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Microsoft news every week! We're bringing comedic flair to product updates, team blogs, and headlines from Redmond's software sweetheart.
Microsoft announces three new industry specific clouds, text prediction is being added to Word, and a LOT of Azure services make retirement announcements! Show
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Azure Front door goes premium (and standard), Xbox announces a wireless headset, and Windows 21H1 is announced.
Plus, the new super slim Satin audio codec, Microsoft's SolarWinds investigation concludes, and Edge adds adaptive notifications.
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Microsoft joins Rust, the Surface Duo goes international, and Azure Edge compute heads into space!
Plus, a new exploit using package mangers and automatic key vault rotation in Functions and App Service
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Microsoft launches Viva - a new employee experience platform, a new version of the HoloLens 2, and Azure Quantum enters public preview!
Plus, conversational AI updates to Cortana in Outlook for iOS and a revamped mobile image scanning tool for Office!
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One year updates on Microsoft's progress towards being carbon negative, the ultimate Excel function, and updates across Azure Cognitive Services.
Plus, multi-cloud support for Azure Security Center and Microsoft security details a recent attack targeting security researchers.
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Microsoft partners with General Motors and Cruise, a Lists App for iOS, and new features for the Edge password manager.
Plus, secure enclaves for Azure SQL DB and some noisy fun with Visual Studio v16.9 preview 3!
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Microsoft introduces the Surface Pro 7+ for business and schools, a new industry specific Cloud for Retail is announced, and Dynamics 365 Commerce adds B2B functionality!
Plus, a Windows 10 NTFS vulnerability, Approvals in Teams, and some bold new features in Forms!
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Dell is shipping monitors with a built-in Teams button, Edge releases history and tab sync, and Dynamics 365 launches the preview of their Sales mobile app!
Plus, a datacenter region in Chile and Azure AD adds passwordless sign-on for B2B!
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It's another light news week as the holidays wrap up, but we've got a couple of Azure headlines, fun facts about Frankfurt, and an update on the SolarWinds breach.
Happy New Year! See you in 2021!
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It's a holiday week and the news load is light, but we've got a Flight Simulator update and Microsoft files an amicus brief in the case against NSO Group.
We've also got Azure updates from Functions, Time Series Insights, Azure Automation, and Azure Monitor!
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We break down the SolarWinds hack, together mode comes to Skype, and Mac users get a couple of big Office app updates!
Plus, Microsoft helps NORAD track Santa and Azure free accounts add more services to stuff your stockings!
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Azure Government adds Top Secret new cloud, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will bring game streaming to browsers for iOS and PCs, and Breakout rooms are available in Teams.
Plus, Logic Apps has a new runtime chock full of updates, Microsoft signs the Climate Pledge, and Azure Functions adds custom handlers to support any language!
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Microsoft buys eSports platform smash.gg, M365 removes usernames from the Productivity Score feature, and Teams releases updates to together mode and calling!
Plus, Azure Pureview helps organizations track their confidential data and Microsoft is selling old-school Windows holiday sweaters to raise money for Girls Who Code!
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Microsoft announces a new sustainable datacenter region in Sweden, the Xbox Series X has plans to resolve performance bugs, and the Azure portal can now be used to migrate resource groups to a new region!
Plus, Azure IoT Central adds a tier for low-throughput devices and Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management releases add-ins for scaling Edge and Cloud compute.
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Azure announces new supercomputing achievements at SC20, M365 Family and Personal adds driver data to the Family Safety App, and the new Microsoft Pluton processor design protects against physical attacks.
Plus, Microsoft speaks out against cyberattacks targeting companies involved in Covid vaccines, GitHub reinstates the youtube-dl repository, and we get a new round of Teams features.
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.NET 5 has been released and we dive into the details! Azure App Service will have day-zero support for .NET 5 as well as future .NET preview updates.
Plus, Xbox Series X/S is shipping, Visual Studio launches 16.8 for Windows and 8.8 for Mac, and Azure PowerShell brings intelligent command completion.
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Teams delivers advanced production features, speaker attribution for live captions, anonymous grading for educators, and many other new features!
Plus, the Hololens 2 Development Edition and custom retry policies for Azure Functions.
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Excel adds custom live data types, the Lobe app makes DIY image recognition fun and easy, and Teams releases new display devices for the workplace!
Plus, Microsoft partners with c3.AI and Adobe to build industry-specific AI CRMs, Alex drops the email tip of the year, and Xbox gives Snoop Dogg a refrigerator!
