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October 13, 2021WW 746: Token Woof - Global Azure Outage, Ally.io Acquisition, Visual Studio 2022
Global Azure Outage, Ally.io Acquisition, Visual Studio 2022
Yep, Microsoft is Updating Notepad for Windows 11 Too
AMD-Based PCs Suffer a 3-15 Percent Performance Hit with Windows 11
Microsoft makes Windows Subsystem for Linux for Windows 11 a separate app in the Microsoft Store
It's Official: The PC Market Stalled in Q3

Azure & Cloud
Global Azure outage knocked out virtual machines, other VM-dependent services
Business as usual for Azure customers despite 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack | Azure Blog and Updates | Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Blames Russia for Most Nation-State Cyberattacks

Microsoft 365
EU regulators asking Teams rivals about Microsoft's bundling practices, per Slack's 2020 complaint
Microsoft acquires objectives and key results vendor Ally.io and plans to add it to Viva
Smooth Scrolling is Coming to Excel for Windows
Amazon Embraces Hybrid Work

Developer
Microsoft delivers near-final VS 2022 Release Candidate and designates November 8 as GA date
Microsoft to Launch Visual Studio 2022 on November 8

Xbox
Microsoft Embraces Right to Repair
Microsoft Announces 20th Anniversary Xbox Hardware
Quake Gets a Big Update for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5

Tips and picks
App pick of the week: Start11 RC
App pick of the week: Vivaldi 4.3
Enterprise pick of the week: Ignite sessions are live now
Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard
Beer pick of the week: Allagash Ghoulschip

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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1 hr 57 min
October 06, 2021WW 745: Bloomberry Compote Swirls - Windows 11 is here, as is Mary Jo's Bloomberry ice cream.
Windows 11 is here, as is Mary Jo's Bloomberry ice cream.
Windows 11 is Generally Available
Windows 11 Review: Fresh, Familiar, Incomplete
Microsoft's Windows 11: How to get it now (or later)
Windows 11's Broken Promises
Let's Fix Windows 11
Mozilla Firefox is Coming to the Microsoft Store

A new generation of Surface PCs and devices arrives
Microsoft Surface Pro 8 First Impressions
Hands-On with the Surface Pro Signature Keyboard
Hands-On with the Surface Slim Pen 2
Hands-On with the Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse
Mary Jo Foley tries Windows 11 Bloomberry ice cream

Microsoft 365
Microsoft's new non-subscription Office 2021 starts at $150 and arrives on October 5
Microsoft to add new education-focused M365 A1 per-device subscription plan
Microsoft's Cloud for Financial Services to be generally available November 1

Xbox
Xbox Console Shortage to Last Into 2022
Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for October
Xbox Cloud Gaming Expands to New Countries
Microsoft Reveals Forza Horizon 5 PC Requirements
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Members with EA Play Can Join the Battlefield 2042 Open Beta Starting Today - Xbox Wire
Twitch Suffers from Massive Leak

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Turn off installed apps in Start's Recommended section in Windows 11
App pick of the week: Start11 gets a big update
Enterprise pick of the week: Windows 11 Security Baseline is now available
Codename pick of the week: Project Beluga
Beer pick of the week: Transmitter S1X Wild Blueberry Saison

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr 16 min
September 29, 2021WW 744: Candy Bar Cereal - Windows 11 Eve
Windows 11 launches soon
Redesigned Microsoft Paint Heads to Public Testing
Microsoft Whiteboard is Getting a Big Update
Microsoft Leaks New Media App for Windows 11

More Windows News
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22468
Windows 11 Heads to Release Preview
Epic Games is Coming to the Microsoft Store in Windows 11
Opera, Yandex browsers and the Amazon and Epic storefronts are coming to the new Microsoft Store
Windows 10 Version 21H1 Jumps to 38 Percent Usage

Microsoft 365
Microsoft Announces Coming Skype Features
Microsoft Brings New Phone Features to Teams

Xbox
Microsoft Brings Dolby Vision to Xbox Series X|S
New Microsoft Edge Lands on Xbox
Microsoft Reveals Games with Gold for October
Minecraft Dungeons is Available on Steam

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: You can upgrade to Windows 11 right now
Tip of the week: New Docking/Undocking Experience
Enterprise pick of the week: SysInternals virtual conference with MarkR
Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft's administrator portals at your fingertips
Codename picks of the week: Zeus, Nabu, Kahuku, Caspar, Luca, Moro
Cocktail pick of the week: Oh Rickey, You're So Lime

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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1 hr 39 min
September 22, 2021WW 743: Muff Mode - Microsoft Surface Event 2021
Microsoft unveils a new generation of Surface PCs and devices
The Surface is Back, Baby
Microsoft refreshes its Surface PC portfolio including Android-based Duo 2
Surface Laptop Studio Specs and Photo Gallery
Surface Pro 8 Specs and Photo Gallery
Surface Go 3 Specs and Photo Gallery
Surface Duo 2 Specs and Photo Gallery
Microsoft takes another crack at a dual-screen Android phone with Duo 2
Surface Pro X Photo Gallery
Surface Peripherals Photo Gallery
Surface, Can You Spare a Part?

