Neo, Duo, Windows 10X Delayed

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

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Edge is #2!!!, MS Cancels all Live Events Until July, 2021

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

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Microsoft Virtualizes Ignite, Cloud vs Covid-19

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

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Windows 10 on Pause, xCloud, Doom 64

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

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Build Canceled, Xbox Series X Event

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

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Windows 10X

• Microsoft updates Windows 10X emulator for dual-screen devices
• What's new and what's improved?
• Related: Does Windows 10X solve the Chromebook problem? MJF: Not really until 10X comes to cheap(er) clamshell laptops

Windows 10

• First Windows Insider build in two weeks brings talk of change, but not much actual change
• Still no GA info on Windows 10 2004 COVID-19 Weekly
• After pushing employees to work from home, now there are two Microsoft employees that have been diagnosed
• Related: Microsoft and Google will both host virtual events to make up for canceled physical events
• Big Microsoft GDC announcement next week live on Windows Weekly at 11:40am PDT - We have Richard Campbell here as a guest, with some interesting info about how COVID-19 has impacted work travel
• Plus: The history of .NET

Security, security security

• New 'wormable' SMB vulnerability disclosed (accidentally) as part of Patch Tuesday. No info on when Microsoft plans to patch it
• Meanwhile, in the good news department: Microsoft's coordinated takedown of Necurs, one of the largest known spam and malware botnets

Xbox

• Ori and the Will of the Wisps launches ...
• ... and Microsoft lowers the price of Xbox One X to $399

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Check out Windows 10X. You no longer need to have a Fast ring Windows Insider build to use the emulator. But there is one important requirement.
• App pick of the week: Call of Duty: Warzone. Call of Duty: Warzone is here! And it's free!
• Enterprise pick of the week: Cosmos DB gets a free tier! Microsoft adds a free tier (free as in forever) for its Cosmos DB NoSQL cloud database.
• Enterprise pick No. 2: About that major Azure US East outage. Is it still a cloud outage if almost no one complains publicly? Where is the outrage, cloud citizens?
• Beer pick of the week: O'Fallon Brewery Barrels Salted Pretzel. This amber was brewed with toasted malt and Himalayan salt giving you a toasted pretzel flavor. We got to have a sample of this during our beer tasting at WWT in Saint Louis. It was really tasty and really did taste like a pretzel. Only 5% ABV, too, so you can have more than one with your tofudog. https://untappd.com/b/o-fallon-brewery-barrels-salted-pretzel/2977506

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

Guest: Richard Campbell

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Coronavirus Cancellations, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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Surface Duo Peek, Azure Sphere

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

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CRACKGATE

• Uh-oh, Microsoft has another Surface reliability issue on its hands. Hopefully, this one is not an endemic hardware problem like Surfacegate was in 2016.
• Related: Microsoft set to unveil Surface Book 3, Surface Go 2 in the Spring.

Microsoft Edge

• Microsoft updates its roadmap for Edge, giving us a nice look at what to expect---and when---in 2020.
• Extension sync is happening this month, starting in Canary
• Related: A little lesson in tracking protection.

Windows 10

• Windows 10 version 2004 should arrive soon. Anything worth talking about?
• Your Phone is getting RCS Messaging support
• Break out the Patch Tuesday cocktails: Microsoft's latest patches wreaking havoc for some users
• One is hiding users' profiles and data
• Another connected to UEFI has been pulled by Microsoft

Office/Microsoft 365

• Microsoft is bringing a new Spaces feature to Outlook this year.
• Related: Microsoft: Over 25 percent of Office 365 licenses now sold through Microsoft 365 Mo' Microsoft
• AWS wins one in court, Microsoft must pause work on JEDI

Xbox

• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary begins public testing on the PC!
• Microsoft announces the remaining new Game Pass games for February

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Discover the incredible Microsoft learning resources on EdX. EdX.org hosts an amazing array of free online courses for Microsoft products, services, and technologies.
• App pick of the week: Office for Android and iOS. It's available for everyone now on both platforms. Why is there a new notes experience?
• Enterprise pick of the week: More Dynamics 365 apps are coming. Woohoo! Dynamics fans, rejoice (or lament): Dynamics 365 Project Operations and Dynamics 365 Finance Insights are now on the Dynamics 365 roadmap.
• Codename pick of the week: Union. The new Office mobile app for iOS and Android had a fitting codename: Union. It's a mashup – or a "union," one could say -- of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Beer pick of the week: Aslin Master of Oranges. Not all DIPAs are created equal. Some are not too hoppy, not too sweet and smell/taste of nicely bitter orange peel. Meet Aslin's "Master of Oranges." Brewed by Aslin Brewing in Herndon, Va. (a tribute to the JEDI contract!)

Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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MWC 2020 cancelled, Windows 10X Revealed

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

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