Mar 7th 2018
Windows Weekly 560
Windows à la S Mode
Microsoft confirms S mode
We broke this story a month ago but Microsoft just confirmed that S mode is real. But won't happen until 2019!? Windows 10 builds are coming fast and furious: The end is nigh! Debian and Kali come to Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows 10 usage share for Dummies, you can edit 3D images in 3D now in Paint 3D. Skip Ahead folks get a new Windows 10 Redstone 5 build with more Sets functionality. Related: MS made a few Win 10 announcements at Win Dev Day. Windows 10 is now an AI platform for devs. What does this mean? MSIX is Microsoft's new container/packaging solution
- Tip of the week: Enable 1440p support on Xbox One
- App pick of the week: Groupy 1.1
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft 365, Azure Stack for Government, Azure for Students
- Beer pick of the week: Russian River Damnation
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Links
- Windows 10 in S Mode Confirmed, Coming Next Year
- Windows 10 S: Why It's More (and Less) than You Think
- Windows PCs gain share in K-12 in the U.S., but Chromebooks still dominate
- Windows in Education: What Wasn’t Said
- Windows 10 Redstone 4 Heads Toward the Finish Line
- Microsoft Testing Improved Privacy Controls in Windows 10
- Debian, Kali Linux distributions now available in the Microsoft Store
- Understanding Windows 10 Usage Share
- Microsoft Now Lets You Edit in Paint 3D’s 3D View Mode
- Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17618 for Skip Ahead
- Microsoft pitches Windows 10 as an AI platform for developers
- MSIX Packaging SDK
- Outlook Boss Moves to Cortana
- Microsoft’s Still Working On Cortana/Alexa Integration, No Timeline for Release
- Cortana Integration Coming to Outlook Mobile Apps
- Hands-On: Xbox One X + 1440p Support
- Audible Returns to Sonos Speakers
- Groupy Updates Goes Where Microsoft Fears to Tread
- Microsoft is adding Microsoft 365 bundle, Azure Stack options for government users
- Microsoft targets university students with new Azure for Students plan
- Damnation | Russian River Brewing Company