Windows 11: Now in the Beta Channel 
Windows 11 Comes to the Insider Beta Channel
Windows 11 Tip: Change Default Apps
Intel Exec Leaks Thunderbolt 5
Microsoft Adds "My Day" Pane to Outlook.com, Outlook on the Web
 
Windows 365/Cloud PC launches, pricing revealed 
Microsoft's Windows 365 Cloud PC service will range from $20 to $162 per user per month
Microsoft Pauses Free Trials of Windows 365
Hands-On with Microsoft Windows 365
Hands-On with Windows 365 on Mac, Chromebook, and iPad
 
Microsoft mandates COVID-19 vaccinations 
Microsoft to require COVID-19 vaccination proof for U.S. employees, vendors
Microsoft pushes back earliest "full reopening" to October 4
 
Xbox 
Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for August
The $499 PlayStation 5 is Already Profitable
 
Tips and picks 
Tip of the week: Get a Halo theme in Waze
App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox
Enterprise pick of the week: Dynamics 365 Field Service on-prem is going away
Codename pick of the week: Project Arno
Beverage pick of the week: June Shine Blood Orange Mint
 
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WW 736: Backplate and Pill - Windows 11 comes to the Beta Channel

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Windows 11 
A quick look back at the Copilot+ PC launch 
Paul did end up making a video of each MacBook Air reference during last week's launch 
The Copilot+ PC event was also notable for its many references to the past: Paul counted at least 7 in the first 7 minutes alone 
After some soul-searching, Paul went all-in on Surface Laptop by canceling the first preorder and bulking it up with more RAM and storage 
Release Preview (last week): 24H2 comes to RP, suggesting it hits stable on Tuesday, June 11 (in preview), one week before the first Copilot+ PCs arrive with this build preinstalled 
Beta (last week): 23H2 build with no new features (arriving after 24H2 in Release Preview, of course) 
Microsoft Edge is getting more responsive thanks to a "WebUI 2.0" initiative 
Lenovo earnings up 9 percent in quarter, down 8 percent for the year. The future? AI PCs, duh 
AI 
There was a massive Bing outage late last week. Press hold on all the obvious jokes, this impacted Copilot everywhere, DuckDuckGo, other services 
Cue the Chicken Little "this is why I'll never use AI" crowd, which used to be the "this is why I'll never use the cloud" crowd 
Copilot comes to Telegram for some reason 
Google goes live with AI overviews in Search and the world grinds to a halt 
Google adds Gemini to Chromebook Plus, gives one free year of Google One AI Premium to new device buyers 
WWDC is coming soon and we're seeing hints of how Apple will add more AI to its products 
Opera partners with Google Cloud on Gemini in Aria AI and image understanding/image generation in browser 
And it now plans to make 2000 SLMs available in the browser 
NVIDIA revenues were a record in Q1, up 262 percent YOY 
Dev 
Last week, we learned that WPF is making a comeback. This week, Paul revived his .NETpad project and is going to modernize it using the new features 
Xbox 
We finally have some news about Activision Blizzard games and Game Pass!!! But it's only one game, and it doesn't happen until November 
Atari buys the Intellivision brand. I wish we knew more about this 
Tips & Picks 
Tip of the week: Beware the dark patterns 
App pick of the week: Windows 11 version 24H2 
RunAs Radio this week: PowerApp Extensibility with Christina Wheeler 
Brown liquor pick of the week: Glen Garioch 1797 Founder's Reserve 
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WW 883: It's So Convulated - Bing outage, NVIDIA's record Q1 FY25, WPF's rebirth

