Windows Weekly (Video)

Surface Book 2 unveiled: in a surprise announcement overshadowing the arrival of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, MS takes the wraps off its coming Surface Book 2. What we liked, didn't about the devices. (We had a little bit of hands-on last week.)
Plus: Other new Surface accessories.
Plus: A new Surface Precision mouse. And the classic Intellimouse is coming back.
The rollout of Fall Creators Update to mainstream users began yesterday on PC, Phone, Win Server, Xbox One. Which phones are getting Feature 2 release? Will Windows Mixed Reality resonate with users?
But Fall Creators Update is so yesterday. What's new in RS4?
What about Windows on ARM? A bit of an update: Microsoft is in 'final stages of development and testing' with partners for ARM-based Always Connected devices. First devices sound like they're still on track for December 2017. Qualcomm is holding an event in December, and Paul is going.
You can try Xbox One X yourself now at Microsoft Stores. Cuphead sold over 1 million units already.
• Tip of the week: Get the Fall Creators Update on your schedule
• App pick of the week: Microsoft + Android
• Enterprise pick of the week: Cloud service map for AWS and Azure
• Codename pick of the week: Pyxis & Zariah
• Beer pick of the week: Weird Beard Sorachi Face Plant

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

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• Microsoft is bringing Edge to Android and iOS. Does this change anything?
• Windows 10 version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) is done 16299.15 heads to Release Preview.
• Related: Fall Creators Update for developers
• Related: Price increases for Windows 10 downgrades, Pro Workstation
• Rumor: Microsoft will kill Surface in 2019
• It looks like the Harmon Kardon Invoke speaker with Cortana will cost $200. Also, Cortana is coming to Skype on mobile
• Big Office news (from a month ago): Microsoft plans to have 2/3 of users in the cloud by next year
• Intel's 8th generation Core processor explained

• Tip of the week: Insider? Take advantage of the "magic window" while you can.
• App pick of the week: Outlook Mobile
• Enterprise pick of the week: latest Patch Tuesday gotcha
• Beer pick of the week: Firestone Walker Mocha Merlin

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

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Windows 10 version 1709 is complete. (a.k.a. the Fall Creators Update or Redstone 3, its names are legion.)
Related: Microsoft holds a mixed-up mixed reality briefing with no real news.Microsoft buys AltSpaceVR. Why? And who are they?
Related: The Windows 10 Photos app was just updated with a surprisingly good video editor. This is great news for people pining over Windows Movie Maker.
Related: 70 extensions for Edge after one year. Is that good or bad?

Looking ahead to Redstone 4: a new build with just a minor new visual change. When will this beta spin up? What can we expect?

Microsoft shutters Groove Music Pass and points customers to Spotify. Also: Store will no longer sell music either. But why not Movies & TV Shows too? And ebooks? (Paul has a theory) Gnashing of teeth in the Microsoft community, but no one actually used this service.
Related: Some industry watchers and OEMs predicting Surface line will be next on chopping block. (Nadella recently denied this, FWIW.)

Mobile: Microsoft is listening to feedback and is fixing Skype, starting on iOS.

Xbox: Cuphead ships and it's awesome. But it's also too hard for most people. Forza Motorsport 7 is a visual showcase, even on Xbox One S. Store is being rebranded as Microsoft Store on Xbox too.

• Tip of the week: Download your purchased Groove music NOW!
• App pick of the week: Paint.NET is in the Store.
• Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Data Box
• Codename pick of the week: AndromedaOS
• Beer pick of the week: Cigar City Good Gourd

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

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We're in the podcast center at the Orlando Convention Center with an audience today. And this week, it's all enterprise, all the time!
Microsoft 365 gets more plans, features.
Bing for Business is part of Microsoft's new personalized search wave.
New Windows 10 S PCs, starting at $275, are coming starting this year.
Skype for Business is gradually fading away in favor of Microsoft Teams.
Office 2019, here we come!
Microsoft is updating OneDrive everywhere.
All hail the Microsoft Graph!
New AI tools for developers.
New Dynamics 365 HR apps, plus custom virtual support agents.
Azure Stack is now shipping from a server vendor near you.
SQL Server 2017 for Linux, Windows, Docker goes on sale October 2.
Quantum Computing is on Microsoft's radar (and we have no real idea what it is) Think: Kitten GIFs.

Our takes on Satya Nadella's new book 'Hit Refresh.'
MJF: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-ceo-nadellas-hit-refresh-is-a-cultural-revolution-enough-to-refresh-microsoft/
PT: https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/windows-phone/135827/satya-nadella-admits-nokia-acquisition

A little bit of non-Ignite news:
Bill Gates uses an Android handset.
More Insider builds of Fall Creators Update out this week - this thing is just about done.
Related: Creators update rollout still trails that of AU. Plus some interesting Surface device sales news.
Progressive web apps coming to the Windows Store with Redstone 4.
Related: Microsoft is renaming the Store in Windows 10.
Apple dumps Bing in favor of Google Web search results and Apple fixes an iOS 11 bug related to Exchange.
You can try Xbox One X for yourself.

