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May 11, 2022WW 776: The Outlook's Oblique - FIDO, Microsoft Build 2022, Power Pages
FIDO, Microsoft Build 2022, Power Pages
Microsoft starts testing 'Suggested Actions' in new Windows 11 test build

Microsoft Issues New Windows Insider Preview Build to Dev and Beta

Apple, Google, and Microsoft to Work Together on Passwordless Logins

Microsoft Releases Physical Copies of Windows 11

Windows 11 is Getting a "New" Sound Recorder App
Microsoft 365 & IT
Microsoft readies its latest 'industrial metaverse' pitch

Microsoft's new Outlook email client is live (at least for now)

Quick Hands-On: Outlook (Pre-Release)

Microsoft to rechristen Power Apps portals as 'Power Pages'
Hardware
Microsoft Unveils New Adaptive Accessories Coming This Fall

Microsoft, Volkswagen are working to enable HoloLens headsets to be used in vehicles

Intel Adds a New Member to the 12th Gen Core Processor Family

AMD Launches New Chipsets for Chromebooks
Dev
Microsoft's Build 2022 Session Catalog is Now Available

Microsoft Announces New .NET Milestones

Google Announces Flutter 3.0
Xbox
Report: Microsoft Still Plans Xbox Streaming Device

Sony Has Sold 19.3 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles

Nintendo Sold 23 Million Switch Consoles in the Past Year
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Read "After Steve"

App pick of the week: Fortnite

Enterprise pick of the week: Replacing the Store for Business and Store for EDU

Codename pick of the week: Haven

Beer pick of the week: Lowercase Brewing Mexican Lager

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

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1 hr 53 min
May 04, 2022WW 775: Shuffleboard at 3 - Edge VPN, Office Web Apps, .NET MAUI, Tech Earnings
Edge VPN, Office Web Apps, .NET MAUI, Tech Earnings
Windows 11 Inside story — How we made the Start
Care About Windows? Do Not Watch This Video
Windows 11
Microsoft's latest Windows 11 test build adds new group policies, drops SMB1 enablement by default

Microsoft Edge Starts Testing Built-in VPN Powered by Cloudflare

Desktop Browser Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats

Microsoft Edge Version 101 is Now Available
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 Web Apps Gain Support For Seamless Account Switching
Dev
.NET MAUI Hits RC2, Adds Tizen Support

GitHub to Require 2FA by the End of 2023
More earnings
Intel Earnings Beat Estimates, Arrive with a Warning

AMD Reports Record Quarterly Revenue

Qualcomm Reports Record Revenues

Apple Delivers Another Blockbuster Quarter

Amazon Revenues Hit $116.4 Billion in Q1
Xbox
Halo Infinite's Season 2 Launches Today on Xbox and PC

Microsoft Announces First Xbox Game Pass Titles for May

Microsoft Reveals New Games with Gold for May

Microsoft Releases the May Xbox Update

Microsoft Launches Deep Pink Xbox Wireless Controller

Microsoft Announces Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase on June 12

Embracer Group Acquires Square Enix Western Studios and their IPs
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Programming Windows series is almost done

App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox

Cocktail pick of the week: The Agua Fresca

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott

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2 hr 6 min
April 27, 2022WW 774: Into the Cloud... Bucket - Learnings from Microsoft's Q3 Earnings Call
Learnings from Microsoft's Q3 Earnings Call
Microsoft: Cloud revenue at $23.4 billion in Q3, up 32 percent

Analysis: Microsoft Post-Earnings Conference Call (Premium)

Microsoft: Windows PC has 'never been more relevant'

Analysis: Microsoft Post-Earnings Conference Call (Premium)

Google/Alphabet Revenues Were Up 23 Percent in Q1
Windows
AdDuplex: Windows 11's Market Share Continues to Stagnate in April

Windows 11 Auto HDR Feature Gets an Intensity Slider

Microsoft Offers Insights from its Internal Windows 11 Upgrade
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft's Teams app is coming to the Microsoft Store

