Windows Weekly (Video)

What is Redstone 4? Let's step back and talk about what is in this thing, feature-wise. Fall Creators Update is now on 90% of Win 10 PCs. RS4 is coming to the HoloLens. Redstone 5 to get multi-session desktop/app remoting support. Envy x2 + Windows 10 on ARM: battery life, app compatibility, performance, and smartpen... so, what is the point of this thing? Heard any good Surface hardware rumors lately? How about the one about the MIA Type C dongle? Andromeda: Nothing new. Maybe they'll show this in May. Maybe not until later this year. MS Edge browser is now available on iPads and Android tablets.

• Tip of the week: It's magic window time, baby!
• App pick of the week: Twitter for Windows 10 (RS4+)
• Enterprise pick of the week: Want a succinct overview of MS' AI toolset?
• Enterprise pick No. 2: All About Azure Active Directory
• Beer pick of the week: Bell's Oberon

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

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Microsoft is testing a feature that would force Windows 10 Mail links to open in Microsoft Edge. Windows 10 version 1803 heads to the finish line. Accessibility improvements: Is this Accessibility theater or meaningful change? Less downtime during Windows 10 version upgrades (feature update installs). HEIF support is finally coming. Windows 10 on ARM: The first ARM-based Windows 10 PCs are heading out in the world. First look: HP Envy x2. The first preview for Windows Server 2019. LinkedIn dresses up as Snapchat. Amazon, Google, Facebook introduce new tools for game developers. Google adds instant games to Android.

• Tip of the Week: Forget PUBG! There are better games
• Tip of the Week #2: Get the Huawei Mate 10 Pro for $100 off this week.
• App Pick of the Week: Microsoft Edge for iPad
• App Pick of the Week #2: Outlook.com. The new version of Outlook.com is available to everyone.
• Enterprise Pick of the Week: Dynamics 365 'Spring '18' update
• Enterprise Pick of the Week No. 2: Your older Windows documentation is no longer right where you left it
• Beer Pick of the Week: Orval Trappist Ale (Brasserie d'Orval S.A.)

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

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MS is starting to tease Surface Hub 2. Details about it are coming in H1 2018. How will Surface Hub 2 fit in with MS' "Modern Workplace" vision? Teams is one of the big keys. Lots of big new Teams features coming this year. Cortana also will be coming to a conference room near you soon, as MS foreshadowed last year. Meltdown patch available from Microsoft for Intel x86-based PCs running Win 7, 8.1. In case there were any doubts, the Spring Creators Update will start rolling out in April. New Redstone 4 test build (17120) is out with a lot of Mixed Reality known issues. MS is selling Galaxy S9 phones, but don't call them "Microsoft Edition." MS is dropping Outlook for the Web apps for iOS, Android by mid-May. Native Outlook apps replacing them.Microsoft plans "biggest ever" E3 presence. Google is getting into cloud-based game hosting/streaming too ... What does this mean for Microsoft's future?

• Tip of the week: Amazon Prime + Twitch
• App pick of the week: Microsoft Pix for iPhone
• Enterprise pick of the week: How to secure privileged access (before the cybercriminals do)
• Enterprise pick 2: Power BI for Mixed Reality
• Beer pick of the week: DuClaw Brewing Celtic Fury

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

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We broke this story a month ago but Microsoft just confirmed that S mode is real. But won't happen until 2019!? Windows 10 builds are coming fast and furious: The end is nigh! Debian and Kali come to Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows 10 usage share for Dummies, you can edit 3D images in 3D now in Paint 3D. Skip Ahead folks get a new Windows 10 Redstone 5 build with more Sets functionality. Related: MS made a few Win 10 announcements at Win Dev Day. Windows 10 is now an AI platform for devs. What does this mean? MSIX is Microsoft's new container/packaging solution

• Tip of the week: Enable 1440p support on Xbox One
• App pick of the week: Groupy 1.1
• Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft 365, Azure Stack for Government, Azure for Students
• Beer pick of the week: Russian River Damnation

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

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Windows 10 RS4 Build 17110 has no new features for consumers - but some interesting enterprise features. Microsoft v. U.S. email case heats up, but the Supreme Court will clear up this mess to everyone's satisfaction. Did Apple just kick Azure to the curb? Fear and loathing in developer land. Google releases Flutter beta. What does this mean to PWAs? Or to Xamarin? More Andromeda silliness. 5G is coming. You can preorder the HP Envy x2 ARM. Mobile World Congress is underway. Samsung Galaxy S9 looks amazing. Nokia joins Android One and is coming to the US. Huawei keeps copying Apple. Google ARCore goes live.