Windows 11 and the Copilot+ PC 
Microsoft announces Copilot+ PC and our world collapses 
Microsoft announces new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop 13/15 as expected 
What the heck is this new bifurcation of features in Windows? Why? 
Paul ordered a Surface Laptop 15 the second Yusuf Mehdi said he could 
The other shoe finally drops: Every Copilot+ Pro PC has a fan. Is this a problem? 
Sorry, Chicken Little, Microsoft Recall is not a privacy concern 
Windows 11 is getting a lot of new security features 
Qualcomm is offering a $899 Copilot+ PC Mini and it looks awesome 
Windows 11 24H2 just entered the Release Preview channel 
Inside baseball 
Everyone is mad at Microsoft about Monday's event 
Intel had people on-site to attend and present, Microsoft took their badges away and asked them to leave (AMD seemingly placated by Build keynote mentions). Intel countered with its own pissy announcement 
Qualcomm, the darling of the event, would like to know why it took Microsoft 40 minutes to say the word "Snapdragon" 
PC makers were told they would get equal billing with Surface, but they were afterthoughts during the event and at the showcase 
Microsoft 365 
Microsoft Announces Team Copilot 
Microsoft adds new features to Microsoft Teams 
Microsoft Edge is getting a real-time translation feature 
AI 
Microsoft adds a multimodal model to its Phi family of on-device SLMs 
Microsoft brings Copilots to developers, updates Power Platform 
Microsoft partners with Khan Academy on AI training 
Dev 
Microsoft announces Windows Copilot runtime, but it's not a runtime 
Also, WTFF WPF is BACK with WinUI support too! 
Visual Studio 2022 17.10 adds integrated GitHub Copilot 
Plus some .NET 9 updates in pre-release 
Windows 11 24H2 is getting a bunch of new features for developers 
Tips & Picks 
Tip of the Week: Windows 11 Security Book & Surface Laptop Report 
RunAs Radio This Week: The End of Windows 10 with Paul Thurrott 
Brown Liquor: Eagle Rare 10 
  
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WW 882: The Hall & Oates Story - Copilot+ PCs, Recall snapshots, Khan Academy

Windows 11 
Patch Tuesday 
Windows 11 gets those stupid lock screen widgets 
Snipping Tool is being updated with emojis and QR code scanning 
Microsoft is testing widgets in the Windows 11 Start menu 
New Dev and Beta builds 
Dell PCs based on Snapdragon X leak 
Microsoft 365 
Microsoft Word gets a long-overdue overhaul to default paste 
AI 
OpenAI kicks off the week with its Spring Update 
Google I/O follows up with a Microsoft-style keynote 
Xbox 
Microsoft to launch Xbox mobile games store in July 
Xbox consoles will support game update pre-loads, finally 
Microsoft discounts Xbox 360 titles ahead of Store closure 
We have another round of Game Pass titles and you're never going to believe what we didn't get, again 
Starfield May Update is here with 60 fps support on Series X 
Xbox Cloud Gaming supports keyboard and mouse with 26 games 
Xbox app gets more improvements tied to handheld gaming PCs 
Sony has now sold almost 60 million PS5s, roughly even with PS4 at this point in 
time 
Tips and picks 
Tip of the week: Remote Desktop is another feature semi-broken by MSA sign-ins 
App pick of the week: VMWare Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are free 
RunAs Radio this week: MLOps + DevOps + Kubernetes with Annie Talvasto 
Brown liquor pick of the week: Lagavulin 16 
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WW 881: Big Boy Teams - Snipping Tool and Word updates, Snapdragon X Leak

Microsoft is promising to put security first, again. Three features have been added to Windows 11 Canary build 26212. Microsoft shuts down some game developer studios under its Xbox Games Studios, including a popular one that published Hi-Fi RUSH. And Playstation recinds PSN account requirement for Helldivers 2 on PC.  
Microsoft & Security 
Microsoft promises to put security first. Again. 
Microsoft adds passkey support to Microsoft accounts. 
Windows 11 
Windows 11 Canary build 26212 adds three features from the beta channel. 
Microsoft starts controlled feature rollouts (CFRs) on Windows Insider dev channel. 
Microsoft acknowledges VPN connection issues on Windows 11 and Windows 10. 
More improvements to Tiny11 Builder. 
Arc for Windows shipped last week. 
Armed and Ready 
Apple announces M4 along with new iPad Pros. 
Qualcomm earnings flat, but big promises for current quarter. 
AI 
Better prompt writing is coming to Microsoft 365 Copilot. 
OpenAI is allegedly testing its replacement for Google Search. 
Microsoft allegedly testing LLM that challenges OpenAI. 
Xbox 
Microsoft shuts down more Xbox studios, triggering a new round of angst. 
Starfield is getting the 60 FPS support it should have had at launch on Xbox Series X. 
Nintendo has now sold over 141 million Switch consoles, promises Switch 2. 
Just kidding on the PSN account requirement for PC Helldivers 2. 
Tips and picks 
Tip of the week: Build Blogger Bash 
App pick of the week: DesktopGPT 
Plus: Proton Pass gets much-needed account protection features. 
RunAs Radio this week: Identity Governance with Jef Kazimer. 
Brown liquor pick of the week: Shelter Point Cask Strength Single Malt. 
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WW 880: B.C. in a Bottle - Passkeys, Xbox Studios, Democracy Prevails!

FY24 Q3 Earnings, AI Explorer, Github Copilot Workspace 
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WW 736: Backplate and Pill - Windows 11 comes to the Beta Channel

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