Windows Weekly (Video)

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Windows Weekly (Video) episodes

  • WW 710: Tab Hygiene - Comparing Microsoft earnings to other big tech companies

    Comparing Microsoft earnings to other big tech companies

    Windows 10

    • Microsoft Edge picks up a better roadmap for future features
  • Windows 10 "in cloud" configurations are now available

    • Microsoft 365

    • Microsoft 365/Teams saw big education success but struggle against Chromebooks
  • Related: It's not just PCs, 2020 Was the Best Year Ever for Chromebook
  • Microsoft to highlight improvements to the 'employee experience' in Feb. 4 event
  • Microsoft to add new voice command, video, and other features to Office mobile apps
  • Microsoft Announces a Slew of Mobile App Updates
  • Office Lens is Renamed to Microsoft Lens

    • Xbox

    • Game Pass titles for the first half of February
  • Now Xbox Series X|S supplies will be constrained through mid-2021
  • Sony shipped 4.5 million PS5 units in Q4, less than the 6 million expected, but Sony's best quarter ever
  • Nintendo has now shipped 80 million Switches
  • Google kills internal games dev at Stadia

    • More earnings

    • Microsoft - $43.1 billion in revenues
  • Amazon - $126 billion
  • Apple - $111.4 billion
  • Google - $56.9 billion
  • Samsung - $55.3 billion
  • Microsoft underperformed all of those companies last quarter

    • Tips and picks

    • Tip of the week: Use some common sense when it comes to game streaming services
  • App pick of the week: iCloud Passwords
  • Also: Vivaldi adds a second tab row for tab groups.
  • Enterprise pick of the week: Roadmapwatch.com
  • Codename pick of the week: JET Blue
  • Beer pick of the week: The Bruery: Bakery: Coconut Macaroons

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

    Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

    Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

    Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

    The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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      • 2 hr 9 min
    • WW 709: Master of Soft Numbers - Microsoft Q2 Earnings Report

      Microsoft Q2 Earnings Report

      • Microsoft reported a net income of $15.5 billion on revenues of $43.1 billion for the quarter ending December 31, 2020.
    • Pre-COVID spending levels are coming back, leading to Azure, Windows growth
    • Xbox had a huge quarter
    • Surface was pretty flat, Windows was mixed
    • Related: New Surface ad is a bit disingenuous
    • Related: Intel had a huge quarter


      • It happens in threes

      • Kurt DelBene is retiring from Microsoft.
    • Plus: Rich Turner is joining Project Reunion.


      • Windows

      • Windows Insider Program shows off a second Feature Experience Pack.
    • You can install that leaked Windows 10X build on a Surface Pro 7 if you're daring and technical enough
    • Another new Dev Channel build today with not much in it (besides some touch keyboard tweaks)


      • Web browsers

      • Edge 88: This is the big one, 'Lizabeth. One year later, Edge is finally "complete" and mature.
    • Chrome 88 is out with password improvements, and Chrome OS 88 is out with sign-in, lock screen improvements
    • Microsoft Edge now supports profiles in PWAs
    • And Google Calendar gets basic offline support (again)
    • YouTube is now a PWA
    • Mozilla is killing the Firefox PWA feature


      • Xbox

      • Microsoft Backtracks, Xbox Live Gold Pricing Won't Change
    • 5 more titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass this month


      • Tips and picks

      • Tip of the week: Get your free audiobooks on Spotify
    • App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge & Brave Browser
    • Enterprise pick of the week: New Dynamics 365 and Power Platform feature plans are available now
    • Enterprise pick of the week: IT Ops: All Things Hybrid
    • Beer pick of the week: S'mores Bourbon Barrel-Aged Framinghammer

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

      Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

      Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

      Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

      The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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        • 2 hr 6 min
      • WW 708: Ninja Ant in Candyland - Combing through the Windows 10X leak

        Combing through the Windows 10X leak

        • Windows 10X leaks
      • Windows 10X: Microsoft's 'cloud-powered' Chrome OS competitor inches closer
      • Paul Thurrott explores Windows 10X: Setup, Desktop and Start, Taskbar and Action Center, Microsoft Edge, Built-in Apps
      • Microsoft touts more Windows 10 PCs, some with LTE options, at BettFest education show
      • Microsoft Pushes PCs, Teams at Education Event

        • Industry
      • Microsoft's Azure marketing chief Julia White joins SAP
      • Microsoft invests in General Motors' self-driving subsidiary Cruise
      • New Intel CEO Wants to Beat Apple

        • Xbox
      • Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for January
      • Microsoft Highlights the 2021 Xbox Console Exclusives
      • Microsoft's Making the Xbox OS More Agile

        • Tips and picks
      • Tip of the week: Paul Thurrott's next book is on the way.
      • App pick of the week: Chrome 88 & Brave
      • Enterprise pick of the week: Ignite Part 2 is coming.
      • Codename pick of the week: VAIL
      • Beer pick of the week: Tree House Brewing New Decade Do-Over