Microsoft Teams Adds Beta Support for Apple Silicon Macs
Hardware
U.S. Army Could Waste $22 Billion on HoloLens
Build & Dev
Microsoft Opens Registrations for its Virtual Build 2022 Conference
Xbox
Xbox Beat US Sales Records in March 2022

Report: Sony is Also Exploring Ads in Free-to-play Games
Tips and Picks
App pick of the week: Clipchamp

Tip of the week: Find assets for YouTube

Enterprise pick of the week: Your M365 apps are moving to the Monthly Channel

Buzzword pick of the week: Lots of buzzy buzzwords on that earnings call

Beer pick of the week: New England Brewing G-Bot

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

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1 hr 55 min
April 20, 2022WW 773: Smells Like Alcantara - Checking in on Windows 11, Microsoft Purview, Build 2022
Checking in on Windows 11, Microsoft Purview, Build 2022
Report: More PCs Running Windows XP, 7, and 8 Than Windows 11

Microsoft disables SMB1 file-sharing protocol by default in Windows 11 Home

Microsoft Gets Ready to Disable SMB1 Protocol on Windows 11

Windows 10 Version 21H2 is Now Available for All Users

PC Sales Fell 6 Percent in Q1 2022
Microsoft
Microsoft rebrands its compliance and data-governance products as 'Microsoft Purview'

Microsoft 365 Bug Bounty Program Now Offers up to $26K Rewards
Dev
Microsoft Starts Filling up its Build 2022 Session Catalog

Microsoft Issues .NET 7 Preview 3, .NET MAUI RC
Surface
Microsoft Rolls Out Voice Clarity Feature on Surface Laptop Studio
Xbox
Xbox Game Pass Will Soon Get More Ubisoft Games

Microsoft May Soon Allow Ads in Free-to-Play Xbox Games

Chris Novak Leaves Xbox After Almost 20 Years

Sony and Nintendo Agree to Change Auto-Renew Subscription Practices
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Disable Google AMP

App pick of the week: Google Drive for Windows

Enterprise pick of the week: Loop components rolling out to Outlook

Codename pick of the week: MetaOS' "Hubs"

Beer pick of the week: Delirium Black Barrel Aged

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

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1 hr 55 min
April 13, 2022WW 772: Exploit Wednesday - Windows 11 Taskbar, Windows on ARM, Surface Laptop Go 2
Windows 11 Taskbar, Windows on ARM, Surface Laptop Go 2
Customers aren't happy about Microsoft's restrictive cloud licensing policies

Critics Say Windows Licensing is Anticompetitive

Microsoft Has No Plans to Let You Move the Windows 11 Taskbar

Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Insider Build 22598

New Apcsilmic Dot 1 Windows on ARM Mini PC Starts at $229

Microsoft Says Edge's Sleeping Tabs Now Save Even More Resources

New Windows 11 Security Feature Will Require a PC Reset
Surface
Report: Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go 2 Could Be Released This Spring

Microsoft Releases April Updates for Surface Duo and Surface Duo 2

Deal: Microsoft's Surface Duo 2 is Currently $500 Off
Xbox
Microsoft Previews Halo Infinite Season 2

Microsoft Launches an Xbox Spring Sale
Tips and Picks
App of the week: Start11 v1.2

App pick of the week #2: DuckDuckGo for Mac

Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Autopatch

Codename pick of the week: Night's Watch

Cocktail pick of the week: Maple Splash

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

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1 hr 59 min
April 06, 2022WW 771: Rush the Mound - Windows 11 for Hybrid Work, Phone Link, Process Mining
Windows 11 for Hybrid Work, Phone Link, Process Mining
Windows 11 for Hybrid Work
Windows 11 is Not Ready for Business (Premium)

Tabs are coming to Windows 11's File Explorer. But here's what's more interesting

Here Are the New Windows 11 Features That Microsoft Announced

Microsoft provides a glimpse of future Windows 11 and Cloud PC integrations
Windows 11
Windows 11 Insider Build 22593 Brings File Explorer Changes

