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CES is this week: let's not beat this to death. A lot of computers were announced, including a Surface Studio clone from Lenovo. It looks like Intel is serious about moving to 10nm this year, and Intel is talking up 'Project Athena,' its strategy for going beyond ultrabooks. Privacy (as a service): Microsoft should stop marketing AI and market privacy instead. First step: Bali, a way for users to control data that's been collected about them. Microsoft giveaway update: we gave away the Xbox Game Pass and Office 365 Home product keys and the hardware just arrived. Here's how you can win a Surface Go with Type Cover or Surface Headphones! (U.S. and Canada only, sorry) Two major signs of sanity in Windows 10 19H1: 7-day update delays in Windows Update in Windows 10 Home, Microsoft finally silences Cortana in Windows 10 Setup (but not in Home). Windows 10 19H1 build adds support for password-less Microsoft accounts and sign-ins. Build 18312 was released today with Reset This PC improvements. Let's revisit Windows 10 on ARM. Yes, this really matters. Non-controversy of the week: Windows 10 will now set aside 7 GB of disk for coming updates About Citrix's plans for Windows Virtual Desktop GitHub to give free users unlimited private repos Microsoft should make Surface-branded wireless earbuds (Update: They are working on it) Microsoft continued losing to Sony in the console wars in 2018, but there was a lot of good news too Tips and picks Tip of the week: Choose the right digital assistant App pick of the week: Firefox ARM64 for Windows 10 on ARM Enterprise pick of the week: Teams gets more firstline worker features Buzzword pick of the week: "Partner" Beer pick of the week: Firestone Walker Propagator Generation 1 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: Atlassian.com expressvpn.com/windows

Our Predictions for Microsoft in 2019 Mary Jo Foley's list Microsoft's obsession with Chromebooks and ChromeOS continues (alongside its Chromium Edge work) More of a push to sell to "first-line workers." This is where MS sees its untapped audience for Office, Windows, more Microsoft 365 Consumer plan launches Microsoft does something (though not actually sure what) to address Win 10 quality issues Surface team continues to iterate on a handful of laptop form factors New HoloLens debuts and is focused almost 100% on business users Microsoft is going to get quieter about new products (not just Windows). They think this is a feature, not a bug! Paul Thurrott's list Microsoft Edge + Chromium: What's the expected timing and how will this change affect the UX Windows 10 will put the updating terribleness of 2018 behind it in 2019 Related: Where we're at as we enter the New Year What still needs work: Updating a PC is a freaking nightmare Windows 10 Lean (Lite?) - What is it and when will it ship Windows 10 on ARM: Is 2019 the year Qualcomm and MSFT overcome the performance and compatibility issues? And will Surface Go 2 ship and utilize an ARM chipset? Xbox One vNext - before the cloud, Microsoft will improve its console yet again Short term: CES is next week. Expect a lot of iterative new PCs Also: Windows 10 usage finally surpasses that of Windows 7 As it turns out, Edge still retains its battery life advantage over Chrome Tips and picks Tip of the week: Properly set up Windows 10 Plus: Games with Gold, baby! Plus, new Game Pass titles too! App pick of the week: Microsoft Launcher Enterprise pick of the week: New Microsoft 365 commercial plans Codename pick of the week: Bari Beer pick of the week: Burlington Beer Company, Chunky & Jelly Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit WordPress.com/windows

We take a look back at the biggest and best Microsoft stories of 2018. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela is back for his annual holiday appearance. Chris talks Microsoft's biggest successes and failures of 2018, and we have some questions. Windows Sandbox might finally make Paul's container dreams come true. Windows 10 version 1809 is finally broadly available, over two months after the initial release. Windows 10 on ARM takes a step forward with the Snapdragon 850. But what it really needs is a quality web browser. Microsoft announces the Office app for Windows 10 Brad drops a scoop about future Xbox revisions Tips and picks Tip of the week: Charge Surface Pro/Laptop over USB-C Also: The Xbox One S and Xbox One X are both $100 off, again. App pick of the week: Brave Enterprise pick of the week: PowerApps and Flow pricing/licensing changes Codename pick of the week: Madrid Beer pick of the week: Corsendonk Christmas Ale Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Guest: Chris Capossela Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: RocketMortgage.com/Windows Molekule.com promo code TWIT75