HP PCs
HP Launches 16-Inch Spectre x360, Consumer PCs, and Peripherals
Windows 11
Microsoft Issues Near-Final Build of Windows 11
Microsoft Begins Rolling Out Photos App Redesign
Microsoft is readying a new Windows Server certification

Office
Microsoft makes its non-subscription Office LTSC release available for Windows, Mac
Tips and picks
App pick of the week: PC Health Check
App pick of the week: PowerToys
Enterprise pick of the week: Choose your OS for the new Surface devices
Enterprise pick of the week: Windows 11 requirements hit VMs
Beer pick of the week: Torch & Crown Welcome Back

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr 2 min
September 15, 2021WW 742: Now 99.8% Crash-Free - Teams hybrid meetings, Windows 11 updates, passwordless Microsoft accounts
Microsoft talks hybrid work, Teams
A study of Microsoft employees shows how remote work puts productivity and innovation at risk
Microsoft readies more Teams hybrid meeting features; frees up more LinkedIn remote-work courses
Microsoft acquires student-tutor collaboration platform TakeLessons
Microsoft No Longer Plans a Return to Office Date
Brad Smith is Now the Vice Chairman of Microsoft

Windows 11
Microsoft slammed the Magic Windows shut on Insiders testing Windows 11
Microsoft Says No to WOA Support on M1 Macs
Analysis: Microsoft's Windows 11 Performance Claims
Dev and Beta Channels Get New Windows 11 Builds
Microsoft Releases New Dev Build of Windows 11
Mozilla Bypasses Default Apps Interface in Windows 11
The First Windows 11 Ad is ... Curious

Microsoft accounts go passwordless
Microsoft Account Goes Passwordless
Microsoft Dev
Microsoft Delays .NET MAUI to Mid-2022
Xbox
You Can Now Stream Games From Consoles or the Cloud to Windows 10
Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for September

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Remove the password from your Microsoft account
App pick of the week: Microsoft Authenticator
Enterprise pick of the week: Patch your Linux VMs on Azure right now
Codename pick of the week: Project Rocket
Beer pick of the week: Grimm Pina Pop Sour

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr 27 min
September 08, 2021WW 741: Chimpclamp - Windows 11 updates, Clipchamp, Microsoft Start
Windows 11 updates, Clipchamp, Microsoft Start
Windows 11 moves past 1.0
Microsoft moves Windows Insiders on Dev Channel to a new Windows 11 branch
Beta Channel Just Gets Windows 11 Bug Fixes
Microsoft makes Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 11 previews available for commercial testing
Android Subsystem for Windows placeholder app appears in the Microsoft Store
Windows Subsystem for Android Arrives in the Microsoft Store
Microsoft Teases Updated Photos App for Windows 11

Dumb, da-dumb dumb, dumb
Microsoft Issues Fixes for Windows 11 Instability
Those Windows 11 Instabilities Were Caused by a Microsoft Ad

Microsoft 365
Microsoft buys video-editing vendor Clipchamp
Microsoft Purchases Web-Based Video Editing Solution
Microsoft rebrands its news feed as 'Microsoft Start'

Hardware
Intel to Spend $80 Billion on European Chip Plants
Lenovo Launches New Laptops, Tablets, and Chromebooks

Xbox
Microsoft Delivers Flight Simulator World Update VI
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Use EdgeDeflector to Enforce Your Browser Choice in Windows 11
App pick of the week: YouTube Music
Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft moves the Federal team under Azure
Enterprise pick of the week: Defender for Endpoint Plan 1
Beer pick of the week: Zero Gravity Oktoberfest

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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1 hr 39 min
September 01, 2021WW 740: Panos Promoted - Windows 11 Launch: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Uncertain
Windows 11 to launch on October 5: The Good
Microsoft to kick off Windows 11 launch on October 5
Microsoft Will Release Windows 11 on October 5
Microsoft rolls out more fixes and a new 'Microsoft 365' widget in the latest Windows 11 test build release

Windows 11 to launch on October 5: The Bad
Microsoft Keeps Windows 11 Hardware Requirements, But Will Placate Enthusiasts
Microsoft leaves a loophole for those wanting to run Windows 11 on 'unsupported' hardware

