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Windows Weekly (Video) episodes

May 05, 2021WW 723: Save the Date - Goodbye Flash, Windows 10 21H1, Halo Infinite
Windows 10
Microsoft Gets Ready for Windows 10 Version 21H1
Microsoft to Remove Flash from Windows in July
Linux
Microsoft buys Flatcar Container Linux creator Kinvolk
Microsoft's new open-source tool could stop your AI from getting hacked

Microsoft 365, Office 365
Microsoft to add 'Reading Progress' tool to Teams for Education
Microsoft: It's 90 days until the end of Skype for Business Online, here's what to expect
Show Changes is Now Available in Excel for the Web
Xbox
Microsoft Eases Fees for PC Game Developers
Microsoft's Store Fee Change Could Come to Xbox Too
Halo Infinite to Support Cross-Play and Cross-Progression
Epic Won't Release Fortnite on Xbox Cloud Gaming
Nearly 100 Xbox Titles now Support FPS Boost
Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for May
Sony Partners with Discord
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Get Windows 10 version 21H1 right now
App pick of the week: Vivaldi 3.8
Enterprise pick of the week: Goals!
Enterprise pick of the week, 2: Windows Server 2022
Cocktail pick of the week: Pink Paloma

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr 23 min
April 28, 2021WW 722: Everyone's Drinkin' at Home - Learning from Microsoft's Q3 earnings
MSFT Q3 FY21 earnings
Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition
Microsoft Posts Huge Numbers in Latest Quarter
Microsoft says Windows 10 now on 1.3 billion monthly active devices
Microsoft: Teams is now at 145 million daily active users
Sony Has Sold Almost 8 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles
Microsoft: LinkedIn topped $3 billion in ad revenue in last year, outpacing Snap and Pinterest
Spotify Now Has 356 Million Users
Intel Reports Flat Revenues Despite PC Boom
AMD's Datacenter Revenues More Than Doubled in Quarter
Alphabet Announces Quarterly Results

Fun
Microsoft Wants a New Font
MyBuild
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Windows 10
Windows 10 Version 20H2 Hits 40 Percent Usage Share
Releasing Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3740.0 to the Beta & Release Preview Channels
Microsoft to bring News and Interests feature to Windows 10 users running 1909 and above

Microsoft 365
Microsoft makes previews available of its non-subscription Office products
Amazon Announces New Fire HD 10 Tablets
Viva Learning Enters Public Preview
Microsoft Classroom Pen 2 Arrives Next Week

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Games with Gold
App pick of the week: Xbox Cloud Gaming Beta
Enterprise pick of the week: Cheat sheet: How to join Teams meetings from work conference rooms
Codename pick of the week: Alexandria
Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin Stay Home (version 3, the Royal Treatment)

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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2 hr
April 21, 2021WW 721: Verbs Don't Sell - Microsoft Cloud PC, Linux GUI apps on WSL, Edge 90
Microsoft Cloud PC, Linux GUI apps on WSL, Edge 90
What's new in Windows
Microsoft marches toward launching its 'Cloud PC' service, possibly this summer
New Windows 10 test build adds first preview of Linux GUI apps on WSL
News and Interests Flyout Comes to Beta and Release Preview Rings
Microsoft is (Probably) Killing Timeline Now, Too
Microsoft is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major revitalization effort
Microsoft wants to close the UWP, Win32 divide with 'Windows Apps'

Edging along ...
Microsoft rolls out Edge 90, with new history search, Kids Mode, to mainstream users
Microsoft Edge 90 Launches with Password Monitor, More
Microsoft takes a step toward unifying its Edge codebase across all platforms
You Can Test the Unified Microsoft Edge Codebase on Android
Microsoft Doesn't Commit to Blocking FLoC

Dev
Microsoft's Visual Studio 2022 is moving to 64-bit
Microsoft Announces ID@Azure

Xbox
Microsoft talks with Discord end with no buy for now: Report
Microsoft Brings Cloud Gaming to iOS and the PC in Beta
Microsoft Partnered with Rainway on Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft Announces More Xbox Game Pass Titles for April
April Updates for Xbox Bring Changes to Console, Mobile

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Use OneDrive's Known Folder Backup
App pick of the week: Stardock Multiplicity KVM
Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft has big datacenter build-out plans
Codename pick of the week: Santa Cruz
Beer pick of the week: Brewing Ectogasm

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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2 hr 27 min
April 14, 2021WW 720: FLoC Blockers - Microsoft buys Nuance, new Surface devices, Patch Tuesday
Microsoft buys Nuance, new Surface devices, Patch Tuesday
The nuances of Microsoft's $19.7b Nuance acquisition
Microsoft makes its second-largest acquisition with Nuance for $19.7 billion
Nadella's acquisitions: How Nuance stacks up