• Tip of the week: Games with Gold! Plus: COD: WWII gamers on Xbox/PC have a nice addition coming this week
• App pick of the week: Grammarly for mobile. Plus: Microsoft Edge for iOS updated with 3D touch
• Enterprise pick of the week: True guest access to be available for MS Teams starting March 5. Plus: There might be a free, standalone version of Teams coming after all.
• Codename pick of the week: Zanzibar
• Beer pick of the week: Other Half Forever Ever

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

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The Future of Mixed and Virtual Reality.

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

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• Tip of the week: You're still going to need an ad blocker
• PLUS: WINKEY + CTRL + c
• App pick of the week: Tweeten
• Also: Amazon Music makes a surprise appearance in the Microsoft Store for Windows 10. Ahead of iTunes.
• Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft for Startups
• Codename pick of the week: Seville
• Beer pick of the week: The Bruery White Chocolate

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

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2018: A transition year for Windows 10. SKUmorphic: Windows 10 line-up changes coming. Windows 10 S becomes Windows 10 S Mode. New Home Advanced edition coming. Here come Progressive Web Apps for Windows 10. Support changes coming for Windows 10, Office users. Office 365 ProPlus will only work on Windows 10 starting in 2020 - and Office 2019, too. Q2 FY 2018 Earnings Recap. Surface business up only one percent - and that is a serious problem. MS brass still bullish about Cortana - and they are delusional. Build 2018: Microsoft hasn't announced this yet for some reason, but we know the date and place. An Xbox One S PUGB bundle is coming. Does this mean that the game is about to exit beta? The long-awaited new Xbox Wireless Adapter is now available.

• Tip of the week: Two ways to get Cortana on your Android device's lock screen
• App pick of the week: Opera 51
• Enterprise pick of the week: OneDrive for Business switch offer
• Codename pick of the week: The other "Polaris"
• Beer pick of the week: Boulder Shake Chocolate Porter

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

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Yes, Polaris is real. No, it's not a new version of Windows. Microsoft corrects an Intel patch. Windows Defender to crack down on scareware starting March 1. The Windows 10 in-box apps suck. Story Remix in Photos gets a big update. Windows Camera getting an update. Rumor of the week: Microsoft to buy EA? Please be true. Plan B: Valve. Plan C: PUBG. Plan D: MJF jumps off the roof (clutching an Xbox). Related: Microsoft buys PlayFab (there's an Azure angle to all this). Related: Over 4 million people on PUBG for Xbox One now. Microsoft Teams gets its biggest update since its launch last March. By the way, why is there no Teams client app in the Microsoft Store? Maybe because PWAs not coming until Spring? We mentioned this in passing last week, but it's true: The Office 365 apps are in the Microsoft Store now. (For Office 365 Home and Personal only, for now). Coming up after the bell: MS Q2 FY 2018 earnings.

• Tip of the week: Get two Sonos speakers for the price of one HomePod.
• Plus: Buy any Xbox One and get a free game. Yes, including X!
• App pick of the week: OneDrive and Office apps for iOS
• Plus: Ink to Code, an intriguing new app generator
• Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Standard Support
• 'Microspeak' pick of the week: Pentad
• Beer pick of the week: Avery Ginger Sour

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

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What's NExT for Windows? There have been some shakeups (and layoffs) recently in the Windows org. Let's try to read the tea leaves re: what MS considers its Next Generation Experiences. Applause, please: MS Office codebases across platforms are now finally aligned. Xbox Gaming Pass just got way more interesting (for some of us, anyway).

• Tip of the week: Want to escape fake news and political posts? Try Instagram instead of Facebook or Twitter.
• App pick of the week: Office 365 comes to Microsoft Store. Maybe. I think so. Also: Object Desktop 2018 ... Now with Groupy!
• Enterprise pick of the week: Spectre madness continues!
• Enterprise pick No. 2: Always Connected PCs
• Beer pick of the week: Baxter Window Seat

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

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