Windows 11 to launch on October 5: The Ugly
The Great Windows 11 Dipsy-Doo (Premium)
Thanks for Testing Windows 11, Now Leave
HP Reports Flat PC Sales in the Previous Quarter
Dell Has a Record Second Quarter

Windows 11 to launch on October 5: The Uncertain
Microsoft Windows and Surface Chief Panay added to Senior Leadership Team
Panos Panay Elevated to Microsoft Senior Leadership Team
Microsoft CEO Meets with Biden, Agrees to Quadruple Cybersecurity Spending
Microsoft announces its fall Surface event for September 22

Xbox
Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for September
Microsoft Reveals the Games for Gold for September
It's Official: Halo Infinite to Launch on December 8

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Check out these incredible hidden gems from Microsoft's past
App pick of the week: Google Chrome
Enterprise pick of the week: Hyper-V Server 2022
Enterprise pick of the week: CosmosDB has a Jupyter meltdown
Cocktail pick of the week: Pina Colada, done right

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr
August 25, 2021WW 739: Panos Paint - Windows 11 fork in the road, Microsoft 365 for business price hike
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 commercial is getting a price hike in March 2022
Power Apps portal misconfiguration exposed data for 38 million users. But it's fixed now.
Microsoft Ignite 2021 Part II: The Quickening is in November again, but still virtual.
Microsoft Teams for Education gets a Reading Progress app
Microsoft is ending support for the Android apps on Chrome OS next month

Windows 11
WWMJFD? Windows 11 Dev channel builds are about to get less reliable/stable. Here's what to do.
New Windows 11 build (Dev and Beta) adds focus sessions. Plus there's our first ISO!
Microsoft teases updated Paint app

Xbox
Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Xbox Series/One this holiday
Microsoft introduces a new wired Xbox headset
Halo Infinite will not include co-op single-player, Forge at launch. And you thought the disappointment was behind us.
Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting World Update VI, new aircraft, and more
Quake, Quake II, and Quake III Arena come to Game Pass! But it's complicated.
Here comes a new Call of Duty! What's old is old again.

Listener Q&A

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Get to know your Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts
There are some new and different shortcuts in Windows 11.
App pick of the week: Quake for Xbox
The Xbox version of Quake is a delight and it delivers an incredible amount of content. And it's just $9.99.
Plus: Momentum New Tab browser add-on
Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Server 2022 is here!
Lucky we found it since Microsoft hasn't said almost anything about it so far. A very odd "launch"
Codename pick of the week: Pinebrook
Xbox console cloud gaming had/has a codename, according to the Xbox fairies. That codename is Pinebrook.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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1 hr 49 min
August 18, 2021WW 738: Gidget Goes to Mexico - Windows 11 updates, PrintNightmare continues, Xbox Game Pass
Windows 11 updates, PrintNightmare continues, Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft lights up more Teams Chat features and delivers updated Windows 11 inbox apps for Insider testers
Windows 11 Tip: Change Default Apps

Microsoft Consumer
Microsoft hires former Uber exec in effort to grow its Teams consumer business
PrintNightmare
Microsoft Tries, Again, to Get in Front of Printing Vulnerabilities
Microsoft vs. AWS
Microsoft protests Amazon's $10 billion NSA cloud contract win
Amazon Retail Sales Surpass Walmart

Xbox
Microsoft Reveals More Game Pass Titles for August
Microsoft is Testing a Higher Resolution Dashboard on Xbox Series X
Sea of Thieves Now Has 4.8 Million Active Users

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Try Game Pass
App pick of the week: elementary OS 6
Enterprise pick of the week: An updated M365 Roadmap site is coming
Buzzword pick of the week: Ransomware
Beer pick of the week: Off Color Brewing Beer for Beaches

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr 12 min
August 11, 2021WW 737: Super Duper Secure Mode - Windows 11 apps, foldable phones, Edge's secure mode
Here come the Windows 11 apps
Microsoft to consolidate multiple OneNote for Windows apps into a single new version
Microsoft Teases Spotify Integration with Windows 11
Microsoft to replace its many mail variants with 'One Outlook'

Here come the foldable apps
Microsoft Partners with Samsung on Foldable-Aware Apps
Edge may get a new, super-secure mode
Microsoft tests Super-Duper Secure Mode for Edge
Microsoft fixes Windows 10 PrintNightmare flaw with this update

Windows 11
Microsoft Releases New Build of Windows 11 to the Dev Channel
Xbox
Xbox Cloud Gaming Comes to Xbox App for Windows
Parallels Desktop 17 to Bring Windows 11 to the Mac

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Run Windows 11 on your Mac
App pick of the week: Start11, Firefox 91 SSO
Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Server Summit
Enterprise pick of the week: Peer5
Beer pick of the week: Untitled Arts Non-Alcoholic Italian Pilsner

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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1 hr 56 min

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