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

Guest: Rich Woods

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Xbox One X pre-orders are up! If you missed out on the Xbox One X Project Scorpio, good news: You can now preorder the standard console! Also: Paul goes hands-on with the Xbox One X. "We have a runner!" More gaming giddiness: Minecraft cross-platform is finally real. Related: Phil Spencer is now an Exec VP and member of the Senior Leadership Team.

Mary Jo has a scoop on Surface device announcements, so let's talk about what we expect, and when. Related: Mixed Reality event in October.

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update continues its long wind-down with build 16291. Surprise! It has one new feature. The controversy of the week: Microsoft says there are 330 million Microsoft Edge users. There are not. More MS Fall Creators Update claims, re: battery life, boot time (the "fundamentals").

Mobile: now Google's next Pixel handsets have leaked too. The bad news: Google is pulling a Microsoft.

iOS 11 is out and it shows that it will be hard for Apple to turn iPad Pro into a Surface competitor. Related: Microsoft was there first, but Apple (or Google) will popularize it. This is a tough turnaround for Microsoft.

• Tip of the week: You need to go mesh for your next Wi-Fi network
• App pick of the week: Forza Motorsport 7 Demo
• Enterprise pick of the week: Windows 10 1803 will be getting more auto investigation/response security features.
• Codename pick of the week: Honolulu
• Beer pick of the week: Cigar City Maduro Oatmeal Brown

Don't forget: We'll be doing Windows Weekly live at Microsoft Ignite and a meetup the night before!
Meetup is at World of Beer (Dr. Phillips Blvd.) starting 6pm on Tuesday, Sept. 26. No RSVP needed.
Windows Weekly is on the 27th (Wed) at the usual time. Live audience welcome!

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

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The day after Apple's not-so-compelling iPhone 8 and X announcements, let's talk mobile for the Windows gal/guy. Paul Thurrott is going Android (!) after years on iPhone. Mary Jo Foley is all-in on Android. Is there any hope for a future Windows Mobile platform? Yes (Paul: no), but it might not be for you. Microsoft's position continues to be: All we care (hope) is you'll use Windows on PCs with iOS/Android phones (the Build 2017 strategy.) Andromeda revisited: This is not just hardware, but software too.
Windows 10: Another day, another new Insider build (and this is still NOT RTM, MS says!) Also, another Skip Ahead build. More tweaks to the privacy settings coming with Windows 10 FCU. Are these as ineffectual as what they did in the Spring? What drove them to do more? MS is getting ready to start servicing Windows 10 on ARM. Microsoft scrambles to meet its Story Remix promises.
Some Skype for Business features to migrate to Teams. MS accidentally leaks its own Skype for Business plans ahead of Ignite. Related (sort of): New Skype family features.
Microsoft is doing a Centennial version of OneNote, after all. New add-in apps come to Outlook for Android. New search experience is testing on iOS too.
• Tip of the week: Don't use Microsoft Movies & TV. Seriously
• App pick of the week: OneNote 2016 (Windows Store)
• Bonus app picks: SwiftKey for Android and Outlook for Android
• Bonus mention: Grammarly is on Microsoft Edge now too
• Enterprise pick of the week: eSign, Microsoft Teams and Office 365 (oh my)
• Enterprise tip of the week: Need help figuring out your Ignite session list? MS Australia OEM blog to the rescue.
• Beer pick of the week: Founders Porter

Don't forget: We'll be doing Win weekly live at Microsoft Ignite, and we'll have a meetup the night before.
Meetup is at World of Beer (Dr. Phillips Blvd.) starting 6pm on Tuesday Sept. 26. No RSVP needed.
WW is on the 27th (Wed) at the usual time. Live audience welcome!

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

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

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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

Fall Surface reveal: Looks like London may be the place. Panos will pump it up at Future Decoded in late October. What are we anticipating? Surface Pro LTE, Surface Book 2 (or 3?). Andromeda: not yet. Microsoft extends its Windows 10 S to Pro upgrade offer. As part of an announcement about expanded Surface Laptop availability, Microsoft also revealed that it is extending the Windows 10 S-to-Pro upgrade offer by three months. Why now? And what does this say about Windows 10 S? Semi-related: Some Surface mini marketing materials leak, but there's no new info.

It's official: The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update arrives October 17. This is a bit later than we'd expected, frankly. Related: More builds, no more new features.

Windows 10 "Spring Creators Update" (RS4) testing begins. Story Remix Coming Soon to 'Skip Ahead' Windows 10 Insiders.

Office 365: Microsoft expands testing of Office desktop apps in the Windows Store. Microsoft is secretly offering some.

Office 365 Home/Personal subscribers a deal on Outlook.com Premium.

After the news that Cortana is "Alexa curious," we find out that Harman Kardon is not exclusive to Cortana. Oops. Sony among those offering Google Assistant in a smart speaker (in this case a gorgeous one)

Mobile: Now Google has a Signature PC program for Android phones. Speaking of which, what's going on with Signature PC at Microsoft?