Microsoft to rebrand 'Your Phone' as 'Phone Link'

Microsoft Edge Becomes the Second Most Popular Web Browser

Microsoft Releases Edge Version 100
Cloud/Microsoft 365
Microsoft brings Arm support to Azure virtual machines

Microsoft Teams Adds New Video Filters
Microsoft
Microsoft Silently Withdrew From ACT

Google Claims Microsoft Makes Governments Less Secure

Euro Commission looks into Microsoft cloud practices • The Register

Report: Microsoft Adds New Android Division Following Internal Reorg
Xbox
Microsoft Announces First Xbox Game Pass Titles for April

Microsoft Releases April 2022 Xbox Update with HDMI-CEC Improvements

Xbox Game Pass Family Plan is Reportedly in the Cards

E3 2022 is Officially Canceled
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Watch Halo episode 1 for free

App pick of the week: Shotcut

Enterprise pick of the week: Reading the latest ScottGu reorg tea leaves

Watchword of the week: Process mining

Beer pick of the week: Torch & Crown Bat Flip

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

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2 hr 6 min
March 30, 2022WW 770: Hairy Shooters - Windows 11 default browser, Microsoft Build 2022, Microsoft bribes
Windows 11 default browser, Microsoft Build 2022, Microsoft bribes
Windows 11 Usage Stagnates in Latest AdDuplex Report

Microsoft Graveyard - Killed by Microsoft

Windows 11 to get soon a one-click default browser option

Microsoft is adding a new driver-blocklist feature to Windows Defender on Windows 10 and 11

Microsoft Build 2022 developer conference: Coming May 24 to a screen near you
Business
Microsoft Accused of Violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Again

EU Aims to Open Up Big Tech's Walled Gardens with Digital Markets Act
Xbox
Microsoft Announces New Games with Gold for April

Sony Revamps PlayStation Plus to Better Compete With Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft Now Offers Refurbished Xbox Series X Consoles Online

Microsoft's Cloud Gaming Division Aims to Bring Cloud-Native Games to Xbox

Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update VIII Focuses on the Iberian Peninsula

Halo TV Series Comes to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate With Free Paramount+ Trial
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Get a month of Paramount+ for free

App pick of the week: OBS Studio

Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Front Door revisited

Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Get ahead of Microsoft product deprecations

Beer pick of the week: Grimm Plink

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

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1 hr 40 min
March 23, 2022WW 769: The Insects Are Winning - Windows 11 Watermark, Microsoft Hacked, Edge 100
Windows 11 Beta testers: Start your engines
Microsoft starts moving more Windows 11 test features into the Beta channel

Microsoft to extend its 'enterprise metaverse' strategy with Mesh for Teams

Zoom live avatars: Finally you can turn up to your meetings as a rabbit or a dog

New Windows 11 Insider Build Brings Back Naming Options for Start Menu Folders
Playing Chicken?
Windows 11 will add a watermark on your desktop if your hardware isn't supported

Microsoft leaves a loophole for those wanting to run Windows 11 on 'unsupported' hardware
Hacked!
Hacking Group Claims to Have Stolen 37 GB of Microsoft Source Code

Microsoft Says Lapsus$ Hackers Had "Limited Access" to Source Code
Edge-ing Along
Microsoft Edge 100 Lands in the Beta Channel

Microsoft Edge Can Now Generate Image Descriptions for Screen Readers
Cloud
China Asks Microsoft to Suspend Bing Auto-suggestions

Microsoft continues its push to convince more game developers to use Azure
Hardware
Report: Microsoft Expects Negative Feedback About Military HoloLens

New Surface Go 3 with LTE Model Launches at $499

Surface Duo and AMD-based Surface Laptop 3 Get New Firmware Updates

Dynabook Announces New Tecra Laptops

The Future of Computing is ... a Tablet? (Premium)
Xbox
FTC Requests More Information from Microsoft and Activision Blizzard

Xbox Cloud Gaming Adds Steam Deck Support via Microsoft Edge

Google Has a New Strategy for Stadia (Premium)
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Decision time

A few weeks back I said it was time to check out the Dev channel. Well, Microsoft just gave you an out. Should you take it?

