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Windows Weekly (Video) episodes

February 24, 2021WW 713: Pot-Bellied Mastodons - Updating Windows, Microsoft Ignite, and Power Fx
Updating Windows, Microsoft Ignite, and Power Fx
Microsoft Office
Microsoft announces two new Office updates for 2021:
Office LTSC
Office 2021 for commercial and consumer customers

Windows 10
Microsoft is cutting Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC support from ten years to five
Microsoft Brings Another FEP to the Windows Insider Beta Channel
Microsoft to talk about the future of mixed reality' at Ignite conference next week

Power Platform
Microsoft readies Power Fx, a new Power Platform low-code language
Too late; P# already exists

Surface
Microsoft is Selling Replacement SSDs for Surface Pro 7+
Microsoft
Microsoft Concludes Its SolarWinds Investigation
Microsoft Calls for Australian-Style Media Arbitration in EU
Microsoft unveils three more 'industry clouds' for financial, manufacturing and nonprofit

Xbox
Microsoft Announces Games for Gold for March
Fall Guys Lands on Xbox This Summer
Sony is Bringing VR to PlayStation 5
Sony is Bringing PlayStation Games to the PC

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Buy cereal, get Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
App pick of the week: Tiles 2.0
Developer pick of the week: .NET Conf Focus on Windows
Enterprise pick of the week: Automatically translate Word docs into PowerPoints
Beer pick of the week: Delirium Black Barrel Aged

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 4 min
February 17, 2021WW 712: Paul's Mood Board - Windows 10 21H1, Intel vs. Apple, Microsoft may buy Pinterest
Windows 10 21H1, Intel vs. Apple, Microsoft may buy Pinterest
Windows 10
Microsoft finally confirms Windows 10 version 21H1, stating that it will be a minor cumulative update like 2004 and 20H2.
Yes, 21H1 is a Thing!
New Windows Insider Build Adds a Few Minor Improvements
Intel Takes on Apple M1 with New Series of "Go PC" Ads

Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge Now Uses Adaptive Notifications
Microsoft to add 'Kids Mode' to Chromium-based Edge browser

Microsoft 365
Microsoft's unified Office app is now available for iPad
Why did it take a year for Microsoft to bring Office app to iPad?

Surface
Surface Duo Drops to $999, Heads to the UK
More Microsoft
Why does Microsoft keep trying to buy its way into the consumer market?
Microsoft Collaborates with VW on Automated Driving Platform

Xbox
Microsoft Announces the Xbox Wireless Headset
Microsoft Brings FPS Boost to Backward Compatible Games
Xbox Cloud Gaming for the PC Moves Closer Towards Release
Here are the Next Titles Coming to Game Pass This Month
Flight Simulator Update Brings Enhanced Visuals for the UK and Ireland

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Pay for what matters
App pick of the week: LastPass
Dev pick of the week: Dapr 1.0
Codename pick of the week: Atlas
Beer pick of the week: Maine Second Dinner

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 38 min
February 10, 2021WW 711: A Double-Edged Fork - Legacy Edge, Microsoft Viva, Minecraft Dungeons
Windows 10
Microsoft details its legacy Edge browser phase-out strategy
Windows 10 Version 2004 is Finally Reliable Enough for Everyone

Microsoft 365
Microsoft outlines plans for Viva, an employee-experience platform anchored in Teams
Microsoft Adds Two New Power Apps to Teams
Microsoft to add new webinar and 'meeting intelligence' capabilities to Teams via Teams Pro
Microsoft is Testing a New Dark Mode for Word

More Microsoft
Intel Sues Engineer Who Left for Microsoft
Xbox
Minecraft Dungeons Now Reaches 10 Million Players
Forza Horizon 4 is Coming to Steam on March 9

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Use your Xbox Wireless Controller with two devices
Learning pick of the week: Learn iOS development from Stanford
Dev pick of the week: Updated WinUI roadmap on GitHub
Codename pick of the week: SurfaceFleet
Valentine's Day cocktail: Sparkling Sangria