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

        Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

        Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

        Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

        The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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          • 1 hr 29 min
        • WW 707: One Telemetry at a Time - Thoughts on CES 2021

          CES 2021

          • There isn't really TOO much excitement, but major announcements from both Intel and AMD will impact the PC industry in 2021.
        • New PCs, as expected, nothing truly unique.
        • Intel CEO Swan to be replaced by VMware CEO Gelsinger
        • Qualcomm buys CPU design firm Nuvia


          • PCs

          • The PC market surged in 2020, had its best year since 2015.
        • Microsoft announced Surface Pro 7+ for businesses and not Surface Pro 8 as expected.
        • Windows 10 Dev build adds improvements to that new news feed feature


          • Microsoft

          • Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson is leaving Microsoft for Qualtrics
        • Microsoft is finalizing its transition to Azure
        • Microsoft rolls out its second vertical cloud bundle – for retail


          • Xbox

          • Microsoft denies Duracellgate is a thing!
        • Microsoft Announces Xbox Wireless Controller in Pulse Red


          • Tips and picks

          • Tip of the week: Paul's photo management system
        • App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox
        • Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft increases file upload size for M365
        • Codename pick of the week: Project Peabody
        • Beer pick of the week: 3Floyd's Gumballhead

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

          Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

          Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

          Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

          The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

          1 hr 48 min
        • WW 706: Carpe Per Diem - Hackers Viewed MS Source Code, Azure Modular Datacenters, Xbox Shortages

          SolarWinds hackers viewed MS source code, 21H1 and the future of Windows 10, and Xbox Series X|S shortages.

          • The future of Windows 10 (and lack of information): Microsoft tests 'news and interests' feature in the taskbar, and rumor is testers should move soon if they want to keep testing 21H1.
        • Microsoft mulligans: New 'Sun Valley' Windows 10 UX for version 2021, 'One Outlook' to unify desktop and web-based clients, and history/tabs sync is coming to Edge.
        • Cloud: More on Microsoft's Azure-in-a-shipping-container MDC
        • More SolarWinds fallout: Microsoft says hackers viewed some of its source code but didn't try to attack the corporate domain.
        • Xbox: Microsoft to address Series X|S shortages, RIP Minecraft Earth, the first Game Pass titles of 2021, and Bloomberg's piece on Xbox's creation and 20-year history.


          • Tips and picks

          • Tip of the week: Paul's OCD file management tips
        • App pick of the week: Newsfeed apps The Old Reader and NewsBlur
        • Developer pick of the week: Learn web dev on GitHub
        • Enterprise pick of the week: Azure AD is going to four nines
        • Beer pick of the week: Threes Brewing Volition

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

          Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

          Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

          Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

          The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

          1 hr 48 min
        • WW 705: Married With Windows - What you can expect from Microsoft in 2021
          • Microsoft news from the past two weeks
        • Microsoft is designing its own ARM chips
        • Windows 10 version 20H2 is already on 13.6 percent of Windows 10 PCs
        • Google and Facebook colluded on online ads
        • Apple's response to Facebook full-page ads is priceless
        • Microsoft Edge is out for M1-based Macs
        • Together Mode comes to Skype
        • Flight Sim is now available in VR
        • Games with Gold for January

          • Our 2021 predictions

          • Five Microsoft technologies to watch in 2021


          Windows

          • Windows 10
        • Windows 10X
        • Windows on ARM
        • Android on Windows 10 (Project Latte)
        • Cloud PC
        • Windows Server


          • Surface

          • Surface Duo 2
        • New Surface Pro, ProX, Book
        • Any 10X devices from Surface in 2021? Rumors say no.


          • Cloud

          • M365: Teams, first-line workers, and bears (oh my)
        • Azure – more regions, more AWS-competitive services, more AI
        • Universal Search and MetaOS/Fluid Framework


          • Gaming

          • Console
        • Cloud streaming


          • Consumer

          • Chredge, Bing, and MSN
        • Teams consumer v. Skype


          • Dev

          • Project Reunion
        • .NET MAUI
        • PWAs


          • Tips and picks

          • Tip of the week: Lose yourself in a tech podcast
        • App pick of the year: Affinity Photo
        • Enterprise picks of the week: Using Microsoft 365 Defender to protect against Solorigate, Azure free account users get 5 more services
        • Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin Happy New Beer

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

          Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

          Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

          Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

          The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

          2 hr 3 min
        • WW 704: Windows Weekly's Best of 2020 - A look back at Windows Weekly's best moments.

          The best of Windows Weekly from 2020:

          • Microsoft sort of ends support for Windows 7. The company released a "final" update for Windows 7 in early January.
        • Microsoft's Panos Panay gets a promotion, becoming the Head of Windows and Hardware.
        • Some cracked Surface Laptop 3 screens result in another "gate" — Crackgate.
        • Mary Jo and Paul share the highlights of Microsoft Build 2020.
        • Microsoft decides to shutter the streaming platform Mixer.
        • Rumors suggest Microsoft may be interested in purchasing TikTok — and the president wants a cut of the profits.
        • Leo reviews Microsoft's Surface Duo.
        • Microsoft buys Bethesda.
        • Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer, Chris Capossela, shares his hidden gems of the year and answers questions from Mary Jo, Paul, and Leo.

