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Windows Weekly (Video LO) show

Summary: <p>A week in: How's the Fall Creators Update rollout going? Surprisingly well, though not flawless. Plus: Hands-on (again) with Windows Mixed Reality. What it is, what it isn't <br> <br>Windows Phone rollout still hasn't happened. (Coming this week, supposedly.) Windows Server 1709: What's missing? HoloLens is not going to get the Fall Creators Update at all. (What do we make of that?) Related: A new Redstone 4 test build (17025) just appeared before the show began <br> <br>The first (and maybe only?) Cortana powered speaker: The Invoke. We got to test these out for a week. Our verdicts? MJF: Nice, but not a must-have. PT: A beautiful device, but... Related: Cortana gets a major update on iOS, Android <br> <br>Xbox roundup: global launch happening for Xbox One X on Nov. 7. Original Xbox games now available on Xbox One. RIP, Microsoft Kinect. Related: Mixer broadcasting integrated into Minecraft. Related: The mysterious case of Halo: Master Chief Collection </p> <p>• Tip of the week: Get ready for Xbox One X <br>Plus: Big Halloween games sale for Xbox 360 and Xbox One <br>Plus: We figured out OneDrive Files on Demand <br> <br>• App pick of the week: Kindle for Android and iOS gets a major update <br> <br>• Enterprise pick of the week: Roadmap (take 1) for the Skype for Biz- MS Teams migration <br>Bonus enterprise pick: K is for Kubernetes </p> <p>• Codename pick of the week: Fission <br>Fission was the original codename for the emulator for Xbox games backward compatibility. (The IGN 'untold story' on the backward compatibility stuff has other codenames, anecdotes, etc.) <br> <br>Beer of the Week: Citizen Cider: The Dirty Mayor</p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mary-jo-foley">Mary Jo Foley</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly</a></p> <p>Check out Paul's blog at <a href="https://www.thurrott.com/" target="_blank">thurrott.com</a></p> <p>Check out Mary Jo's blog at <a href="http://allaboutmicrosoft.com/" target="_blank">AllAboutMicrosoft.com</a></p> <p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a> for the bandwidth for this show.</p> <p>The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/carlfranklin" target="_blank">Carl Franklin</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://thetrackr.com/windows">thetrackr.com/windows</a></li> <li><a href="https://textexpander.com/windows?utm_source=windows-weekly&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=textexpander-sep17">textexpander.com/windows</a></li> <li><a href="http://23andMe.com/twit">23andMe.com/twit</a></li> </ul>