The rumors were true: Microsoft will move Edge to Chromium Related: Firefox is screwed, and it knows this. But it's spreading FUD to make its case Windows 10 19H1... New build brings improvements to Notepad for some reason (FOR SOME REASON??) The Snapdragon 8cx will allegedly rescue Windows 10 on ARM, because of course it will But what about now? The Snapdragon 850 isn't that bad, as it turns out Next-generation HoloLens will be based on Snapdragon 850 - This is now confirmed Cortana looks to be getting multi-voice/user support soon Tons of new games coming to Xbox Game Pass this month Microsoft Enables Xbox Family Settings for Cross-Play Tips and picks Tip of the week: Microsoft's open source storiesPlus: Want to test the new Edge? The join the Edge Insider Program! App pick of the week: Office for Mac Enterprise pick of the week: Bye, bye Azure Container Service (ACS), and hello Azure Kontainer Service (aka Kubernetes Container Service) Codename pick of the week: Spartan Beer pick of the week: Brooklyn Black Ops Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit Molekule.com promo code TWIT75

Edge vs Chromium Is Microsoft about to switch rendering engines in its Windows 10 browser? Is this a good thing or bad thing for 1. the industry; 2. developers; 3. users (Yes, yes, and yes; let's debunk some myths.) Will it still be called Edge? Will it look/work like Edge does today? What about extensions, etc.? Windows Lite Windows RT failed. Windows 10 S Mode failed. Can Windows "Lite" succeed? Our guesses about how Windows Lite fits in with WCOS If this isn't called Windows, what should/might it be named? ("Yoghurt"? "DillyDally"?) Related to these two topics, we need to talk about Terry Centaurus: The dual-screen successor to Andromeda If at first you don't succeed in landing a dual-screen pocketable device, should you try, try again? Microsoft is working on another attempt to take on Chromebooks with Centaurus Xbox + Surface futuresBrad drops a bombshell about the future of Xbox and for Surface tooMicrosoft Connect roundup Microsoft open sources WPF, Winforms and WinUI Microsoft releases public preview 1 of Visual Studio 2019 Microsoft open sources the ONNX inference engine Azure Machine Learning is now generally available Microsoft v. FCCThe FCC says that most Americans have access to broadband. Microsoft says that's not even close to reality.Tips and picks Tip of the week: You can once again download the Windows 7 and 8.1 ISOs. But...Plus: Yes, Bootcamp still sucks App pick of the week: TyporaPlus: Google Arts & Culture mobile app adds a cool AR Vermeer experience Enterprise pick of the week: CNAB Codename pick of the week: Chromium Beer pick of the week: Collective Arts Ransack the Universe Hosts: Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott, and Megan Morrone Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: Prilock.com/twit promo code LEO RocketMortgage.com/Windows WordPress.com/windows

More bugs emerge in the Windows 10 October 2018 update. Some get fixed; others are being tested in Release Preview. Windows 10 1809 breaks Media Player Windows 10 1809 blocked on PCs with certain Intel video drivers But, hey: The iCloud-1809 bug is now fixed Windows 10 19H1 continues full steam ahead. New build out today: a few UI tweaks, not much else. First Windows Server 19H1 build was released last week. What's in it? Is Apple a monopolist? The Microsoft reporter veterans weigh-in. Microsoft briefly overtook Apple's market cap It's been a rough couple of weeks for the Microsoft Cloud: multi-factor authorization outage No. 2, right after Microsoft issued a thorough root cause analysis of what caused MFA outage No. 1. They've got concrete steps for fixing MFA, but some won't be done till Jan. 2019. Meanwhile: Here comes Amazon, breathing down Microsoft's neck, with its own Windows File System for AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/fsx/windows/ Tips and picks Tip of the week: Games with Gold App pick of the week: Project Fi Enterprise pick of the week: Check out the Petri.com forums, IT pros Also, for the developers in the house, December 4 is Microsoft Connect(); -- expect some VS 2019 news, among other AI/Azure, etc. Codename pick of the week: Windows (Core) Lite Beer pick of the week: Destihl Cranberry Criek Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: SlideBelts.com/TWIT code: TWIT grammarly.com/windows

Microsoft accounts go password-less. Irony alert: Azure/Office 365 were just hit by a 2FA sign-in issue. Windows 10: 64-bit ARM apps are now a thing. What this solves and doesn't solve. Slippery slope: Microsoft tested ads in Windows Mail, got negative feedback, pretended it was just a test. Quality matters: between Windows 10 1809, Google Pixel 3, and Apple, it seems like the quality of the tech we use is going downhill. Is it? The Cortana RIP tour continues: Microsoft Store is selling Echo smart speakers now. And yet... the Cortana mobile UX update continues to rollout. Xbox One S to go disc-less in 2019. Now you can customize an Xbox controller right from your Xbox. Tips and picks Tip of the week: Beneath a Surface: shipping next week! Also: The best deals from Microsoft's Black Friday sale. App pick of the week: Microsoft Launcher. Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft buys FSLogix. Enterprise pick of the week No. 2: Cognitive services are now in containers (near you). Beer pick of the week: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: RocketMortgage.com/Windows Prilock.com/twit promo code LEO

