Oct 12th 2022
Windows Weekly 798
Queued for Unenrollment
Apple integrations, Surface Laptop 5, Microsoft Designer
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Apple integrations, Surface Laptop 5, Microsoft Designer
Microsoft Ignite 2022
- Loop components news!
- Teams Premium Add-on, Mesh avatars in preview, more new features
- New/rebranded Microsoft 365 app for Windows, mobile devices, and the web
- Microsoft Places: A new app for coordinating hybrid work
- Microsoft Edge is getting a workspaces feature
- Dev Box in preview
- New Outlook features for hybrid work
- Microsoft Editor gets some AI updates
Surface Event
- Surface Laptop 5, Surface Pro 9, Surface Studio 2+ announced - all of it leaked already.
- Oddly, the new peripherals are more interesting. OK, not oddly…
- What exactly is Microsoft trying to accomplish with Surface?
- Microsoft: iCloud Photos, Apple TV and Apple Music are coming to Windows 11
- Microsoft Designer steals the show (and will be up next on “Killed by Microsoft”)
Windows 11
- Let’s talk 22H2, October update, and new features — there is some confusion
- New Dev build adds support for third-party widgets
More Microsoft
- Microsoft partners with Meta on the Metaverse … productivity and games
Xbox
- Brazil OK’s Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition
- Enthusiasts spy device on Phil Spencer’s shelf, it’s just an old prototype
- You can launch Xbox Cloud Gaming titles from Bing search results for some reason
Tips and picks
- Microsoft has a tip: disable security features to improve gaming on Windows 11!
- App pick of the week: Oracle VirtualBox 7.0
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Syntex
- Codename pick of the week: Haven
- Beer pick of the week: Southern Tier Pumking
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Links
- Microsoft Brings Loop Components to New Places (Updated)
- Microsoft readies a new Teams Premium add-on with more AI, security features
- Introducing Microsoft Places: Turn your spaces into places
- Microsoft moves forward with Edge Workspaces browser-based collaboration feature
- Outlook Adds Working Hours And Location, More Hybrid Work Features
- BOOK OF NEWS
- Microsoft Announces Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, and Surface Studio 2+
- Microsoft Unveils New Audio Dock and Microsoft Presenter+ Remote
- Nothing But Questions (Premium)
- Microsoft: iCloud Photos, Apple TV and Apple Music are coming to Windows 11
- Microsoft announces Canva competitor with new 'Designer' app powered by AI
- Windows 11 Insider Build 25217 Adds Third-Party Widgets Support
- Microsoft to bring its own apps and services to Meta's Quest VR devices
- Brazil OKs Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- Microsoft: Xbox Streaming Box on Phil Spencer’s Shelf Was an “Old Prototype”
- Xbox Cloud Games Can Now Be Lauched From Bing Search Results
- Microsoft Says Windows 11 Security Features Can Impact Gaming Performance
- Oracle Ships VirtualBox 7.0
- Microsoft rebrands and updates its unified Office app, now the Microsoft 365 app
- Microsoft is enabling Kubernetes for Windows edge-computing devices via 'Project Haven'
- Announcing Preview Availability of the Mariner AKS Container Host
- Pumking