Windows Weekly 541

A week in: How's the Fall Creators Update rollout going? Surprisingly well, though not flawless. Plus: Hands-on (again) with Windows Mixed Reality. What it is, what it isn't 
 
Windows Phone rollout still hasn't happened. (Coming this week, supposedly.) Windows Server 1709: What's missing? HoloLens is not going to get the Fall Creators Update at all. (What do we make of that?) Related: A new Redstone 4 test build (17025) just appeared before the show began 
 
The first (and maybe only?) Cortana powered speaker: The Invoke. We got to test these out for a week. Our verdicts? MJF: Nice, but not a must-have. PT:  A beautiful device, but... Related: Cortana gets a major update on iOS, Android 
 
Xbox roundup: global launch happening for Xbox One X on Nov. 7. Original Xbox games now available on Xbox One. RIP, Microsoft Kinect. Related: Mixer broadcasting integrated into Minecraft. Related: The mysterious case of Halo: Master Chief Collection 

• Tip of the week: Get ready for Xbox One X 
Plus: Big Halloween games sale for Xbox 360 and Xbox One 
Plus: We figured out OneDrive Files on Demand 
 
• App pick of the week: Kindle for Android and iOS gets a major update 
 
• Enterprise pick of the week: Roadmap (take 1) for the Skype for Biz- MS Teams migration 
Bonus enterprise pick: K is for Kubernetes 

• Codename pick of the week: Fission 
Fission was the original codename for the emulator for Xbox games backward compatibility. (The IGN 'untold story' on the backward compatibility stuff has other codenames, anecdotes, etc.) 
 
Beer of the Week: Citizen Cider: The Dirty Mayor

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Links

• Microsoft's Windows 10 Fall Creators Update rollout: A progress report
• Microsoft Explains its Rollout Strategy for the Fall Creators Update
• Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset First Impressions
• Microsoft's Windows Server 1709: What's missing
• Microsoft preparing to merge HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality development
• Microsoft's newest Windows 10 'Redstone 4' test build adds more settings changes
• My week with Harman Kardon's Cortana-powered Invoke speaker
• Hey Cortana, It’s My Harman Kardon Invoke First Impressions
• Cortana Gets a Major Update on Android and iOS
• Microsoft Announces a Global Launch for Xbox One X
• Original Xbox Games Arrive on Xbox One
• Microsoft stops manufacturing its Kinect sensors
• Microsoft is Integrating Mixer Broadcasting into Minecraft
• Microsoft Discusses a Years-Long Effort to Set Halo: MCC Right
• Tip: Get Ready for Xbox One X
• Microsoft Holds a Halloween Games Sale
• Tip: Configure OneDrive Files On-Demand in the Fall Creators Update
• Amazon Launches New Kindle App on Mobile
• Microsoft provides first target dates for its Skype for Business to Teams migration
• Microsoft introduces a free, dedicated Azure Container Service for Kubernetes
• THE UNTOLD STORY OF XBOX ONE BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
• Citizen Cider: THE DIRTY MAYOR