Summary: <p>This Week's Stories</p><ul> <li>Microsoft and Sony make a game streaming megadeal. Exactly what the deal will yield is a bit murky, but this could be a big customer win for Azure and xCloud.</li> <li>How about that Minecraft Earth app? Another Azure win (Azure Spatial Anchors is at its heart)</li> <li>Windows 10 1903 released. Almost everyone can get it (consumers, businesses, volume licensees) as of May 21.</li> <li>The new Windows Release Health dashboard is worth a bookmark</li> <li>Windows Server 1903 is generally available too - is it Windows Server, version 1903 or Windows Server 2019??</li> <li>Chredge is available as a Canary preview for macOS</li> <li>Surface Headphones get a permanent $100 price cut. Uh-oh.</li> <li>Huawei is in trouble on all fronts: Google, Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and ARM. No word yet where Microsoft stands.</li> <li>Full differential sync is (finally) coming to OneDrive for Biz</li> <li>Microsoft announces more goodness for Xbox Game Pass</li> <li>Phil Spencer wants fewer dicks on Xbox Live. Good luck with that.</li> </ul><p>Tips and picks</p><ul> <li>Tip of the week: Save big at the Xbox Backward Compatibility sale</li> <li>Tip of the week 2: Google has some good advice for account security.</li> <li>App pick of the week: Simplify for Gmail</li> <li>Tip of the week 2: Your Phone Companion for Android now supports cellular data sync.</li> <li>Enterprise pick of the week: A banned-passwords tool from Microsoft</li> <li>Codename pick of the week: Windows 10 EVD</li> <li>Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin's Miami's Finest</li> </ul> <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>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://canary.tools/twit">canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://Atlassian.com/teams/it">Atlassian.com/teams/it</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/behind-the-tech">Behind the Tech</a></li> </ul>