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Microsoft is offering Modular Datacenters and Azure Space partners with SpaceX Starlink to connect those Modular Datacenters over a satellite network!
Plus, Xbox offers a mobile gaming option for iOS, a new Windows release, and Microsoft will be powering CES!
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Xbox will share digital revenue with GameStop, Microsoft disrupts prolific botnet Trickbot, and Azure Cognitive Services image captioning matches human performance.
Plus, Surface Go reviews, Microsoft explores a partnership with Northern Lights on a project to capture liquid CO2, and Azure App Service Private Endpoints is GA!
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This week Bing gets a re-brand, MSN has a new initiative to support local newsrooms, and the beta opens for Microsoft's Digital Marketing Center.
Plus new e-commerce tools in Dynamics 365, larger screenshots in Edge, and Azure Communication Services is now available with SMS and phone numbers!
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Microsoft plans their 5G infrastructure, a lightweight new Surface device, and Trove begins offering payment to users.
Plus, the Azure IoT Plug and Play bridge, initial Xbox Series X reviews, and an improved Mixed Reality Toolkit.
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On this episode, we bring you our final day of Ignite coverage and the rest of the week's Microsoft news!
We dive into some of Microsoft's cutting-edge projects and initiatives announced this week from Ignite and beyond including the 2030 water positive initiative, a holographic storage research project, a look at how to train against phishing and an MSTIC write up on a cloud infiltration.
It's been an eventful week for Xbox with Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax, the Xbox Family Settings app launch, support for streaming Xbox One games to Android, titanic Series X/S pre-orders, and more!
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Our second day of Ignite coverage is all about Azure and the deluge of dev toys raining down on us!
Azure goes offsite with Azure Orbital, ruggedized and supercharged versions of Azure Stack, and Azure Mover.Plus, Logic Apps gets a huge functionality boost, App Service environments v3 brings virtual networking bliss, and Microsoft plans their most efficient data center yet in Arizona.
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Our first day of Ignite coverage is focused on the bounty of new and upcoming features for M365 services including Office, security, and mobile! Plus, a few dev tool announcements to really spice things up.
We're talking updates to the Outlook and OneDrive mobile apps, an 85" Surface Hub 2S, the Edge browser on Linux, new Power Apps integrations, big upgrades for Microsoft Endpoint manager, a new Mixed Reality service, and more!
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Xbox game streaming launches on Android, VS Code's C++ extension is GA, and Project OneFuzz helps you fix bugs at scale.
Plus, Microsoft teams up with bp and Project Natick's underwater datacenter rises to the top.
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A launch date for two upcoming Xbox consoles, Surface Duo reviews, and Microsoft's security team shares information about ongoing threats to US elections.
Plus, GitHub Codespaces adopts VS Codespaces, the DoD re-affirms Microsoft for the JEDI contract, and the NFL is embracing a virtual crowd.
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Office brings some organizational chocolate with Project Moca, DirectStorage is coming to speed up PC games, and Durable Functions v2.3 brings big updates for app redundancy.
Plus, Teams spotlights more new features, Microsoft develops a Deepfake detector, and HoloLens 2 gets big researcher mode improvements!
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Walmart hints at a partnership with Microsoft for Tik Tok, a closer look at the Surface Duo hardware, and Microsoft backs Epic games in their court case with Apple.
Plus, transcriptions in Word, IoT plug and play device certifications, and Microsoft announces a joint innovation lab with TSMC to advance silicon design in Azure.
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Internet Explorer 11's EOL, Eye Contact on the Surface Pro, and natural language queries for Excel formulas!
Plus, Flight Simulator launches, Cosmos DB serverless in preview, and TypeScript 4.0!
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The Surface Duo arrives on Sept. 10th and the Xbox Series X will arrive this November!
Plus, Minecraft: Education Edition on Chromebooks, double encryption on Azure DB, and updates to the Windows update experience!
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This week, Microsoft is in talks to buy TikTok, xCloud gets a release date, and Teams hardware plays nice with Zoom and WebEx.
Plus, Microsoft pledges zero waste by 2030 and brings Android apps to Windows with Your Phone
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Teams together mode will put fans in the NBA stands, hydrogen fuel cells for data centers, and Microsoft's Family Safety app is now available!
Plus, a default branch name option on Git and Tasks for Teams is rolling out!
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This week heralds updates for Teams Meeting Rooms, Microsoft's Carbon Initiative, and upcoming Xbox game titles.
Plus, Universal Print is available in preview, updates to security tools for M365, and a new Azure IoT Connector for medical devices.
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xCloud and Xbox Series X launch updates, new scheduling features for Outlook, and Azure Maps for Power BI.
Plus, XiaoIce goes independent, Microsoft plans to build new AgTech with Land O'Lakes, and the new Flight Simulator will soon be available!
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This week we celebrate our one year podcast birthday with a cake and Microsoft news!
Teams launches a titanic update featuring together mode, Linkedin lets you pronounce your name, and Halo 3 is coming the PC!
Plus Cognitive Services adds text analytics for health and Stream can remove background noise.
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Microsoft closes introduces a digital skills iniative and closes all retail stores.
Plus, the debut of Xbox Game Bar widgets and new features for OneDrive and Teams.
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This week we're bringing you:
Microsoft's initiative to fight for racial equality
The end of Mixer
Teams for your friends
A big serious update to Github Enterprise
Durable Functions for Python
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PowerPoint Live Presentations, 49-person Teams calls on the way, and Skype & Teams int/op ships!
Plus, Microsoft acquires ADRM, a redesign of the Windows Insider program, and Advanced Threat Protection for firmware.
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Microsoft asserts that it won't be offering facial recognition services to law enforcement, My Analytics rolled out features to help Outlook users find balance, and preview of the streamlined new Xbox Windows 10 Beta app.
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In Microsoft news, Translations in SharePoint, Azure Maps for indoor spaces, and Edge rolls out. Plus, the Azure Text Analytics v3 SDK is out and an open-source controversy with AppGet.
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Minecraft Dungeons get released, Windows 10 May 2020 update is available, and Cortana reminds you to follow up.
Plus, a Service Bus explorer in the Azure portal, Edge gets extension sync, and Windows Solitaire turns 30!
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MSBuild2020 day 2 is in full swing!
Autoscaling support for Cosmos DB, new features across Azure Cognitive Services, and attack simulators in Defender ATP.
Plus, routing options in Azure VNet, fresh Visual Studio releases, and the Functions portal finally supports apps in a VNET!
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MSBuild2020 is in full swing!
Windows 10 app development re-discovers its unity, Fluid Framework goes open source, and the HoloLens gets a 5G add-in.
Plus, App Service Static Web Apps launches, Azure Synapse Link debuts, and Alex tries to Winget.
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The Family Safety app is released to limited preview, several Azure services announce new ways to back up your data, and Microsoft announces a $1.5 billion dollar partnership with Italy.
Plus, the end of the road for 32-bit Windows and a pile of private links.
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The long-awaited launch of the Surface Book 3, Surface Go 2, Surface Headphones 2, and Surface Earbuds!
Plus, new Azure regions in Poland and New Zealand, a 100k bug bounty for Azure Sphere, and Outlook for Mac updates.
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FY20 Q3 earnings are in, Records Management is GA, and Windows Virtual Desktop's Spring update.
Plus, online Build registration, new features for AKS users, and a Coca-Cola partnership.
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Microsoft commits to open data and preserving privacy under pressure.
Plus, backgrounds in Skype, Yammer in Teams, and priority retrieval in Azure Archive Storage.
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Microsoft commits to defending biodiversity, a response to the JEDI contract dispute, and a new NBA partnership!
Plus, Teams bringing support for 9 people on video, new Azure Analysis Service features, and a ray tracing beta in Minecraft.
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Teams brings backgrounds, the intern and conference experience go digital and xCloud is rolling out to western Europe.
Plus, SMBGhost Detection on Azure ATP, VS for Mac integrated terminal, and Dynamics brings a wave of updates.
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Microsoft 365 is offering family and personal subscriptions that include teams, the Family Safety app, and exclusive Office features!
Plus, the Azure Edge Zones preview launches with 5G options and Azure VNet adds support for IPv6!
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A pause on non-essential updates for Windows and Edge, at-home fun with Minecraft Earth, and Microsoft acquires a 5G networking startup!
Plus, the xCloud Windows 10 preview begins, Azure Government Secret adds a new region, and new Visual Studio releases!
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Xbox Series X console details, GitHub to acquire npm, and a big week for Teams.
Plus, Functions adds Handlers, the Deploy to Azure extension for VS Code, and Bill Gates steps down.
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Build goes digital, a botnet bust, and Microsoft's first Chief Science Officer!
Plus, a wormable vulnerability gets patched, a big battery for the Surface Hub 2S, and Microsoft teams up with local Seattle organizations to create a COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund.
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Microsoft's employees are working from home, but the show is still on!
