Feb 22nd 2017
Windows Weekly 506
Foley as a Service
The Truth Behind Patch Tuesday Cancellation This Month
Microsoft is skipping HoloLens v2: there's no road map where they're headed, what Project Scorpio will be? OneDrive differential sync: partial file change coming Q2. Windows 10: Redstone 2 update, Dynamic Lock and how it really works, major update to Mail and Calendar. Biggest fear of Microsoft enthusiasts just came true. Kubernetes is available on Azure Container Service now!
- Tip of the week: How to choose whether to sign-in to Windows 10 with an MSA.
- Apps pick of the week: Sizer, EXIF Date Changer, Skype Preview for Android and iOS.
- Enterprise pick of the week: An update on Patch Tuesday
- Codename pick of the week: Project Sangam
- Beer pick of the week: Grimm Sugarmaker
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Links
- Microsoft says no to HoloLens v2
- HoloLens News is Just the Latest Evidence of Microsoft’s Real Focus (Premium)
- MJF: Why did Microsoft really decide to jump from v. 1 to v.3? V2 was buggy and not ready for prime time, my sources say.
- Microsoft quietly updates its OneDrive roadmap to address the number one feature request.
- But what about placeholder's replacement? That's still to come (maybe RS3)
- From where I sit, the score is Privacy 1, Windows 10 0. Microsoft just lost
- Yes, we are getting two Windows 10 updates this year. But we knew this.
- A look at how Dynamic Lock really works. It's complicated. Literally.
- Microsoft Issues Major Update to Mail and Calendar for Windows 10
- Related: The biggest fear of Microsoft enthusiasts just came true.
- Microsoft tries a new tack with Healthcare. And with connected cars too, for that matter. This is all part of that cloud future
- Azure now up to 34 regions (and counting). More than any other cloud vendor
- Can you say KUBERNETES? This orchestrator (from Google) is available on Azure Container Service now.
- I've spent a lot of time investigating how the role of your Microsoft account is changing as Windows 10 evolves
- Sizer. You can use this app to size and position applications on multiple screens or a panoramic display.
- Microsoft to delay its February patches to March 14
- Microsoft launches Skype Lite, LinkedIn links up with India's biometric ID system