Windows Weekly

This Week's Stories: Microsoft launches Surface Hub 2S: pricing, specs, and availability. An 85-inch version is on the way, and there's a Surface Hub 2 display coming, too. Xbox One S All-Digital Edition debuts will cost $250. Microsoft announces Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Sony describes next-gen console before Microsoft - when we can expect Xbox v.Next news? Microsoft reveals E3 plans. Microsoft is working with Warner Bros. on a Minecraft movie for some reason. Xbox One April 2019 Update is here, but it's a minor release. One week (or more) with the new Edge: It's a winner. Firefox for ARM - Those hardy few with Windows 10 on ARM PCs can now use a native version of the Firefox web browser in the Beta channel. Microsoft confirms that some Outlook.com accounts were compromised, Microsoft will not provide facial recognition tech to California. Microsoft to release Surface Buds - an idea Paul proposed in January. Microsoft kills a misfit Surface Go configuration. Acer announces a new premium brand called ConceptD. I think they may be on to something. HP debuts new EliteBooks, Zbook portable workstations, and more. Tips and picks Tip of the week: Microsoft/Xbox Store is hosting a Spring Sale. Plus: Numskull announced a fun new range of officially-sanctioned Xbox merchandise. Plus: Want to clean install Windows 10 version 1903 right now. Here's how. PLUS! The Office Home Use Program is live for Office 365 Home and Personal! App pick of the week: Forza Street Enterprise pick of the week: JEDI bidding is down to two. Codename pick of the week: Bosque Beer pick of the week: Citizen Cider bRose Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at Check out Paul's blog at Check out Mary Jo's blog at The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of . Sponsors:

This Week's Stories Microsoft releases first public previews of the new Edge to the Canary and Dev channels. Blockbuster: Microsoft is making major changes to WaaS in Windows 10 version 19H1. Windows 10 19H1 moves to the Release Preview Ring after MSFT released a small CU to fix some last minute issues. And ... the magic window is CLOSED: New Fast ring build is for 20H1. As promised. Wait, what? 20H1? What about 19H2?? Office 365: Microsoft to move Kaizala into Teams. Slack is improving its Office 365 integration. Skype video calls now support 50 people. Xbox: A rumored GamePass Ultimate service combines Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass and paves the way to xCloud. The first 100+ Build 2019 sessions are now live. And they're about what you'd expect: Lots of Azure, IoT, very little UWP. Tips and picks Tip of the week: How to transition to the new Edge App pick of the week: Microsoft Launcher 5.3 Also: The new Edge, obviously. It's ready for anyone listening to this podcast. Enterprise pick No. 1 of the week: PowerShell 7.0 Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: RIP HealthVault Beer pick of the week: Bell's Oberon Ale Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at Check out Paul's blog at Check out Mary Jo's blog at The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of . Sponsors:

News of the Week As of late last week, Windows 10 1809 (the October 2018 update) is now ready for broad deployment, MS says. Microsoft drops eBooks from Microsoft Store and Edge Without Warning. Surface Book 2 is 1.5 years old and it just got a new configuration and it's complicated. HoloLens is being used by the Royal Canadian Navy. Visual Studio 2019, Visual Studio 2019 for Max and VS Live Share are all now available. Tips and picks Tip/app pick of the week: Time for some games Tip/app pick of the week #2: It's past time to abandon Groove Enterprise pick of the week: Putting the 'open' in ODI (Open Data Initiative) Codename pick of the week: Cayman Beer pick of the week: Founders KBS 2019 Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at Check out Paul's blog at Check out Mary Jo's blog at The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of . Sponsors:

News of the Week Chredge leaks and ... it's good. The Chromium-based Microsoft Edge has leaked ahead of the formal first Insider release. It's a lot like Chrome and is missing key Edge features, but it's surprisingly solid. Windows 7 end of support prompts arrive. Stop using Windows 7 by January 14, 2020. Windows Virtual Desktop is finally available in public preview Windows 10 19H1 build 18362 went to the Slow ring. And then was pulled because of install issues. This is basically RC1. Microsoft is hosting a Surface Hub 2S event in April Microsoft says a bit about xCloud but the big bang announcement will happen at E3 Tips and picks Tip of the week: Support Atta Elayyan's family App pick of the week: Firefox for iPad Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Stack HCI: a new addition to the family Enterprise pick of the week No. 2: Microsoft Connected Vehicle platform – an update Beer pick of the week: New Belgium Fat Tire amber ale Hosts: Download or subscribe to this show at Check out Paul's blog at Check out Mary Jo's blog at The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of . Sponsors:

Today's special guest: Microsoft engineering GM for mixed reality apps, Lorraine Bardeen. • Let's talk more about what MS is doing with HoloLens, iOS, Android in mixed reality. News of the Week Google • Google announces Stadia, a cloud-based streaming game service that will compete with Microsoft's Project xCloud. • Microsoft will respond at E3. • Google has now been charged with three antitrust violations in the EU - Will it be hobbled like Microsoft was? • Google agrees to let Android users in EU choose their browser, shades of Microsoft's Browser Ballot. Windows 10 • 19H1 builds continue to be boring, the end is near. Plus this one. And then these two! • Microsoft kills OneDrive music streaming to the Groove app. Now what? • Huawei says it has made Windows and Android replacements just in case. • Related: Windows 7 users – it wasn't you, it was Microsoft – if your security scans were going crazy this week. • Also: We're all on Edgium/Chredge watch. More leaks (this time, the installer). This thing has to be close to public preview. Office • New logos! Paul has seen them in Windows (Office Insider). Outlook on iOS. And Your Phone on Android. • Microsoft Teams turns 2 (sort of). More new Teams features coming later this year: fake backgrounds, secure private channels, new camera tricks. Xbox • Microsoft should have spun off Xbox a long time ago. Good thing it didn't. • Microsoft brings Xbox Live to Android and iOS. Game Stack is the key. • Cuphead is coming to Nintendo Switch ... with Xbox Live. Windows Weekly Tips and picks • Tip of the Week: Join the Halo Insider Program • App pick of the Week: Castbox • Also: Firefox 66 Blocks ALL Auto-Play Content by Default • Enterprise Pick of the week: Windows Defender Application Guard Extensions for Chrome, Firefox • Also: A Little More Info on Windows 10 Removing Faulty Updates • Codename Pick of the Week: Zipline • Beer Pick of the Week: BFM 225th Anniversary BA Saison Hosts: Guest: Download or subscribe to this show at Check out Paul's blog at Check out Mary Jo's blog at The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of . Sponsors: