Windows Weekly 484

Microsoft rolls out an update to remove 'Get Windows 10' app, a preview of Microsoft SMS Relay, this week in layoffs, the launch of the Nokia 216 phone, Microsoft changes its 'Health' fitness apps' name, Azure customers get hit with a DNS outage, the Xbox One S Minecraft Favorites Bundle, Gears of War 4 goes gold, a way to de-Apple one's iPhone, Campo Santo's Firewatch game comes to the Xbox One with an audio tour, version 1 of 'Bletchley' Azure blockchain delivered, and more!

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Links

• Microsoft is enabling removal of the Get Windows 10
• “Get Windows 10” No More
• Microsoft SMS Relay Preview
• Skype for Life?
• No, Microsoft Isn’t Locking Linux Out of PCs
• Microsoft lays off hundreds of employees this week, largely in Redmond, London
• Microsoft launches a new Nokia feature phone
• Microsoft rechristens its 'Health' fitness apps as 'Band'
• Microsoft Band on the Run
• Microsoft cloud chief: Our early IoT investment sets us apart from Amazon
• Global DNS outage hits Microsoft Azure customers
• Microsoft Cloud expands with first-of-its-kind offering for Europe
• Microsoft expanding its cloud service availability in Germany, Canada and for the U.S. DoD
• Microsoft Unveils Xbox One S Minecraft Favorites Bundle
• Here Comes Gears of War 4
• iPhone for the Windows Guy: Minimize Apple’s Grip on Your Device
• Word, Excel and PowerPoint for Android Updated with Simpler Sharing and Collaboration
• OneDrive Gets a New Files-Centric UI on iPhone and iPad
• Outlook.com to Support Google Drive and Facebook Photos
• Microsoft to release Azure Stack as an appliance in mid-2017
• Microsoft fleshes out its Azure Data Lake plans; readies public preview
• Microsoft's new online certification program kicks off with data science specialization
• Open Mind: Microsoft's Visual Studio-like suite for machine learning
• Microsoft cloud chief: Our early IoT investment sets us apart from Amazon
• OCTOBER 25 - 28, 2016
• Microsoft delivers version 1 of 'Bletchley' Azure blockchain as a service middleware
• 02.02.02 strong Belgian Golden Ale
• console wars