Windows 11: We're having another moment!
- After hitting Release Preview last week, Moment 3 will arrive in preview form next week (Week D) or the following week and then head to stable on June 13 (Patch Tuesday).
- Now we have a better understanding of Microsoft's update schedule for Windows 11
- Feature Updates - one per year in H2, deployed logically using best-known configurations first
- Moments - once per quarter
- Controlled Feature Releases (CFRs) - almost every month, deployed randomly
- App updates - can happen anytime based on readiness\
- Continuous innovation isn't just for Windows. In fact, we can assume that mobile was the inspiration for this. Windows feels pressure from mobile. Does mobile feel pressure from web?
- When Moment 3 arrives, can people in Release Preview automatically exit Insider Preview?
- Phone Link support for iPhone goes to stable
- Windows 10 version 21H2 exits support next month, leaving 22H2 as the last version standing for non-managed businesses
Bing/AI/cloud
- Bing chatbot gets contextual chat, a few changes on mobile
- EU begins an antitrust investigation of Azure
- Google barely mentioned Android 14 and didn't mention Google Assistant at IO keynote. This is by design: Like Microsoft marketing the cloud before it was ready for 10 years, Google is marketing AI
Dev
* First Rust code shows up in the Windows kernel (in Insider)
* Visual Studio is getting its first visual refresh in over 10 years
* Build 2023 is next week! Any sessions stand out? (You can save sessions you want to see to your virtual backpack)
Xbox
* EU regulators approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
* UK CMA acts like a bunch of crybabies
* Microsoft announces more Game Pass titles for May
* Here comes another Windows-based gaming handheld
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: There is a new Windows 11 ISO coming
- App pick of the week: Brave
- RunAs Radio this week: Dealing with Vulnerable Exchange Servers with Gareth Gudger
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Goodridge & Williams Northern Grain Whiskey
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