Azure IoT teams up with Cisco and releases Python SDK v2, new functionality for Azure Data Factory, and a cloud-based printing solution!
Plus, Cortana updates, Powershell 7.0, and a newly remastered Halo!
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Azure Sphere GA, Xbox Series X details, and new data center regions in Spain!
Plus, a change in plans for GDC, LinkedIn stories, and a fresh version of Visual Studio Online!
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ElectionGuard's first live pilot, Defender ATP on more platforms, new Dynamics 365 apps, and Microsoft invests big in Mexico!
Plus, Azure networking news from Private Link, Virtual Networks, Network Watcher, and Firewall.
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10x developer day brings updates about the upcoming dual-screen devices, xCloud beta comes to iOS, and collaboration in Visio.
Plus, a jumbo NLP model, improvements to Protected View, a Log Analytics refresh, and Azure Shared Disks
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Azure Cog. Services Translator and Edge Dev tools add support for more languages, new Azure tools for blockchain enthusiasts, and several folks stepping into new leadership roles.
Plus, a 1000 year Github archive and Dynamics 365 Commerce is released!
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FY20 Q2 earnings, Visual Studio previews, new features for SharePoint, and Microsoft takes a stand on the WA State Privacy Act.
Plus, new logging support on Network Security Group flow logs and an Azure Service Fabric refresh!
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A new data center region, an open source video analytics platform, and a rundown of the database misconfiguration incident.
Plus, updates for Azure Data Factory, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, and the Security Center Score.
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The end of Windows 7 and the beginning of Chromium Edge!
Plus, a new Windows vulnerability, a serious carbon-reduction pledge, and a rugged phone.
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Azure Labs features and a Serverless Framework plugin.
Plus, our CES round-up, Office Scripts, Walkie-Talkies on Teams, and new services from Dynamics 365!
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SQL managed instances can now manage your subnet!
Plus, a look into Thallium and a patent sighting.
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New SDKs for IoT plug and play, an update to Cluster Creation, and architecture maps to brighten your holidays.
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IoT Edge enhancements, team-less dashboards in DevOps, and phone-based sign-in for Azure AD B2C.
Plus, more details about Xbox series X, extensions in Edge, and new features for Teams Rooms.
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Control your Azure VM updates, campaign views in Office 365 ATP, and support ending for Office apps on Windows mobile.
Plus, Microsoft AI research, a partnership with NTT, and a late-breaking xbox console update.
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News from the Microsoft shareholder meeting and new capabilities in Azure Advisor and ADLS.
Plus, Visual Studio v16.4, .NET Core 3.1, improvements to Edge tracking protection, and an update to the Remote Desktop App for iOS.
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Thanksgiving is this week in the US, so this episode is a bit shorter, a day earlier, and contains more gobbling than usual!
Modules for Azure ML Pipelines, IOT Hub updates, and private endpoint support for Azure Cosmos DB.
Plus, Outlook as a Progressive Web App, Sheet View for Excel Online, and the first major initiative from the Microsoft and AT&T partnership.
Also we recorded it on the road into a laptop mic.
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Kube Con brings in a cavalcade of new Kubernetes capabilities including KEDA, confidential compute, Helm 3, and expanded monitoring for containers.
Plus, updates on Azure Cost Management, the Surface Earbuds, the Xbox adaptive controller, and trade with Huawei.
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Camaraderie with Salesforce, headliners from GitHub Universe, and Microsoft embraces the California Consumer Privacy Act.
Plus, Azure Artifacts has new feeds, Azure Data Factory has added services to its flow, and Xbox drops some updates on upcoming game titles and Project xCloud.
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Our final day of coverage for Ignite 2019 and a run down of everything else that happened this week.
From Ignite: Bot Framework updates, geospatial functions from Azure Data Explorer, server-side recalls in Exchange, app casting for Visual Studio LiveShare, and more!
From everywhere else: Minecraft Earth early access, a fresh partnership with Nokia, and a 4-day work week experiment!
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We ring in the third day of Ignite coverage!
Managed meeting rooms, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, Intune tune-ups, and Azure Security Center updates.
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Our daily Microsoft Ignite news continues!
Azure Machine Learning is releasing a bounty of new features, FarmBeats is in public preview, diagrams and natural language queries come to Excel, Durable Functions 2, and more!
Plus, Azure spends some conference time focusing on networking with Virtual WAN, Private Link, networking Insights, and Internet Analyzer.
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Our daily Microsoft Ignite news begins!