• Tip of the week: Install Windows 10 S on any PC
• Bonus tip: Yep. The Xbox One S is on sale. Again.
• Bonus tip #2: Games with Gold is awesome this month
• App pick of the week: Mixer Create for Android and iOS
• Enterprise pick of the week: Olympia Corp.
• Codename pick of the week: Pendleton
• Beer pick of the week: Allagash Tripel

Don't forget: We'll be doing Windows Weekly live at Microsoft Ignite And a meetup the night before! Meetup is at World of Beer (Dr. Phillips Blvd.) starting 6pm on Tuesday Sept. 26. No RSVP needed. WW is on the 27th (Wed) at usual time. Live audience welcome!

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

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Well, look at that. Microsoft does have a Cortana strategy. The partnership will put Alexa on Cortana, Cortana on Alexa was initiated by Jeff Bezos over a year ago. What does this mean to Cortana, really, given its also-ran status? Is Cortana just another Alexa skill? And is Cortana on Windows 10 just another way to access Alexa? Related thought: We often describe Cortana's failure as a byproduct of Microsoft's mobile failures, but Amazon failed in mobile too. And remember: Amazon and Microsoft are the weakest among the 4 voice assistant vendors, in terms of total reach. Controversy of the week: NYPD dumps "useless" Windows phones. First, NY Post writes a scathing and accurate article about NYPD's terrible Windows phone adoption decision. Next, the person responsible for this decision writes a rebuttal. But here's the thing. The real reason they adopted WP was that the phones were free, as were the replacement phones they would get after two years. Who subsidized that little deal? Build(s) of the week: Windows 10. Two Inside Preview builds since the last show, 16275 and 16278 (or, three in one week). No more new features. Focus on ship-quality quality, stability. Windows Mixed Reality comes into focus for the holidays. Here's a nice workaround for getting Photoshop Elements 15 to work on Windows 10 S. Creators Update hits two-thirds of all Windows 10 PCs, but it's still lagging behind the Anniversary Update. Awesomeness of the week: Xbox One X. Microsoft's 4K console is off to a fast start. Microsoft confirms that the Xbox One X is the "fastest ever" Xbox for preorders.

• Tip of the week: Save Big on Groove Music Pass
• App pick of the week: ReCore Definitive Edition for Windows 10/Xbox One
• Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Unified Support
• Codename pick of the week: How to think about feature updates and Windows Server
• Beer pick of the week: x

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

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Google Enterprise is all about bringing business-level management to Chromebooks. So maybe Microsoft wasn't so crazy thinking Windows 10 S might appeal to business users. New Windows 10 Fall Creators Insider build just released today - no new features. Related: Windows 10 S finally heads to Insiders. New Windows Server 2016 1709 build – the 3rd Insider preview for Server – also is out. No new features. Xbox One X pre-orders and other Gamescom news. New console bundles, including one for Minecraft fans and more. RIP GigJam: We hardly knew you, Microsoft's oddly named collaboration/productivity tool. Microsoft and Red Hat extend their 2-year-old partnership with container, SQL Server support. Microsoft shares more about Brainwave, its AI platform running on FPGAs.

• App pick of the week: Newton for Windows 10
• App pick of the week #2: Office Lens for Android
• App pick of the week #3: Skype's new UI comes to (older) Windows
• Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Marketing
• Codename pick of the week: Volta
• Beer pick of the week: Desthil Brewery's Blueberry Gose

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

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What did Microsoft know about problems with its Surface devices and when did officials know it? PT has seen a leaked memo and has the scoop - And some follow-up context. Even if Consumer Reports' methodology is questionable and MS has turned the corner, can Microsoft recover from being dinged? What does this incident mean for next-generation Surface-branded devices? For MS' relationship with Intel? Microsoft adds Windows 10 S support to new Surface Pro. NFL expands usage of Surface (Pro 4). Microsoft is changing Windows 10 to meet all of Kaspersky's demands Windows 10 Pro for Workstations is a thing. So now there are almost ten (or more, depending on how you count) different editions of Win 10. Three new SKUs this year alone: Windows 10 S, Windows 10 Business and now this. Windows 10 S: Yea or Nay? Brad: It's almost ready. Paul: Almost ready means "not ready." Intel's 8th generation Core processor reveal is August 21. Devices coming this holiday. .NET Core 2.0 is out. What is this thing? And why is Microsoft taking a mulligan on .NET? Microsoft buys Cycle Computing, a cloud orchestration company (that's partnered with AWS, Google, too). Microsoft takes the wraps off Azure Event Grid service. Shields up: LinkedIn Messaging is adding a new online presence feature that's turned on by default. (boo!) Xbox Insider Program is a bit more open, a lot more complex. The first Xbox Live Creators Program games are here.

• Tip of the week: You can finally edit contacts in Outlook for Android/iOS.
• App pick of the week: OneDrive for iOS
• Enterprise pick of the week: Coco Framework
• Codename pick of the week: Ice Lake
• Beer pick of the week: Victory Prima Pils Mark your calendars! Windows Weekly is coming to Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, and we're having a meetup the day before the show! Tuesday, Sept. 26 -- Starts 6 pm no RSVP at World of Beer/Dr. Phillips: https://worldofbeer.com/Locations/DrPhillips (Thanks to Gary Pretty for all the legwork for this one!)

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

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

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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.