New Surfi, peripherals debut
Surface Laptop 4 Prices, Specs Leak
Microsoft rolls out Surface Laptop 4 alongside new headsets, a webcam, and a speaker
Baby Steps Don't Win the Race
Dell Updates Inspiron Laptops, Adds OLED Option to XPS 13

Patch Tuesday tidbits
MS Patch Tuesday: NSA Reports New Critical Exchange Flaws
FBI cleans up infected Exchange servers
Microsoft details its legacy Edge browser phase-out strategy

More Windows
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21359
Microsoft is (Probably) Killing Timeline Now Too
OneDrive for Windows is Finally Going 64-Bit

Xbox
New Flight Simulator World Update Targets Europe
Amazon Launches New Feature for the Xbox Skill for Alexa

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Block Google FLoC
App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Mac
Enterprise pick of the week: WVD finally gets a much-touted feature
Codename pick of the week: Bari
Beer pick of the week: Torch & Crown Bat Flip

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
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1 hr 45 min
April 07, 2021WW 719: Project Sous Vide - OpenJDK, Paint in the Windows Store, Azure outages, Azure immersion cooling
OpenJDK, Paint in the Windows Store, Azure outages, Azure immersion cooling
Microsoft rolls out a preview of OpenJDK
mikMicrosoft rolls out its OpenJDK preview release
Sun vs. Microsoft battle over Java drags on
Programming Windows: Hello, Visual J++
Google Wins Java Copyright Case
Android Now Supports Rust for Low-Level Code

Windows 10
Microsoft Paint is Finally Available in the Microsoft Store, Sort Of
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21354

Surface
Here Comes Surface Laptop 4
Cloud
Microsoft Cloud services were down for some users
Microsoft: Here's what caused our Azure cloud-computing outage
Microsoft gets two-phase immersion cooling running in an Azure data center

Corporate
Microsoft pushes back 'full' Redmond campus reopening to September 7
It's official: Microsoft Build will be May 25 to 27

Xbox
More Games Are Coming to Xbox Game Pass This Month
MLB The Show 21 is Coming to Xbox Game Pass on Day One

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Kensington's VeriMark Windows Hello fingerprint reader
App pick of the week: Parallels Toolbox 4.5 for Windows and Mac
Enterprise pick of the week: How to use Word/Teams as a teleprompter in presentations
(Fake) Codename pick of the week: Boa
Beer pick of the week: Grimm Black Forest

Hosts: Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott, and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
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1 hr 33 min
March 31, 2021WW 718: If Only Nana Knew - Discord acquisition, Project Reunion, Cortana mobile.
Discord acquisition, Project Reunion, Cortana mobile.
LinkedIn
Microsoft's push to join the 'creators' bandwagon now extends to LinkedIn
Discord
Report: Microsoft in "Exclusive" Talks with Discord
Developer
Microsoft's 'Project Reunion' hits the 0.5 milestone
Microsoft 365
Windows 10 Version 20H2 Hits 30 Percent Usage Share
Kensington Announces a Windows Hello Fingerprint Reader
Microsoft Kills Cortana on Mobile
Immersive Reader Comes to PowerPoint for the Web, OneDrive, More

Xbox
Backward Compatible Games Come to Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for April
Microsoft Highlights 60 Indie Games Coming to Xbox
Bang & Olufsen Xbox Headset Arrives in April for $500
Microsoft Introduces Two New Xbox Wireless Controllers

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Save big at the Microsoft Store
Tip of the week: Stop web tracking for good
Enterprise pick of the week: Azure ACS is now generally available
Enterprise pick of the week: More courses for the 10 most popular digital skilling jobs for FREE
Cocktail pick of the week: Peter Rabbit's Downfall

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
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1 hr 45 min
March 24, 2021WW 717: Grovian Culture - Microsoft might buy Discord, Intel's U.S.-based fabs, Xbox Live renamed
Microsoft might buy Discord, Intel's U.S.-based fabs, Xbox Live renamed.
Corporate
Microsoft to Soft Open its Headquarters on March 29
Microsoft to partially reopen its Redmond campus March 29 and possibly fully reopen on July 6
Microsoft creates 15,000-member 'Digital Transformation Platform Group' in latest reorg
An update on Exchange hacks
Intel to Build Two U.S.-Based Fabs

Windows 10
New Windows Insider Dev Build Brings New Explorer Icons, More
Windows 10 21H1 now available for 'commercial pre-release validation'

Web browsers
Microsoft and Google Partner on Web Browser Compatibility
Google Brings Live Captioning to Google Chrome
Vivaldi 3.7 Makes Massive Performance Gains

Xbox
Microsoft May Buy Discord for $10+ Billion
Microsoft Renames Xbox Live
Microsoft Partners with Twitch on Indie Games Showcase
First Impressions: Xbox Wireless Headset
GeForce NOW Raises Prices, But Not for Founders

