Mar 11th 2020
Windows Weekly 663
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Windows 10X Update, Coronavirus Weekly
Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Guests:
Richard Campbell
Windows 10X
- Microsoft updates Windows 10X emulator for dual-screen devices
- What's new and what's improved?
- Related: Does Windows 10X solve the Chromebook problem? MJF: Not really until 10X comes to cheap(er) clamshell laptops
Windows 10
- First Windows Insider build in two weeks brings talk of change, but not much actual change
- Still no GA info on Windows 10 2004 COVID-19 Weekly
- After pushing employees to work from home, now there are two Microsoft employees that have been diagnosed
- Related: Microsoft and Google will both host virtual events to make up for canceled physical events
- Big Microsoft GDC announcement next week live on Windows Weekly at 11:40am PDT - We have Richard Campbell here as a guest, with some interesting info about how COVID-19 has impacted work travel
- Plus: The history of .NET
Security, security security
- New 'wormable' SMB vulnerability disclosed (accidentally) as part of Patch Tuesday. No info on when Microsoft plans to patch it
- Meanwhile, in the good news department: Microsoft's coordinated takedown of Necurs, one of the largest known spam and malware botnets
Xbox
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps launches …
- … and Microsoft lowers the price of Xbox One X to $399
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Check out Windows 10X. You no longer need to have a Fast ring Windows Insider build to use the emulator. But there is one important requirement.
- App pick of the week: Call of Duty: Warzone. Call of Duty: Warzone is here! And it's free!
- Enterprise pick of the week: Cosmos DB gets a free tier! Microsoft adds a free tier (free as in forever) for its Cosmos DB NoSQL cloud database.
- Enterprise pick No. 2: About that major Azure US East outage. Is it still a cloud outage if almost no one complains publicly? Where is the outrage, cloud citizens?
- Beer pick of the week: O'Fallon Brewery Barrels Salted Pretzel. This amber was brewed with toasted malt and Himalayan salt giving you a toasted pretzel flavor. We got to have a sample of this during our beer tasting at WWT in Saint Louis. It was really tasty and really did taste like a pretzel. Only 5% ABV, too, so you can have more than one with your tofudog. https://untappd.com/b/o-fallon-brewery-barrels-salted-pretzel/2977506
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Links
- Microsoft updates Windows 10X emulator for dual-screen devices
- What's new and what's improved?
- Related: Does Windows 10X solve the Chromebook problem?
- MJF: Not really until 10X comes to cheap(er) clamshell laptops
- First Windows Insider build in two weeks brings talk of change, but not much actual change
- After pushing employees to work from home...
- now there are two Microsoft employees that have been diagnosed
- Related: Microsoft ...
- ...and Google will both host virtual events to make up for canceled physical events
- New 'wormable' SMB vulnerability disclosed (accidentally) as part of Patch Tuesday. No info on when Microsoft plans to patch it
- Good News: Microsoft's coordinated takedown of Necurs, one of the largest known spam and malware botnets
- Mary Jo has a Teams story
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps launches …
- App pick of the week: Call of Duty: Warzone
- Enterprise pick of the week: Cosmos DB gets a free tier!
- Enterprise pick No. 2: About that major Azure US East outage
- Beer pick of the week: O'Fallon Brewery Barrels Salted Pretzel