Windows Weekly 739

Microsoft 365

•  Microsoft 365 commercial is getting a price hike in March 2022
•  Power Apps portal misconfiguration exposed data for 38 million users. But it's fixed now.
•  Microsoft Ignite 2021 Part II: The Quickening is in November again, but still virtual.
•  Microsoft Teams for Education gets a Reading Progress app
•  Microsoft is ending support for the Android apps on Chrome OS next month

Windows 11

•  WWMJFD? Windows 11 Dev channel builds are about to get less reliable/stable. Here's what to do.
• New Windows 11 build (Dev and Beta) adds focus sessions. Plus there's our first ISO!
•  Microsoft teases updated Paint app

Xbox

•  Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Xbox Series/One this holiday
•  Microsoft introduces a new wired Xbox headset
•  Halo Infinite will not include co-op single-player, Forge at launch. And you thought the disappointment was behind us.
•  Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting World Update VI, new aircraft, and more
•  Quake, Quake II, and Quake III Arena come to Game Pass! But it's complicated.
•  Here comes a new Call of Duty! What's old is old again.

Listener Q&A

Tips and picks

•  Tip of the week: Get to know your Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts
•  There are some new and different shortcuts in Windows 11.
•  App pick of the week: Quake for Xbox
•  The Xbox version of Quake is a delight and it delivers an incredible amount of content. And it's just $9.99.
•  Plus: Momentum New Tab browser add-on
•  Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Server 2022 is here!
•  Lucky we found it since Microsoft hasn't said almost anything about it so far. A very odd "launch"
•  Codename pick of the week: Pinebrook
•  Xbox console cloud gaming had/has a codename, according to the Xbox fairies. That codename is Pinebrook.

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Links

• Microsoft to increase Microsoft 365, Office 365 commercial prices in March 2022
• Misconfigured Power Apps Portals Exposed Data for 38 Million Users
• Next Microsoft Ignite is Coming (Virtually) in November
• Microsoft Brings Reading Progress to Teams
• Microsoft Will No Longer Support Office Apps for Android on Chrome OS
• Microsoft delivers new Windows 11 test build and first Windows 11 ISOs
• Microsoft Teases Updated Paint App for Windows 11
• Xbox Cloud Gaming is Coming to Xbox Consoles
• Microsoft Announces a Wired Xbox Headset
• Halo Infinite Will Not Include Co-Op, Forge at Launch
• Flight Simulator Update is Adding Germany, Switzerland, and Austria Locations
• OG Quake, Quake II, and Quake III Arena Come to Xbox Game Pass
• Activision Announces Call of Duty: Vanguard
• What’s Old is Old Again (Premium)
• Windows 11 Tip: Know Your Keyboard Shortcuts
• Momentum Plus Adds Soundscapes
• Microsoft's Windows Server 2022 is rolling out to mainstream users
• Dogs and Boats
• Cat Hand