsoft Viva expansion
Photos app update, Intel 13th Gen Core Desktop CPUs, Microsoft Viva expansion
Windows
A quick update on Windows 11 22H2 update availability.

Microsoft begins testing the new Photos app that will come with the October update.

Edge team has a plan to make PWA more native ... and on Linux and Mac, too!

Can Intel crack the code on Windows/iPhone interop? Dell did, but that app has been killed.

Bye-bye, SwiftKey for iOS

Intel announces 13th-Gen Core desktop chipsets. Guess what? more cores!
Microsoft 365
The new unified Outlook app for Windows (project Monarch) is going out to more testers, getting some missing features.

Study results show that Teams is an OS/platform and needs app store-like protections.

Microsoft expands Viva.
Surface
Surface Studio 3 shows up at FCC
Xbox
Nadella "very confident" Activision/Blizzard deal will be OKd by regulators. As he should be.

Logitech announces an Xbox Cloud Gaming handheld

Microsoft may let Xbox users mute startup sounds

E3 is coming back next for some reason

Microsoft announces a new camo wireless controller with charging dock
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Windows 11 Field Guide update

App pick of the week: WindowBlinds 11 open beta

Enterprise pick of the week: SharePoint Server Subscription Edition moves to a twice-yearly update schedule

Codename pick of the week: Surface codename-palooza

Beer pick of the week: Ayinger Celebrator

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

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2 hr 6 min
September 21, 2022WW 795: [email protected] - Win11 version 22H2 arrival, Fall Surface launch date, "Intel Processor"
Windows 11 version 22H2 Arrives!
Repeat after me: you use the Windows 11 2022 Update to upgrade to Windows 11 version 2022. Got it? Good. Because Microsoft does not.

Windows 11 upgrade remains free, the hardware requirements are unchanged.

Seekers with no blocking holds can use Windows Update or the Installation Assistant.

Build number is 22621.521. Except when it isn't. (There are at least three, including .382 and .105)

Paul has tried to upgrade several PCs. You'll never believe what happened next.

Some features are coming in an October update, including tabs for File Explorer, updates to Photos app, new Taskbar overflow experience, and improved Nearby Share.

Managed businesses will not get post-22H2 interim updates ... until 22H3. With one hilarious caveat.

New business features are mostly security-related. But some of the best new features are for consumers too.

New gaming features in Windows 11 22H2.

New accessibility features.

A theory about how Microsoft's A-B testing in the Beta channel previewed how 22H2 builds will work going forward, split between Home/Pro (features on) and Ent/Edu (features off).

Plus: New Insider Preview builds today for some reason.

New Photos app is now rolling out to Insiders.
What about Windows 10 version 22H2?
It's arriving in October

No idea on new features, if any
Hardware
The Fall Surface launch date is official: October 12

Intel to rebrand Pentium, Celeron. How the mighty have fallen
More Microsoft
Microsoft Teams has a major new vulnerability. Microsoft: "Eh"

Power Platform just got some interesting new features, all in the name of "Collaboration Apps"

Microsoft Learn subsumes Docs, just like it did Channel 9. Hopefully not just like.

Canva is creating a Docs web app, will take on Notion, Microsoft 365

The merged version of OneNote is coming in October
Xbox
Xbox September Update is here

Logitech G Cloud is a handheld gaming machine with Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft quietly changed how DRM works on Xbox.

Here are the rest of September's Xbox Game Pass titles

Hacker breaks into Rockstar, leaks lots of GTA VI footage

Xbox app for Windows updated with HowLongToBeat integration and better performance
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Enable Smart App Control

App pick of the week: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Open Beta

Enterprise pick of the week: Power Up

Developer pick of the week: Microsoft CTO of Azure Mark Russinovich is all in on Rust

Beer Pick of the week: Firestone Walker Maple Parabola

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

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2 hr 24 min
September 14, 2022WW 794: The Faffinator - Notifications rant, Bonnie Ross leaves, Goldeneye 007, listener questions!
Windows 11
Last week, Build 25197 came to the Dev channel and brings back the tablet-optimized Taskbar

This week, we got build 25201 with an expanded widgets view that's almost full-screen and ISOs.

Separately, Dev channel Insiders got two updates: the Calculator app is now ARM64 native, and the Media Player app got a new shortcut so you can edit the current video in Clipchamp.

Builds 22621.598 and 22622.598 headed to the Beta channel earlier this week, removing the ability to uninstall apps with dependencies.
Surface
Google kills Pixelbook as part of a cost-cutting measure. Should Microsoft kill Surface?

Consider: Google needed to establish Chromebook as a viable laptop alternative. Microsoft did not.
Microsoft Ignite
You can now register for Microsoft Ignite, which is happening October 12-14.
Dev
You can now install .NET runtimes and SDKs using the Windows Package Manager
Xbox
The head of 343 Industries abruptly steps down. Coincidence?

Sony chief: Microsoft lied about Activision Blizzard and Call of Duty

Microsoft is experimenting with the Xbox Dashboard

Discord voice chat is now available on Xbox consoles

Goldeneye 007, the original console first-person shooter, is coming to Xbox Game Pass
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Remix your Teams ringtone

App pick of the week: Voxel Doom

Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Space: The family is expanding

Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: PatchTuesday.com

Beer pick of the week: Grimm Festooning

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

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2 hr 18 min
September 07, 2022WW 793: AMD's Circular Slide Rule - Mica Alt, USB4 Version 2.0, Teams Rooms Pro, Halo Infinite Co-op
Mica Alt, USB4 Version 2.0, Teams Rooms Pro, Halo Infinite Co-op
Windows 11
Windows 11 22H2 inches towards release with SDK, WDK/EWDK releases

Windows 11 to get new visual effect

Xbox subscription into coming to Settings in Windows 11
PCs/hardware
PC sales will fall in 2022 and 2023 now

AMD announces new naming convention for PC mobile chips

Lenovo announces 16-inch ThinkPad X1 Fold

Here comes USB4 Version 2.0

Army to get its first HoloLens delivery
Microsoft 365
Microsoft splits Teams Rooms into free/paid tiers

Microsoft is killing its Scheduler meeting coordination service
Xbox
UK CDMA complains about Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft makes concessions

Microsoft announces Elite Controller Core ... which explains the white version rumors

Good news/bad news for Halo Infinite

Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family is real. Just not here.