          • Host: Leo Laporte

          Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

          Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

          Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

          The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

          1 hr 57 min
        • WW 703: A Capossela Christmas - Microsoft's Chris Capossela shares his hidden gems!
          • Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela
        • Chris has some hidden gems, and we have some questions.

          • Windows 10
        • Microsoft brings x64 emulation to Windows 10 on ARM (in Insider)
        • Paul tested it

          • Microsoft 365
        • Microsoft converts most Office apps to M1-compatible universal binaries on Mac
        • OneDrive and Teams are notably absent
        • Google Workspace user? You can now edit Office documents natively when sent as attachments
        • This follows a few years of updates bringing native Office capabilities to Docs, etc.
        • Semi-related: Google buys Neverware, which will formally support Chrome OS on any PC.

          • Surface
        • Surface Duo is coming to four more countries in 2021.

          • Xbox
        • PS5 destroyed Xbox Series X|S in November, at least in the US
        • Microsoft piles on the games in Game Pass this month
        • Flight Simulator to come to Xbox Series X|S — but not Xbox One — in 2021
        • You can get Master Chief in Fortnite now
        • EA Play for Xbox Game Pass for PC is delayed to 2021
        • Call of Duty BO CW Season One arrives

          • Tips and picks
        • Tip of the week: Microsoft Authenticator
        • App pick of the week: Brave newsreader, Amazon Luna on Android and the web, Firefox on M1 Macs.
        • Enterprise picks of the week: Studio Alpha, Microsoft certifications getting free renewals
        • Cocktail pick of the holidays: If Nana Only Knew

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

          Guest: Chris Capossela

          Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

          Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

          Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

          The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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            • 2 hr 18 min
          • WW 702: It's a Cat-Eat-Dog World - Cats vs. Dogs, Android on Windows, Halo Infinite

            Cats vs. Dogs, Android on Windows, Halo Infinite

            • Microsoft's holiday 2020 ad is an affront to cat lovers and will not stand
          • Microsoft's Holiday Commercial is for the Dogs

            • Windows 10
          • So why would anyone want to use Android apps on Windows? Which apps make the cut?
          • Lightroom finally makes it onto Windows on ARM

            • Microsoft 365/Cloud
          • Microsoft to change how users can test Teams features
          • Azure Government Top Secret cloud is revealed
          • Microsoft announces this week two more cloud datacenter regions coming "soon": Denmark and Chile.

            • Xbox
          • Microsoft delays Halo Infinite to November 2021
          • A record year of engagement for Xbox.
          • The big news: Confirmation of Cloud gaming on PC, iOS in 2021
          • Minecraft RTX is available for Windows 10!
          • And Minecraft is the most-streamed game on YouTube ... by far.

            • Tips and picks
          • Tip of the week: Turn off stupid crap in the Facebook shortcut bar.
          • App pick of the week: HBO Max
          • Enterprise pick of the week: Deploy SSUs and CUs together
          • Developer pick(s) of the week: A few GitHub announcements from GitHub Universe
          • Beer pick of the week: Finback Cats are People Too DIPA

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

            Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

            Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

            Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

            The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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              • 1 hr 59 min
            • WW 701: The Bailiwick of Guernsey - Windows Feature Packs, Slack acquisition, Android apps on Windows

              Windows Feature Packs, Slack acquisition, Android apps on Windows

              • Windows 10
            • Here comes the first Windows Feature Experience Pack
            • Windows 10 version 20H2 is on 9 percent of Windows 10 PCs in the first full month
            • Also: Let's revisit the Android apps in the Microsoft Store rumor. Could this be related to Android support coming to WSL?

              • Microsoft 365
            • Microsoft is dramatically improving the calling experience in Teams
            • In the wake of privacy complaints, Microsoft overhauls its Productivity Score feature
            • Salesforce to acquire Slack for $27.7 billion.

              • Surface + mobile
            • Surface Pro 8, Laptop 4 coming in early 2021. Don't expect too much (external) change.
            • Update on MJ's Surface Laptop
            • Duo about to get international availability and to come in black
            • Smartphone sales fell again in Q3

              • Xbox
            • November 2020 Xbox Console Update heads out to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
            • Game Pass explodes with new titles in the first half of December - Including Doom Eternal on PC!

              • Tips and picks
            • Tip of the week: There are two ways to consolidate multiple email accounts. Neither is perfect.
            • App pick of the week: Game streaming.
            • Enterprise pick of the week: Take the Power Platform plunge.
            • Codename pick of the week: Project Burgundy.
            • Beer pick of the week: KCBC Penguins Take Manhattan

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

              Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

              Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

              Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

              The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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                • 2 hr 29 min

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