Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Leo Laporte

Nov 6th 2019

Windows Weekly 646

Sort of Live From Ignite

All the News from Microsoft Ignite

Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 18:00 UTC.
Category: News

We're at Ignite in Orlando, Florida this week, and there's a lot going on!


Azure goes to the edge

  • Microsoft's new hybrid 2.0 strategy includes other clouds

Power Platform

  •  Microsoft rebrands Flow to Power Automate, adds no-code virtual agents
  •  Related: Microsoft relents on Power Platform self-servicing purchase changes

Microsoft 365/Office 365

  •  Microsoft announces Project Cortex
  •  Microsoft puts Cortana in Outlook Mobile (and other mobile apps, plus a new male voice)
  •  Related: Microsoft is killing the standalone Cortana app on mobile(!)
  •  Microsoft Office app is going to Android and iOS
  •  Excel gets natural language queries
  •  Outlook gets a modern new look everywhere but Windows
  •  Teams heads to Linux, gets major features update

Microsoft Edge

  •  The new Edge will be the only Edge starting January 15
  •  Microsoft reveals new Edge logo over the past weekend and then ships it in a new build
  •  Here's how to get it immediately if you're already using Edge
  •  Here's how Microsoft will refer to old Edge and new Edge

Surface

  •  Surface heads into businesses with a three-pronged strategy
  •  Related: New Surface PC experience updates - Paul - Mary Jo

Dev

  • WinUI 3.0 goes into alpha preview

Windows 10

  • New Windows 10 20H1 build adds a new feature, finally: It's called Quick Searches
  •  Skip Ahead Ring is going away

Tips and picks

  •  Tip of the week: Get ready for Black Friday!
  •  App pick of the week: OneNote 2016
  •  Enterprise pick of the week: Is the Azure cloud full?
  •  Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Microsoft Managed Rooms
  •  Beverage pick of the week: Writers' Tears Irish Whiskey 

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