Here are the first Game Pass titles for September

Xbox party chat gets AI-based noise reduction
Tips & Picks
Tip of the week: Customize your Windows 11 privacy settings

App pick of the week: PowerToys 0.62

Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Stream mobile app gets a do-over

Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Microsoft eCDN

Beer pick of the week: Apple2 (squared)

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

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1 hr 59 min
August 31, 2022WW 792: Arbiter of Lies - Windows 8 User Experience, Ryzen 7000 series, Arm sues Qualcomm
Windows 8 User Experience, Ryzen 7000 series, Arm sues Qualcomm
Windows
Jensen Harris has come out against the Windows 11 Start menu.

AMD launches Ryzen 7000 series desktop CPUs
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Outlook is picking up Microsoft To-Do integration.

Microsoft to drop its Kaizala group-messaging service in 2023.
Cloud
Microsoft addresses its EU-based cloud licensing issues...No, it doesn't.

Microsoft brings Arm-powered VMs to Azure - Ubuntu couldn't be happier, but it's not just Ubuntu

It's been a tough couple of days for folks running Ubuntu VMs on Azure. (Blame DNS. Always)

Semi-related (thanks to AKS): Microsoft continues to plod along in trying to move M365 to Azure
Surface
Microsoft might consolidate Surface Pro/Pro X brands
Xbox
No price hike for Xbox

September Games with Gold includes Portal 2!

Humble Games titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft tests a unified gaming library on Xbox

White Elite Controller rumors continue

First it was PCs, but now Sony is going after mobile gaming too
Tips and picks
App pick of the week: ImageGlass

App pick of the week #2: NextDNS

Tip of the week: First, do what you can to protect yourself from trackers

Enterprise pick of the week: SelfX

Codename pick of the week: CBL-Mariner

Beer pick of the week: Abomination Brewing Drippy Popsicle

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

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2 hr 8 min
August 24, 2022WW 791: Thurrant of the Century - The Windows 11 2022 Update, Windows 95's 27th birthday, Edge Sidebar
The Windows 11 2022 Update, Windows 95's 27th birthday, Edge Sidebar
Windows 11
It looks like Microsoft will call the 22H2 update the "Windows 11 2022 Update."

Today is the 27th anniversary of the launch of Win 95.

New Win 11 test builds for Dev and Beta channels. Mostly fixes.

New test build in the Release Preview channel for those on Win 11 22H2. Some minor feature updates.

Edge gets a sidebar. For some reason.
Microsoft 365
Outlook Mobile is now displaying even more ads. And Outlook.com (and other Outlooks) are making ads look like unread emails!

The pilot of ads in Search in the Microsoft Store begins!

The new unified Outlook app (Project Monarch) now supports personal accounts (for Office Insiders in the beta channel).

Microsoft is planning to add a boatload (official term) of features to Whiteboard.
IoT
Google is exiting the IoT market. But Microsoft isn't. Why?
Xbox
Microsoft brings more Wolfenstein and Quake titles to PC Game Pass.

GeForce NOW can stream 1440p/120 fps in Chrome and Edge.

Sony finally takes on the Xbox Elite controller.

Alexa Game Control is coming to Xbox, PC games soon. Why?
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Catch the MAUI .NET Conf on replay

App pick of the week: Death Stranding for PC Game Pass

Enterprise pick of the week: ACS for Teams hits GA

Codename pick of the week: O'Hare

Beer pick of the week: Japas Cervejaria Kasato Maru

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

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2 hr 2 min
August 17, 2022WW 790: Chub-Smuggling - Live animated widget notifications, Pixel 6a, Dev Box Preview
Live animated widget notifications, Pixel 6a, Dev Box Preview
Windows 11
Windows 11 version 22H2 arrives in September

Windows 11 is getting widget notifications

Camera app goes native on Arm, gets privacy shutter support

Microsoft shuts down Windows Insider enterprise test bed
Microsoft 365
Outlook for Windows moves the cheese. Predictably, no one is happy

About those ads in Outlook Mobile...
Dev
Microsoft makes Dev Box available in preview

Microsoft, Canonical bring native .NET to Ubuntu Linux

Microsoft launches a Markdown language server
Mobile
Android 13 arrives a month early. Any other surprises?

Paul reviews the Pixel 6a - It's terrific.
Xbox
Microsoft only sold ~50 million Xbox Ones. Thanks, Kinect!

Here is the second round of Game Pass titles for August

Sony complains about Microsoft AB acquisition - but there's a simple fix for Sony's Microsoft/COD concerns

Sony to make an even bigger push on PC gaming

Google lets you launch cloud-streaming games from search results
Tips & Picks
Tip of the week: Pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

App pick of the week: Brave for iOS

Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft still won't say what's happening with S4BS

Codename pick of the week: LaTTe: Language Trajectory Transformer

Beer pick of the week: Transmitter Brewing W4 Dry Hopped Gose

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

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1 hr 53 min
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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2 hr 8 min
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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2 hr 6 min
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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2 hr 6 min

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