Windows Weekly (Video)

Our best moments of 2017. Windows as a disservice. Bill Gates does tech support. Xbox One X unboxing. Is Cuphead Really that hard? NYPD Switches from Windows Phones to iPhones. Petya Ransomware Attacks Worldwide. Happy Holidays!

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

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• Tip of the week: Paul's favorite podcasts, audiobooks, and mobile apps of 2017
• App pick of the week: Oxenfree
• Enterprise pick of the week: Add AI and stir: MS brings new AI-powered features to O365, Bing, Cortana
• Enterprise pick no. 2 (just cause you need a nice holiday gift): MS to cut prices by up to more than 50% on its Hadoop service
• Beer pick of the week: Ninkasi Ground Control (2017)

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

Guest: Chris Capossela

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Top 5 Microsoft stories of 2017!

MJF's picks - stuff that fell under the radar:

• MS reorganizes sales staff
• Growth mindset mania
• Windows as a service
• Big bundles
• Everybody's a friend, nobody's an enemy

PT's picks - hottest stories:

• Windows as a service
• Progressive web apps
• Xbox One X
• AR and VR
• Windows 10 Snapdragon

More information and more questions since last week's event. There are obvious issues, but this is the future of the platform and it matters. Snapdragon 845 is huge, but how will these new features impact the PC? MS is working on more eSIM and power management capabilities for Always Connected PCs. Microsoft Edge usage is apparently even worse than we thought. Cortana now works with Google Calendar. Windows 10 whiteboard app is now in public preview. Microsoft claims education gains, but are they true? Team me up, Scotty! Teams is starting to get some of the advanced calling features MS promised, but full guest access for Teams is delayed until next year. MS Quantum Computing dev kit is here minus the quantum computers.

Tip of the Week: 12 Days of Microsoft Deals. Today's deal is $200 off Windows Mixed Reality headsets.

App Pick of the Week: Stardock Groupy is here and PUBG arrives on Xbox One!

Enterprise Pick of the Week: Biz users beware of possible Microsoft support price hikes.

Codename Pick of the Week: Cobalt.

Beer Pick of the Week: Firestone Walker Helldorado.

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

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Paul is live in Maui for the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit, and we have a special guest...

Windows 10 on ARM officially arrives. The first ARM-based Always Connected PCs won't really arrive until early 2018. PT: This is the future of the platform. What's the value proposition for the platform?

These first Always Connected PCs will run Windows 10 S, but be upgradable for free for a set period (Sept. 2018?) to Windows 10 Pro. Price for the Asus: $599 to $799 (plus a mobile carrier subscription). So what about Intel? They power some 'Always Connected' PCs, too, and they won't talk about their patent threat.

Questions: Days vs. weeks of battery life? Performance? What about the Snapdragon 845? Where are all the PC makers (and is this a Windows 10 S thing, limiting its future)?

And how about that Snapdragon 845? A few details from today about the 845, coming to phones in early 2018. A reminder why PC makers sometimes use older chips in newer models.

Windows: No new builds of Redstone 4 until Friday at the earliest. Windows 10 collaborative whiteboard app is going public preview. Windows Update problems hit Windows 7 users (now fixed).

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

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Windows 10 now at 600 million active monthly devices. Related: Fall Creators Update in on 1/5th of all Windows 10 PCs already.
In a change from the normal way it reveals such things, Microsoft said this week that it will add Timeline, and a newly announced feature called Sets, to Windows 10 in coming Insider Builds. But... Microsoft is doing A/B testing on Sets, angering Insiders again.
Sets may be just the UX change that Windows needs to stay relevant.Related: Microsoft is working on a new Photos companion app for mobile and Raf reveals the new Game Bar.
Microsoft has made its Android Office apps available on Chromebooks.
Microsoft is killing Facebook login to Skype. Microsoft is selling more phones in its Store. But it needs to sell its own phones. Here's why. What makes a phone a phone? Enter, Andromeda.
Microsoft is going to expand its corporate headquarters: more info on the plans.

• Tip of the week: Write, don't type
• App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge for Android/iOS
• Enterprise pick of the week: Azure-based location services
• Codename pick of the week: Project Rome
• Beer pick of the week: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2017

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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Surface Book 2 loses power when plugged in while gaming. On purpose. Related: Surface Book 2 first impressions. Plus: SB2 gets its first firmware updates. Coming Windows 10 features leak: Quick Pair, Tabs in UWP apps, Spotlight-like search. Related: Windows 10 S still sucks at 6 months. Skype pulled from app stores in China. Skype shows ads now, too. Remember the slippery slope?