6 weeks later, Microsoft finally re-releases the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. What took so long? Now what? Microsoft also re-released Windows Server 2019 New Windows 10 sports a gorgeous new light mode Microsoft pretends that Windows 10 on ARM only supporting 1809 was a typo Alexa comes to Windows 10 PCs Surface Go with LTE arrives this month Apple hands Surface Laptop 2 a gift with the new MacBook Air Mobile: Whiteboard for iOS picks up a big update AI in Outlook X018 highlights - And how Xbox is set up for a future win Game Pass will allow for pre-downloading and installing games Great new games coming this month to Xbox Game Pass Keyboard and mouse support for Xbox One arrives - Part of November update Tips and picks Tip of the week: Go Xbox this Black Friday App pick of the week: Crackdown for Xbox Enterprise pick of the week: Power BI to get the AI treatment Enterprise pick of the week No. 2: G Suite to Office 365 migration tool is coming Beer pick of the week: Founders Brewing Curmudgeon's Better Half And... a moment of silence for our Windows Weekly HQ in NYC: Rattle N Hum East is closing on November 25 :( Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: grammarly.com/windows LastPass.com/twit

Samsung (sort of) reveals their first foldable phone. Cortana boss Javier Soltero is leaving Microsoft. Cortana is getting embedded deeper and deeper into Office, instead of being promoted as a standalone assistant. That retrenchment obviously isn't everyone's cup of tea. Windows 10 version 1809 is officially a fiasco. Microsoft Outings comes to Windows Mixed Reality. Microsoft is now selling the $500 Surface Go variant that was previously a Costco exclusive. Apple copies Microsoft yet again, will stop revealing unit sales. Xbox One loses a TV streaming feature. Mixer gets a big set of updates with a stupid name. With us: PUBG is free on Xbox for a limited time. Against us: PUBG is heading to PS4 in December after a year of exclusivity on Xbox. Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Buy Brad's Surface book App pick of the week: Microsoft Launcher 5 Enterprise pick of the week: Kaizala Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Microsoft pauses Office 365 tips Beer pick of the week: Cigar City Cubano Espresso Brown Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: RocketMortgage.com/Windows SlideBelts.com/TWIT code: TWIT capterra.com/windows

Happy Halloween, TWiT-or-treaters! 1.5 billion Windows PCs. Still. Today's the last day of October. Still no October update Microsoft's GitHub acquisition is done. What's next? Microsoft Q1 FY19 recap Microsoft on Mobile Happy birthday, (Windows) Azure Tip of the week: Games with Gold is awesome this month App pick of the week: Skype for Web (Preview) Enterprise pick of the week: Olympia v2 Codename pick of the week: Vanadium and Vibranium Beer pick of the week: Dogfish Head Punkin Ale Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Mary Jo Foley Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: Prilock.com/twit promo code LEO WordPress.com/windows

With the new Pixel 3s and iPhone XR/XSes out there, what are our new and updated recommendations these days for Windows users who are looking for new phones? Related: Google says it will fix photo‐loss bug in the new Pixels, but what about the other issues? Let's talk a bit about where MS is now and where it's going by bringing Android and iPhone devices into the Windows ecosystem. More data‐deletion problems have emerged in 1809. October is winding down and the October Update STILL isn't available. Related: MS didn't RTM Windows Server 2019, which has been pulled and is not available. Related: Last week, new 19H1 build allowing users to remove more preinstalled apps debuts. Related: 19H1 will allegedly overcome the performance issues from Spectre fixes. Paul finally got a Surface Laptop 2. More of the same, but now with better performance and it's black. New HP Spectre 360 and Elitebook x360. Samsung said close to launching a foldable laptop display ‐ Because? Microsoft FY19Q1 earnings are today (right after WW) Things to watch for: Commercial cloud number will be higher than normal because some LinkedIn revenues are now included. Related: What Microsoft exec compensation says about Redmond's priorities. Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Xbox is having a "Shocktober" sale: Friday the 13th ($6), Alien Isolation: The Collection ($12), Prey ($15), and many other games are up to 70 percent off! Also: Microsoft just added four horror titles to Xbox Game Pass too! App pick of the week: Half‐Life 2 Orange Box, Portal, and Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 are now all on Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility and enhanced for Xbox One X. Enterprise pick of the week: How to get the MS Tech Community blogs into. Enterprise pick No. 2: The on‐prem version of the Office 2019 servers are available this week. Beer pick of the week: Springdale (Jack's Abby) Brigadeiro Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: WordPress.com/windows capterra.com/windows