App pick of the week: Greenshot

This is the best screenshot utility for Windows, period. I rely on it every day.

Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Translator gets an AI boost

Z-code, Mixture of Experts and lots of other AI "magic" is improving Translator and other Azure services, MS says

Enterprise pick no. 2 of the week: You say you want to learn cybersecurity...

Microsoft expands its skilling campaign for cybersecurity experts to 23 countries

Beer pick of the week: Resolve Freedom Kellerbier

The Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) is a designated not-for-profit for the Resolve collaboration beer. GEM is providing emergency aid inside Ukraine to the fighters and families that have stayed behind, as well as humanitarian aid to the women and children that are trying to cross the border into Poland.

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

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1 hr 50 min
March 16, 2022WW 768: UI Bouillabaisse - Windows 11 ads, Search Highlights, hybrid work, Halo TV series
Windows 11 ads, Search Highlights, hybrid work, Halo TV series
Microsoft is Experimenting With Ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer

Microsoft on File Explorer Ads: Just Kidding!

Microsoft Brings Search Highlights to Windows 10 Insiders

DirectStorage is Now Available on PC

Windows 10 Can Now Be Installed on Valve's Steam Deck
Microsoft 365
Microsoft to show how Windows 'powers the future of hybrid work'

Microsoft study finds 50 percent of leaders have plans for a full return to the office

Microsoft Teams turns five. What's next?

Office 365 Login | Microsoft Office

Microsoft Brings Redesigned Office.com to All Business and Education customers
Hardware
Intel to Invest Over $36 Billion in Europe

Lenovo Refreshes ThinkPad X13, X13 Yoga, and ThinkPad L

Empowering collaboration in the hybrid workplace with Surface Hub 2S and Surface Hub 2 Smart Camera | Microsoft Devices Blog

Xbox

- Here's the Halo TV Series Story Trailer

- Microsoft Announces More Xbox Game Pass Games for March

- Report: Microsoft's Perfect Dark Reboot is Being Hit by High Turnover

- Google Details New Tools to Make Google Play Games Multiplatform

- Call of Duty: Warzone is Coming to Mobile
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Enable tabs in Windows 11 (Dev) File Explorer

App pick of the week: Notion

Enterprise picks of the week: Surprise! There's a Win Server release (or 2) coming this year. Changes are on the way for Microsoft's Partner Program.

Beer pick of the week: Other Half Bang On

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

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1 hr 52 min
March 09, 2022WW 767: Searching for Longhorn - Clipchamp, Windows Search, Patch Tuesday
Clipchamp, Windows Search, Patch Tuesday
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22572

The consumerization of Windows 11 continues with the newest Windows 11 test build

Microsoft Improves the Windows Subsystem for Android for Insiders

Microsoft's latest Windows patches fix the bug causing user data not to be erased
Microsoft
Microsoft Teams with Apple, Google, Mozilla, Others on Web Interop

Intel and AMD Stop Chip Sales in Russia and Belarus

Microsoft suspends all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia

Microsoft adds its fifth Azure cloud region in China

Microsoft's revamped Startups program is generally available with OpenAI perk
Xbox
Halo Infinite's Campaign Co-op Won't Be Ready for the Launch of Season 2

March Xbox Update Lets Users Pin Games to Quick Resume

Spring Games Spotlight 2022 – Over 40 New Games Coming to Xbox - Xbox Wire
Tips and Picks
App picks of the week: Brave, CorelDRAW

Enterprise pick of the week: Nuance is officially now part of Microsoft

Codename pick of the week: Vienna

Beer pick of the week: Brasserie Cantillon Classic Gueuze

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

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1 hr 41 min

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