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Convert a Word document to a PowerPoint presentation
App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Dev
Enterprise picks of the week: Microsoft Workplace Index 2021
Codename pick of the week: Narya
Beer pick of the week: Great Notion Afterglow

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
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1 hr 56 min
March 17, 2021WW 716: Draining the Slides - Intel's "Go PC" campaign and its response to Apple Silicon
Intel's "Go PC" campaign and its response to Apple Silicon
You're a PC. I'm a PC. We are all PCs.
Justin Long is No Longer a Mac in New Intel Ads
Intel Releases 11th-Generation Core Desktop Processors
AMD Launches Ryzen Pro 5000 Series Mobile Processors

Windows
Microsoft makes changes to Windows 10 inbox apps with the latest Dev Channel test build
Microsoft to block users from getting paid apps from the Microsoft Stores for Business, Education as of April
Microsoft Releases Windows Community Toolkit 7

Edge
Microsoft to add new 'Extended Stable' Edge option, updating every eight weeks
Cloud
Microsoft's latest cloud authentication outage: What went wrong
Microsoft Testifies at House Hearing, Google Lashes Out

Microsoft 365
Skype Desktop App Now Supports Noise Cancelation
PowerPoint Presenter Coach is Now Available

Xbox
Xbox Wireless Headset is Now Available
Here are the Titles Coming to Xbox Game Pass in Late March
5 Bethesda Games Get FPS Boost on Xbox Series X|S

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Switch to Microsoft for password management and autofill
App pick of the week: Xbox Game Pass
Enterprise picks of the week: A one-click mitigation tool for the Exchange hack, Moar Azure Availability Zones
Beer pick of the week: Burley Oak Shamrock Shake Stout

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Guests: Ryan Shrout and Josh Newman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
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2 hr 34 min
March 10, 2021WW 715: A Big Gulp of Bloodies - Exchangegate, UserVoicegate, Invokegate
Exchangegate, UserVoicegate, Invokegate
Controversies of the year of the week
Exchangegate: Hackers Have Exploited at Least 30,000 Exchange Servers
UserVoicegate: Microsoft is moving to its own alternatives to UserVoice for customer feedback
Invokegate: Harman Kardon Removes Cortana from Invoke

Windows 10
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21332
Microsoft Edge Gets Vertical Tabs, More
Support Ends for Microsoft Edge Legacy
Microsoft to Move to a Single Edge codebase
Google is Speeding Up the Chrome Release Schedule
Chromebook Turns 10
Microsoft to Unveil New Webcam this Spring
Dark Mode, More Coming to OneDrive

Xbox
Microsoft Cleared in US and EU to Close Bethesda Acquisition
The March Xbox Update is Rolling Out
Forza Horizon 4 Available Now on Steam
Xbox Starts Testing 'New' Edge for Xbox

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Be portable in all things
App pick of the week: Visual Studio Code
Enterprise pick of the week: New deployment service for firmware, drivers
Codename pick of the week: Spartan
Beer pick of the week: Fifth Hammer Prickly Whiskers

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
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2 hr 13 min
March 03, 2021WW 714: A Licensable Moment - Recapping Microsoft's 2021 Ignite announcements.
Recapping Microsoft's 2021 Ignite announcements.
Microsoft Ignite 2021
Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: Microsoft Ignite 2021 Special Edition
Microsoft shows off its Mesh mixed-reality collaboration platform
Microsoft Announces its Mesh MR Platform - Thurrott.com
Envisioning the Future with Windows Mixed Reality
Panay Touts "the Next Generation of Windows"
Guide to Microsoft Ignite 2021 for the Windows Enthusiast
Microsoft shares more on what's coming in Windows Server 2022
Power Automate Desktop App for Windows 10 is Now Available
Microsoft Ignite 2021 Book of News

Windows 10
Windows 10 Version 20H2 Pushes Past 20 Percent Usage Share
Hardware
Qualcomm Launches the Snapdragon Insider Program
HP's PC Business Surged in the Most Recent Quarter

Xbox
Halo Infinite a "Spiritual Reboot" of the Series, Microsoft Says
Xbox Suffered a Big Outage Last Night
Here Are the First Titles Coming to Xbox Game Pass in March

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: When it comes to content, where is as important as what
App pick of the week: Flutter 2
Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Deprecations: How to keep up
Codename pick of the week: The Walking Cat's collection of Mesh-related codenames
Beer pick of the week: Foam Brewers Zero Day

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
1 hr 58 min

About Windows Weekly (Video)

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A weekly look at all things Microsoft, including Windows, Office, Xbox, and more, from two of the foremost Windows watchers in the world, Paul Thurrott of Thurrott.com and Mary Jo Foley of All About Microsoft.