Sadly, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen passed away this week, How did he impact Microsoft culture, he had a huge impact on Seattle (and the broader world), however Windows 10 version 1809, Take 2: Just kidding, this time it's almost ready! Plus: Windows 10 Now Lets You Uninstall More of the Pre-Installed Apps Related: No, the PC industry is not staging a comeback, sorry Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 are now available. Kind of a non-event. Plus: China gets a "Blush" Surface Laptop 2 Related: A new HoloLens was spotted in OUTER SPACE! No, it wasn't. Google v. EU: Google does something different, again: They will comply but still appeal. They've learned from the Microsoft, Intel, and Apple experiences of the past. Plus: Another way Google is following Microsoft: It is deemphasizing Android brand Post-PC: Is the post-PC era finally happening? And ... do we have Adobe to thank/blame? Full Photoshop coming to iPad Full-featured video editor on Windows, Mac, iOS, and (soon) Android Xbox: Keyboard and mouse support comes to Insiders, will ship in Xbox System Update 1811 - This comes after the October 2018 Update, which adds other features Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is out, is amazing Tip of the week: Buy an Xbox One, get a free... Amazon Echo Dot?! App pick of the week: Google Chrome 70 Enterprise pick of the week: What's next for Cortana? Beer pick of the week: Galway Brewing Sans Juice Beer pick of the week: Urban Brewing Lemon Verbena + Sage Saison Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: capterra.com/windows RocketMortgage.com/Windows

Breaksclusive: The Windows 10 1809 rollout is officially a disaster. After rushing Win 10 1809 to the finish line (without a Release Preview), MS starts rolling it out on October 2. Users start reporting their files, photos and other data being deleted. On October 5, Microsoft pulls 1809 (and Win Server 2019). Some users installed it successfully; some didn't. On October 9, Microsoft releases a refreshed Redstone 5 test build to Insiders in Slow, Preview rings with the data loss fix. On October 9, Microsoft also releases a Cumulative Update for 1809 to those who successfully installed it, which also has the data loss fix. Microsoft published a post-mortem claiming a tiny number were affected, but they're adding a "severity indicator" to Feedback. What do we propose the Windows team do now to fix WaaS? Let home users defer updates? Refocus on fundamentals? Slow the update pace? All of the above? In Other News Expanding on last week's discussion, can Google + Microsoft finally happen with Terry Myerson gone? Project xCloud game streaming testing to begin in 2019 Microsoft is hiring former Qualcomm engineers to its quantum-computing team Microsoft joins OIN and offers 60K of its patents to other members royalty-free. Important note: Microsoft has 90K patents. This deal doesn't include Windows code, for example. Related: Microsoft joins LOT Network and makes its patents available to members to fight trolls. Intel releases first 9th-generation Core processors. This time they're focusing on where the money is. Google has its own hardware event. And this time they're adding design to AI + software + hardware. Tips and picks Tip of the week: History in an Hour App pick of the week: Sticky notes for mobile ... sort of Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Learn: Self-paced free training for a variety of MS products Buzzword pick of the week: "Partner" Beer pick of the week: Threes Instant Gratification AnnouncementsNext week: Paul and MJF will be keynoting the Microwarehouse Cloud Camp in Dublin. We will be doing Windows Weekly live from Dublin, too, at our same bat time and schedule. So 2 p.m ET next week, tune in and we'll be speaking Gaelic. (We'll be doing a meetup too after the show. Details to come!) Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: Prilock.com/twit promo code LEO LastPass.com/twit SlideBelts.com/TWIT code: TWIT

Microsoft refreshes the Surface Laptop, Surface Pro, and Surface Studio Microsoft takes on Bose/Beats with Surface Headphones HP launches the Spectre Folio, an unholy melding of leather and metal. Surface All Access - what is it? How much is it? Microsoft launches Windows 10 version 1809 for "seekers" with a broad release happening next week, on Patch Tuesday Windows 10 will soon provide Android screen and app mirroring Microsoft To-Do is coming to Outlook.com Skype Classic will finally die in November Microsoft open-sources early MS-DOS versions, again Tips and picks Tip of the week: MAGIC WINDOW App pick of the week: Forza Horizon 4 Enterprise pick of the week: Croton, Forks, Jameson Codename pick of the week: Croton (Surface Pro 6), Forks (Surface Laptop 2) and Jameson (Surface Headphones) Beer pick of the week: Lagunitas 12th of Never Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: WordPress.com/windows RocketMortgage.com/Windows