Windows Weekly (Video)

Edgegate, Loop for Teams, Listener Q&A

• Microsoft Continues to Bog Down Edge with Unnecessary Bloat

• Microsoft creates new standalone Teams Essentials edition for SMBs

• Microsoft makes Start menu customizations possible in new Windows 11 test build

• Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for December

• Tip of the week: It's time to consider other browser options

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

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Windows on ARM, WOA mini-PC, Xbox Black Friday

• Does Windows on Arm have a future?

• Xbox Launches Its Black Friday Sale

• Tip of the week: Watch the Xbox Alumni roundtable

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

Guest: Stephanie Thurrott

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Windows 10 21H2, Edge bloat, Halo Infinite Multiplayer Beta

• With the rollout of 21H2, Microsoft moves Windows 10 to annual updates

• Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22504

• Microsoft Will Not Bring x64 Emulation to Windows 10 on ARM

• Microsoft to Block Windows 11 Browser Workarounds

• Microsoft's Windows App SDK 1.0 is available. Will it undo Microsoft's past mistakes?

• Surprise! Halo Infinite Multiplayer Beta is for Everyone, Available Now

• Tip of the week: Watch our Microsoft Ignite recap with Stephen Rose

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

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Windows 11 SE, Surface Laptop SE, .NET 6

• Microsoft introduces Windows 11 SE, new $250 Surface Laptop SE for the education market

• Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22499 | Windows Insider Blog

• Microsoft makes Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6 generally available

• Microsoft Announces Xbox 20th Anniversary Event

• Tip of the week: Black Friday

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

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Microsoft Ignite - Mesh, Loop, and more!

• Microsoft to extend its 'enterprise metaverse' strategy with Mesh for Teams

Windows 11

• Windows 11 is Already on 5 Percent of PCs

Surface

• Microsoft Surface Pro 8 Review

Xbox

• Microsoft Highlights First Xbox Game Pass Titles for November

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Make a DIY Edgebrook (ChrEdgebook?)

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

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Microsoft Earnings

• Microsoft Q1 powered by cloud as most units, product lines shine

Android Apps on Windows 11

• Hands-On with Android on Windows 11: Not as Seamless as Promised

Windows 11

• AMD, Microsoft Deliver Windows 11 Performance Fixes

Windows 10

• Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to prepare for the November 21H2 update

Developers

• Microsoft Backs Down From Open-Source Mistake

Xbox

• Microsoft Delivers the October Update for Xbox

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Don't be like Paul Thurrott: Remember your travel tech — particularly your power adapters.

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

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Windows Subsystem for Android & the Army's AR Headset

• Microsoft releases the first preview of its Windows Subsystem for Android

• U.S. Army postpones its $22 billion Microsoft augmented-reality headset deliverables to late 2022

• Microsoft Officially Deprecates UWP

• Microsoft to Celebrate Xbox 20th Anniversary with Back-to-Back Game Launches

• Hardware pick of the week: Luna Display

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

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Global Azure Outage, Ally.io Acquisition, Visual Studio 2022

• Yep, Microsoft is Updating Notepad for Windows 11 Too

• Global Azure outage knocked out virtual machines, other VM-dependent services

• EU regulators asking Teams rivals about Microsoft's bundling practices, per Slack's 2020 complaint

• Microsoft delivers near-final VS 2022 Release Candidate and designates November 8 as GA date

• Microsoft Embraces Right to Repair

• App pick of the week: Start11 RC

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

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Windows 11 is here, as is Mary Jo's Bloomberry ice cream.

• Windows 11 is Generally Available

• Microsoft Surface Pro 8 First Impressions

• Microsoft's new non-subscription Office 2021 starts at $150 and arrives on October 5

• Xbox Console Shortage to Last Into 2022

• Tip of the week: Turn off installed apps in Start's Recommended section in Windows 11

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

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Windows 11 launches soon

• Redesigned Microsoft Paint Heads to Public Testing

• Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22468

• Microsoft Announces Coming Skype Features

• Microsoft Brings Dolby Vision to Xbox Series X|S

• Tip of the week: You can upgrade to Windows 11 right now

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

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