A Billion Pages - Windows Weekly 640
xCloud Public Beta, New Surface Rumors Microsoft announces Project xCloud public beta -- It's finally happening! But it's Android-only at first and will roll out over time. Windows 10 -- Goofy ex-Microsoftie turned YouTuber explains why Windows 10 is so unreliable - And he's obviously right, once you get past the presentation. -- Microsoft says that Windows 10 is now on more than 900 million devices -- Note that they don't say "active devices" anymore. Curious. -- Also: Remember Terry's "one billion" pledge? That was supposed to happen by mid-2018. So they'll hit it 2-3 years later than expected than the original "2-3 year" promise. -- Two new 20H1 builds: -- This week: New 20H1 build brings a few new features, continues slow progress -- Last week: Another 20H1 build with Bluetooth improvements Dev -- Microsoft ships .NET Core 3.0 with new versions of ASP.NET, EFC Core 3.0, C# 8.0, F# 4.7, and Visual Studio. The big news? Windows Desktop compatibility, for Windows Forms and WPF. -- Microsoft ships new font for developers, command line users Cloud -- Microsoft finally begins rolling out OneDrive extended storage plans for consumers -- Gotcha: You need to subscribe to an Office 365 consumer edition first -- Microsoft pledges "data dignity" - I wish they'd pledge some dignity for Windows! -- A life line for Cortana? Amazon announces Voice Interoperability Initiative -- Are we finally getting close(r) to Microsoft's Microsoft 365 Consumer subscription? Maaaybe -- Azure Sentinel, Microsoft's SIEM offering, hits GA. (And a bunch of folks seem excited/interested) Surface -- Surface Laptop 2 inventory runs dry ahead of new product launches -- Surface Studio updated with Surface Pen latency fixes -- Microsoft revs Surface Dock Updater tool and it's not clear how or if this thing works at all Xbox -- In another blow to transparency, Microsoft changes how it reports Xbox results -- Here are the games coming soon to Xbox Game Pass -- Minecraft is getting a character editor (now in Beta versions) Tips and picks -- Tip of the week: Learn to program -- Learn Python, for beginners -- Also, Google released two free new developer courses for Kotlin Android development -- App pick of the week: Microsoft Office 365 -- Enterprise pick of the week: Where is Win Server 1909/19H2? -- Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Dynamics 365 Wave 2 -- Beer pick of the week: Hermit Thrush Gin Barrel Saison Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://ift.tt/1IXPmB6 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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xCloud Public Beta, New Surface Rumors Microsoft announces Project xCloud public beta -- It's finally happening! But it's Android-only at first and will roll out over time. Windows 10 -- Goofy ex-Microsoftie turned YouTuber explains why Windows 10 is so unreliable - And he's obviously right, once you get past the presentation. -- Microsoft says that Windows 10 is now on more than 900 million devices -- Note that they don't say "active devices" anymore. Curious. -- Also: Remember Terry's "one billion" pledge? That was supposed to happen by mid-2018. So they'll hit it 2-3 years later than expected than the original "2-3 year" promise. -- Two new 20H1 builds: -- This week: New 20H1 build brings a few new features, continues slow progress -- Last week: Another 20H1 build with Bluetooth improvements Dev -- Microsoft ships .NET Core 3.0 with new versions of ASP.NET, EFC Core 3.0, C# 8.0, F# 4.7, and Visual Studio. The big news? Windows Desktop compatibility, for Windows Forms and WPF. -- Microsoft ships new font for developers, command line users Cloud -- Microsoft finally begins rolling out OneDrive extended storage plans for consumers -- Gotcha: You need to subscribe to an Office 365 consumer edition first -- Microsoft pledges "data dignity" - I wish they'd pledge some dignity for Windows! -- A life line for Cortana? Amazon announces Voice Interoperability Initiative -- Are we finally getting close(r) to Microsoft's Microsoft 365 Consumer subscription? Maaaybe -- Azure Sentinel, Microsoft's SIEM offering, hits GA. (And a bunch of folks seem excited/interested) Surface -- Surface Laptop 2 inventory runs dry ahead of new product launches -- Surface Studio updated with Surface Pen latency fixes -- Microsoft revs Surface Dock Updater tool and it's not clear how or if this thing works at all Xbox -- In another blow to transparency, Microsoft changes how it reports Xbox results -- Here are the games coming soon to Xbox Game Pass -- Minecraft is getting a character editor (now in Beta versions) Tips and picks -- Tip of the week: Learn to program -- Learn Python, for beginners -- Also, Google released two free new developer courses for Kotlin Android development -- App pick of the week: Microsoft Office 365 -- Enterprise pick of the week: Where is Win Server 1909/19H2? -- Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Dynamics 365 Wave 2 -- Beer pick of the week: Hermit Thrush Gin Barrel Saison Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://ift.tt/1IXPmB6 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.
via YouTube https://youtu.be/LmIbQSbra-c
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