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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1 hr 58 min
February 03, 2021WW 710: Tab Hygiene - Comparing Microsoft earnings to other big tech companies
Comparing Microsoft earnings to other big tech companies
Windows 10
Microsoft Edge picks up a better roadmap for future features
Windows 10 "in cloud" configurations are now available
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365/Teams saw big education success but struggle against Chromebooks
Related: It's not just PCs, 2020 Was the Best Year Ever for Chromebook
Microsoft to highlight improvements to the 'employee experience' in Feb. 4 event
Microsoft to add new voice command, video, and other features to Office mobile apps
Microsoft Announces a Slew of Mobile App Updates
Office Lens is Renamed to Microsoft Lens
Xbox
Game Pass titles for the first half of February
Now Xbox Series X|S supplies will be constrained through mid-2021
Sony shipped 4.5 million PS5 units in Q4, less than the 6 million expected, but Sony's best quarter ever
Nintendo has now shipped 80 million Switches
Google kills internal games dev at Stadia
More earnings
Microsoft - $43.1 billion in revenues
Amazon - $126 billion
Apple - $111.4 billion
Google - $56.9 billion
Samsung - $55.3 billion
Microsoft underperformed all of those companies last quarter
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Use some common sense when it comes to game streaming services
App pick of the week: iCloud Passwords
Also: Vivaldi adds a second tab row for tab groups.
Enterprise pick of the week: Roadmapwatch.com
Codename pick of the week: JET Blue
Beer pick of the week: The Bruery: Bakery: Coconut Macaroons

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.
Sponsor:
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2 hr 9 min
January 27, 2021WW 709: Master of Soft Numbers - Microsoft Q2 Earnings Report
Microsoft Q2 Earnings Report
Microsoft reported a net income of $15.5 billion on revenues of $43.1 billion for the quarter ending December 31, 2020.
Pre-COVID spending levels are coming back, leading to Azure, Windows growth
Xbox had a huge quarter
Surface was pretty flat, Windows was mixed
Related: New Surface ad is a bit disingenuous
Related: Intel had a huge quarter

It happens in threes
Kurt DelBene is retiring from Microsoft.
Plus: Rich Turner is joining Project Reunion.

Windows
Windows Insider Program shows off a second Feature Experience Pack.
You can install that leaked Windows 10X build on a Surface Pro 7 if you're daring and technical enough
Another new Dev Channel build today with not much in it (besides some touch keyboard tweaks)

Web browsers
Edge 88: This is the big one, 'Lizabeth. One year later, Edge is finally "complete" and mature.
Chrome 88 is out with password improvements, and Chrome OS 88 is out with sign-in, lock screen improvements
Microsoft Edge now supports profiles in PWAs
And Google Calendar gets basic offline support (again)
YouTube is now a PWA
Mozilla is killing the Firefox PWA feature

Xbox
Microsoft Backtracks, Xbox Live Gold Pricing Won't Change
5 more titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass this month

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Get your free audiobooks on Spotify
App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge & Brave Browser
Enterprise pick of the week: New Dynamics 365 and Power Platform feature plans are available now
Enterprise pick of the week: IT Ops: All Things Hybrid
Beer pick of the week: S'mores Bourbon Barrel-Aged Framinghammer

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.
Sponsors:
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2 hr 6 min
January 20, 2021WW 708: Ninja Ant in Candyland - Combing through the Windows 10X leak
Combing through the Windows 10X leak
Windows 10X leaks
Windows 10X: Microsoft's 'cloud-powered' Chrome OS competitor inches closer
Paul Thurrott explores Windows 10X: Setup, Desktop and Start, Taskbar and Action Center, Microsoft Edge, Built-in Apps
Microsoft touts more Windows 10 PCs, some with LTE options, at BettFest education show
Microsoft Pushes PCs, Teams at Education Event
Industry
Microsoft's Azure marketing chief Julia White joins SAP
Microsoft invests in General Motors' self-driving subsidiary Cruise
New Intel CEO Wants to Beat Apple
Xbox
Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for January
Microsoft Highlights the 2021 Xbox Console Exclusives
Microsoft's Making the Xbox OS More Agile
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Paul Thurrott's next book is on the way.
App pick of the week: Chrome 88 & Brave
Enterprise pick of the week: Ignite Part 2 is coming.
Codename pick of the week: VAIL
Beer pick of the week: Tree House Brewing New Decade Do-Over

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.
Sponsor:
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1 hr 29 min
January 13, 2021WW 707: One Telemetry at a Time - Thoughts on CES 2021
CES 2021
There isn't really TOO much excitement, but major announcements from both Intel and AMD will impact the PC industry in 2021.
New PCs, as expected, nothing truly unique.
Intel CEO Swan to be replaced by VMware CEO Gelsinger
Qualcomm buys CPU design firm Nuvia

PCs
The PC market surged in 2020, had its best year since 2015.
Microsoft announced Surface Pro 7+ for businesses and not Surface Pro 8 as expected.
Windows 10 Dev build adds improvements to that new news feed feature

Microsoft
Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson is leaving Microsoft for Qualtrics
Microsoft is finalizing its transition to Azure
Microsoft rolls out its second vertical cloud bundle – for retail

Xbox
Microsoft denies Duracellgate is a thing!
Microsoft Announces Xbox Wireless Controller in Pulse Red

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Paul's photo management system
App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox
Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft increases file upload size for M365
Codename pick of the week: Project Peabody
Beer pick of the week: 3Floyd's Gumballhead

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 48 min
January 06, 2021WW 706: Carpe Per Diem - Hackers Viewed MS Source Code, Azure Modular Datacenters, Xbox Shortages
SolarWinds hackers viewed MS source code, 21H1 and the future of Windows 10, and Xbox Series X|S shortages.
The future of Windows 10 (and lack of information): Microsoft tests 'news and interests' feature in the taskbar, and rumor is testers should move soon if they want to keep testing 21H1.
Microsoft mulligans: New 'Sun Valley' Windows 10 UX for version 2021, 'One Outlook' to unify desktop and web-based clients, and history/tabs sync is coming to Edge.
Cloud: More on Microsoft's Azure-in-a-shipping-container MDC
More SolarWinds fallout: Microsoft says hackers viewed some of its source code but didn't try to attack the corporate domain.
Xbox: Microsoft to address Series X|S shortages, RIP Minecraft Earth, the first Game Pass titles of 2021, and Bloomberg's piece on Xbox's creation and 20-year history.

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Paul's OCD file management tips
App pick of the week: Newsfeed apps The Old Reader and NewsBlur
Developer pick of the week: Learn web dev on GitHub
Enterprise pick of the week: Azure AD is going to four nines
Beer pick of the week: Threes Brewing Volition

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 48 min
December 30, 2020WW 705: Married With Windows - What you can expect from Microsoft in 2021
Microsoft news from the past two weeks
Microsoft is designing its own ARM chips
Windows 10 version 20H2 is already on 13.6 percent of Windows 10 PCs
Google and Facebook colluded on online ads
Apple's response to Facebook full-page ads is priceless
Microsoft Edge is out for M1-based Macs
Together Mode comes to Skype
Flight Sim is now available in VR
Games with Gold for January

Our 2021 predictions
Five Microsoft technologies to watch in 2021
Windows
Windows 10
Windows 10X
Windows on ARM
Android on Windows 10 (Project Latte)
Cloud PC
Windows Server

Surface
Surface Duo 2
New Surface Pro, ProX, Book
Any 10X devices from Surface in 2021? Rumors say no.

Cloud
M365: Teams, first-line workers, and bears (oh my)
Azure – more regions, more AWS-competitive services, more AI
Universal Search and MetaOS/Fluid Framework

Gaming
Console
Cloud streaming

Consumer
Chredge, Bing, and MSN
Teams consumer v. Skype

Dev
Project Reunion
.NET MAUI
PWAs

Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Lose yourself in a tech podcast
App pick of the year: Affinity Photo
Enterprise picks of the week: Using Microsoft 365 Defender to protect against Solorigate, Azure free account users get 5 more services
Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin Happy New Beer

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.
2 hr 3 min
December 23, 2020WW 704: Windows Weekly's Best of 2020 - A look back at Windows Weekly's best moments.
The best of Windows Weekly from 2020:
Microsoft sort of ends support for Windows 7. The company released a "final" update for Windows 7 in early January.
Microsoft's Panos Panay gets a promotion, becoming the Head of Windows and Hardware.
Some cracked Surface Laptop 3 screens result in another "gate" — Crackgate.
Mary Jo and Paul share the highlights of Microsoft Build 2020.
Microsoft decides to shutter the streaming platform Mixer.
Rumors suggest Microsoft may be interested in purchasing TikTok — and the president wants a cut of the profits.
Leo reviews Microsoft's Surface Duo.
Microsoft buys Bethesda.
Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer, Chris Capossela, shares his hidden gems of the year and answers questions from Mary Jo, Paul, and Leo.

Host: Leo Laporte
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 57 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.