A sauve 3-piece Office app for mobile, Azure Synapse Analytics, the brand-new Project Cortex, and an adventurous new version of Visual Studio that's ready for life on the go!
Plus, a parade of GA announcements, Flow becomes Power Automate, and some fresh Yammer Glamour.
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A cloud contract with the US government, console streaming for Xbox, and scoops from IoT Solutions World Congress.
Plus, a collection of security stories that include recent cyberattacks, Zero Trust guidelines, and new offerings for securing several cloud connected services.
And it's all treats and no tricks with a new version of Microsoft Project and updates to Outlook for iOS.
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Exceeding earnings, budgeting in Azure, and taking apart your new Surface laptop
Plus a pound of partnerships, a vat of VR research, and Mover'ing to Microsoft's cloud
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Open source brings us OAM and DAPR!
A new account security tool, Mixer updates, Desktop Analytics goes GA and more!
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DNS private zones, mapping data flows, and a fiercer data box over at Azure.
Plus a biotech partnership, a Dynamics 365 Commerce preview, Your Phone calling, and new resolutions for the Airband Initiative!
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We have one host this week, but Microsoft has more than enough surface devices to make up the difference! Rapid fire headlines this week and a deep dive into the Surfaces!
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Microsoft is making elections harder to hack, we get a shiny new .NET, and a drone for poops.
Plus carbon neutral Halo, a PowerPoint feature to stop you from reading off the slide, and so many Azure updates!
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Microsoft is buying back stocks, Azure Private Link, Airband marches on, and Microsoft Research projects that will ensure your voice is heard!
Plus, a boatload of updates to Azure Media Services and a high-profile line-up of new partnerships.
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Many stories from Germany - new Azure regions, Microsoft's first appearance at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and To Do looking more like Wunderlist.
Plus, Power Toys, phone trade-in deals, a marathon of Azure Maps Updates, and Brad Smith spilling the tea in his new book.
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This week we're splashing into some Azure SQL Database instance pools, studying up with Azure Lab Services, and summiting the Azure Stack!
Plus, a look into the Vision AI developer kit, Azure Cost Management updates, a first-hand account of Richard Stallman's campus visit, and more!
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Microsoft 365 is sporting new styles, shapes, and scripts!
Plus, Azure Maps and IOT integration, exFAT coming to the Linux Kernel, cloud-connected cars, a Mahjong-playing AI, and an Excel update that rattles this show to its core.
Our apologies to Switzerland.
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Tales from the Edge, Minecraft is glowing up, JIT for virtual machines, Python support in Functions, WebAuthn on Github, and an update on Skype's telecom drama in Europe
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https://freesound.org/people/Julien%20Nicolas/sounds/243459/
Github releases, Edge browser improvements, GeoZone Redundant storage, MSR takes on internet performance, xbox insights from Phil Spencer, and much more!
Website: building7.live (story links here)
Twitter: @livefromb7
Email: livefrombuilding7@gmail.com
A new acquisition, a big bug bounty, and a galactic Samsung collaboration! Plus, a bouquet of gaming news.
This week's episode is one day early due to scheduling conflicts, but we'll scoop up the news from 8/8/2019 in next week's episode!
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Twitter: @livefromb7
Email: livefrombuilding7@gmail.com
The first-gen Hololens is coasting, Windows 10 Cloud Restore is confirmed, Ninja moves to Mixer, Azure Dedicated Hosts, and an uncooperative cat who is still a very good boy.
Website: building7.live (story links here)
Twitter: @livefromb7
Email: livefrombuilding7@gmail.com
Microsoft releases an abundance of AI updates, pays one government as punishment for paying another government the wrong way, and finally moves Linkedin to Azure
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Twitter: @livefromb7
Email: livefrombuilding7@gmail.com
Microsoft's first billion-download app, hot new IPv6 features for Azure VNets, a defense strategy for nation state hacks, the Q4 earnings call and much more!
Website: building7.live (story links here)
Twitter: @livefromb7
Email: livefrombuilding7@gmail.com
Microsoft hops the pond, everyone gets more storage, partners get less free software, IT admins get thrown a life preserver, and much more!
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Twitter: @livefromb7
Email: livefrombuilding7@gmail.com
The Teams team's new team-builder, Android notifications on your PC, a data center gameshow, learning to love the Azure FXT Edge Filer, and more!
Website: building7.live (story links here)
Twitter: @livefromb7
Email: livefrombuilding7@gmail.com
Thanks to:Kevin Macleod for the music in this episode!
"Chainsaw, Moderately Distant, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org