Windows Weekly 798

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