00:00 - Intro
- Welcome to the Show
- We are part of the Tech Podcast Network
- Word of the Week is "Support"
01:30 - Tip of the Week – Saving Battery
- Lower brightness, disable radios not being used like WiFi and Bluetooth
- Disable Turbo-boost
02:45 – New of the Week
- Microsoft pushes back Windows 10 'Redstone' 2 to Spring 2017 to line up with new Microsoft device wave
- Microsoft is buying mobile tool vendor Xamarin
- Microsoft to start shipping $3,000 HoloLens developer kits on March 30
- Microsoft expands Cortana support, features in new Windows 10 'Redstone' build
- Microsoft hones MVP program to focus on developers, IT pros
- Microsoft releases Class Notebook add-in for OneNote 2016, brings new distribution methods
- Microsoft needs to fix whatever is going on with Windows 10 Mobile right now
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HP just made the 'Surface Phone' and it's called the Elite x3
Correction: Phone does not contain an Intel Atom processor, rather a Qualcomm Snapdragon
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Surface Pro 4 Type Cover with Fingerprint ID now available for pre-order in 26 regions – Including Canada
15:00 – Interview Clint Wyckoff @ClinkWyckoff
- Technical Evangelist for Veeam Software
- Podcast vBrisket – smoke meat and virtualization
- Free backup system from Veeam
30:00 – Matt
- Matt is leaving the podcast to spend more time with his new band! Bandcamp Site
30:02 – Catching Up with David
- Had fun in Japan
- Surface Book released in Japan
- Brought Back Whisky from Japan!
35:00 – RANT – Microsoft Support Failure!
- It took 4 weeks to replace broken Surface Book
- The replacement Surface Book was broken – Tablet battery didn't work
- They can't send me a replacement because they haven't received my Surface Book back – yet they had!
- Escalated to "Microsoft Customer Advocacy"
- If David had bought a Mac in November – would he have had to wait a month for a replacement?
- Update: My Surface Book as replaced with a new one – it works perfectly!
43:00 – RANT – PARTY BUS
- TV and Power Didn't work
- Blew 2 tires
- Brakes failed
46:00 - Outro - Call for your help with the podcast, please…
- Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths
- Facebook www.facebook.com/SurfaceSmithsPodcast
- Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com
- Email Podcast@SurfaceSmith.com
- Purchase Amazon A Store
48:00 - Whiskey of the Week