• Tip of the week: Save with Microsoft's Black Friday deals: Big deals on games, Xbox One S, and more.
• App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge for Android/iOS
• Enterprise pick of the week: Hosting VMWare on Azure
• Codename pick of the week: Outings
• Beer pick of the week: Whaler's Brewing Hazelnut Creme Stout

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

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Visual Studio Live Share: Coming soon to a pair of programmers near you. New collaboration service coming in early 2018: VS Live Share. New Visual Studio Tools for AI extension. MariaDB as an Azure service; Databricks (Spark) as a service; and Cassandra as a service. VS App Center is now GA.
Microsoft v. perception: how can Microsoft make itself part of the conversation? Related: Microsoft half-asses another phone.
Windows (7, 8.1 and 10) news: Paul is starting a Redstone 4 features deep-dive series, starting with Fluent Design System. Some Windows 10 1511 users get a 6-month support extension. Some apps are coming back from the dead. SteamVR is coming to Windows Mixed Reality today.
Surface: two big releases this week. Surface Book 2 and Surface Precision Mouse are out tomorrow.
Xbox controversy of the week: What's a launch title?

• Tip of the week: You can now gift games on Xbox
• Tip #2: Get the Invoke for just $99! Or an Xbox One S for $175!
• App pick of the week: Groupy
• Plus: Firefox Quantum
• Enterprise pick of the week: New Skype Professional service integrates productivity tools with Skype
• Skype Professional preview coming soon (US only at first).
• Beer pick of the week: Prairie Birthday Bomb!

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

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Xbox One X is a game changer, literally, the first true 4K video game console. Reviews are overwhelmingly positive. This is the kind of press---and lines at their stores---that Microsoft never gets.

How to decide: Should you get an Xbox One X?
Phil Spencer says MS is going to invest even more in first party games (and that MS may try again to do an Azure-powered streaming service.) If at first you don't succeed (with Arcadia), try, try again?

Intel is teaming up with AMD for high-end portable PCs - Why?
Broadcom wants to purchase Qualcomm for $100+ billion (!) - Why?
Analysis: These two deals are great examples of how the future of the PC industry is being shaped - Intel, etc focused on performance, ARM focused on mobility. Intel and Windows will always win at the former, but the latter will be split between many platforms.

Microsoft ships Windows 10 IoT Fall Creators Update.
Win 10 Enterprise users will be able to integrate 3rd p. Security services w. Win 10 Defender ATP.
What is a "highly secure"Windows 10 PC?
Sort of related: The mysterious Swing acquisition/non-acquisition

• Tip of the week: Get your games onto your new Xbox One X (Part 2)
• App pick of the week - iOS: Edge updated for iPhone - Android: Pocket Casts picks up some great Oreo features
• Enterprise pick of the week: Resume Assistant
• Codename pick of the week: Project Cerberus
• Beer pick of the week: Boulevard Collaboration No. 7 Oak Aged Lager

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

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Progressive Web Apps: They're coming to Win 10 – and why you should care. All eyes on the Microsoft cloud, earnings analysis for Q1 FY 18. Andromeda mobile device rumors continue to flare. Xbox One X unboxing.

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

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A week in: How's the Fall Creators Update rollout going? Surprisingly well, though not flawless. Plus: Hands-on (again) with Windows Mixed Reality. What it is, what it isn't

Windows Phone rollout still hasn't happened. (Coming this week, supposedly.) Windows Server 1709: What's missing? HoloLens is not going to get the Fall Creators Update at all. (What do we make of that?) Related: A new Redstone 4 test build (17025) just appeared before the show began

The first (and maybe only?) Cortana powered speaker: The Invoke. We got to test these out for a week. Our verdicts? MJF: Nice, but not a must-have. PT: A beautiful device, but... Related: Cortana gets a major update on iOS, Android

Xbox roundup: global launch happening for Xbox One X on Nov. 7. Original Xbox games now available on Xbox One. RIP, Microsoft Kinect. Related: Mixer broadcasting integrated into Minecraft. Related: The mysterious case of Halo: Master Chief Collection

• Tip of the week: Get ready for Xbox One X
Plus: Big Halloween games sale for Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Plus: We figured out OneDrive Files on Demand

• App pick of the week: Kindle for Android and iOS gets a major update

• Enterprise pick of the week: Roadmap (take 1) for the Skype for Biz- MS Teams migration
Bonus enterprise pick: K is for Kubernetes

• Codename pick of the week: Fission
Fission was the original codename for the emulator for Xbox games backward compatibility. (The IGN 'untold story' on the backward compatibility stuff has other codenames, anecdotes, etc.)

Beer of the Week: Citizen Cider: The Dirty Mayor

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

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